Rigveda 1.032.07
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 32 · Verse 1.32.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒पाद॑ह॒स्तो अ॑पृतन्य॒दिन्द्र॒मास्य॒ वज्र॒मधि॒ सानौ॑ जघान । वृष्णो॒ वध्रिः॑ प्रति॒मानं॒ बुभू॑षन्पुरु॒त्रा वृ॒त्रो अ॑शय॒द्व्य॑स्तः
apādahasto apṛtanyadindramāsya vajramadhi sānau jaghāna vṛṣṇo vadhriḥ pratimānaṃ bubhūṣanpurutrā vṛtro aśayadvyastaḥ
They struck Indra with blows upon foot and hand, pierced him with the might of the thunderbolt. The Vrtra, adorned with many sons, pressed upon the earth and spread abroad his host.
Having neither hand nor foot, he defied Indra, who struck him with the thunderbolt upon his mountain-like shoulder, like one emasculated who pretends to virility; then Vṛtra, mutilated of many members, slept.
Footless and handless still he challenged Indra, who smote him with his bolt between the shoulders. Emasculate yet claiming manly vigour, thus Vrtra lay with scattered limbs dissevered.