Rigveda 1.033.05
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 33 · Verse 1.33.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
परा॑ चिच्छी॒र्षा व॑वृजु॒स्त इ॒न्द्राय॑ज्वानो॒ यज्व॑भिः॒ स्पर्ध॑मानाः । प्र यद्दि॒वो ह॑रिवः स्थातरुग्र॒ निर॑व्र॒ताँ अ॑धमो॒ रोद॑स्योः
parā cicchīrṣā vavṛjusta indrāyajvāno yajvabhiḥ spardhamānāḥ pra yaddivo harivaḥ sthātarugra niravratām̐ adhamo rodasyoḥ
He pierced the hostile headlong ones and sent them against Indra’s offerings; the worshippers contended for Indra with their oblations. When the divine breakers of the sky were established, the lower limb of the rebel was broken between them.
The neglecters of sacrifice, contending with the sacrificers, Indra, fled with averted faces. Indra, fierce, unyielding, lord of steeds, (they appeared) when you did blow the disregarders of religion from off the heaven, and earth and sky.
Fighting with pious worshippers, the riteless turned and fled, Indra! with averted faces. When thou, fierce Lord of the Bay Steeds, the Stayer, blewest from earth and heaven and sky the godless.