Rigveda 1.051.11
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 51 · Verse 1.51.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मन्दि॑ष्ट॒ यदु॒शने॑ का॒व्ये सचा॒ँ इन्द्रो॑ व॒ङ्कू व॑ङ्कु॒तराधि॑ तिष्ठति । उ॒ग्रो य॒यिं निर॒पः स्रोत॑सासृज॒द्वि शुष्ण॑स्य दृंहि॒ता ऐ॑रय॒त्पुरः॑
mandiṣṭa yaduśane kāvye sacām̐ indro vaṅkū vaṅkutarādhi tiṣṭhati ugro yayiṃ nirapaḥ srotasāsṛjadvi śuṣṇasya dṛṃhitā airayatpuraḥ
When the mild one sits near the bad, Indra becomes curved, the bent invoked one stands before him. He, fierce, sent forth streams and made channels; the warm one was set, he moved forward and filled the place.
When Indra is delighted with acceptable hymns, he ascends (his car), drawn by more and more obliquely-curving coursers; fierce, he extracts the waters from the passing (cloud) in a torrent, and has overwhelmed the extensive cities of Śuṣṇa.
When Indra hath rejoiced with Kavya Usana, he mounts his steeds who swerve wider and wider yet. The Strong hath loosed his bolt with the swift rush of rain, and he hath rent in pieces Susna's firm-built forts.