Rigveda 1.051.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 51 · Verse 1.51.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वं कुत्सं॑ शुष्ण॒हत्ये॑ष्वावि॒थार॑न्धयोऽतिथि॒ग्वाय॒ शम्ब॑रम् । म॒हान्तं॑ चिदर्बु॒दं नि क्र॑मीः प॒दा स॒नादे॒व द॑स्यु॒हत्या॑य जज्ञिषे
tvaṃ kutsaṃ śuṣṇahatyeṣvāvithārandhayo'tithigvāya śambaram mahāntaṃ cidarbudaṃ ni kramīḥ padā sanādeva dasyuhatyāya jajñiṣe
You were blamed in the slayings of the dry ones; you spread abroad, O blind guest, the roaring host. A great fountain you sought, O worm; the feet moved — you, divinely inspired, desired the slaying of the robbers.
You have defended Kutsa in fatal fights with Śuśna; you have destroyed Śambara in defence of Atithigva; you have trodden with your foot upon the great Arbuda; frm remote times were you born for the destruction of oppressors.
Thou savedst Kutsa when Susna was smitten down; to Atithigva gavest Sambara for a prey. E'en mighty Arbuda thou troddest under foot: thou from of old wast born to strike the Dasyus dead.