Rigveda 1.052.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 52 · Verse 1.52.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
परीं॑ घृ॒णा च॑रति तित्वि॒षे शवो॒ऽपो वृ॒त्वी रज॑सो बु॒ध्नमाश॑यत् । वृ॒त्रस्य॒ यत्प्र॑व॒णे दु॒र्गृभि॑श्वनो निज॒घन्थ॒ हन्वो॑रिन्द्र तन्य॒तुम्
parīṃ ghṛṇā carati titviṣe śavo'po vṛtvī rajaso budhnamāśayat vṛtrasya yatpravaṇe durgṛbhiśvano nijaghantha hanvorindra tanyatum
Around him the terrible poison moves; corpse-like waters, the moisture of night, he drew toward the germ. For Vṛtra’s hostile refuge he smote the stronghold, the slayer—Indra stretched to smite it.
When, Indra, you had smitten with my thunderbolt the check of the wide-extended Vṛtra, who, having obstructed the waters reposed in the region above the firmament, your fame spread afar, your prowess was renowned.
Splendour encompassed thee, forth shone thy warrior might: the rain-obstructer lay in mid-air's lowest deep, What time, O Indra, thou didst cast thy thunder down upon the jaws of Vritra hard to be restrained.