Rigveda 1.053.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 53 · Verse 1.53.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ते त्वा॒ मदा॑ अमद॒न्तानि॒ वृष्ण्या॒ ते सोमा॑सो वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु सत्पते । यत्का॒रवे॒ दश॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ति ब॒र्हिष्म॑ते॒ नि स॒हस्रा॑णि ब॒र्हयः॑
te tvā madā amadantāni vṛṣṇyā te somāso vṛtrahatyeṣu satpate yatkārave daśa vṛtrāṇyaprati barhiṣmate ni sahasrāṇi barhayaḥ
They, those winsome enemies, have tasted not intoxication; they are your Soma‑drinking slayers of Vritra, O lord. When you struck ten thousand Vrtras not opposing the hymn, you hurled thousands of curses away.
Those who were your allies, (the Maruts), brought you joy; protector of the pious, those libations and oblations (that were offered you on slaying Vṛtra), yielded you delight, when you, unimpeded by foes, did destroy the ten thousand obstacles oposed to him who praised you and offered you oblations.
These our libations strength-inspiring, Soma draughts, gladdened thee in the fight with Vrtra, Hero Lord, What time thou slewest for the singer with trimmed grass ten thousand Vrtras, thou resistless in thy might.