Rigveda 1.053.09
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 53 · Verse 1.53.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वमे॒ताञ्ज॑न॒राज्ञो॒ द्विर्दशा॑ब॒न्धुना॑ सु॒श्रव॑सोपज॒ग्मुषः॑ । ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑ नव॒तिं नव॑ श्रु॒तो नि च॒क्रेण॒ रथ्या॑ दु॒ष्पदा॑वृणक्
tvametāñjanarājño dvirdaśābandhunā suśravasopajagmuṣaḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrā navatiṃ nava śruto ni cakreṇa rathyā duṣpadāvṛṇak
You, wise ruler among rulers, who by twofold ten‑fold kinships arose celebrated, heard nine times sixty‑thousand and ninety; by the wheel of chariot you assumed difficult paths.
You, renowned Indra, overthrown by your not-to-be- overtaken chariot-wheel, the twenty kings of men, who had come against Suśravas unaided, and their sixty thousand and ninety-nine followers.
With all-outstripping chariot-wheel, O Indra, thou far-famed, hast overthrown the twice ten Kings of men, With sixty thousand nine-and-ninety followers, who came in arms to fight with friendless Susravas.