Rigveda 1.055.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 55 · Verse 1.55.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दि॒वश्चि॑दस्य वरि॒मा वि प॑प्रथ॒ इन्द्रं॒ न म॒ह्ना पृ॑थि॒वी च॒न प्रति॑ । भी॒मस्तुवि॑ष्माञ्चर्ष॒णिभ्य॑ आत॒पः शिशी॑ते॒ वज्रं॒ तेज॑से॒ न वंस॑गः
divaścidasya varimā vi papratha indraṃ na mahnā pṛthivī cana prati bhīmastuviṣmāñcarṣaṇibhya ātapaḥ śiśīte vajraṃ tejase na vaṃsagaḥ
The shining one spread the waters of the conscious sky and did not harm mighty Indra nor the broad Earth. The terrible one crushed the burning darts; the thunderbolt did not bend its radiant strength.
The amplitude of Indra was vaster than the (space of) heaven; earth was not comparable to him in bulk; formidable and most mighty, he has been ever the afflicter (of the enemies of) those men (who worship him); he has his thunderbolt for sharpness, as a bull (his horns).
THOUGH e'en this heaven's wide space and earth have spread them out, nor heaven nor earth may be in greatness Indra's match. Awful and very mighty, causing woe to men, he whets his thunderbolt for sharpness, as a bull.