Rigveda 1.061.10
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 61 · Verse 1.61.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒स्येदे॒व शव॑सा शु॒षन्तं॒ वि वृ॑श्च॒द्वज्रे॑ण वृ॒त्रमिन्द्रः॑ । गा न व्रा॒णा अ॒वनी॑रमुञ्चद॒भि श्रवो॑ दा॒वने॒ सचे॑ताः
asyedeva śavasā śuṣantaṃ vi vṛścadvajreṇa vṛtramindraḥ gā na vrāṇā avanīramuñcadabhi śravo dāvane sacetāḥ
This very cow, with her breath weakened, Indra struck with his thunderbolt and broke Vritra. Cows do not release the moisture of the earth; may the heard ones, mindful, grant the flow to the draught.
Indra, by his vigour, cut to pieces with his thunderbolt Vṛtra, the absorber (of moisture), and set free the preserving waters, like cows (recovered from thieves); and, consentient (to the wishes)of the giver of the oblation, (grants him) food.
Through his own strength Indra with bolt of thunder cut piece-meal Vrtra, drier up of waters. He let the floods go free, like cows imprisoned, for glory, with a heart inclined to bounty.