Rigveda 1.061.11
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 61 · Verse 1.61.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒स्येदु॑ त्वे॒षसा॑ रन्त॒ सिन्ध॑वः॒ परि॒ यद्वज्रे॑ण सी॒मय॑च्छत् । ई॒शा॒न॒कृद्दा॒शुषे॑ दश॒स्यन्तु॒र्वीत॑ये गा॒धं तु॒र्वणिः॑ कः
asyedu tveṣasā ranta sindhavaḥ pari yadvajreṇa sīmayacchat īśānakṛddāśuṣe daśasyanturvītaye gādhaṃ turvaṇiḥ kaḥ
For him the streams flowed around like floods when the thunderbolt enclosed them. The bringer of devastation made the hostile ones dry; who is the swift, roaring torrent for the brave?
Through his power, the rivers sport, since he has opened (a way for them) by his thunderbolt; establishing his supremacy and granting a (recompense) to the giver (of the oblation), he, the swift-moving provided a resting plural ce for Tūrvīti.
The rivers played, through his impetuous splendour, since with his bolt he compassed them on all sides. Using his might and favouring him who worshipped, he made a ford, victorious, for Turviti.