Rigveda 1.063.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 63 · Verse 1.63.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वं स॒त्य इ॑न्द्र धृ॒ष्णुरे॒तान्त्वमृ॑भु॒क्षा नर्य॒स्त्वं षाट् । त्वं शुष्णं॑ वृ॒जने॑ पृ॒क्ष आ॒णौ यूने॒ कुत्सा॑य द्यु॒मते॒ सचा॑हन्
tvaṃ satya indra dhṛṣṇuretāntvamṛbhukṣā naryastvaṃ ṣāṭ tvaṃ śuṣṇaṃ vṛjane pṛkṣa āṇau yūne kutsāya dyumate sacāhan
You are truthful, Indra, courageous in battle; you are the hunger of men and their protector. You are harsh to the knavish, you withstand the foe; you, O radiant one, support the heaven together with the earth.
You, Indra, the best of all beings, the assailer and humiliator (of your foes), the chief ot the Ṛbhus, the friend of man, the subduer of enemies, did aid the young and illustrious Kutsa, and slew Śuṣna, in the deadly and close-fought fight.
Faithful art thou, these thou defiest, Indra; thou art the Rbhus' Lord, heroic, victor. Thou, by his side, for young and glorious Kutsa, with steed and car in battle slewest Susna,