Rigveda 1.080.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 80 · Verse 1.80.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि ते॒ वज्रा॑सो अस्थिरन्नव॒तिं ना॒व्या॒३॒॑ अनु॑ । म॒हत्त॑ इन्द्र वी॒र्यं॑ बा॒ह्वोस्ते॒ बलं॑ हि॒तमर्च॒न्ननु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म्
vi te vajrāso asthirannavatiṃ nāvyā3 anu mahatta indra vīryaṃ bāhvoste balaṃ hitamarcannanu svarājyam
Your thunderbolts are steady, never failing; great is Indra’s heroism. Your strength and arms support you—power protects what is yours; win your sovereignty.
Your thunderbolts were scattered widely over ninety-and-nine rivers; great is your prowess, strength is deposited in your arms, manifesting your own sovereignty.
Far over ninety spacious floods thy thunderbolts were cast abroad: Great, Indra, is thy hero might, and strength is seated in thine arms, lauding thine own imperial sway.