Rigveda 1.083.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 83 · Verse 1.83.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अश्वा॑वति प्रथ॒मो गोषु॑ गच्छति सुप्रा॒वीरि॑न्द्र॒ मर्त्य॒स्तवो॒तिभिः॑ । तमित्पृ॑णक्षि॒ वसु॑ना॒ भवी॑यसा॒ सिन्धु॒मापो॒ यथा॒भितो॒ विचे॑तसः
aśvāvati prathamo goṣu gacchati suprāvīrindra martyastavotibhiḥ tamitpṛṇakṣi vasunā bhavīyasā sindhumāpo yathābhito vicetasaḥ
First among steeds he goes to the cows, Indra, famed in heroic might, attended by mortals’ praise. Filling them with wealth like the Vasus, the waters go to the flood, as if their thought were outwardly directed.
The man who is well protected, Indra, by your cares, (and dwells) in a mansion where there are horses, is the first who goes to (that where there are) cows; enrich him with abundant riches, as the unconscious rivers flow in all directions to the ocean.
INDRA, the mortal man well guarded by thine aid goes foremost in the wealth of horses and of kine. With amplest wealth thou fillest him, as round about the waters clearly seen afar fill Sindhu full.