Rigveda 1.085.09
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 85 · Verse 1.85.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्वष्टा॒ यद्वज्रं॒ सुकृ॑तं हिर॒ण्ययं॑ स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिं॒ स्वपा॒ अव॑र्तयत् । ध॒त्त इन्द्रो॒ नर्यपां॑सि॒ कर्त॒वेऽह॑न्वृ॒त्रं निर॒पामौ॑ब्जदर्ण॒वम्
tvaṣṭā yadvajraṃ sukṛtaṃ hiraṇyayaṃ sahasrabhṛṣṭiṃ svapā avartayat dhatta indro naryapāṃsi kartave'hanvṛtraṃ nirapāmaubjadarṇavam
Tvashta fashioned the mighty, well-made thunderbolt, golden, having a thousand showers; Indra, the bearer of men’s waters, set it to strike Vritra and split the watery deep.
Indra, wields the well-made, golden, many-bladed thunderbolt, which the skillful Tvaṣṭā has framed for him, that he may achieve great exploits in war. He has slain Vṛtra and sent forth an ocean of water.
When Tyastar deft of hand had turned the thunderbolt, golden, with thousand edges, fashioned more skilfully, Indra received it to perform heroic deeds. Vrtra he slew, and forced the flood of water forth.