Rigveda 1.087.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 87 · Verse 1.87.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्रत्व॑क्षसः॒ प्रत॑वसो विर॒प्शिनोऽना॑नता॒ अवि॑थुरा ऋजी॒षिणः॑ । जुष्ट॑तमासो॒ नृत॑मासो अ॒ञ्जिभि॒र्व्या॑नज्रे॒ के चि॑दु॒स्रा इ॑व॒ स्तृभिः॑
pratvakṣasaḥ pratavaso virapśino'nānatā avithurā ṛjīṣiṇaḥ juṣṭatamāso nṛtamāso añjibhirvyānajre ke cidusrā iva stṛbhiḥ
Manifest, bold, undaunted, unwearied are the vigorous singers; they rejoiced in order, in dance and with raised songs like steeds newly shod, as if with fresh dew they stood.
Annihilators (of adversaries) endowed with great strength, loud-shouting, unbending inseparable partakers of the evening oblation, constantly worshipped, and leaders (of the clouds), (the Maruts), by their person nal decorations,a re conspicuous (in the sky) like certain rays of the sun.
LOUD Singers, never humbled, active, full of strength, immovable, impetuous, manliest, best-beloved, They have displayed themselves with glittering ornaments, a few in number only, like the heavens with stars.