Rigveda 10.113.04
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 113 · Verse 10.113.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ज॒ज्ञा॒न ए॒व व्य॑बाधत॒ स्पृधः॒ प्राप॑श्यद्वी॒रो अ॒भि पौंस्यं॒ रण॑म् । अवृ॑श्च॒दद्रि॒मव॑ स॒स्यदः॑ सृज॒दस्त॑भ्ना॒न्नाकं॑ स्वप॒स्यया॑ पृ॒थुम्
jajñāna eva vyabādhata spṛdhaḥ prāpaśyadvīro abhi pauṃsyaṃ raṇam avṛścadadrimava sasyadaḥ sṛjadastabhnānnākaṃ svapasyayā pṛthum
Knowledge struggled forth and the hero saw the coveted spoil of battle. He struck the mountain and brought forth grain and food for livelihood for the earth.
As soon as born he discomfited his assailants; the hero contemplated his own manly prowess in war;he divided the cloud, sent forth the flowing waters, and with the determination to do a good deed, upheld the vastheaven.
Soon as he sprang to life he forced asun. der hosts: forward the Hero looked to manly deed and war. He cleft the rock, he let concurrent streams flow forth, and with his skilful art stablished the heavens' wide vault.