Rigveda 10.138.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 138 · Verse 10.138.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि सूर्यो॒ मध्ये॑ अमुच॒द्रथं॑ दि॒वो वि॒दद्दा॒साय॑ प्रति॒मान॒मार्यः॑ । दृ॒ळ्हानि॒ पिप्रो॒रसु॑रस्य मा॒यिन॒ इन्द्रो॒ व्या॑स्यच्चकृ॒वाँ ऋ॒जिश्व॑ना
vi sūryo madhye amucadrathaṃ divo vidaddāsāya pratimānamāryaḥ dṛḷhāni piprorasurasya māyina indro vyāsyaccakṛvām̐ ṛjiśvanā
The sun revealed the chariot yoked in the mid-heaven, the sky’s dispeller, hostile to hindrance. Strong ones in the creeping floods—Indra, the magician—spread them forth, straight in steeds.
The sun unyoked his chariot in the midst of the sky, (when) the Ārya (Indra) encountered the Dāsaassociated with Ṛjiśvan, Indra destroyed the stronghold of the guileful asura, Pipru.
In the mid-way of heaven the Sun unyoked his car: the Arya found a match to meet his Dam foe. Associate with Rjisvan Indra overthrew the solid forts of Pipru, conjuring Asura.