Rigveda 10.139.06
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 139 · Verse 10.139.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सस्नि॑मविन्द॒च्चर॑णे न॒दीना॒मपा॑वृणो॒द्दुरो॒ अश्म॑व्रजानाम् । प्रासां॑ गन्ध॒र्वो अ॒मृता॑नि वोच॒दिन्द्रो॒ दक्षं॒ परि॑ जानाद॒हीना॑म्
sasnimavindaccaraṇe nadīnāmapāvṛṇodduro aśmavrajānām prāsāṃ gandharvo amṛtāni vocadindro dakṣaṃ pari jānādahīnām
He opened the streams' mouths with blessings; he revealed the distant stones of the steeds. The Gandharva proclaimed immortals to you; Indra duly knew the skill of the helpless.
(Indra) discovered the cloud in the region of the rivers, he set open the portals of (the waters) whosedwelling is in the clouds; Indra, (in the form of) the Gandharva (viśvāvasu), proclaimed the ambrosial (waters),he knew the strength of the dragons.
In the floods' track he found the bootyseeker: the rocky cow-pen's doors he threw wide open. These, the Gandharva told him, Rowed with Amrta. Indra knew well the puissancc of the dragons.