Rigveda 10.168.01
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 168 · Verse 10.168.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वात॑स्य॒ नु म॑हि॒मानं॒ रथ॑स्य रु॒जन्ने॑ति स्त॒नय॑न्नस्य॒ घोषः॑ । दि॒वि॒स्पृग्या॑त्यरु॒णानि॑ कृ॒ण्वन्नु॒तो ए॑ति पृथि॒व्या रे॒णुमस्य॑न्
vātasya nu mahimānaṃ rathasya rujanneti stanayannasya ghoṣaḥ divispṛgyātyaruṇāni kṛṇvannuto eti pṛthivyā reṇumasyan
The breath’s greatness indeed utters the chariot’s creak; its roar is its neighing. Lofty ones in heaven make the red dawns; the praise-cry goes forth over the earth like its seed.
(I proclaim) the greatness of the impetuous Vāyu, his voice spread thundering around; he movesalong sweeping the sky, tinting purple (the quarters of the horizon), he advances, raising the dust of the earth.
O THE Wind's chariot, O its power and glory! Crashing it goes and hath a voice of thunder. It makes the regions red and touches heaven, and as it moves the dust of earth is scattered.