Rigveda 10.023.06
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 23 · Verse 10.23.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स्तोमं॑ त इन्द्र विम॒दा अ॑जीजन॒न्नपू॑र्व्यं पुरु॒तमं॑ सु॒दान॑वे । वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य॒ भोज॑नमि॒नस्य॒ यदा प॒शुं न गो॒पाः क॑रामहे
stomaṃ ta indra vimadā ajījanannapūrvyaṃ purutamaṃ sudānave vidmā hyasya bhojanaminasya yadā paśuṃ na gopāḥ karāmahe
That hymn, Indra, was sung with praise, ancient, foremost among benefactors. We know his feast when herdsmen did not make cattle his care.
We Vimadas, have genitive rated this your unprecedented, and most varied praise, Indra, to obtain yourbounty; as we know what the opulence of that lord is, (therefore) we call it (before us), as a cowherd (calls) hiscattle. attachment, divine (Indra), to be like that of a sister (to a brother) so may the friendship between us and youprosper.
Indra, the Vimadas have formed for thee a laud, copious, unparalleled, for thee Most Bountiful. We know the good we gain from him the Mighty One when we attract him as a herdsman calls the kine.