Rigveda 10.027.19
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 27 · Verse 10.27.19
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अप॑श्यं॒ ग्रामं॒ वह॑मानमा॒राद॑च॒क्रया॑ स्व॒धया॒ वर्त॑मानम् । सिष॑क्त्य॒र्यः प्र यु॒गा जना॑नां स॒द्यः शि॒श्ना प्र॑मिना॒नो नवी॑यान्
apaśyaṃ grāmaṃ vahamānamārādacakrayā svadhayā vartamānam siṣaktyaryaḥ pra yugā janānāṃ sadyaḥ śiśnā pramināno navīyān
I saw a village moving, sick, circling with the ritual wheel, offered with oblations. Tied with force, the noble one for the generations of men—immediate in his virility—he brought forth new ones by binding.
I beheld the crowd coming from afar, moving of themselves without wheels; the lord of all, (Indra),regulates the seasons (worship of men), younger in vigour, destroying at once the herds of evil beings.
I saw a troop advancing from the distance moved, not by wheels but their own God-like nature. The Friendly One seeks human generations, destroying, still new bands of evil beings.