Rigveda 10.038.01
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 38 · Verse 10.38.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒स्मिन्न॑ इन्द्र पृत्सु॒तौ यश॑स्वति॒ शिमी॑वति॒ क्रन्द॑सि॒ प्राव॑ सा॒तये॑ । यत्र॒ गोषा॑ता धृषि॒तेषु॑ खा॒दिषु॒ विष्व॒क्पत॑न्ति दि॒द्यवो॑ नृ॒षाह्ये॑
asminna indra pṛtsutau yaśasvati śimīvati krandasi prāva sātaye yatra goṣātā dhṛṣiteṣu khādiṣu viṣvakpatanti didyavo nṛṣāhye
In this place Indra roared like an angry stallion; his battle-cry sounded forth. Where the kine, chested, were held fast, the bright ones leapt, O men, like roaring bulls.
You shout, Indra, in this glorious and arduous conflict, and assist us to the acquisition (of spoil), in thisbattle where cows are won and men overpowered, wherein the weapons descend on every side upon the fierceand courageous combatants.
O INDRA, in this battle great and glorious, in this loud din of war help us to victory, Where in the strife for kine among bold ring-decked men arrows fly all around and heroes are subdued.