Rigveda 10.043.09
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 43 · Verse 10.43.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उज्जा॑यतां पर॒शुर्ज्योति॑षा स॒ह भू॒या ऋ॒तस्य॑ सु॒दुघा॑ पुराण॒वत् । वि रो॑चतामरु॒षो भा॒नुना॒ शुचिः॒ स्व१॒॑र्ण शु॒क्रं शु॑शुचीत॒ सत्प॑तिः
ujjāyatāṃ paraśurjyotiṣā saha bhūyā ṛtasya sudughā purāṇavat vi rocatāmaruṣo bhānunā śuciḥ sva1rṇa śukraṃ śuśucīta satpatiḥ
May the axe of light strike forth, companion of the shining one, more abundant, like ancient truth well-observed. May the radiant one shine with the pure, golden brilliance, the auspicious, the clearly shining lord.
Let the axe (of Indra) be put forth together with light; may the easily milked cow of truth be(manifested) as of old; may the pure and radiant Indra shine with splendour; may the lord of the virtuous shinebrightly like the sun.
Let the keen axe come forth together with the light: here be,.as erst, the teeming cow of sacrifice. Let the Red God shine bright with his refulgent ray, and let the Lord of heroes glow like heaven's clear sheen.