Rigveda 10.048.10
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 48 · Verse 10.48.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र नेम॑स्मिन्ददृशे॒ सोमो॑ अ॒न्तर्गो॒पा नेम॑मा॒विर॒स्था कृ॑णोति । स ति॒ग्मशृ॑ङ्गं वृष॒भं युयु॑त्सन्द्रु॒हस्त॑स्थौ बहु॒ले ब॒द्धो अ॒न्तः
pra nemasmindadṛśe somo antargopā nemamāvirasthā kṛṇoti sa tigmaśaṛṅgaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ yuyutsandruhastasthau bahule baddho antaḥ
In the dwelling-places of bounds the soma within guards the enclosures; he set the lustrous-horned bull eager for battle, bound many within and stood firm inside.
The Soma is seen in one of the two (combatants); the cowherd (Indra) manifests the other with histhunderbolt; the latter warring against the sharp- horned bull, remains in great (darkness) bound by the victoṛ
One of the two hath Soma, seen within it; the Herdsman with the bone shows forth the other. He, fain to fight the Bull whose horns were sharpened, stood fettered in the demon's ample region.