Rigveda 10.049.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 49 · Verse 10.49.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒हमत्कं॑ क॒वये॑ शिश्नथं॒ हथै॑र॒हं कुत्स॑मावमा॒भिरू॒तिभिः॑ । अ॒हं शुष्ण॑स्य॒ श्नथि॑ता॒ वध॑र्यमं॒ न यो र॒र आर्यं॒ नाम॒ दस्य॑वे
ahamatkaṃ kavaye śiśnathaṃ hathairahaṃ kutsamāvamābhirūtibhiḥ ahaṃ śuṣṇasya śnathitā vadharyamaṃ na yo rara āryaṃ nāma dasyave
I, though wounded, struck down rivals; I humbled the boastful with fierce onsets. I destroyed the hostile, those who were inimical to the hot one; not one of the Dasyus remained who bore the noble name.
I smote Atka with many weapons for the defence of the sage; with those protections I preserved Kutsa;I am the slayer of Śuṣṇa; I grasped the thunderbolt I who have not given the water (nāma) of the Āryas to theDasyu.
With deadly blows I smote Atka for Kavi's sake; I guarded Kutsa well with these saving helps. As Susna's slayer I brandished the dart of death: I gave not up the Aryan name to Dasyu foes.