Rigveda 10.008.09
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 8 · Verse 10.8.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
भूरीदिन्द्र॑ उ॒दिन॑क्षन्त॒मोजोऽवा॑भिन॒त्सत्प॑ति॒र्मन्य॑मानम् । त्वा॒ष्ट्रस्य॑ चिद्वि॒श्वरू॑पस्य॒ गोना॑माचक्रा॒णस्त्रीणि॑ शी॒र्षा परा॑ वर्क्
bhūrīdindra udinakṣantamojo'vābhinatsatpatirmanyamānam tvāṣṭrasya cidviśvarūpasya gonāmācakrāṇastrīṇi śīrṣā parā vark
Indra of abundant day, ruling with mighty vigour, thought of you; of Tvashtr, the maker of many forms, he fashioned three leading cows, three heads, the supreme bounty.
Indra, the protector of the virtuous, crushed the arrogant (foe), attaining vast strenth; shouting, he cutoff the three heads of the multiform son of Tvaṣṭā (the lord) of cattle.
Lord of the brave, Indra cleft him in pieces who sought to gain much strength and deemed him mighty. He smote his three heads from his body, seizing the cattle of the oniniform Son of Tvastar.