Rigveda 10.089.12
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 89 · Verse 10.89.12
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र शोशु॑चत्या उ॒षसो॒ न के॒तुर॑सि॒न्वा ते॑ वर्ततामिन्द्र हे॒तिः । अश्मे॑व विध्य दि॒व आ सृ॑जा॒नस्तपि॑ष्ठेन॒ हेष॑सा॒ द्रोघ॑मित्रान्
pra śośucatyā uṣaso na keturasinvā te vartatāmindra hetiḥ aśmeva vidhya diva ā sṛjānastapiṣṭhena heṣasā droghamitrān
For the bright one, O Indra, be not ignoble in the shining dawn; fashion like a stone the sky; the singer made his foes few by strength and uprooted traitors.
May your unbroken weapon, Indra, proceed (against your foes), like the banner of the shining dawn,like a stone cast down from heaven, pierce those whose friendship is deceitful with your consumingloud-sounding (weapon).
Forward, as herald of refulgent Morning, let thine insatiate arrow fly, O Indra. And pierce, as 'twere a stone launched forth from heaven, with hottest blaze the men who love deception.