Rigveda 10.099.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 99 · Verse 10.99.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स वाजं॒ याताप॑दुष्पदा॒ यन्स्व॑र्षाता॒ परि॑ षदत्सनि॒ष्यन् । अ॒न॒र्वा यच्छ॒तदु॑रस्य॒ वेदो॒ घ्नञ्छि॒श्नदे॑वाँ अ॒भि वर्प॑सा॒ भूत्
sa vājaṃ yātāpaduṣpadā yansvarṣātā pari ṣadatsaniṣyan anarvā yacchatadurasya vedo ghnañchiśnadevām̐ abhi varpasā bhūt
He who, when the kine wander to ill paths, shepherds them back with effort; who, having struck down the hostile one, brings the godly to growth by oblations,—may that same (Indra) be propitious to us.
Going to the battle, marching with easy gait, desiring the spoil, he set himself to the acquisition of all(wealth). Invincible, destroying the phallus-worshippers, he won by his prowess whatever wealth (was concealedin the city) with the hundred gates.
On most auspicious path he goes to battle he toiled to win heaven's light, full fain to gain it; He seized the hundred-gated castle's treasure by craft, unchecked, and slew the lustful demons.