Rigveda 2.016.02
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 16 · Verse 2.16.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यस्मा॒दिन्द्रा॑द्बृह॒तः किं च॒नेमृ॒ते विश्वा॑न्यस्मि॒न्सम्भृ॒ताधि॑ वी॒र्या॑ । ज॒ठरे॒ सोमं॑ त॒न्वी॒३॒॑ सहो॒ महो॒ हस्ते॒ वज्रं॒ भर॑ति शी॒र्षणि॒ क्रतु॑म्
yasmādindrādbṛhataḥ kiṃ canemṛte viśvānyasminsambhṛtādhi vīryā jaṭhare somaṃ tanvī3 saho maho haste vajraṃ bharati śīrṣaṇi kratum
Because of Indra and his greatness, verily all heroes in this world are imbued with might. In his belly Soma, slender and mighty in the hand, bears the thunderbolt like a power upon the head.
For without that mighty Indra, this (world) were nothing; in him all powers whatever are aggregated; he receives the Soma into his stomach, and in his body (exhibits) strength and energy; he bears the thunderbolt in his hand, and wisdom in his head.
Without whom naught exists, Indra the Lofty One; in whom alone all powers heroic are combined. The Soma is within him, in his frame vast strength, the thunder in his hand and wisdom in his head.