Rigveda 2.025.03
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 25 · Verse 2.25.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोदः॒ शिमी॑वाँ ऋघाय॒तो वृषे॑व॒ वध्री॑ँर॒भि व॒ष्ट्योज॑सा । अ॒ग्नेरि॑व॒ प्रसि॑ति॒र्नाह॒ वर्त॑वे॒ यंयं॒ युजं॑ कृणु॒ते ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पतिः॑
sindhurna kṣodaḥ śimīvām̐ ṛghāyato vṛṣeva vadhrīm̐rabhi vaṣṭyojasā agneriva prasitirnāha vartave yaṃyaṃ yujaṃ kṛṇute brahmaṇaspatiḥ
The flood of the Sindhu was not angry but, like a bull, with resistless force it struck forth; with the might of Vashya it bore off to slaughter. As with fire it flows, so Brahmanaspati makes whatever he joins.
As a river (washes away) its banks, so the devout worshipper, (of Brahmaṇaspati), overpowers his enemies by his strength, as a bull (overcomes) an ox; like the spreading flame of fire, it is impossible to stop him, whom Brahmaṇaspati makes his associate.
He, mighty like a raving river's billowy flood, as a bull conquers oxen, overcomes with strength. Like Agni's blazing rush he may not be restrained, whomever Brahmanaspati takes for his friend.