Rigveda 2.030.02
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 30 · Verse 2.30.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यो वृ॒त्राय॒ सिन॒मत्राभ॑रिष्य॒त्प्र तं जनि॑त्री वि॒दुष॑ उवाच । प॒थो रद॑न्ती॒रनु॒ जोष॑मस्मै दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ धुन॑यो य॒न्त्यर्थ॑म्
yo vṛtrāya sinamatrābhariṣyatpra taṃ janitrī viduṣa uvāca patho radantīranu joṣamasmai divedive dhunayo yantyartham
He who would overthrow Vṛtra, the slayer of hosts, the wise poet said: the roads roar; day by day the warriors hasten to accomplish the purpose.
His mother, (Aditi), declared to him the man who had offered (sacrificial) food to Vṛtra;obedient to his plural asure, the rivers, tracing out their paths, flow day by day to their object, (the ocean).
His Mother-for she knew-spake and proclaimed him who was about to cast his bolt at Vrtra. Cutting their paths according to his pleasure day after day flow to their goal the rivers.