Rigveda 2.030.05
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 30 · Verse 2.30.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अव॑ क्षिप दि॒वो अश्मा॑नमु॒च्चा येन॒ शत्रुं॑ मन्दसा॒नो नि॒जूर्वाः॑ । तो॒कस्य॑ सा॒तौ तन॑यस्य॒ भूरे॑र॒स्माँ अ॒र्धं कृ॑णुतादिन्द्र॒ गोना॑म्
ava kṣipa divo aśmānamuccā yena śatruṃ mandasāno nijūrvāḥ tokasya sātau tanayasya bhūrerasmām̐ ardhaṃ kṛṇutādindra gonām
He cast from heaven the high stones by which the hostile, sluggish ones were hurled down. From the pair of his sons let Indra make half our share of cattle manyfold.
Do you, who are on high, cast down fromheaven the adamantine (thunderbolt), wherewith, when exhilarated, you did slay your foe; and make us affluent in the possession of many sons, and grandsons, and cattle.
Cast down from heaven on high thy bolt of thunder wherewith in joy thou smitest dead the foeman. For gain of children make us thine, O Indra, of many children's children and of cattle.