Rigveda 3.030.17
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 30 · Verse 3.30.17
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उद्वृ॑ह॒ रक्षः॑ स॒हमू॑लमिन्द्र वृ॒श्चा मध्यं॒ प्रत्यग्रं॑ शृणीहि । आ कीव॑तः सल॒लूकं॑ चकर्थ ब्रह्म॒द्विषे॒ तपु॑षिं हे॒तिम॑स्य
udvṛha rakṣaḥ sahamūlamindra vṛścā madhyaṃ pratyagraṃ śaṛṇīhi ā kīvataḥ salalūkaṃ cakartha brahmadviṣe tapuṣiṃ hetimasya
Lift up, O Rakshas, uproot with Indra; send forth the host; draw the line, array the ranks. What deed like the roaring of Salaluka did Brahmadviṣa perform for his heroic might?
plural ck the rākṣasas, Indra, by the root; cut as under the middle, blight the summit; to whatever remote (regions) you have driven the sinner, cast upon the enemy of the Veda your consuming weapon.
Root up the race of Raksasas, O Indra rend it in front and crush it in the middle. How long hast thou bebaved as one who wavers? Cast thy hot dart at him who hates devotion: