Rigveda 3.039.05
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 39 · Verse 3.39.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सखा॑ ह॒ यत्र॒ सखि॑भि॒र्नव॑ग्वैरभि॒ज्ञ्वा सत्व॑भि॒र्गा अ॑नु॒ग्मन् । स॒त्यं तदिन्द्रो॑ द॒शभि॒र्दश॑ग्वैः॒ सूर्यं॑ विवेद॒ तम॑सि क्षि॒यन्त॑म्
sakhā ha yatra sakhibhirnavagvairabhijñvā satvabhirgā anugman satyaṃ tadindro daśabhirdaśagvaiḥ sūryaṃ viveda tamasi kṣiyantam
Where a friend with friends, newly knowing their speech, accompanied the beings. Indra with ten and tens of chariots pierced the sun, dispersing the waning darkness.
A friend, accompanied by the faithful friends who had celebrated the nine months rite, and tracking the cows upon their knees, and in like manner accompanied by those ten who had accomplished the ten months' rite, Indra made manifest the true (light of the sun) (theretofore) dweling in (the) darkness (of the cave).
Where as a Friend with friendly men, Navagvas, with heroes, on his knees he sought the cattle. There, verily with ten Dasagvas Indra found the Sun lying hidden in the darkness.