Rigveda 4.016.07
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 16 · Verse 4.16.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒पो वृ॒त्रं व॑व्रि॒वांसं॒ परा॑ह॒न्प्राव॑त्ते॒ वज्रं॑ पृथि॒वी सचे॑ताः । प्रार्णां॑सि समु॒द्रिया॑ण्यैनोः॒ पति॒र्भव॒ञ्छव॑सा शूर धृष्णो
apo vṛtraṃ vavrivāṃsaṃ parāhanprāvatte vajraṃ pṛthivī sacetāḥ prārṇāṃsi samudriyāṇyainoḥ patirbhavañchavasā śūra dhṛṣṇo
The waters carried off Vritra; they surged forth beyond and released the bolt of the earth by their understanding. The lord of the pair of oceans, eager, like a brave one, moved with the hosts.
Your protecting thunderbolt has slain Vṛtra obstructing the (issue of the waters), the conscious earth (co-operating) with you; valiant hero, preserver (of the regions), send down by your strength the waters of the firmament.
He smote away the floods' obstructer, Vrtra; Earth, conscious, lent her aid to speed thy thunder. Thou sentest forth the waters of the ocean, as Lord through power and might, O daring Hero.