Rigveda 4.018.02
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 18 · Verse 4.18.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
नाहमतो॒ निर॑या दु॒र्गहै॒तत्ति॑र॒श्चता॑ पा॒र्श्वान्निर्ग॑माणि । ब॒हूनि॑ मे॒ अकृ॑ता॒ कर्त्वा॑नि॒ युध्यै॑ त्वेन॒ सं त्वे॑न पृच्छै
nāhamato nirayā durgahaitattiraścatā pārśvānnirgamāṇi bahūni me akṛtā kartvāni yudhyai tvena saṃ tvena pṛcchai
I will not go down into the hostile cavern as if terrified; the doors do not close on the sides. Many unperformed acts of mine remain; fight with them, ask of them regarding you.
Vāmadeva speaks: Let me not come forth by this path, for it is difficult (of issue); let me come forth obliquely from the side; many acts unperformed by others are to be accomplished by me; let me contend (in war) with one (enemy), in controversy with one opponent.
Not this way go I forth: hard is the passage. Forth from the side obliquely will I issue. Much that is yet undone must I accomplish; one must I combat and the other question.