Rigveda 4.018.09
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 18 · Verse 4.18.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मम॑च्च॒न ते॑ मघव॒न्व्यं॑सो निविवि॒ध्वाँ अप॒ हनू॑ ज॒घान॑ । अधा॒ निवि॑द्ध॒ उत्त॑रो बभू॒वाञ्छिरो॑ दा॒सस्य॒ सं पि॑णग्व॒धेन॑
mamaccana te maghavanvyaṃso nivividhvām̐ apa hanū jaghāna adhā nividdha uttaro babhūvāñchiro dāsasya saṃ piṇagvadhena
They said to me: ‘May your boon of heroic might disperse, you who loosened many foes and smote them. Below was spread the northern region; the head of the slave was pierced with a spear.'
Vyaṃsa, exulting and striking (hard blows), smote you, Maghavan, upon the jaw; whereupon, being so smitten, you proved the stronger, and did crush the head of the slave with the thunderbolt.
Thou art mine own, O Maghavan, whom Vyamsa struck to the ground and smote thy jaws in pieces. But, smitten through, the mastery thou wonnest, and with thy bolt the Dasa's head thou crushedst.