Rigveda 4.019.08
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 19 · Verse 4.19.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पू॒र्वीरु॒षसः॑ श॒रद॑श्च गू॒र्ता वृ॒त्रं ज॑घ॒न्वाँ अ॑सृज॒द्वि सिन्धू॑न् । परि॑ष्ठिता अतृणद्बद्बधा॒नाः सी॒रा इन्द्रः॒ स्रवि॑तवे पृथि॒व्या
pūrvīruṣasaḥ śaradaśca gūrtā vṛtraṃ jaghanvām̐ asṛjadvi sindhūn pariṣṭhitā atṛṇadbadbadhānāḥ sīrā indraḥ sravitave pṛthivyā
The mighty, sharp, autumnal heroes bound Vṛtra with cords and cast him into the rivers; Indra, surrounded by those not clinging to grass, poured forth through the channels for the earth to flow.
Having slain Vṛtra, he has liberated many mornings and years (that had been) swallowed up by darkness, and has set the rivers free; Indra has released the imprisoned rivers, encompassed (by the cloud), to flow upon the earth.
Through many a morn and many a lovely autumn, having slain Vrtra, lie set free the rivers. Indra hath set at liberty to wander on earth the streams encompassed pressed together.