Rigveda 4.020.06
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 20 · Verse 4.20.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
गि॒रिर्न यः स्वत॑वाँ ऋ॒ष्व इन्द्रः॑ स॒नादे॒व सह॑से जा॒त उ॒ग्रः । आद॑र्ता॒ वज्रं॒ स्थवि॑रं॒ न भी॒म उ॒द्नेव॒ कोशं॒ वसु॑ना॒ न्यृ॑ष्टम्
girirna yaḥ svatavām̐ ṛṣva indraḥ sanādeva sahase jāta ugraḥ ādartā vajraṃ sthaviraṃ na bhīma udneva kośaṃ vasunā nyṛṣṭam
The mountain was not his; Indra, famed among the bards, was born mighty with his hosts; he uplifted the steadfast thunderbolt, the dreadful treasury, brought it down with the Vasus.
He who is vast and self-sustained like a mountain, the radiant and formidable Indra, born of old for the destruction (of the foes of the gods), the wielder of the ancient thunderbolt, charged with splendour, like a jar (filled) with water.
Him who in native strength is like a mountain, the lofty Indra born or old for conquest, Terrific wielder of the ancient thunder. filled full with splendour as a jar with water.