Rigveda 4.028.03
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 28 · Verse 4.28.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अह॒न्निन्द्रो॒ अद॑हद॒ग्निरि॑न्दो पु॒रा दस्यू॑न्म॒ध्यंदि॑नाद॒भीके॑ । दु॒र्गे दु॑रो॒णे क्रत्वा॒ न या॒तां पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ शर्वा॒ नि ब॑र्हीत्
ahannindro adahadagnirindo purā dasyūnmadhyaṃdinādabhīke durge duroṇe kratvā na yātāṃ purū sahasrā śarvā ni barhīt
At dawn Indra burned the blazing Agni; long ago he struck down the Dasyus from the midst of men. Having cut the hard fortress on the distant sea he brought the thousand clans of men who praise forth.
Indra has slain the Dasyus, Soma, in battle; Agni has consumed them before the noon; he (Indra) has destroyed the whole of many thosands, as (robbers are the destroyers of those) going upon (their own) business, in a difficult and dangerous (plural ce).
Indra smote down, Agni consumed, O Indu, the Dasyus ere the noontide in the conflict. Of those who gladly sought a hard-won dwelling he cast down many a thousand with his arrow.