Rigveda 4.038.08
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 38 · Verse 4.38.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒त स्मा॑स्य तन्य॒तोरि॑व॒ द्योरृ॑घाय॒तो अ॑भि॒युजो॑ भयन्ते । य॒दा स॒हस्र॑म॒भि षी॒मयो॑धीद्दु॒र्वर्तुः॑ स्मा भवति भी॒म ऋ॒ञ्जन्
uta smāsya tanyatoriva dyorṛghāyato abhiyujo bhayante yadā sahasramabhi ṣīmayodhīddurvartuḥ smā bhavati bhīma ṛñjan
When his offspring, like shafts of heaven, rushed forth and fought fearfully, when a thousand met in battle the hostile one became terrible, making frightful might.
And the adversaries of that foe-destroying steed, like (those) of the brilliant thunderbolt, are alarmed; for when he contends, even against thousands on every side, then, rousing (his spirit), he is fearful and irresistible.
And at his thunder, like the roar of heaven, those who attack tremble and are affrighted; For when he fights against embattled thousands, dread is he in his striving; none may stay him.