Rigveda 5.029.07
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 29 · Verse 5.29.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सखा॒ सख्ये॑ अपच॒त्तूय॑म॒ग्निर॒स्य क्रत्वा॑ महि॒षा त्री श॒तानि॑ । त्री सा॒कमिन्द्रो॒ मनु॑षः॒ सरां॑सि सु॒तं पि॑बद्वृत्र॒हत्या॑य॒ सोम॑म्
sakhā sakhye apacattūyamagnirasya kratvā mahiṣā trī śatāni trī sākamindro manuṣaḥ sarāṃsi sutaṃ pibadvṛtrahatyāya somam
Friendship failed the friend; Agni offered as a sacrifice three hundred cows; Indra made threefold alliance with men—drink the Soma, destroyer of Vritra, and press it forth.
To aid (the undertaking of) his friend, Agni, the friend (of Indra) has quickly consumed three hundred buffaloes; and Indra, for the destruction of Vṛtra, has at once quaffed vessels of Soma, offered by Manu.
As friend to aid a friend, Agni dressed quickly three hundred buffaloes, even as he willed it. And Indra, from man's gift, for Vrtra's slaughter, drank ofr at once three lakes of pressed-out Soma.