Rigveda 5.030.09
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 30 · Verse 5.30.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स्त्रियो॒ हि दा॒स आयु॑धानि च॒क्रे किं मा॑ करन्नब॒ला अ॑स्य॒ सेनाः॑ । अ॒न्तर्ह्यख्य॑दु॒भे अ॑स्य॒ धेने॒ अथोप॒ प्रैद्यु॒धये॒ दस्यु॒मिन्द्रः॑
striyo hi dāsa āyudhāni cakre kiṃ mā karannabalā asya senāḥ antarhyakhyadubhe asya dhene athopa praidyudhaye dasyumindraḥ
Women indeed made a slave, they bound up his vitality—what shall the weak hosts do? Indra struck down the robber within his fold and gave him up for slaughter.
The slave (Namuci) made women his weapons what will his feminine le hosts do unto me? The two his best beloved, (Indra) confined in the inner apartments, and then went forth to combat against the Dasyus.
Women for weapons hath the Dasa taken, What injury can his feeble armies To me? Well he distinguished his two different voices, and Indra then advanced to fight the Dasyu.