Rigveda 5.031.01
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 31 · Verse 5.31.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इन्द्रो॒ रथा॑य प्र॒वतं॑ कृणोति॒ यम॒ध्यस्था॑न्म॒घवा॑ वाज॒यन्त॑म् । यू॒थेव॑ प॒श्वो व्यु॑नोति गो॒पा अरि॑ष्टो याति प्रथ॒मः सिषा॑सन्
indro rathāya pravataṃ kṛṇoti yamadhyasthānmaghavā vājayantam yūtheva paśvo vyunoti gopā ariṣṭo yāti prathamaḥ siṣāsan
Indra makes ready the chariot for the course, the chiefs of might drive the spirited steed; the herdsman’s ox goes forth and the first goes forth to battle.
Indra, the possessor of opulence, directs downwards the car over which, intended (to receive sacrificial) viands, he presides; he proceeds unimpeded, the first of the gods, driving (his enemies before him), as a herdsman drives the herds of cattle.
MAGHAVAN Indra turns his chariot downward, the strength-displaying car which he hath mounted. Even as a herdsman driveth forth his cattle, he goeth, first, uninjured, fain for treasure.