Rigveda 6.017.09
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 17 · Verse 6.17.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अध॒ द्यौश्चि॑त्ते॒ अप॒ सा नु वज्रा॑द्द्वि॒तान॑मद्भि॒यसा॒ स्वस्य॑ म॒न्योः । अहिं॒ यदिन्द्रो॑ अ॒भ्योह॑सानं॒ नि चि॑द्वि॒श्वायुः॑ श॒यथे॑ ज॒घान॑
adha dyauścitte apa sā nu vajrāddvitānamadbhiyasā svasya manyoḥ ahiṃ yadindro abhyohasānaṃ ni cidviśvāyuḥ śayathe jaghāna
When heaven grew thoughtful and the thunderbolt stood firm, the two‑faced wonders of the mind confronted each other. Even when Indra ascended in conflict, the vital breath tore asunder and struck down the foe.
The heaven bowed down in the two-fold dread of your thunderbolt, and your individual wrath, when Indra, the giver of food, struck to the sleep (of death) the assailing Ahi.
Yea, e'en that heaven itself of old bent backward before thy bolt, in terror of its anger, When Indra, life of every living creature, smote down within his lair the assailing Dragon.