Rigveda 6.047.21
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 47 · Verse 6.47.21
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दि॒वेदि॑वे स॒दृशी॑र॒न्यमर्धं॑ कृ॒ष्णा अ॑सेध॒दप॒ सद्म॑नो॒ जाः । अह॑न्दा॒सा वृ॑ष॒भो व॑स्न॒यन्तो॒दव्र॑जे व॒र्चिनं॒ शम्ब॑रं च
divedive sadṛśīranyamardhaṃ kṛṣṇā asedhadapa sadmano jāḥ ahandāsā vṛṣabho vasnayantodavraje varcinaṃ śambaraṃ ca
Day by day alike, half‑black and half‑bright they set the halls of the sacred seat. Yesterday the two‑footed bulls clothed themselves with strength and sped, bearing forth wealth and the spoil.
Indra, becoming manifest from his abode (in the firmament), dissipates, day by day, the resembling glooms, (so that he may distinguish) the other portion, (or the day); and the showerer has slain the two wealth-seeking slaves, Varcin and Śambara, in (the country of) Udavraja.
Day after day far from their seat he drove them, alike, from place to place, those darksome creatures. The Hero slew the meanly-huckstering Dasas, Varcin and Sambara, where the waters gather.