Rigveda 6.075.01
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 75 · Verse 6.75.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
जी॒मूत॑स्येव भवति॒ प्रती॑कं॒ यद्व॒र्मी याति॑ स॒मदा॑मु॒पस्थे॑ । अना॑विद्धया त॒न्वा॑ जय॒ त्वं स त्वा॒ वर्म॑णो महि॒मा पि॑पर्तु
jīmūtasyeva bhavati pratīkaṃ yadvarmī yāti samadāmupasthe anāviddhayā tanvā jaya tvaṃ sa tvā varmaṇo mahimā pipartu
As the hide abides as its token when the serpent comes, so, O brave one, gird yourself with might; victorious may you be—let your armor increase in greatness.
When the mailed warrior advances in the front of battles, his form is like that of a cloud; with his body unwounded do you conquer; may the strength of the armous defend us.
THE warrior's look is like a thunderous rain-cloud's, when, armed with mail, he seeks the lap of battle. Be thou victorious with unwounded body: so let the thickness of thy mail protect thee.