Rigveda 7.023.03
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 23 · Verse 7.23.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यु॒जे रथं॑ ग॒वेष॑णं॒ हरि॑भ्या॒मुप॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि जुजुषा॒णम॑स्थुः । वि बा॑धिष्ट॒ स्य रोद॑सी महि॒त्वेन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ती ज॑घ॒न्वान्
yuje rathaṃ gaveṣaṇaṃ haribhyāmupa brahmāṇi jujuṣāṇamasthuḥ vi bādhiṣṭa sya rodasī mahitvendro vṛtrāṇyapratī jaghanvān
They yoked the chariot, the search for cows, and the gods pressed forward; the makers of Brahman strove. Indra, overwhelmed by greatness, struck Vṛtra without deceit and slew him.
I harness (by praises) the kine-bestowing chariot (of Indra) with his horses; (my) prayers have reachedhim who is plural ased (by devotion); he has surpassed in magnitude heaven and earth, slaying the unresistingenemies.
The Bays, the booty-seeking car I harness: my prayers have reached him who accepts them gladly. Indra, when he had slain resistless foemen, forced with his might the two world-halves asunder.