Rigveda 7.093.05
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 93 · Verse 7.93.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सं यन्म॒ही मि॑थ॒ती स्पर्ध॑माने तनू॒रुचा॒ शूर॑साता॒ यतै॑ते । अदे॑वयुं वि॒दथे॑ देव॒युभिः॑ स॒त्रा ह॑तं सोम॒सुता॒ जने॑न
saṃ yanmahī mithatī spardhamāne tanūrucā śūrasātā yataite adevayuṃ vidathe devayubhiḥ satrā hataṃ somasutā janena
As these contended in the earth with mutual rivalry, their frames bright and heroic—so the impious were struck down in the assembly of gods; Soma’s sons were slain by the people.
As two large, mutually defiant (armies), emulous in corporal vigour, may contend in war, so do youdestroy, by the devout, those who are not devoted to the gods in sacrifice, and, by the man who presentslibations, (him who does not offer).
When two great hosts, arrayed against each other, meet clothed with brightness, in the fierce encounter Stand ye beside the godly, smite the godless; and still assist the men who press the Soma.