Rigveda 8.100.04
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 100 · Verse 8.100.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒यम॑स्मि जरितः॒ पश्य॑ मे॒ह विश्वा॑ जा॒तान्य॒भ्य॑स्मि म॒ह्ना । ऋ॒तस्य॑ मा प्र॒दिशो॑ वर्धयन्त्यादर्दि॒रो भुव॑ना दर्दरीमि
ayamasmi jaritaḥ paśya meha viśvā jātānyabhyasmi mahnā ṛtasya mā pradiśo vardhayantyādardiro bhuvanā dardarīmi
I am he who has grown old; see my might — all births are with me by great force. Do not make the realms of ṛta increase; I rend the worlds, I rend them as a ploughshare.
(Indra speaks): "here I am, worshipper, behold me here; I overpower all beings by my might; the offerersof sacrifice magnify me by their praises; I, the shatterer, shatter the worlds".
There also was a mare led forth, picked out for Putakrata's sake, Not of the horses of the herd.