Rigveda 8.003.10
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 3 · Verse 8.3.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
येना॑ समु॒द्रमसृ॑जो म॒हीर॒पस्तदि॑न्द्र॒ वृष्णि॑ ते॒ शवः॑ । स॒द्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा न सं॒नशे॒ यं क्षो॒णीर॑नुचक्र॒दे
yenā samudramasṛjo mahīrapastadindra vṛṣṇi te śavaḥ sadyaḥ so asya mahimā na saṃnaśe yaṃ kṣoṇīranucakrade
By whom the sea was set in motion and the plains were formed—that Indra, your herds are his. Sudden is his greatness; it will not perish when the destroyer approached.
Wherewith you have sent the great waters tot he ocean; such as is your wish-fulfilling strength; thatmight of Indra is not easily to be resisted which the earth obeys.
Wherewith thou sentest mighty waters to the sea, that, Indra, is thy manly strength. For ever unattainable is this power of him to whom the worlds have cried aloud.