Rigveda 8.066.10
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 66 · Verse 8.66.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
कदू॑ म॒हीरधृ॑ष्टा अस्य॒ तवि॑षीः॒ कदु॑ वृत्र॒घ्नो अस्तृ॑तम् । इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॑न्बेक॒नाटा॑ँ अह॒र्दृश॑ उ॒त क्रत्वा॑ प॒णीँर॒भि
kadū mahīradhṛṣṭā asya taviṣīḥ kadu vṛtraghno astṛtam indro viśvānbekanāṭām̐ ahardṛśa uta kratvā paṇīm̐rabhi
When did not this mighty one behold the earth? When was not the slayer of Vṛtra unassailable? Indra, having seen all, performed his deed and seized the spoil with his hands.
When were his mighty forces ever languid? When was aught undestroyed before the slayer of Vṛtra?Indra by his energy overpowers all the huckstering usurers who see only this world's days.
All these things Visnu brought, the Lord of ample stride whom thou hadst sent- A hundred buffaloes, a brew of rice and milk: and Indra, slew the ravening boar