Rigveda 2.011.09
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 11 · Verse 2.11.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इन्द्रो॑ म॒हां सिन्धु॑मा॒शया॑नं माया॒विनं॑ वृ॒त्रम॑स्फुर॒न्निः । अरे॑जेतां॒ रोद॑सी भिया॒ने कनि॑क्रदतो॒ वृष्णो॑ अस्य॒ वज्रा॑त्
indro mahāṃ sindhumāśayānaṃ māyāvinaṃ vṛtramasphuranniḥ arejetāṃ rodasī bhiyāne kanikradato vṛṣṇo asya vajrāt
Indra, great, pierced the flood of the sea, the wonderful one, and he smote Vṛtra; he seized the fearful foe—his bolt sprang forth.
The mighty Indra has shattered the guileful Vṛtra reposing in the cloud;heaven and earth shook, alarmed at the thundering bolt of the showerer.
Indra hath hurled down the magician Vrtra who lay beleaguering the mighty river. Then both the heaven and earth trembled in terror at the strong Hero's thunder when he bellowed.
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