Rigveda 2.019.02
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 19 · Verse 2.19.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒स्य म॑न्दा॒नो मध्वो॒ वज्र॑ह॒स्तोऽहि॒मिन्द्रो॑ अर्णो॒वृतं॒ वि वृ॑श्चत् । प्र यद्वयो॒ न स्वस॑रा॒ण्यच्छा॒ प्रयां॑सि च न॒दीनां॒ चक्र॑मन्त
asya mandāno madhvo vajrahasto'himindro arṇovṛtaṃ vi vṛścat pra yadvayo na svasarāṇyacchā prayāṃsi ca nadīnāṃ cakramanta
His slow anger, honeyed thunderbolt, the thunder-bearing Indra was like a flood covering the river; he increased and caused the course of rivers to turn round.
Exhilarated by the Soma, Indra, armed with the thunderbolt, severed the rain-confining cloud; whereupon the currents of the rivers proceeded (towards the ocean), like birds to their own nests.
Cheered by this meath Indra, whose hand wields thunder, rent piecemeal Ahi who barred up the waters, So that the quickening currents of the rivers flowed forth like birds unto their resting-places.