Rigveda 6.047.27
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 47 · Verse 6.47.27
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दि॒वस्पृ॑थि॒व्याः पर्योज॒ उद्भृ॑तं॒ वन॒स्पति॑भ्यः॒ पर्याभृ॑तं॒ सहः॑ । अ॒पामो॒ज्मानं॒ परि॒ गोभि॒रावृ॑त॒मिन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रं॑ ह॒विषा॒ रथं॑ यज
divaspṛthivyāḥ paryoja udbhṛtaṃ vanaspatibhyaḥ paryābhṛtaṃ sahaḥ apāmojmānaṃ pari gobhirāvṛtamindrasya vajraṃ haviṣā rathaṃ yaja
For heaven and earth the forest-lord arose around and upheld them together. The waters encompassed with cows, wrapped with cows’ strength—offer Indra’s thunderbolt as the oblation, the chariot to the sacrifice.
Worship with oblations the chariot constructed of the substance of heaven and earth, the extracted essence of the forest lords; the velocity of the waters; the encompassed with the cow-hide; the thunderbolt (of Indra).
Its mighty strength was borrowed from the heaven and earth: its conquering force was brought from sovrans of the wood. Honour with holy gifts the Car like Indra's bolt, the Car bound round with straps, the vigour of the floods.
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