आ बुन्दं वृत्रहा ददे जातः पृच्छद्वि मातरम् । क उग्राः के ह शृण्विरे ॥ २१६
ā bundaṃ vṛtrahā dade jātaḥ pṛcchadvi mātaram . ka ugrāḥ ke ha śṛṇvire .. 216
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The new-born Vrtra-slayer asked his Mother, as he seized his shaft, Who are the fierce? Who are renowned?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.45.4; the wording of this text may differ in places.