धन्वना गा धन्वनाजिं जयेम धन्वना तीव्राः समदो जयेम । धनुः शत्रोर् अपकामं कृणोति धन्वना सर्वाः प्रदिशो जयेम ॥
dhanvanā gā dhanvanājiṃ jayema dhanvanā tīvrāḥ samado jayema | dhanuḥ śatror apakāmaṃ kṛṇoti dhanvanā sarvāḥ pradiśo jayema ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
With Bow let us win kine, with Bow the battle, with Bow be victors in our hot encounters. The Bow brings grief and sorrow to the foeman: armed with the Bow may we subdue all regions.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 6.75.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.