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Rig Veda · 10.18.9

Rig Veda 10.18.9 — Various Deities

Verse 9 of 14 from Sukta 10.18 (Various Deities) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.18.9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धनुर्हस्तादाददानो मर्तस्यास्मे कषत्राय वर्चसेबलाय | अत्रैव तवमिह वयं सुवीरा विश्वा सप्र्धोभिमातीर्जयेम

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dhanurhastādādadāno mṛtasyāsme kṣatrāya varcasebalāya | atraiva tvamiha vayaṃ suvīrā viśvā spṛdhoabhimātīrjayema

English Translation (Griffith)

From his dead hand I take the bow be carried, that it may be our power and might and glory. There art thou, there; and here with noble heroes may we o’ercome all hosts that fight against us.

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