Rig Veda · 4.42.8
Rig Veda 4.42.8
Verse 8 of 10 from Sukta 4.42 (HYMN XLIL Indra-Varuṇa) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.42.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अस्माकम अत्र पितरस त आसन सप्त रषयो दौर्गहे बध्यमाने | त आयजन्त तरसदस्युम अस्या इन्द्रं न वर्त्रतुरम अर्धदेवम
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asmākam atra pitaras ta āsan sapta ṛṣayo daurghahe badhyamāne | ta āyajanta trasadasyum asyā indraṃ na vṛtraturam ardhadevam
English Translation (Griffith)
Our fathers then were these, the Seven his, what time the son of Durgaha was captive. For her they gained by sacrifice Trasadasyu, a demi-god, like Indra, conquering foemen.
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