Rig Veda · 8.17.9
Rig Veda 8.17.9
Verse 9 of 15 from Sukta 8.17 (HYMN XVII Indra) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.17.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्र परेहि पुरस्त्वं विश्वस्येशान ओजसा | वर्त्राणि वर्त्रहञ जहि
IAST Romanisation
indra prehi purastvaṃ viśvasyeśāna ojasā | vṛtrāṇi vṛtrahañ jahi
English Translation (Griffith)
O Indra, go thou forward, thou who rulest over all by might: Thou Vṛtra-slayer slay the fiends,
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