Rig Veda · 8.96.3
Rig Veda 8.96.3 — Indra
Verse 3 of 21 from Sukta 8.96 (HYMN IV. Indra) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.96.3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इन्द्रस्य वज्र आयसो निमिश्ल इन्द्रस्य बाह्वोर्भूयिष्ठमोजः | शीर्षन्निन्द्रस्य करतवो निरेक आसन्नेषन्त शरुत्या उपाके
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indrasya vajra āyaso nimiśla indrasya bāhvorbhūyiṣṭhamojaḥ | śīrṣannindrasya kratavo nireka āsanneṣanta śrutyā upāke
English Translation (Griffith)
’Tis he who made the lauds his own and boldly drank the Soma juice, He to whom Viṣṇu came striding his three wide steps, as Mitra's statutes ordered it.
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