Aitareyabrahmana 3.2.p17

Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) 3.2.p17

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3.2.p17

iii. 20 (xii. 9). Indra , being about to slay Vṛtra, said to all the deities ‘Do ye support me; do ye call to me.’ ‘Be it so’ (they replied). They ran forward to slay. He perceived ‘They are running hither to slay me; well, let me terrify them.’ Against them he breathed forth; before his snorting in haste all the gods ran away, but the Maruts did not abandon him; saying ‘Smite, O blessed one; strike, show thy strength’ they supported him. Seeing this the seer declares

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Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit