Rigveda 4.7

4.7

atretihāsaḥ | tritamṛṣimanucaramindraḥ kilovāca | āyudhāni vetsi tvaṃ | triśiraso vadhe me sāhāyyaṃ kurviti | sa evamuktastrito yajñe bhāgaṃ vavre svavīryyavṛddhyarthaṃ | tasmai pāṇiprakṣālanārthamudakaṃ yajñabhāgamindro dattavān | tena yajñabhāgena vṛddhavīryyastrita indreṇa triśirasā saha yuddhāṃtaṃ ? hatvā tasya svabhūtā gāva ājahāra | sa punarujjīvito bahutaraṃ balaṃ prāpyendramayodhayat | taṃ vajreṇa nirbhinnavānindrassaparāṅmukhīkṛtaḥ | tasya trīṇi śirāṃsi ciccheda vajreṇendraḥ mahāntaṃ śatrujayanimittaṃ siṃhanādaṃ kurvanniti | etad bhāvi vastu svapnānte 'nena tṛcena dadarśa | yastrailokyasyādhipatiḥ tasyāsyendrasya | kratunā triśiraso mama vadhe sāhāyyakaraṇakarmaṇā nimittena | evaiḥ kāmairyajñabhāgecchābhiśca codyamānastrita ṛṣirindrasya sakhā | vavre vṛtavān prārthitavān kila svapnānte | antarmadhye | kasya sāmarthyādyajñasya | icchandhītiṃ dattiṃ bhāgaṃ | kuta icchan | pituḥ sarvasya jagataḥ pātuḥ | parasya prakṛṣṭasyendrasya sakāśāt | labdhena ca tena yajñabhāgena ṇena ? | sacasyamānaḥ sevyamānassarvairyajamānaiḥ | pitroḥ sarvasya mātāpitṛbhūtayordyāvāpṛthivyoḥ | upasthe samīpe sāmarthyādyajñe | jāmi yogyamindrasyānurūpaṃ sāmarthyāt || kiñcānyat-
mayā svapne dṛṣṭassa eva pūrvoktastritaḥ | pitryāṇi pitātra kilāgnirucyate | sarvasya sa tāni pitryāṇyāgneyānyāyudhāni | vidvān
śatruvadhāya prayoktuṃ sarve hartuśca jānan | indreṣita indreṇa triśirasā saha yuddhārthaṃ preṣitassan | āptyaḥ ataḥ putraḥ | abhi ayudhyat ābhimukhyena yuddhaṃ saṃprahṛtavān kila | triśīrṣāṇaṃ triśirasaṃ māṃ| saptaraśmīn śatruniya[mana]ārthaṃ sapta pragrahahastaṃ | athavā sapta raśmiraudityaḥ| tatsadṛśaṃ| ka raśmivanmamaśrita ? saptacchandaskaṃ vābhiyuddhaya ca| jaghanvān hatavān kila | sāmarthyāt samūrcchitaṃ kṛtavānityarthaḥ | kṛtvā ca tvāṣṭrasya cit | cidapyarthe | tvaṣṭuḥ putrasya mama cānyasya vāsurasya svabhūtā gāḥ nissasṛje ni[sṛṣṭa]vān kila niṣkālitavānityarthaḥ ||