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Rigveda 1.59.6

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.59.6

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1.59.6

pra nū ma̍hi̱tvaṁ vṛ̍ṣa̱bhasya̍ voca̱ṁ yam pū̱ravo̍ vṛtra̱haṇa̱ṁ saca̍nte |
vai̱śvā̱na̱ro dasyu̍m a̱gnir ja̍gha̱nvām̐ adhū̍no̱t kāṣṭhā̱ ava̱ śamba̍ram bhet ||

Now will I tell the greatness of the Hero whom Prarti's sons follow as Vṛitra's slayer: Agni Vaiṣvânara struck down the Dasyu, cleave Ṣambara through and shattered down his fences.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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