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Rigveda 1.85.9

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.85.9

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Sanskrit

1.85.9

tvaṣṭā̱ yad vajra̱ṁ sukṛ̍taṁ hira̱ṇyaya̍ṁ sa̱hasra̍bhṛṣṭi̱ṁ svapā̱ ava̍rtayat |
dha̱tta indro̱ nary apā̍ṁsi̱ karta̱ve 'ha̍n vṛ̱traṁ nir a̱pām au̍bjad arṇa̱vam ||

When Tyastar deft of hand had turned the thunderbolt, golden, with thousand edges, fashioned more skilfully, Indra received it to perform heroic deeds. Vṛitra he slew, and forced the flood of water forth.

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

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