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Rigveda 4.17.3

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.17.3

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Sanskrit

4.17.3

bhi̱nad gi̱riṁ śava̍sā̱ vajra̍m i̱ṣṇann ā̍viṣkṛṇvā̱naḥ sa̍hasā̱na oja̍ḥ |
vadhī̍d vṛ̱traṁ vajre̍ṇa mandasā̱naḥ sara̱nn āpo̱ java̍sā ha̱tavṛ̍ṣṇīḥ ||

Hurling his bolt with might he cleft the mountain, while, putting forth his strength, he showed his vigour. He slaughtered Vṛitra with his bolt, exulting, and, their lord slain, forth flowed the waters swiftly.

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

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