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Rigveda 4.42.8

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.42.8

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4.42.8

a̱smāka̱m atra̍ pi̱tara̱s ta ā̍san sa̱pta ṛṣa̍yo daurga̱he ba̱dhyamā̍ne |
ta āya̍janta tra̱sada̍syum asyā̱ indra̱ṁ na vṛ̍tra̱tura̍m ardhade̱vam ||

Our fathers then were these, the Seven his, what time the son of Durgaha was captive. For her they gained by sacrifice Trasadasyu, a demi-god, like Indra, conquering foemen.

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

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