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Rigveda 6.17.8

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.17.8

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6.17.8

adha̍ tvā̱ viśve̍ pu̱ra i̍ndra de̱vā eka̍ṁ ta̱vasa̍ṁ dadhire̱ bharā̍ya |
ade̍vo̱ yad a̱bhy auhi̍ṣṭa de̱vān sva̍rṣātā vṛṇata̱ indra̱m atra̍ ||

Yea, Indra, all the Deities installed thee their one strong Champion in the van for battle. What time the godless was the Gods' assailant, Indra they chose to win the light of heaven.

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

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