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Rigveda 6.17.9

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.17.9

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6.17.9

adha̱ dyauś ci̍t te̱ apa̱ sā nu vajrā̍d dvi̱tāna̍mad bhi̱yasā̱ svasya̍ ma̱nyoḥ |
ahi̱ṁ yad indro̍ a̱bhy oha̍sāna̱ṁ ni ci̍d vi̱śvāyu̍ḥ śa̱yathe̍ ja̱ghāna̍ ||

Yea, e'en that heaven itself of old bent backward before thy bolt, in terror of its anger, When Indra, life of every living creature, smote down within his lair the assailing Dragon.

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

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