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Rigveda 8.96.13

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.96.13

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8.96.13

ava̍ dra̱pso a̍ṁśu̱matī̍m atiṣṭhad iyā̱naḥ kṛ̱ṣṇo da̱śabhi̍ḥ sa̱hasrai̍ḥ |
āva̱t tam indra̱ḥ śacyā̱ dhama̍nta̱m apa̱ snehi̍tīr nṛ̱maṇā̍ adhatta ||

The Black Drop sank in Anṣumatîs bosom, advancing with ten thousand round about it. Indra with might longed for it as it panted: the hero-hearted laid aside his weapons.

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

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