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Rigveda 8.96.5

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 8.96.5

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8.96.5

ā yad vajra̍m bā̱hvor i̍ndra̱ dhatse̍ mada̱cyuta̱m aha̍ye̱ hanta̱vā u̍ |
pra parva̍tā̱ ana̍vanta̱ pra gāva̱ḥ pra bra̱hmāṇo̍ abhi̱nakṣa̍nta̱ indra̍m ||

What time, O Indra, in thine arms thou tookest thy wildly rushing bolt to Slay the Dragon, The mountains roared, the cattle loudly bellowed, the Brahmans with their hymns drew nigh to Indra.

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

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