Vedic Mythology c7.s2.2

c7.s2.2

Dadhikrā is a hero, smites the Dasyus, and is victorious (4, 38¹⁻³· ⁷). His adversaries fear him as the thunder of heaven, when he fights against a thousand; he wins booty in combats and the tribes cry after him in contests (ib. ⁸· ⁵· ⁴). Making himself (*kṛṇvāna*) a garland, he tosses the dust and scatters it from his brows (ib. ⁶· ⁷). He belongs to all the tribes, pervades the five tribes with his power, as Sūrya the waters with his light, and observes the assemblies (ib. ²· ¹⁰· ⁴). Mitra-Varuṇa gave him, the victorious steed, like shining Agni, to the Pūrus (4, 39² cp. 38¹· ²); they gave us the horse Dadhikrā as a blessing for the mortal (ib. ⁵).