Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions v5.c49.40

v5.c49.40

⁴⁰² In ix. 96, 16, 19, his weapons are referred to; in vi. 44, 22, he is said to have robbed his malignant father of his weapons and his magical devices (*ayaṁ svasya pitur āyudhāni Indur amushṇād aśivasya māyāḥ*). It is related in the Ait. Br. i. 14, that there was formerly war between the gods and the Asuras. They fought together in the east, south, west, and north, and in all these quarters the Asuras were victorious. In the north-east, however, the gods were not overcome, for that is "the unconquerable region." The gods ascribed their former defeats to the fact of their having no king, and agreed to make Soma their monarch, after which they were victorious on all the points of the compass (*Devāsurāḥ vai eshu lokeshu samayatanta | tataḥ etasyām prāchyām diśi ayatanta | tāṁs tato 'surāḥ ajayan | .... te udīchyām prāchyām diśi ayatanta | te tato na parājayanta | sā eshā dig aparājitā | .... te devāḥ abruvann "arājatayā vai no jayanti | rājānaṁ karavāmahai" iti | "tathā" iti | te somaṁ rājānam akurvan | te somena rājnā sarvāḥ diśo 'jayan*).