Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.t4.19

c6.s6.t4.19

⁷ यं स्मा पृच्छन्ति कुह सेति घोरमुतेमाहुर्नैषो अस्तीत्येनम् । सो अर्यः पुष्टीर्विजइवा मिनाति श्रद्दस्मै धत्त स जनास इन्द्रः ।। — Ibid. II.2.12 (Not seeing him, they ask — “where is he?” Believing that he is no where, they say — “oh, he does not exist”. Then like a terror, he slaughters cows, destroys houses and riches of the enemy. Therefore believe that he is.) Sāyaṇa here refers to *Ṛgveda* VIII.100.3 also, which refers to the doubts raised on the existence of Indra — “नेन्द्रो अस्तीति नेम उ त्व आह क ईं ददर्श कमभिष्टवाम".