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Rigveda 8.066.03

Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 66 · Verse 8.66.3

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Sanskrit Original

यः श॒क्रो मृ॒क्षो अश्व्यो॒ यो वा॒ कीजो॑ हिर॒ण्ययः॑ । स ऊ॒र्वस्य॑ रेजय॒त्यपा॑वृति॒मिन्द्रो॒ गव्य॑स्य वृत्र॒हा

yaḥ śakro mṛkṣo aśvyo yo vā kījo hiraṇyayaḥ sa ūrvasya rejayatyapāvṛtimindro gavyasya vṛtrahā

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

Whether he is shaggy‑headed or swift as a horse, whether golden in form—the lord Indra grants the kine's milk and frees the cowherd from the foe.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

He Śakra, who is the purifier (of his worshippers), and well-skilled in horses, who is wonderful andgolden-bodied-- he, Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, shakes the hiding-plural ce of the numerous herd of kine.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

The Vrtra-slayer smote them all as spokes are hammered into naves: The Dasyu-killer waxed in might.