Mantra 17
Sukta 92
इन्द्रं तं शुम्भ पुरुहन्मन्नवसे यस्य द्विता विधर्तरि । हस्ताय वज्रः प्रति धायि दर्शतो महो दिवे न सूर्यः
índraṁ táṁ śúmbha puruhánman ánavase yásya dvitā́ vidhártarí | hástāya vájraḥ práti dhāyi darśató mahó divé ná sū́ryaḥ
Adorn in song that Indra, O slayer of many, for our succour—whose thunderbolt was set into his hand, in double wise, by the Sustainer—splendid to behold, great for heaven, as is the Sun.
Rishi: RV-source r̥ṣi attribution (Indra-stotra tradition) carried into AV 20.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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