Mantra 9
Sukta 34
यस्मान्न ऋते विजयन्ते जनासो यं युध्यमाना अवसे हवन्ते । यो विश्वस्य प्रतिमानं बभूव यो अच्युतच्युत् स जनास इन्द्रः
yásmān ná ṛté vijáyante jánāso yáṃ yúdhyamānā́ aváse hávante | yó víśvasya pratímānaṃ babhū́va yó acyúta-acyút sá janāsa índraḥ
Without whom men win not victory—whom, when they fight, they call upon for aid; who hath become the measure of the whole; who is the Unshaken, yea Unshaken: he, O peoples, is Indra.
Rishi: By RV-source concordance for AV 20 material.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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