Rig Veda 2.12.9: Mandala 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 9
Sukta 2.12
यस्मान्न ऋते विजयन्ते जनासो यं युध्यमाना अवसे हवन्ते । यो विश्वस्य प्रतिमानं बभूव यो अच्युतच्युत्स जनास इन्द्रः ॥
yasmān na ṛte vijayante janāso yaṃ yudhyamānā avase havante | yo viśvasya pratimānaṃ babhūva yo acyuta-cyut sa janāsa indraḥ ||
Without whom men do not win; whom, when they struggle, they call for help; who has become the measure and standard of the whole; who makes even the ‘unshaken’ fall—he, O peoples, is Indra.
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