Rig Veda 2.20.8: Mandala 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 8
Sukta 2.20
तस्मै तवस्यमनु दायि सत्रेन्द्राय देवेभिरर्णसातौ । प्रति यदस्य वज्रं बाह्वोर्धुर्हत्वी दस्यून्पुर आयसीर्नि तारीत् ॥
tásmai tavasyám ánu dāyi satréndrā́ya devébhir árṇa-sātau | práti yád asyá vájraṃ bāhvór dhúr hatvī́ dásyūn púra ā́yasīr ní tārīt ||
To him, to Indra, strength was given in the common battle with the gods for the winning of the flood. When they set his thunderbolt into his arms, he slew the Dasyus and brought down the iron strongholds.
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