Rig Veda 2.22.4: Mandala 2, Sukta 22, Mantra 4
Sukta 2.22
तव त्यन्नर्यं नृतोऽप इन्द्र प्रथमं पूर्व्यं दिवि प्रवाच्यं कृतम् । यद्देवस्य शवसा प्रारिणा असुं रिणन्नपः । भुवद्विश्वमभ्यादेवमोजसा विदादूर्जं शतक्रतुर्विदादिषम् ॥
táva tyán nár yaṃ nṛtó ’pa índra prathamáṃ pū́rvyaṃ diví prá-vācyaṃ kṛtám | yád devásya śávasā prá ariṇā ásuṃ riṇánn ápaḥ | bhúvad víśvam abhý ā́devam ójasā vidā́d ūrjáṃ śatákratur vidā́d íṣam ||
Yours is that manly deed, O Indra, first and ancient, to be proclaimed in heaven: when by the god’s might you set free the life-breath, breaking open the waters. Then all that was undivine became divine by your force; O hundred-powered, you found the nourishment and you found the impulsion.
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