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Rig Veda 1.129.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 129, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.129

Devata: Indra (with extensions to Dyaus/Heaven, Rudra, Mitra, Varuṇa)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)

दस्मो हि ष्मा वृषणं पिन्वसि त्वचं कं चिद्यावीरररुं शूर मर्त्यं परिवृणक्षि मर्त्यम् । इन्द्रोत तुभ्यं तद्दिवे तद्रुद्राय स्वयशसे । मित्राय वोचं वरुणाय सप्रथः सुमृळीकाय सप्रथः ॥

dasmó hí ṣmā vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ pínvasi tvácaṃ káṃ cid yāvīr arárum śūra mártyaṃ parivṛ́ṇakṣi mártyam | índro uta túbhyaṃ tád divé tád rudrā́ya sváyaśase | mitrā́ya vocaṃ váruṇāya sa-práthaḥ sumṛḷīkā́ya sa-práthaḥ ||

Pues tú eres en verdad el prodigioso: haces crecer la fuerza del Toro, y aun la piel de algún mortal débil; oh héroe, rodeas y cubres al mortal. Indra, esto lo digo para ti — también para el Cielo y para Rudra, de gloria propia; para Mitra hablo, para Varuṇa, amplio en la Ley (ṛta), para el Benigno, amplio en benignidad.

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