Mantra 17
Sukta 34
यः सोमकामो हर्यश्वः सूरिर्यस्माद् रेजन्ते भुवनानि विश्वा । यो जघान शम्बरं यश्च शुष्णं य एकवीरः स जनास इन्द्रः
yáḥ sómakāmo háryaśvaḥ sūrír yásmād réjante bhúvanāni víśvā | yó jaghā́na śámbaraṃ yáś ca śúṣṇaṃ yá ékavīraḥ sá janāsa índraḥ
He who is Soma-loving, tawny-steeded, a lordly patron, from whom all worlds do tremble; who slew Śambara, and who (slew) Śuṣṇa; who is the single champion—he, O men, is Indra.
Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (adopted into AV 20).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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