Mantra 14
Sukta 35
अस्येदु भिया गिरयश्च दृल्हा द्यावा च भूमा जनुषस्तुजेते । उपो वेनस्य जोगुवान ओणिं सद्यो भुवद् वीर्याय नोधाः
asyé́d u bhiyā́ gírayas ca dṛḷhā́ dyā́vā ca bhū́mā jánusás tujete | úpo venásya jógūvān oṇím sadyó bhúvad vīryā́ya nódhāḥ
Yea, through fear of him the mountains, firm-set, and Heaven and Earth by nature are made to quake. Nodhā, pressing near to Vena, straightway won him for heroic might a covering as of armour.
Rishi: Gautama (RV-family attribution); with Nodhā named in-verse
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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