Mantra 5
Sukta 87
प्रेन्द्रस्य वोचं प्रथमा कृतानि प्र नूतना मघवा या चकार । यदेददेवीरसहिष्ट माया अथाभवत् केवलः सोमो अस्य
préन्द्रasya vocaṃ prathamā́ kṛtā́ni prá nū́tanā maghávā yā́ cakā́ra | yád éd ád vīrasahiṣṭh māyā́ áthābhavat kévalaḥ sómo asya
Forth will I speak Indra’s earliest deeds, and forth the later which the Bounteous wrought: when then, O best helper of heroes, by thy wondrous craft, thereafter the Soma became his alone.
Rishi: Rigvedic provenance (Indra-stuti tradition)
Devata: Indra (with Soma as associated sacral substance)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
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