Mantra 7
Sukta 8
बृहत् ते जालं बृहत इन्द्र शूर सहस्रार्घस्य शतवीर्यस्य । तेन शतं सहस्रमयुतं न्यऽर्बुदं जघान शक्रो दस्यूनामभिधाय सेनया
bṛhát te jā́laṃ bṛhatá índra śūra sahasrārghásya śatá-vīryasya | téna śatáṃ sahásram ayútam ny-àrbudáṃ jaghā́na śakró dasyū́nām abhidhā́ya sénayā
Vast is thy net, O Indra, valiant hero—vast, of thousandfold value, of hundredfold might. With that he smote, the Mighty One, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, yea a myriad upon myriad of Dasyus, having assailed them with his host.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV VIII); specific r̥ṣi uncertain without padānukramaṇī.
Devata: Indra (Śakra), and his indrajāla as operative power
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (AV style; exact metrical diagnosis may vary by edition)
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