Sukta 4.42
अस्माकमत्र पितरस्त आसन्त्सप्त ऋषयो दौर्गहे बध्यमाने । त आयजन्त त्रसदस्युमस्या इन्द्रं न वृत्रतुरमर्धदेवम् ॥
asmākám átra pitáras tá āsan sapta ṛ́ṣayo dauḥ-gahé badhyámāne | ta ā́yajanta trasádasyum asyā́ índraṃ ná vṛtra-túram ardha-devám ||
Here, in our own field of being, thy Fathers were established—seven seers—when the hard-to-grasp (light/wealth) was being bound. Then they offered and formed Trasadasyu of this lineage, like Indra, the smiter of the Coverer, a power half-divine (still becoming fully luminous).
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