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Rig Veda 10.171: FOR Ita's sake who pressed the juice, thou, Indra, didst protect his car

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

Religion

FOR Ita's sake who pressed the juice, thou, Indra, didst protect his car,
And hear the Soma-giver's call.

Thou from his skin hast borne the head of the swift-moving combatant,
And sought the Soma-pourer's home.

Venya, that mortal man, hast thou, for Astrabudhna the devout,
O Indra, many a time set free.

Bring, Indra, to the east again that Sun who now is in the west,
Even against the will of Gods.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.171: FOR Ita's sake who pressed the juice, thou, Indra, didst protect his car.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1006/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.171: FOR Ita's sake who pressed the juice, thou, Indra, didst protect his car.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1006/.

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