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Rig Veda 10.157: WE will, with Indra and all Gods to aid us, bring these existing worlds into subjection.

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

WE will, with Indra and all Gods to aid us, bring these existing worlds into subjection.

Our sacrifice, our bodies, and our offspring, let Indra form together with Adityas.

With the Adityas, with the band of Maruts, may Indra be Protector of our bodies.

As when the Gods came, after they had slaughtered the Asuras, keeping safe their Godlike nature,

Brought the Sun hitherward with mighty powers, and looked about them on their vigorous Godhead.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.157: WE will, with Indra and all Gods to aid us, bring these existing worlds into subjection.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/992/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.157: WE will, with Indra and all Gods to aid us, bring these existing worlds into subjection.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/992/.

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