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Sama Veda II.9.3.7: Drive Rakshasas and foes away, break thou in
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895) · From Hymns of the Samaveda (1895)
1. Drive Rakshasas and foes away, break thou in pieces Vritra's jaws:
O Vritra-slaying Indra, quell the foeman's wrath who threatens us!
2. O Indra, beat our foes away, humble the men who challenge us:
Send down to nether darkness him who seeks to do us injury!
3. Strong, ever-youthful are the arms of Indra, fair unassailable, never to be vanquished:
These first let him employ when need hath come on us, wherewith the Asuras' great might was overthrown.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.9.3.7: Drive Rakshasas and foes away, break thou in.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/455/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Sama. “Sama Veda II.9.3.7: Drive Rakshasas and foes away, break thou in.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/samaveda-rishis/455/.
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