Book 20. Hymn 42

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"Hymns of the Atharva Veda", by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895],

Hymn Xlii

1From Indra have I measured an eight-footed and nine-cornered.

song, p. 302

Delicate, faithful to the Law.

2Indra, both worlds complained to thee when uttering thy fearful

roar,

What time thou smotest Dasyus dead.

3Arising in thy might thy jaws thou shookest, Indra, having

quaffed

The Soma poured into the bowls.