{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv10152.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv10152.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv10152.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. A MIGHTY Governor art thou, Wondrous, Destroyer of the foe,\n Whose friend is never done to death, and never, never overcome.\n 2 Lord of the clan, who brings us bliss, Strong, Warrior, Slayer of the fiend,\n May India, Soma-drinker, go before us, Bull who gives us peace.\n 3 Drive R\u0101k\u1e63asas and foes away, break thou in pieces V\u1e5btra'sjaws:\n O V\u1e5btra-slaying Indra, quell the foeman's wrath who threatens us.\n 4 O Indra, beat our foes away, humble the men who challenge us:\n Send down to nether darkness him who seeks to do us injury.\n 5 Baffle the foeman's plan, ward off his weapon who would conquer us.\n Give shelter from his furious wrath, and keep his murdering dart afar.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 10: HYMN CLII. Indra.","type":"page"}