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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 20.28

व्य् अन्तरिक्षम् अतिरन् मदे सोमस्य रोचना । इन्द्रो यद् अभिनद् वलम् ॥१॥

vy antarikṣam atiran made somasya rocanā | indro yad abhinad valam ||1||

In Soma's ecstasy Indra spread the firmament and realms of light, When he cleft Vala limb from limb.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.14.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.

उद् गा आजद् अङ्गिरोभ्य आविष् क्र्ण्वन् गुहा सतीः । अर्वाञ्चं नुनुदे वलम् ॥२॥

ud gā ājad aṅgirobhya āviṣ krṇvan guhā satīḥ | arvāñcaṃ nunude valam ||2||

Showing the hidden he drave forth the cows for the Angirases, And Vala he cast headlong down.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.14.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.

इन्द्रेण रोचना दिवो दृल्हानि दृंहितानि च । स्थिराणि न पराणुदे ॥३॥

indreṇa rocanā divo dṛlhāni dṛṃhitāni ca | sthirāṇi na parāṇude ||3||

By Indra were the luminous realms of heaven established and secured, Firm and immovable from their place.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.14.9; the wording of this text may differ in places.

अपाम् ऊर्मिर् मदन्न् इव स्तोम इन्द्राजिरायते । वि ते मदा अराजिषुः ॥४॥

apām ūrmir madann iva stoma indrājirāyate | vi te madā arājiṣuḥ ||4||

Indra, thy laud moves quickly like a joyous wave of water-floods: Bright shine the drops that gladden thee.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.14.10; the wording of this text may differ in places.