Verse 7·VR 1.39.7

तस्य पर्वणि तं यज्ञं यजमानस्य वासवः || १-३९-७ राक्षसीं तनुमास्थाय यज्ञीयाश्वमपाहरत् |

tasya parvaNi tam yaGYam yajamaanasya vaasavaH 1-39-7 raakShasiim tanum aasthaaya yaGYiya ashvam apaaharat |

Translation

And on the day of a sacred function called ukthyam , Indra assumed the form of a demon and stole the ritual horse of the chief of the ritual, namely Sagara. [1-39-7b, 8a]

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b, 8a. vaasavaH

Indra

raakSasiim tanum aasthaaya

on assuming demonic form

parvaNi

at auspicious time \t\t\t[ukthya, the day of sacred function]

ya~jnam yajamaanasya

ritual's, of presiding authority

tasya

his - Sagara's

tam ya~jniiya ashvam apaaharat

snatched away that Vedic-ritual's horse \t\t\t.

Chapter context

39

Sagara's sons dig the earth in search of the ritual horse

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