Description
Before there was a Hindu and a Zoroastrian, there was one people on the Eurasian steppe who sang to the same god.
When the Indo-Iranians split one branch flowing south into the Saptasindhu, the other west into the Iranian plateau they took the same hymns with them. In India, the warrior-god became इन्द्र, the slayer of वृत्र. In Iran, he became 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Verethragna), later Bahram (the smasher of obstruction).
Vritra-han becomes Verethra-gna. Same name. Same god. Different language.
This is the third installment in the Indra Song series, after the Sanskrit recitation and the Hindi translation, here is what the same hymn might have sounded like if it had continued in the Iranian branch. Persian poetry, Avestan echoes, the same lightning.
From Veda to Avesta, the voice of one name:
Indra, Bahram, Vritrahan.
Notes: Music composed with AI assistance.
If you missed the earlier two:
🎵 Sanskrit version (Sa Janasah Indra): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-QY3xwSb68
🎵 Hindi translation (Wo Indra Hai): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCgu9wubWyM