Rig Veda · 1.117.17
Rig Veda 1.117.17 — Aśvins
Verse 17 of 25 from Sukta 1.117 (Aśvins) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.117.17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शतं मेषान वर्क्ये मामहानं तमः परणीतमशिवेन पित्रा | आक्षी रज्राश्वे अश्विनावधत्तं जयोतिरन्धाय चक्रथुर्विचक्षे
IAST Romanisation
śataṃ meṣān vṛkye māmahānaṃ tamaḥ praṇītamaśivena pitrā | ākṣī ṛjrāśve aśvināvadhattaṃ jyotirandhāya cakrathurvicakṣe
English Translation (Griffith)
He whom for furnishing a hundred wethers to the she-wolf, his wicked father blinded,— To him, Ṛjrāśva, gave ye eyes, O Aśvins; light to the blind ye sent for perfect vision.
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