Rig Veda · 1.117.18
Rig Veda 1.117.18 — Aśvins
Verse 18 of 25 from Sukta 1.117 (Aśvins) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.117.18
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शुनमन्धाय भरमह्वयत सा वर्कीरश्विना वर्षणा नरेति | जारः कनीन इव चक्षदान रज्राश्वः शतमेकंच मेषान
IAST Romanisation
śunamandhāya bharamahvayat sā vṛkīraśvinā vṛṣaṇā nareti | jāraḥ kanīna iva cakṣadāna ṛjrāśvaḥ śatamekaṃca meṣān
English Translation (Griffith)
To bring the blind man joy thus cried the she-wolf: O Aśvins, O ye Mighty Ones, O Heroes, For me Ṛjrāśva, like a youthful lover, hath. cut piecemeal one and a hundred wethers.
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