Rig Veda · 1.125.5
Rig Veda 1.125.5 — Svanaya
Verse 5 of 7 from Sukta 1.125 (Svanaya) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.125.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नाकस्य पर्ष्ठे अधि तिष्ठति शरितो यः पर्णाति स ह देवेषु गछति | तस्मा आपो घर्तमर्षन्ति सिन्धवस्तस्मा इयं दक्षिणा पिन्वते सदा
IAST Romanisation
nākasya pṛṣṭhe adhi tiṣṭhati śrito yaḥ pṛṇāti sa ha deveṣu ghachati | tasmā āpo ghṛtamarṣanti sindhavastasmā iyaṃ dakṣiṇā pinvate sadā
English Translation (Griffith)
On the high ridge of heaven he stands exalted, yea, to the Gods he goes, the liberal giver. The streams, the waters flow for him with fatness: to him this guerdon ever yields abundance.
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