Rig Veda · 1.139.8
Rig Veda 1.139.8 — Viśvedevas
Verse 8 of 12 from Sukta 1.139 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.139.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ओ षू णो अग्ने शर्णुहि तवम ईळितो देवेभ्यो बरवसि यज्ञियेभ्यो राजभ्यो यज्ञियेभ्यः | यद ध तयाम अङगिरोभ्यो धेनुं देवा अदत्तन | वि तां दुह्रे अर्यमा कर्तरी सचां एष तां वेद मे सचा
IAST Romanisation
o ṣū ṇo aghne śṛṇuhi tvam īḷito devebhyo bravasi yajñiyebhyo rājabhyo yajñiyebhyaḥ | yad dha tyām aṅghirobhyo dhenuṃ devā adattana | vi tāṃ duhre aryamā kartarī sacāṃ eṣa tāṃ veda me sacā
English Translation (Griffith)
Ne’er may these manly deeds of yours for us grow old, never may your bright glories fall into decay, never before our time decay. What deed of yours, new every age, wondrous, surpassing man, rings forth, Whatever, Maruts! may be difficult to gain, grant us, whate’er is hard to gain.
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