Rig Veda · 1.161.13

Rig Veda 1.161.13 — Ṛbhus

Verse 13 of 14 from Sukta 1.161 (Ṛbhus) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.161.13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सुषुप्वांस रभवस्तदप्र्छतागोह्य क इदं नो अबूबुधत | शवानं बस्तो बोधयितारमब्रवीत सम्वत्सर इदमद्या वयख्यत

IAST Romanisation

suṣupvāṃsa ṛbhavastadapṛchatāghohya ka idaṃ no abūbudhat | śvānaṃ basto bodhayitāramabravīt samvatsara idamadyā vyakhyata

English Translation (Griffith)

When ye had slept your fill, ye Ṛbhus, thus ye asked, O thou whom naught may hide, who now hath wakened us? The goat declared the hound to be your wakener. That day, in a full year, ye first unclosed our eyes.

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