Rig Veda · 1.161.4
Rig Veda 1.161.4 — Ṛbhus
Verse 4 of 14 from Sukta 1.161 (Ṛbhus) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.161.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
चक्र्वांस रभवस्तदप्र्छत कवेदभूद यः सय दूतो न आजगन | यदावाख्यच्चमसाञ्चतुरः कर्तानादित तवष्टा गनास्वन्तर्न्यानजे
IAST Romanisation
cakṛvāṃsa ṛbhavastadapṛchata kvedabhūd yaḥ sya dūto na ājaghan | yadāvākhyaccamasāñcaturaḥ kṛtānādit tvaṣṭā ghnāsvantarnyānaje
English Translation (Griffith)
When thus, O Ṛbhus, ye had done ye questioned thus, Whither went he who came to us a messenger? Then Tvaṣṭar, when he viewed the four wrought chalices, concealed himself among the Consorts of the Gods.
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