Rig Veda · 1.162.2

Rig Veda 1.162.2 — The Horse

Verse 2 of 22 from Sukta 1.162 (The Horse) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.162.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यन निर्णिजा रेक्णसा पराव्र्तस्य रतिं गर्भीतां मुखतो नयन्ति | सुप्रनजो मेम्यद विश्वरूप इन्द्रापूष्णोः परियमप्येति पाथः

IAST Romanisation

yan nirṇijā rekṇasā prāvṛtasya ratiṃ ghṛbhītāṃ mukhato nayanti | supranajo memyad viśvarūpa indrāpūṣṇoḥ priyamapyeti pāthaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

What time they bear before the Courser, covered with trappings and with wealth, the grasped oblation, The dappled goat goeth straightforward, bleating, to the place dear to Indra and to Pūṣan.

Explanation

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