Rig Veda · 1.163.7

Rig Veda 1.163.7 — The Horse

Verse 7 of 13 from Sukta 1.163 (The Horse) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.163.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अत्रा ते रूपमुत्तममपश्यं जिगीषमाणमिष आ पदेगोः | यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगमानळ आदिद गरसिष्ठ ओषधीरजीगः

IAST Romanisation

atrā te rūpamuttamamapaśyaṃ jighīṣamāṇamiṣa ā padeghoḥ | yadā te marto anu bhoghamānaḷ ādid ghrasiṣṭha oṣadhīrajīghaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Here I beheld thy form, matchless in glory, eager to win thee food at the Cow's station. Whene’er a man brings thee to thine enjoyment, thou swallowest the plants most greedy eater.

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