Rig Veda · 1.164.47
Rig Veda 1.164.47 — Viśvedevas
Verse 47 of 52 from Sukta 1.164 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.164.47
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कर्ष्णं नियानं हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवमुत पतन्ति | त आवव्र्त्रन सदनाद रतस्यादिद घर्तेन पर्थिवी वयुद्यते
IAST Romanisation
kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divamut patanti | ta āvavṛtran sadanād ṛtasyādid ghṛtena pṛthivī vyudyate
English Translation (Griffith)
Dark the descent: the birds are golden-coloured; up to the heaven they fly robed in the waters. Again descend they from the seat of Order, and all the earth is moistened with their fatness.
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