Rig Veda · 1.164.48
Rig Veda 1.164.48 — Viśvedevas
Verse 48 of 52 from Sukta 1.164 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.164.48
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दवादश परधयश्चक्रमेकं तरीणि नभ्यानि क उ तच्चिकेत | तस्मिन साकं तरिशता न शङकवो.अर्पिताः षष्टिर्न चलाचलासः
IAST Romanisation
dvādaśa pradhayaścakramekaṃ trīṇi nabhyāni ka u tacciketa | tasmin sākaṃ triśatā na śaṅkavo.arpitāḥ ṣaṣṭirna calācalāsaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Twelve are the fellies, and the wheel is single; three are the naves. What man hath understood it? Therein are set together spokes three hundred and sixty, which in nowise can be loosened.
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