Rig Veda · 1.38.8

Rig Veda 1.38.8 — Maruts

Verse 8 of 15 from Sukta 1.38 (Maruts) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.38.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वाश्रेव विद्युन मिमाति वत्सं न माता सिषक्ति | यद एषां वर्ष्टिर असर्जि

IAST Romanisation

vāśreva vidyun mimāti vatsaṃ na mātā siṣakti | yad eṣāṃ vṛṣṭir asarji

English Translation (Griffith)

Like a cow the lightning lows and follows, motherlike, her youngling, When their rain-flood hath been loosened.

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