Rig Veda · 1.84.16
Rig Veda 1.84.16 — Indra
Verse 16 of 20 from Sukta 1.84 (Indra) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.84.16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
को अद्य युङकते धुरि गा रतस्य शिमीवतो भामिनो दुर्ह्र्णायून | असन्निषून हर्त्स्वसो मयोभून य एषां भर्त्यां रणधत स जीवात
IAST Romanisation
ko adya yuṅkte dhuri ghā ṛtasya śimīvato bhāmino durhṛṇāyūn | asanniṣūn hṛtsvaso mayobhūn ya eṣāṃ bhṛtyāṃ ṛṇadhat sa jīvāt
English Translation (Griffith)
Who yokes to-day unto the pole of Order the strong and passionate steers of checkless spirit, With shaft-armed mouths, heart-piercing, health-bestowing? Long shall he live who richly pays their service.
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