Rig Veda · 10.109.3

Rig Veda 10.109.3 — Viśvedevas

Verse 3 of 7 from Sukta 10.109 (Viśvedevas) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.109.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हस्तेनैव गराह्य आधिरस्या बरह्मजायेयमिति चेदवोचन | न दूताय परह्ये तस्थ एषा तथा राष्ट्रं गुपितंक्षत्रियस्य

IAST Romanisation

hastenaiva ghrāhya ādhirasyā brahmajāyeyamiti cedavocan | na dūtāya prahye tastha eṣā tathā rāṣṭraṃ ghupitaṃkṣatriyasya

English Translation (Griffith)

The man, her pledge, must by her hand be taken when they have cried, She is a Brahman's consort. She stayed not for a herald to conduct her: thus is the kingdom of a ruler guarded.

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