Rig Veda · 10.111.8

Rig Veda 10.111.8 — Indra

Verse 8 of 10 from Sukta 10.111 (Indra) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.111.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दूरं किल परथमा जग्मुरासामिन्द्रस्य याः परसवेसस्रुरापः | कव सविदग्रं कव बुध्न आसामापोमध्यं कव वो नूनमन्तः

IAST Romanisation

dūraṃ kila prathamā jaghmurāsāmindrasya yāḥ prasavesasrurāpaḥ | kva svidaghraṃ kva budhna āsāmāpomadhyaṃ kva vo nūnamantaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Far have they gone, the first of all these waters, the waters that flowed forth when Indra sent them. Where is their spring, and where is their foundation? Where now, ye Waters, is your inmost centre?

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