Rig Veda · 10.117.8
Rig Veda 10.117.8 — Liberality
Verse 8 of 9 from Sukta 10.117 (Liberality) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.117.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
एकपाद भूयो दविपदो वि चक्रमे दविपात तरिपादमभ्येतिपश्चात | चतुष्पादेति दविपदामभिस्वरे सम्पश्यन्पङकतीरुपतिष्ठमानः
IAST Romanisation
ekapād bhūyo dvipado vi cakrame dvipāt tripādamabhyetipaścāt | catuṣpādeti dvipadāmabhisvare sampaśyanpaṅktīrupatiṣṭhamānaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
He with one foot hath far outrun the biped, and the two-footed catches the three-footed. Four-footed creatures come when bipeds call them, and stand and look where five are met together.
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