Rig Veda · 10.123.8
Rig Veda 10.123.8 — Vena
Verse 8 of 8 from Sukta 10.123 (Vena) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.123.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दरप्सः समुद्रमभि यज्जिगाति पश्यन गर्ध्रस्य चक्षसाविधर्मन | भानुः शुक्रेण शोचिषा चकानस्त्र्तीये चक्रेरजसि परियाणि
IAST Romanisation
drapsaḥ samudramabhi yajjighāti paśyan ghṛdhrasya cakṣasāvidharman | bhānuḥ śukreṇa śociṣā cakānastṛtīye cakrerajasi priyāṇi
English Translation (Griffith)
When as a spark he cometh near the ocean, still looking with a vulture's eye to heaven, His lustre, joying in its own bright splendour, maketh dear glories in the lowest region.
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