Rig Veda · 10.13.4
Rig Veda 10.13.4
Verse 4 of 5 from Sukta 10.13 (HYMN XIII Havirdhanas) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.13.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
देवेभ्यः कमव्र्णीत मर्त्युं परजायै कमम्र्तंनाव्र्णीत | बर्हस्पतिं यज्ञमक्र्ण्वत रषिं परियांयमस्तन्वं परारिरेचीत
IAST Romanisation
devebhyaḥ kamavṛṇīta mṛtyuṃ prajāyai kamamṛtaṃnāvṛṇīta | bṛhaspatiṃ yajñamakṛṇvata ṛṣiṃ priyāṃyamastanvaṃ prārirecīt
English Translation (Griffith)
He, for God's sake, chose death to be his portion. He chose not, for men's good, a life eternal They sacrificed Bṛhaspati the Ṛṣi. Yama delivered up his own dear body.
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