Rig Veda · 10.166.5
Rig Veda 10.166.5 — Sapatnanāśanam
Verse 5 of 5 from Sukta 10.166 (Sapatnanāśanam) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.166.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
योगक्षेमं व आदायाहं भूयासमुत्तम आ वो मूर्धानमक्रमीम | अधस्पदान म उद वदत मण्डूका इवोदकान्मण्डूका उदकादिव
IAST Romanisation
yoghakṣemaṃ va ādāyāhaṃ bhūyāsamuttama ā vo mūrdhānamakramīm | adhaspadān ma ud vadata maṇḍūkā ivodakānmaṇḍūkā udakādiva
English Translation (Griffith)
May I be highest, having gained your strength in war, your skill in peace my feet have trodden on your heads. Speak to me from beneath my feet, as frogs from out the water croak, as frogs from out the water croak.
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