Rig Veda · 10.17.10
Rig Veda 10.17.10 — Various Deities
Verse 10 of 14 from Sukta 10.17 (Various Deities) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.17.10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अपो अस्मान मातरः शुन्धयन्तु घर्तेन नो घर्तप्वः पुनन्तु | विश्वं हि रिप्रं परवहन्ति देविरुदिदाभ्यः शुचिरापूत एमि
IAST Romanisation
apo asmān mātaraḥ śundhayantu ghṛtena no ghṛtapvaḥ punantu | viśvaṃ hi ripraṃ pravahanti devirudidābhyaḥ śucirāpūta emi
English Translation (Griffith)
The Mother Floods shall make us bright and shining, cleansers of holy oil, with oil shall cleanse us: For, Goddesses, they bear off all defilement: I, rise up from them purified and brightened.
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