Rig Veda · 10.18.12

Rig Veda 10.18.12 — Various Deities

Verse 12 of 14 from Sukta 10.18 (Various Deities) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.18.12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उच्छ्वञ्चमाना पर्थिवी सु तिष्ठतु सहस्रं मित उप हिश्रयन्ताम | ते गर्हासो घर्तश्चुतो भवन्तु विश्वाहास्मैशरणाः सन्त्वत्र

IAST Romanisation

ucchvañcamānā pṛthivī su tiṣṭhatu sahasraṃ mita upa hiśrayantām | te ghṛhāso ghṛtaścuto bhavantu viśvāhāsmaiśaraṇāḥ santvatra

English Translation (Griffith)

Now let the heaving earth be free from motion: yea,—let a thousand clods remain above him. Be they to him a home distilling fatness, here let them ever be his place of refuge.

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