Rig Veda · 10.28.4
Rig Veda 10.28.4 — Indra. Vasukra
Verse 4 of 12 from Sukta 10.28 (Indra. Vasukra) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.28.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इदं सु मे जरितरा चिकिद्धि परतीपं शापं नद्योवहन्ति | लोपाशः सिंहं परत्यञ्चमत्साः करोष्टावराहं निरतक्त कक्षात
IAST Romanisation
idaṃ su me jaritarā cikiddhi pratīpaṃ śāpaṃ nadyovahanti | lopāśaḥ siṃhaṃ pratyañcamatsāḥ kroṣṭāvarāhaṃ niratakta kakṣāt
English Translation (Griffith)
Resolve for me, O singer, this my riddle: The rivers send their swelling water backward: The fox steals up to the approaching lion: the jackal drives the wild-boar from the brushwood.
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