Rig Veda · 10.40.10
Rig Veda 10.40.10 — Aśvins
Verse 10 of 14 from Sukta 10.40 (Aśvins) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.40.10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
जीवं रुदन्ति वि मयन्ते अध्वरे दीर्घामनु परसितिन्दीधियुर्नरः | वामं पित्र्भ्यो य इदं समेरिरे मयःपतिभ्यो जनयः परिष्वजे
IAST Romanisation
jīvaṃ rudanti vi mayante adhvare dīrghāmanu prasitindīdhiyurnaraḥ | vāmaṃ pitṛbhyo ya idaṃ samerire mayaḥpatibhyo janayaḥ pariṣvaje
English Translation (Griffith)
They mourn the living, cry aloud, at sacrifice: the men have set their thoughts upon a distant cast. A lovely thing for fathers who have gathered here,—a joy to husbands,—are the wives their arms shall clasp
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