Rig Veda · 10.94.2

Rig Veda 10.94.2 — Press-stones

Verse 2 of 14 from Sukta 10.94 (Press-stones) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.94.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एते वदन्ति शतवत सहस्रवदभि करन्दन्ति हरितेभिरासभिः | विष्ट्वी गरावाणः सुक्र्तः सुक्र्त्यया होतुश्चित पूर्वे हविरद्यमाशत

IAST Romanisation

ete vadanti śatavat sahasravadabhi krandanti haritebhirāsabhiḥ | viṣṭvī ghrāvāṇaḥ sukṛtaḥ sukṛtyayā hotuścit pūrve haviradyamāśata

English Translation (Griffith)

They speak out like a hundred, like a thousand men: they cry aloud to us with their green-tinted mouths, While, pious Stones, they ply their task with piety, and, even before the Hotar, taste the offered food.

Explanation

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