Rig Veda · 10.95.8
Rig Veda 10.95.8 — Urvasi. Purūravas
Verse 8 of 18 from Sukta 10.95 (Urvasi. Purūravas) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.95.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
सचा यदासु जहतीष्वत्कममानुषीषु मानुषो निषेवे | अप सम मत तरसन्ती न भुज्युस्ता अत्रसन रथस्प्र्शोनाश्वाः
IAST Romanisation
sacā yadāsu jahatīṣvatkamamānuṣīṣu mānuṣo niṣeve | apa sma mat tarasantī na bhujyustā atrasan rathaspṛśonāśvāḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
When I, a mortal, wooed to mine embraces these heavenly nymphs who laid aside their raiment, Like a scared snake they fled from me in terror, like chariot horses when the car has touched them.
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