Rig Veda · 10.98.5

Rig Veda 10.98.5 — The Gods

Verse 5 of 12 from Sukta 10.98 (The Gods) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.98.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आर्ष्टिषेणो होत्रं रषिर्निषीदन देवापिर्देवसुमतिंचिकित्वान | स उत्तरस्मादधरं समुद्रमपो दिव्या अस्र्जद्वर्ष्या अभि

IAST Romanisation

ārṣṭiṣeṇo hotraṃ ṛṣirniṣīdan devāpirdevasumatiṃcikitvān | sa uttarasmādadharaṃ samudramapo divyā asṛjadvarṣyā abhi

English Translation (Griffith)

Knowing the God's good-will, Devapi, Ṛṣi, the son of Rstisena, sate as Hotar. He hath brought down from heaven's most lofty summit the ocean of the rain, celestial waters.

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