Rig Veda · 2.16.8
Rig Veda 2.16.8 — Indra
Verse 8 of 9 from Sukta 2.16 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 2.16.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
पुरा सम्बाधादभ्या वव्र्त्स्व नो धेनुर्न वत्सं यवसस्य पिप्युषी | सक्र्त सु ते सुमतिभिः शतक्रतो सं पत्नीभिर्न वर्षणो नसीमहि
IAST Romanisation
purā sambādhādabhyā vavṛtsva no dhenurna vatsaṃ yavasasya pipyuṣī | sakṛt su te sumatibhiḥ śatakrato saṃ patnībhirna vṛṣaṇo nasīmahi
English Translation (Griffith)
Turn thee unto us ere calamity come nigh, as a cow full of pasture turns her to her calf. Lord of a Hundred Powers, may we once firmly cling to thy fair favours even as husbands to their wives.
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