Rig Veda · 2.18.8

Rig Veda 2.18.8 — Indra

Verse 8 of 9 from Sukta 2.18 (Indra) in Mandala 2 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 2.18.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न म इन्द्रेण सख्यं वि योषदस्मभ्यमस्य दक्षिणा दुहीत | उप जयेष्ठे वरूथे गभस्तौ पराये-पराये जिगीवांसः सयाम

IAST Romanisation

na ma indreṇa sakhyaṃ vi yoṣadasmabhyamasya dakṣiṇā duhīta | upa jyeṣṭhe varūthe ghabhastau prāye-prāye jighīvāṃsaḥ syāma

English Translation (Griffith)

Ne’er be my love from Indra disunited still may his liberal Milch-cow yield us treasure. So may we under his supreme protection, safe in his arms, succeed in each forth-going.

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