Rig Veda · 3.8.10

Rig Veda 3.8.10

Verse 10 of 11 from Sukta 3.8 (HYMN VIII Sacrificial Post) in Mandala 3 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 3.8.10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शर्ङगाणीवेच्छ्र्ङगिणां सं दद्र्श्रे चषालवन्तः सवरवः पर्थिव्याम | वाघद्भिर्वा विहवे शरोषमाणा अस्मानवन्तु पर्तनाज्येषु

IAST Romanisation

śṛṅghāṇīvecchṛṅghiṇāṃ saṃ dadṛśre caṣālavantaḥ svaravaḥ pṛthivyām | vāghadbhirvā vihave śroṣamāṇā asmānavantu pṛtanājyeṣu

English Translation (Griffith)

Those Stakes upon the earth with rings that deck them seem to the eye like horns of horned creatures; Or, as upraised by priests in invocation, let them assist us in the rush to battle.

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