Rig Veda · 4.16.3

Rig Veda 4.16.3 — Indra

Verse 3 of 21 from Sukta 4.16 (Indra) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.16.3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कविर न निण्यं विदथानि साधन वर्षा यत सेकं विपिपानो अर्चात | दिव इत्था जीजनत सप्त कारून अह्ना चिच चक्रुर वयुना गर्णन्तः

IAST Romanisation

kavir na niṇyaṃ vidathāni sādhan vṛṣā yat sekaṃ vipipāno arcāt | diva itthā jījanat sapta kārūn ahnā cic cakrur vayunā ghṛṇantaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

When the Bull, quaffing, praises our libation, as a sage paying holy rites in secret, Seven singers here from heaven hath he begotten, who e’en by day have wrought their works while singing.

Explanation

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