Rig Veda · 4.18.12
Rig Veda 4.18.12 — Indra and Others
Verse 12 of 13 from Sukta 4.18 (Indra and Others) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.18.12
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कस ते मातरं विधवाम अचक्रच छयुं कस तवाम अजिघांसच चरन्तम | कस ते देवो अधि मार्डीक आसीद यत पराक्षिणाः पितरम पादग्र्ह्य
IAST Romanisation
kas te mātaraṃ vidhavām acakrac chayuṃ kas tvām ajighāṃsac carantam | kas te devo adhi mārḍīka āsīd yat prākṣiṇāḥ pitaram pādaghṛhya
English Translation (Griffith)
Who was he then who made thy Mother widow? Who sought to stay thee lying still or moving? What God, when by the foot thy Sire thou tookest and slewest, was at hand to give thee comfort?
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