Rig Veda · 5.40.5
Rig Veda 5.40.5 — Indra. Sūrya. Atri
Verse 5 of 9 from Sukta 5.40 (Indra. Sūrya. Atri) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.40.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यत तवा सूर्य सवर्भानुस तमसाविध्यद आसुरः | अक्षेत्रविद यथा मुग्धो भुवनान्य अदीधयुः
IAST Romanisation
yat tvā sūrya svarbhānus tamasāvidhyad āsuraḥ | akṣetravid yathā mughdho bhuvanāny adīdhayuḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
O Sūrya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness, All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.
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