Rig Veda · 5.40.8
Rig Veda 5.40.8 — Indra. Sūrya. Atri
Verse 8 of 9 from Sukta 5.40 (Indra. Sūrya. Atri) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 5.40.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
गराव्णो बरह्मा युयुजानः सपर्यन कीरिणा देवान नमसोपशिक्षन | अत्रिः सूर्यस्य दिवि चक्षुर आधात सवर्भानोर अप माया अघुक्षत
IAST Romanisation
ghrāvṇo brahmā yuyujānaḥ saparyan kīriṇā devān namasopaśikṣan | atriḥ sūryasya divi cakṣur ādhāt svarbhānor apa māyā aghukṣat
English Translation (Griffith)
The Brahman Atri, as he set the press-stones, serving the Gods with praise and adoration, Established in the heaven the eye of Sūrya, and caused Svarbhanu's magic arts to vanish.
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