Rig Veda · 5.52.16

Rig Veda 5.52.16

Verse 16 of 17 from Sukta 5.52 (HYMN LII Maruts) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.52.16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पर ये मे बन्ध्वेषे गां वोचन्त सूरयः पर्श्निं वोचन्त मातरम | अधा पितरम इष्मिणं रुद्रं वोचन्त शिक्वसः

IAST Romanisation

pra ye me bandhveṣe ghāṃ vocanta sūrayaḥ pṛśniṃ vocanta mātaram | adhā pitaram iṣmiṇaṃ rudraṃ vocanta śikvasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Princes, who, when I asked their kin, named Pṛśni as their Mother-cow, And the impetuous Rudra they, the Mighty Ones, declared their Sire.

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