Rig Veda · 5.78.8

Rig Veda 5.78.8 — Aśvins

Verse 8 of 9 from Sukta 5.78 (Aśvins) in Mandala 5 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 5.78.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा वातो यथा वनं यथा समुद्र एजति | एवा तवं दशमास्य सहावेहि जरायुणा

IAST Romanisation

yathā vāto yathā vanaṃ yathā samudra ejati | evā tvaṃ daśamāsya sahāvehi jarāyuṇā

English Translation (Griffith)

Like as the wind, like as the wood, like as the sea is set astir, So also, ten-month babe, descend together with the after-birth.

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