Rig Veda · Mandala 5 · Sukta 84
Rig Veda 5.84 — Prthivi
Deity: Prthivi. Rishi family (Mandala 5): Atri and the Atreya line. This Sukta contains 3 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 5.84.1
बळ इत्था पर्वतानां खिद्रम बिभर्षि पर्थिवि | पर या भूमिम परवत्वति मह्ना जिनोषि महिनि
baḷ itthā parvatānāṃ khidram bibharṣi pṛthivi | pra yā bhūmim pravatvati mahnā jinoṣi mahini
Rig Veda 5.84.2
सतोमासस तवा विचारिणि परति षटोभन्त्य अक्तुभिः | पर या वाजं न हेषन्तम पेरुम अस्यस्य अर्जुनि
stomāsas tvā vicāriṇi prati ṣṭobhanty aktubhiḥ | pra yā vājaṃ na heṣantam perum asyasy arjuni
To thee, O wanderer at will, ring out the lauds with beams of day, Who drivest, like a neighing steed, the swelling cloud, O bright of hue.
Rig Veda 5.84.3
दर्ळ्हा चिद या वनस्पतीन कष्मया दर्धर्ष्य ओजसा | यत ते अभ्रस्य विद्युतो दिवो वर्षन्ति वर्ष्टयः
dṛḷhā cid yā vanaspatīn kṣmayā dardharṣy ojasā | yat te abhrasya vidyuto divo varṣanti vṛṣṭayaḥ
Who graspest with thy might on earth. e’en the strong sovrans of the wood, When from the lightning of thy cloud the rain-floods of the heaven descend.
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