Rig Veda · 7.18.8
Rig Veda 7.18.8 — Indra
Verse 8 of 25 from Sukta 7.18 (Indra) in Mandala 7 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 7.18.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दुराध्यो अदितिं सरेवयन्तो.अचेतसो वि जग्र्भ्रे परुष्णीम | मह्नाविव्यक पर्थिवीं पत्यमानः पशुष कविरशयच्चायमानः
IAST Romanisation
durādhyo aditiṃ srevayanto.acetaso vi jaghṛbhre paruṣṇīm | mahnāvivyak pṛthivīṃ patyamānaḥ paśuṣ kaviraśayaccāyamānaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
Fools, in their folly fain to waste her waters, they parted inexhaustible Paruṣṇī. Lord of the Earth, he with his might repressed them: still lay the herd and the affrighted herdsman.
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