Rig Veda · 8.2.40

Rig Veda 8.2.40 — Indra

Verse 40 of 42 from Sukta 8.2 (Indra) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 8.2.40

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इत्था धीवन्तमद्रिवः काण्वं मेध्यातिथिम | मेषो भूतोऽभि यन्नयः

IAST Romanisation

itthā dhīvantamadrivaḥ kāṇvaṃ medhyātithim | meṣo bhūto'bhi yannayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Shaped as a Ram, Stone-hurler I once thou camest hither to the son Of Kaṇva, wise Medhyātithi.

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