Rig Veda · 8.40.8
Rig Veda 8.40.8 — Indra-Agni
Verse 8 of 12 from Sukta 8.40 (Indra-Agni) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.40.8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
या नु शवेताववो दिव उच्चरात उप दयुभिः | इन्द्राग्न्योरनु वरतमुहाना यन्ति सिन्धवो यान सीं बन्धादमुञ्चतां नभन्तामन्यके समे
IAST Romanisation
yā nu śvetāvavo diva uccarāta upa dyubhiḥ | indrāghnyoranu vratamuhānā yanti sindhavo yān sīṃ bandhādamuñcatāṃ nabhantāmanyake same
English Translation (Griffith)
The Two refulgent with their beams rise and come downward from the sky. By Indra's and by Agni's hest, flowing away, the rivers, run which they released from their restraint.
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