Rig Veda · 8.48.4

Rig Veda 8.48.4 — Soma

Verse 4 of 15 from Sukta 8.48 (Soma) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 8.48.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शं नो भव हर्द आ पीत इन्दो पितेव सोम सूनवे सुशेवः | सखेव सख्य उरुशंस धीरः पर ण आयुर्जीवसे सोमतारीः

IAST Romanisation

śaṃ no bhava hṛda ā pīta indo piteva soma sūnave suśevaḥ | sakheva sakhya uruśaṃsa dhīraḥ pra ṇa āyurjīvase somatārīḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Absorbed into the heart, be sweet, O Indu, as a kind father to his son, O Soma, As a wise Friend to friend: do thou, wide-ruler, O Soma, lengthen out our days for living.

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