Rig Veda · 8.99.2
Rig Veda 8.99.2 — Praskaṇva's Gift
Verse 2 of 8 from Sukta 8.99 (HYMN VII. Praskaṇva's Gift) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 8.99.2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मत्स्वा सुशिप्र हरिवस्तदीमहे तवे आ भूषन्ति वेधसः | तव शरवांस्युपमान्युक्थ्या सुतेष्विन्द्र गिर्वणः
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matsvā suśipra harivastadīmahe tve ā bhūṣanti vedhasaḥ | tava śravāṃsyupamānyukthyā suteṣvindra ghirvaṇaḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
A hundred oxen white of hue are shining like the stars in heaven, So tall, they seem to prop the sky.
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