Rig Veda · 9.86.8

Rig Veda 9.86.8 — Soma Pavamana

Verse 8 of 48 from Sukta 9.86 (Soma Pavamana) in Mandala 9 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 9.86.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राजा समुद्रं नद्यो वि गाहते.अपामूर्मिं सचते सिन्धुषु शरितः | अध्यस्थात सानु पवमानो अव्ययं नाभा पर्थिव्या धरुणो महो दिवः

IAST Romanisation

rājā samudraṃ nadyo vi ghāhate.apāmūrmiṃ sacate sindhuṣu śritaḥ | adhyasthāt sānu pavamāno avyayaṃ nābhā pṛthivyā dharuṇo maho divaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

The Sovran dips him in the seain and the streams, and set in rivers with the waters' wave moves on. High heaven's Sustainer at the central point of earth, raised on the fleecy surface Pavamana stands.

Explanation

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