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Rig Veda Book 4: Hymn 18

The Rig Veda in Sanskrit · 2 passages

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कस ते देवो अधि मार्डीक आसीद यत पराक्षिणाः पितरम पादग्र्ह्य || अवर्त्या शुन आन्त्राणि पेचे न देवेषु विविदे मर्डितारम | अपश्यं जायाम अमहीयमानाम अधा मे शयेनो मध्व आ जभार || ayam panthā anuvittaḥ purāṇo yato devā udajāyanta viśve | ataś cid ā janiṣīṣṭa pravṛddho mā mātaram amuyā pattave kaḥ || nāham ato nir ayā durghahaitat tiraścatā pārśvān nir ghamāṇi | bahūni me akṛtā kartvāni yudhyai tvena saṃ tvena pṛchai || parāyatīm mātaram anv acaṣṭa na nānu ghāny anu nū ghamāni | tvaṣṭur ghṛhe apibat somam indraḥ śatadhanyaṃ camvoḥ sutasya || kiṃ sa ṛdhak kṛṇavad yaṃ sahasram māso jabhāra śaradaś ca pūrvīḥ | nahī nv asya pratimānam asty antar jāteṣūta ye janitvāḥ || avadyam iva manyamānā ghuhākar indram mātā vīryeṇā nyṝṣṭam | athod asthāt svayam atkaṃ vasāna ā rodasī apṛṇāj jāyamānaḥ || etā arṣanty alalābhavantīr ṛtāvarīr iva saṃkrośamānāḥ | etā vi pṛcha kim idam bhananti kam āpo adrim paridhiṃ rujanti || kim u ṣvid asmai nivido bhanantendrasyāvadyaṃ didhiṣanta āpaḥ | mamaitān putro mahatā vadhena vṛtraṃ jaghanvāṃ asṛjad vi sindhūn || mamac cana tvā yuvatiḥ parāsa mamac cana tvā kuṣavā jaghāra | mamac cid āpaḥ śiśave mamṛḍyur mamac cid indraḥ sahasod atiṣṭhat || mamac cana te maghavan vyaṃso nivividhvāṃ apa hanū jaghāna | adhā nividdha uttaro babhūvāñ chiro dāsasya sam piṇak vadhena || ghṛṣṭiḥ sasūva sthaviraṃ tavāghām anādhṛṣyaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tumram indram | arīḷhaṃ vatsaṃ carathāya mātā svayaṃ ghātuṃ tanva ichamānam ||

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uta mātā mahiṣam anv avenad amī tvā jahati putra devāḥ | athābravīd vṛtram indro haniṣyan sakhe viṣṇo vitaraṃ vi kramasva || kas te mātaraṃ vidhavām acakrac chayuṃ kas tvām ajighāṃsac carantam | kas te devo adhi mārḍīka āsīd yat prākṣiṇāḥ pitaram pādaghṛhya || avartyā śuna āntrāṇi pece na deveṣu vivide marḍitāram | apaśyaṃ jāyām amahīyamānām adhā me śyeno madhv ā jabhāra ||

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file hin/rvsan/rv04018.htm.

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