RV 1.181.1 — Ṛgveda Saṃhitā

RV 1.181.1

कद् उ प्रेष्टाव् इषां रयीणाम् अध्वर्यन्ता यद् उन्निनीथो अपाम् । अयं वां यज्ञो अकृत प्रशस्तिं वसुधिती अवितारा जनानाम् ॥

kad u preṣṭāv iṣāṃ rayīṇām adhvaryantā yad unninītho apām | ayaṃ vāṃ yajño akṛta praśastiṃ vasudhitī avitārā janānām ||

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

What, dearest Pair, is this in strength and riches that ye as Priests are bring from the waters? This sacrifice is your glorification, ye who protect mankind and give them treasures.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/1_rv/rvh1-10u.htm — Rgveda Based on the edition by Th. Aufrecht: Die Hymnen des Rig Veda, 2nd ed., Bonn 1877, digitized by Barend A. Van Nooten and Gary B. Holland. Revised and converted by Detlef Eichler. (http://www.detlef108.de/Rigveda.htm) THIS GRETIL TEXT FILE IS FOR REFEREN | English: Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896), attached per hymn where the verse count and the names agree.

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