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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.8

RV 10.72.8

अष्टौ पुत्रासो अदितेर् ये जातास् तन्वस् परि । देवां उप प्रैत् सप्तभिः परा मार्ताण्डम् आस्यत् ॥

aṣṭau putrāso aditer ye jātās tanvas pari | devāṃ upa prait saptabhiḥ parā mārtāṇḍam āsyat ||

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

Eight are the Sons of Aditi who from her body sprang to life. With seven she went to meet the Gods she cast Martanda far away.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.72.8, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/10.72.8), after GRETIL, Rgveda Based on the edition by Th.

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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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