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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.17

RV 10.97.17

अवपतन्तीर् अवदन् दिव ओषधयस् परि । यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः ॥

avapatantīr avadan diva oṣadhayas pari | yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ ||

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

What time, descending from the sky, the Plants flew earthward, thus they spake: No evil shall befall the man whom while he liveth we pervade,

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.17, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/10.97.17), 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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