Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.17·4.17.12

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.12

RV 4.17.12

कियत् स्विद् इन्द्रो अध्य् एति मातुः कियत् पितुर् जनितुर् यो जजान । यो अस्य शुष्मम् मुहुकैर् इयर्ति वातो न जूत स्तनयद्भिर् अभ्रैः ॥

kiyat svid indro adhy eti mātuḥ kiyat pitur janitur yo jajāna | yo asya śuṣmam muhukair iyarti vāto na jūta stanayadbhir abhraiḥ ||

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

What is the care of Indra for his Mother, what cares he for the Father who begat him? His care is that which speeds his might in conflicts, like wind borne onward by the clouds that thunder.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.17.12, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/4.17.12), 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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