Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.17·5.17.2

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.2

RV 5.17.2

अस्य हि स्वयशस्तर आसा विधर्मन् मन्यसे । तं नाकं चित्रशोचिषम् मन्द्रम् परो मनीषया ॥

asya hi svayaśastara āsā vidharman manyase | taṃ nākaṃ citraśociṣam mandram paro manīṣayā ||

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

Near him thou seemest mightier still in native glory, set to hold Apart yon flame-hued vault of heaven, lovely beyond the thought of man.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 5.17.2, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/5.17.2), 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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