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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.18

RV 8.2.18

इच्छन्ति देवाः सुन्वन्तं न स्वप्नाय स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति प्रमादम् अतन्द्राः ॥

icchanti devāḥ sunvantaṃ na svapnāya spṛhayanti | yanti pramādam atandrāḥ ||

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

The Gods seek him who presses out the Soma; they desire not sleep They punish sloth unweariedly.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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Cite as: Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.2.18, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/RV/8.2.18), 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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