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Sāmaveda Saṃhitā (Kauthuma) 4.8.2.1502

SV 4.8.2.1502

दाना मृगो न वारणः पुरुत्रा चरथं दधे । न किष्ट्वा नि यमदा सुते गमो महांश्चरस्योजसा ॥ १६९७

dānā mṛgo na vāraṇaḥ purutrā carathaṃ dadhe . na kiṣṭvā ni yamadā sute gamo mahāṃścarasyojasā .. 1697

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

As a wild elephant rushes on this way and that way, mad with heat,' None may compel thee, yet come hither to the draught: thou movest mighty in thy power.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.33.8; the wording of this text may differ in places.

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/samavedu.htm — Samaveda-Samhita, input by Anshuman Pandey (1998), complete; the file asks to be used for academic and scholarly purposes only. All 1,875 verses; verses are counted in order within each hymn (the file's line labels carry 16 typing slips) and the count is checked against the edition's 585 + 55 + 10 + 1,225; reference = part.prapāṭhaka.ardha.(daśati or hymn × 100 + verse), part 1 pūrvārcika, 2 āraṇyaka, 3 mahānāmnī, 4 uttarārcika.

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