Rig Veda 8.40.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 40, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.40

Rishi: Nabhāka (traditional)

Devata: Indrāgnī (with rivers as subordinate imagery)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या नु श्वेताववो दिव उच्चरात उप द्युभिः । इन्द्राग्न्योरनु व्रतमुहाना यन्ति सिन्धवो यान्त्सीं बन्धादमुञ्चतां नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥

Transliteration

yā́ nu śvetā́v avo divá ut-cárātá úpa dyúbhiḥ | indrā́gnyor ánu vratám uhā́nā yánti síndhavo yā́nt sīm bandhā́d ámuñcatāṃ nábhantām anyaké samé ||

Translation

Those two bright ones who rise out from the heaven and come near with their lights—following the law of Indra and Agni the rivers move, bearing (their waters); may they release them from the bond; may the others be scattered in the same field.

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