Rig Veda 8.7.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि यद्यामाय वो गिरिर्नि सिन्धवो विधर्मणे । महे शुष्माय येमिरे ॥
Transliteration
ní yádyāmā́ya vo girír ní síndhavo ví-dharmaṇe | mahé śúṣmāya yemiré ||
Translation
When, for your onward course, the mountain and the rivers set themselves in ordered placing—towards the wide law (of right arrangement)—then they yield themselves to your great force of impetus.
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