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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)

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

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.40.8

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

天より立ち昇り、光もて近づく二柱の白きものよ――インドラとアグニ(Indra-Agni)の法に従い、河々は進みゆき、その水を運ぶ。願わくはそれらを束縛より解き放て。ほかの者どもは同じ戦場にて散り失せよ。

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