Rig Veda 3.16.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 16, Mantra 2
Sukta 3.16
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution)
Devata: Agni with the Maruts (secondary invocation)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; confirm in edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमं नरो मरुतः सश्चता वृधं यस्मिन्रायः शेवृधासः । अभि ये सन्ति पृतनासु दूढ्यो विश्वाहा शत्रुमादभुः ॥
Transliteration
imáṃ naro marutaḥ saścata vṛ́dhaṃ yásmin rāyáḥ śé-vṛdhāsaḥ | abhí yé sánti pṛ́tanāsu dū́ḍhyo viśvā́hā śátrum ādabhúḥ ||
Translation
O men, O Maruts, accompany this growing power in whom the riches are made to thrive. They who are firm in the battles—through all days they overpower the enemy.
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