Rigveda 1.116.22
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 116 · Verse 1.116.22
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
श॒रस्य॑ चिदार्च॒त्कस्या॑व॒तादा नी॒चादु॒च्चा च॑क्रथुः॒ पात॑वे॒ वाः । श॒यवे॑ चिन्नासत्या॒ शची॑भि॒र्जसु॑रये स्त॒र्यं॑ पिप्यथु॒र्गाम्
śarasya cidārcatkasyāvatādā nīcāduccā cakrathuḥ pātave vāḥ śayave cinnāsatyā śacībhirjasuraye staryaṃ pipyathurgām
They pierced the arrow’s head like shafts cast from low and high positions; open-sleeved Nāsatya and the steadfast, with Shachi’s heroes, rent the herd as they drove it away.
You raised the water from the bottom to the top of the well, for the drinking of Śara, the son of Ṛcitka, and by your powers, Nāsatyas, you filled, for the sake of the weary Śayu, the barren cow (with milk).
From the deep well ye raised on high the water, so that Rcatka's son, Sara, should drink it; And with your might, to help the weary Sayu, ye made the barren cow yield milk, Nasatyas.