Rigveda 1.164.29
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 164 · Verse 1.164.29
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒यं स शि॑ङ्क्ते॒ येन॒ गौर॒भीवृ॑ता॒ मिमा॑ति मा॒युं ध्व॒सना॒वधि॑ श्रि॒ता । सा चि॒त्तिभि॒र्नि हि च॒कार॒ मर्त्यं॑ वि॒द्युद्भव॑न्ती॒ प्रति॑ व॒व्रिमौ॑हत
ayaṃ sa śiṅkte yena gaurabhīvṛtā mimāti māyuṃ dhvasanāvadhi śritā sā cittibhirni hi cakāra martyaṃ vidyudbhavantī prati vavrimauhata
He lowed who, enveloped by the great cow, broke this milking; her minds made the mortal shine forth like lightning, and they gained strength.
He, too, bellows, and the cow utters inarticulate sounds, as, encompassed by him, she repairs to her stall; (influenced) by her instrumental ncts, she acts like a human being, and, radiant, manifests her nature.
He also snorts, by whom encompassed round the Cow laws as she clings unto the shedder of the rain. She with her shrilling cries hath humbled mortal man, and, turned to lightning, hath stripped off her covering robe.