Rigveda 1.182.07
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 182 · Verse 1.182.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
कः स्वि॑द्वृ॒क्षो निष्ठि॑तो॒ मध्ये॒ अर्ण॑सो॒ यं तौ॒ग्र्यो ना॑धि॒तः प॒र्यष॑स्वजत् । प॒र्णा मृ॒गस्य॑ प॒तरो॑रिवा॒रभ॒ उद॑श्विना ऊहथुः॒ श्रोम॑ताय॒ कम्
kaḥ svidvṛkṣo niṣṭhito madhye arṇaso yaṃ taugryo nādhitaḥ paryaṣasvajat parṇā mṛgasya patarorivārabha udaśvinā ūhathuḥ śromatāya kam
Who knows the tree fixed in the midst of the waters, whose trunk bore that pair above the flood? Leaves like the deer's—Ashvins placed them for listening—what of their fragrant hair?
What was the tree that was stationed in the midst of the ocean, to which the supplicating son of Tugra clung; as leaves (are caught hold of) for the support of a falling animal; you, Aśvins, bore him up to safety, to your great renown.
What tree was that which stood fixed in surrounding sea to which the son of Tugra supplicating clung? Like twigs, of which some winged creature may take hold, ye, Asvins, bore him off safely to your renown.