Rigveda 1.191.13
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 191 · Verse 1.191.13
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न॒वा॒नां न॑वती॒नां वि॒षस्य॒ रोपु॑षीणाम् । सर्वा॑सामग्रभं॒ नामा॒रे अ॑स्य॒ योज॑नं हरि॒ष्ठा मधु॑ त्वा मधु॒ला च॑कार
navānāṃ navatīnāṃ viṣasya ropuṣīṇām sarvāsāmagrabhaṃ nāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra
Nine and ninety new poisons, the swollen ones of poison: Harishta joined for him the name of death for all their entirety; he made sweet for you and made sweet the bees.
I recite the names of ninety and nine (rivers), the destroyers of poison; although afar off, (the Sun), drawn by his coursers, will overtake the poison; the science of antidotes has converted you, (Poison), to ambrosia.
Of ninety rivers and of nine with power to stay the venom's course,- The names of all I have secured: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.