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Rigveda 1.020.08

Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 20 · Verse 1.20.8

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Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
Category
Theme

Sanskrit Original

अधा॑रयन्त॒ वह्न॒योऽभ॑जन्त सुकृ॒त्यया॑ । भा॒गं दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिय॑म्

adhārayanta vahnayo'bhajanta sukṛtyayā bhāgaṃ deveṣu yajñiyam

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They placed the fires beneath and served them with righteous action; they offered the share of the gods, the sacrificial portion.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Offerers (of sacrifices), they held (a moral existence); by their pious acts they obtained a share of sacrifices with the gods.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

As ministering Priests they held, by pious acts they won themselves, A share in sacrifice with Gods.