Rigveda 1.038.08
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 38 · Verse 1.38.8
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Sanskrit Original
वा॒श्रेव॑ वि॒द्युन्मि॑माति व॒त्सं न मा॒ता सि॑षक्ति । यदे॑षां वृ॒ष्टिरस॑र्जि
vāśreva vidyunmimāti vatsaṃ na mātā siṣakti yadeṣāṃ vṛṣṭirasarji
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May the rain-bearing waters know this calf; mother, do not withhold it—when their showers are released.
The lightning roars like a parent cow that bellows for its calf, and hence the rain is set free by the Maruts.
Like a cow the lightning lows and follows, motherlike, her youngling, When their rain-flood hath been loosened.