Rigveda 1.085.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 85 · Verse 1.85.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
गोमा॑तरो॒ यच्छु॒भय॑न्ते अ॒ञ्जिभि॑स्त॒नूषु॑ शु॒भ्रा द॑धिरे वि॒रुक्म॑तः । बाध॑न्ते॒ विश्व॑मभिमा॒तिन॒मप॒ वर्त्मा॑न्येषा॒मनु॑ रीयते घृ॒तम्
gomātaro yacchubhayante añjibhistanūṣu śubhrā dadhire virukmataḥ bādhante viśvamabhimātinamapa vartmānyeṣāmanu rīyate ghṛtam
Like cows bearing calves, they made beautiful those who are lovely in limbs; fair ones they placed, from noble origin. They restrained the whole hostile-minded hostions; the paths of these were attended by clarified butter.
When the sonf of earth embellish themselves with ornaments, they shine resplendent in their person ns with (brilliant) decorations; they keep aloof every adversary; the waters follow their path.
When, Children of the Cow, they shine in bright attire, and on their fair limbs lay their golden ornaments, They drive away each adversary from their path, and, following their traces, fatness floweth down,