Rigveda 10.169.02
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 169 · Verse 10.169.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
याः सरू॑पा॒ विरू॑पा॒ एक॑रूपा॒ यासा॑म॒ग्निरिष्ट्या॒ नामा॑नि॒ वेद॑ । या अङ्गि॑रस॒स्तप॑से॒ह च॒क्रुस्ताभ्यः॑ पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ
yāḥ sarūpā virūpā ekarūpā yāsāmagniriṣṭyā nāmāni veda yā aṅgirasastapaseha cakrustābhyaḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha
Those of fair form and of strange form and of single form — Agni knows their names. Which Agni of the hosts performed austerities? To them, to Pṛjanya, grant great protection as you please.
Grant great felicity, Parjanya, to those cows who are of similar forms, of different forms, or of singleforms, whose names Agni knows through the sacrifice, or those whom the Aṅgirasas created in this world bypenance.
Like-coloured, various-hued, or single-coloured, whose names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Angirases produced by Fervour,vouchsafe to these, Parjanya, great protection.