Rigveda 10.027.11
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 27 · Verse 10.27.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यस्या॑न॒क्षा दु॑हि॒ता जात्वास॒ कस्तां वि॒द्वाँ अ॒भि म॑न्याते अ॒न्धाम् । क॒त॒रो मे॒निं प्रति॒ तं मु॑चाते॒ य ईं॒ वहा॑ते॒ य ईं॑ वा वरे॒यात्
yasyānakṣā duhitā jātvāsa kastāṃ vidvām̐ abhi manyāte andhām kataro meniṃ prati taṃ mucāte ya īṃ vahāte ya īṃ vā vareyāt
Whose milch kine were milked at birth—who knows that? Who deems that blind? Who frees my mind toward him who bears her or who would prefer her?
What (other god but me) whose eyeless daughter is ever present knows her and honours (her) theblind one; which of the two (deities) lets loose that bolt against (a foe)-- he who assails, (or) he who protects hiṃ
When a man's daughter hath been ever eyeless, who, knowing, will be wroth with her for blindness? Which of the two will loose on him his anger-the man who leads her home or he who woos her?