Rigveda 10.027.17
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 27 · Verse 10.27.17
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पीवा॑नं मे॒षम॑पचन्त वी॒रा न्यु॑प्ता अ॒क्षा अनु॑ दी॒व आ॑सन् । द्वा धनुं॑ बृह॒तीम॒प्स्व१॒॑न्तः प॒वित्र॑वन्ता चरतः पु॒नन्ता॑
pīvānaṃ meṣamapacanta vīrā nyuptā akṣā anu dīva āsan dvā dhanuṃ bṛhatīmapsva1ntaḥ pavitravantā carataḥ punantā
They drank the sheep’s milk; the heroes, resting, set down their eyes and watched by day. Two great bows among waters, holy, moving, they make pure again.
The sages cooked a fat ram; they followed (prajāpati) in succession like dice thrown in gambling; two(of them), having the means of purification and becoming purified, proceed in the midst of the waters to (Prakṛti)the augmenter, to (Kapila) the implement of destruction.
The Heroes dressed with fire the fatted wether: the dice were thrown by way of sport and gaming. Two reach the plain amid the heavenly waters, hallowing and with means of purifying.