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Rigveda 10.027.17

Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 27 · Verse 10.27.17

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Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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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

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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.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

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.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

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.