Rigveda 10.040.08
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 40 · Verse 10.40.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यु॒वं ह॑ कृ॒शं यु॒वम॑श्विना श॒युं यु॒वं वि॒धन्तं॑ वि॒धवा॑मुरुष्यथः । यु॒वं स॒निभ्यः॑ स्त॒नय॑न्तमश्वि॒नाप॑ व्र॒जमू॑र्णुथः स॒प्तास्य॑म्
yuvaṃ ha kṛśaṃ yuvamaśvinā śayuṃ yuvaṃ vidhantaṃ vidhavāmuruṣyathaḥ yuvaṃ sanibhyaḥ stanayantamaśvināpa vrajamūrṇuthaḥ saptāsyam
You, O Ashvins, made the lean rich, you laid down the sleeping; you measured out what women distribute. You, like nurses, bore the breasts, drove forth for seven nights.
Verily, Aśvins, you protect the feeble man; you protected Śayu; you protect him who worshipsaccording to rule, and the widow, (Vadhrimati); you set open, O Aśvins, for the donors of oblations theseven-mouthed thundering cloud.
Krsa and Sayu ye protect, ye Asvins Twain: ye Two assist the widow and the worshipper; And ye throw open, Asvins, unto those who win the cattle-stall that thunders with its serenfold mouth.