Rigveda 10.048.09
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 48 · Verse 10.48.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र मे॒ नमी॑ सा॒प्य इ॒षे भु॒जे भू॒द्गवा॒मेषे॑ स॒ख्या कृ॑णुत द्वि॒ता । दि॒द्युं यद॑स्य समि॒थेषु॑ मं॒हय॒मादिदे॑नं॒ शंस्य॑मु॒क्थ्यं॑ करम्
pra me namī sāpya iṣe bhuje bhūdgavāmeṣe sakhyā kṛṇuta dvitā didyuṃ yadasya samitheṣu maṃhayamādidenaṃ śaṃsyamukthyaṃ karam
Grant me that bow which I desire, O friend: let it make twofold the herds of kine and the bond of cows; let it flash among the assemblies; give me, O singers, the praised, daring deed.
My praiser, the refuge (of all), was food to enjoy; (him, men) use in two ways, to search for their cattle,and to be their freiend, when I bestow upon him a weapon in his battles, and make him worthy of celebrity andpraise.
With food for mine enjoyment Sapya Nami came: he joined me as a friend of old in search of kine. As I bestowed on him an arrow for the fight I made him worthy of the song apd hymn of praise.