Rigveda 3.038.07
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 38 · Verse 3.38.7
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तदिन्न्व॑स्य वृष॒भस्य॑ धे॒नोरा नाम॑भिर्ममिरे॒ सक्म्यं॒ गोः । अ॒न्यद॑न्यदसु॒र्यं१॒॑ वसा॑ना॒ नि मा॒यिनो॑ ममिरे रू॒पम॑स्मिन्
tadinnvasya vṛṣabhasya dhenorā nāmabhirmamire sakmyaṃ goḥ anyadanyadasuryaṃ1 vasānā ni māyino mamire rūpamasmin
Among the bulls I measured the kine by names; the cows became my due herds. Otherwise by various shining garments the makers fashioned forms in me.
Those who, for (the sake of) the showerer (of benefits), milk the agreeable (produce) of the cow, (who is known) by (many) names, they invested with the diversified strength (of the asuras) and practising delusive art have deposited their own nature in him.
That same companionship of her, the Milch-cow, here with the strong Bull's divers forms they stablished. Enduing still some new celestial figure, the skilful workers shaped a form around him.