Rigveda 3.055.16
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 55 · Verse 3.55.16
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ धे॒नवो॑ धुनयन्ता॒मशि॑श्वीः सब॒र्दुघाः॑ शश॒या अप्र॑दुग्धाः । नव्या॑नव्या युव॒तयो॒ भव॑न्तीर्म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म्
ā dhenavo dhunayantāmaśiśvīḥ sabardughāḥ śaśayā apradugdhāḥ navyānavyā yuvatayo bhavantīrmahaddevānāmasuratvamekam
They led the cattle, strong cows, the milk-bearing ones, sleep-laden yet not milkless. New maidens became — greatness of gods and men alone.
May the kine without their young, abiding (in the heaven), and though unmilked, yet yielding milk and ever fresh and youthfu,l be shaken (so as to perform their functions); great and unequalled is the might of the gods.
Let the milch-kine that have no calves storm downward, yielding rich nectar, streaming, unexhausted, These who are ever new and fresh and youthful. Great is the Gods' supreme and sole dominion.