Rigveda 3.008.10
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 8 · Verse 3.8.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
शृङ्गा॑णी॒वेच्छृ॒ङ्गिणां॒ सं द॑दृश्रे च॒षाल॑वन्तः॒ स्वर॑वः पृथि॒व्याम् । वा॒घद्भि॑र्वा विह॒वे श्रोष॑माणा अ॒स्माँ अ॑वन्तु पृत॒नाज्ये॑षु
śaṛṅgāṇīvecchṛṅgiṇāṃ saṃ dadṛśre caṣālavantaḥ svaravaḥ pṛthivyām vāghadbhirvā vihave śroṣamāṇā asmām̐ avantu pṛtanājyeṣu
Like horned ones amidst the horned, visible together, the voices were on earth. Whether by speech or by praise they, hearing, come upon us in the first portions of the oblation.
Entire in all parts and girded with rings, they appear upon the earth like the horns of horned cattle; hearing (their praises) by the priests; may they protect us in battles.
Those Stakes upon the earth with rings that deck them seem to the eye like horns of horned creatures; Or, as upraised by priests in invocation, let them assist us in the rush to battle.