Rigveda 4.012.06
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 12 · Verse 4.12.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यथा॑ ह॒ त्यद्व॑सवो गौ॒र्यं॑ चित्प॒दि षि॒ताममु॑ञ्चता यजत्राः । ए॒वो ष्व१॒॑स्मन्मु॑ञ्चता॒ व्यंहः॒ प्र ता॑र्यग्ने प्रत॒रं न॒ आयुः॑
yathā ha tyadvasavo gauryaṃ citpadi ṣitāmamuñcatā yajatrāḥ evo ṣva1smanmuñcatā vyaṃhaḥ pra tāryagne prataraṃ na āyuḥ
As the Vasus offered the fair necks of cattle and released the bright steeds for the sacrificers, so may they set us free; Agni, prolong life at morn and eve.
Adorable Vasus, in like manner as you have liberated the cow bound by the foot, so set us free entirely from sin; and may our existence, Agni, be prolonged.
Even as ye here, Gods Excellent and Holy, have loosed the cow that by the foot was tethered, So also set us free from this affliction long let our life, O Agni, be extended.