Rigveda 4.018.12
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 18 · Verse 4.18.12
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
कस्ते॑ मा॒तरं॑ वि॒धवा॑मचक्रच्छ॒युं कस्त्वाम॑जिघांस॒च्चर॑न्तम् । कस्ते॑ दे॒वो अधि॑ मार्डी॒क आ॑सी॒द्यत्प्राक्षि॑णाः पि॒तरं॑ पाद॒गृह्य॑
kaste mātaraṃ vidhavāmacakracchayuṃ kastvāmajighāṃsaccarantam kaste devo adhi mārḍīka āsīdyatprākṣiṇāḥ pitaraṃ pādagṛhya
Who rolled the mother downward? Who tore thee, moving? Which god was above who struck—those who, grasping the father by the feet, took him away?
Who has made your mother a widow? who has sought to slay the sleeping and the walking? what deity has been more gracious than you since you have slain the father, having seized him by the foot?
Who was he then who made thy Mother widow? Who sought to stay thee lying still or moving? What God, when by the foot thy Sire thou tookest and slewest, was at hand to give thee comfort?