Rigveda 4.018.13
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 18 · Verse 4.18.13
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अव॑र्त्या॒ शुन॑ आ॒न्त्राणि॑ पेचे॒ न दे॒वेषु॑ विविदे मर्डि॒तार॑म् । अप॑श्यं जा॒यामम॑हीयमाना॒मधा॑ मे श्ये॒नो मध्वा ज॑भार
avartyā śuna āntrāṇi pece na deveṣu vivide marḍitāram apaśyaṃ jāyāmamahīyamānāmadhā me śyeno madhvā jabhāra
The dogs were turned; entrails were cooked; the gods did not divide the pounded meal. I saw the cattleborn, the great ones growing, under the heaven the falcon with fatness and fury.
In extreme destitution I have cooked the entrails of a dog; I have not found a comforter among the gods; I have beheld my wife disrsepected; then the falcon, (Indra), has brought to me sweet water.
In deep distress I cooked a dog's intestines. Among the Gods I found not one to comfort. My consort I beheld in degradation. The Falcon then brought me the pleasant Soma.