Rigveda 4.018.06
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 18 · Verse 4.18.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ए॒ता अ॑र्षन्त्यलला॒भव॑न्तीरृ॒ताव॑रीरिव सं॒क्रोश॑मानाः । ए॒ता वि पृ॑च्छ॒ किमि॒दं भ॑नन्ति॒ कमापो॒ अद्रिं॑ परि॒धिं रु॑जन्ति
etā arṣantyalalābhavantīrṛtāvarīriva saṃkrośamānāḥ etā vi pṛccha kimidaṃ bhananti kamāpo adriṃ paridhiṃ rujanti
These kept striving, many-willed, like storms of falsehood, crying aloud. Ask these: what do they pronounce, what waters roar round the mountain?
These (rivers) flew murmuring as if, being filled with water, they were uttering sounds (of joy); ask them what is this they say; what is the encompassing cloud that the waters break through?
With lively motion onward flow these waters, the Holy Ones, shouting, as 'twere, together. Ask them to. tell thee what the floods are saying, what girdling rock the waters burst asunder.