Rigveda 4.019.09
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 19 · Verse 4.19.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
व॒म्रीभिः॑ पु॒त्रम॒ग्रुवो॑ अदा॒नं नि॒वेश॑नाद्धरिव॒ आ ज॑भर्थ । व्य१॒॑न्धो अ॑ख्य॒दहि॑माददा॒नो निर्भू॑दुख॒च्छित्सम॑रन्त॒ पर्व॑
vamrībhiḥ putramagruvo adānaṃ niveśanāddhariva ā jabhartha vya1ndho akhyadahimādadāno nirbhūdukhacchitsamaranta parva
With fierce shafts the foremost sons offered the prize and established the settlement; the slayer of enemies, giving the gift, became fearless and tore through the hosts on the hill.
Lord of horses, you have brought the son of Agru from his dwelling, where he was being devoured by the ants; when extricated, although blind, he distinguished the serpent; and when he came forth the joints that had been sundered in the ant-hill were restrung.
Lord of Bay Steeds, thou broughtest from the ant-hill the unwedded damsel's son whom ants were eating. The blind saw clearly, as he grasped the serpent, rose, brake the jar: hisjoints again united.