Rigveda 4.021.08
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 21 · Verse 4.21.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वि यद्वरां॑सि॒ पर्व॑तस्य वृ॒ण्वे पयो॑भिर्जि॒न्वे अ॒पां जवां॑सि । वि॒दद्गौ॒रस्य॑ गव॒यस्य॒ गोहे॒ यदी॒ वाजा॑य सु॒ध्यो॒३॒॑ वह॑न्ति
vi yadvarāṃsi parvatasya vṛṇve payobhirjinve apāṃ javāṃsi vidadgaurasya gavayasya gohe yadī vājāya sudhyo3 vahanti
When I seek the mountain’s steeps I choose waters, I mix in streams of rivers. If, for the ox and the cow of the strong one, the steeds carry the wealth of the herd, they bear the prize for the kine.
Inasmuch as he has opened the doors of the cloud, and has supplied the rapid courses of the waters with (additional) torrents, so when the pious have recourse to Indra for food, he finds (it) in the haunt of the Gaura and Gavaya.
When he unbars the spaces of the mountains, and quickens with his floods the water-torrents, He finds in lair the buffalo and wild-ox when the wise lead him on to vigorous exploit.