Rigveda 4.038.01
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 38 · Verse 4.38.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒तो हि वां॑ दा॒त्रा सन्ति॒ पूर्वा॒ या पू॒रुभ्य॑स्त्र॒सद॑स्युर्नितो॒शे । क्षे॒त्रा॒सां द॑दथुरुर्वरा॒सां घ॒नं दस्यु॑भ्यो अ॒भिभू॑तिमु॒ग्रम्
uto hi vāṃ dātrā santi pūrvā yā pūrubhyastrasadasyurnitośe kṣetrāsāṃ dadathururvarāsāṃ ghanaṃ dasyubhyo abhibhūtimugram
Lo, the givers stood before you, those who earlier drove the herd toward the people; they gave the fields of the best, the dense spoil to the raiders, mighty booty to the hostile ones.
Trasadasyu has bestowed upon many the ancient (gifts) which were obtained by the liberal (prince) through your (favour, Heaven and Earth) you two have given a horse, a son, a weapon (for the destruction) of the Dasyus, fierce and foe-subduing.
FROM you two came the gifts in days aforetime which Trasadasyu granted to the Purus. Ye gave the winner of our fields and plough-lands, and the strong smiter who subdued the Dasytis.