Rigveda 5.052.16
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 52 · Verse 5.52.16
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र ये मे॑ बन्ध्वे॒षे गां वोच॑न्त सू॒रयः॒ पृश्निं॑ वोचन्त मा॒तर॑म् । अधा॑ पि॒तर॑मि॒ष्मिणं॑ रु॒द्रं वो॑चन्त॒ शिक्व॑सः
pra ye me bandhveṣe gāṃ vocanta sūrayaḥ pṛśniṃ vocanta mātaram adhā pitaramiṣmiṇaṃ rudraṃ vocanta śikvasaḥ
Those brave ones who addressed my kin — the heroes spoke; they named the mother to you. Below the father they invoked Rudra among you, the hoarse-voiced ones spoke.
To me, inquiring of their kindred, the sage (Maruts) have uttered a reply; they have declaree Pṛṣṇi (to be their) mother; the mighty ones have declared the food-bestowing Rudra (to be their) father.
Princes, who, when I asked their kin, named Prsni as their Mother-cow, And the impetuous Rudra they, the Mighty Ones, declared their Sire.