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Rigveda 5.061.03

Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 61 · Verse 5.61.3

rigvedamandala-5sukta-61श्यावाश्व आत्रेयः१-४११-१६ मरुतः५-८ तरन्तमहिषी शशीयसी९ वैददश्विः पुरुमीळहः१० वैददश्विस्तरन्तः१७-१९ दार्भ्यो रथवीतिःगायत्री३ निचृत्५ अनुष्टुप्९ सतोबृहतीDeity HymnPrayer HymnPraisePrayerdeity-hymnprayer-hymn

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Devatā (Deity)
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Sanskrit Original

ज॒घने॒ चोद॑ एषां॒ वि स॒क्थानि॒ नरो॑ यमुः । पु॒त्र॒कृ॒थे न जन॑यः

jaghane coda eṣāṃ vi sakthāni naro yamuḥ putrakṛthe na janayaḥ

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On their loins they struck; their sinews were severed; men died. They did not beget children for offspring.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

The goad is (applied) to their flanks; the drivers force them to spread their thighs apart, like women in bringing forth children.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

The whip is laid upon the flank. The heroes stretch their thighs apart, Like women when the babe is born.