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Rigveda 5.074.04

Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 74 · Verse 5.74.4

rigvedamandala-5sukta-74पौर आत्रेयःअश्विनौअनुष्टुप्८ निचृत्Deity HymnAshvin HymnHealingProtectiondeity-hymnashvin-hymn

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Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

पौ॒रं चि॒द्ध्यु॑द॒प्रुतं॒ पौर॑ पौ॒राय॒ जिन्व॑थः । यदीं॑ गृभी॒तता॑तये सिं॒हमि॑व द्रु॒हस्प॒दे

pauraṃ ciddhyudaprutaṃ paura paurāya jinvathaḥ yadīṃ gṛbhītatātaye siṃhamiva druhaspade

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

Towns torn and thrown down, a city unbound—they defended cities. If I had taken that city, I would have smitten like a lion at the foe’s flank.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Pauras, send to Paura the rain-shedding cloud drive it to him who is engaged in sacrifice, as (hunters chase) a lion in a forest.

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

Ye, Strengtheners, for Paura stir the filler swimming in the flood, Advancing to be captured like a lion to the ambuscade.