Rigveda 8.001.33
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 1 · Verse 8.1.33
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अध॒ प्लायो॑गि॒रति॑ दासद॒न्याना॑स॒ङ्गो अ॑ग्ने द॒शभिः॑ स॒हस्रैः॑ । अधो॒क्षणो॒ दश॒ मह्यं॒ रुश॑न्तो न॒ळा इ॑व॒ सर॑सो॒ निर॑तिष्ठन्
adha plāyogirati dāsadanyānāsaṅgo agne daśabhiḥ sahasraiḥ adhokṣaṇo daśa mahyaṃ ruśanto naḷā iva saraso niratiṣṭhan
The lower fire blazes, unjoined by others, O Agni, with tens of thousands. Below the regions tenfold rush toward me, like reeds standing in a stream.
(So praise me, saying), "Asaṅga, the son of plural _yoga, has given more than others, Agni, by tens ofthousands; ten times the (number of) vigorous and brilliant oxen (given by him) to me, issue forth like the reeds ofa lake.
Playoga's son Asanga, by ten thousand, O Agni, hath surpassed the rest in giving. For me ten bright-hued oxen have come forward like lotus-stalks from out a lake upstanding.