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Rigveda 8.021.18

Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 21 · Verse 8.21.18

rigvedamandala-8sukta-21सोभरि: काण्व:इन्द्र: १७ -१८ चित्र:प्रगाथ: = (विषमा ककुप्समा सतोबृहती )Deity HymnIndra SuktaStrengthVictorydeity-hymnindra-sukta

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Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

चित्र॒ इद्राजा॑ राज॒का इद॑न्य॒के य॒के सर॑स्वती॒मनु॑ । प॒र्जन्य॑ इव त॒तन॒द्धि वृ॒ष्ट्या स॒हस्र॑म॒युता॒ दद॑त्

citra idrājā rājakā idanyake yake sarasvatīmanu parjanya iva tatanaddhi vṛṣṭyā sahasramayutā dadat

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

This kingly Chitra, like Indra, granted to many another of the kings, like Parjanya gave by rain — he bestowed a thousand-year life.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Verily the Rājā Citra, giving his thousands and tens of thousands, has overspread (with his bounty)those other petty princes, who rules along the Sarasvatī, as Parjanya (overspeads the earth) with rain.

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

Citra is King, and only kinglings are the rest who dwell beside Sarasvati. He, like Parjanya with his rain, hath spread himself with thousand, yea, with myriad gifts.