Rigveda 8.004.20
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 4 · Verse 8.4.20
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
धी॒भिः सा॒तानि॑ का॒ण्वस्य॑ वा॒जिनः॑ प्रि॒यमे॑धैर॒भिद्यु॑भिः । ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रानु॒ निर्म॑जामजे॒ निर्यू॒थानि॒ गवा॒मृषिः॑
dhībhiḥ sātāni kāṇvasya vājinaḥ priyamedhairabhidyubhiḥ ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrānu nirmajāmaje niryūthāni gavāmṛṣiḥ
With wise words the singers of Kaṇva, the strong givers, love what is dear. I will anoint sixty thousand steeds and loose the host of cattle — the seer of cows.
I, the Ṛṣi (Devātithi), have received subsequently the complete donation; the sixty thousand herds ofpure cattle merited by the devotions of the pious son of Kaṇva, and by the illustrious Priyamedhas.
What by his morning songs Kanva, the powerful, hath, with the Priyamedhas, gained-