Rigveda 8.004.06
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 4 · Verse 8.4.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स॒हस्रे॑णेव सचते यवी॒युधा॒ यस्त॒ आन॒ळुप॑स्तुतिम् । पु॒त्रं प्रा॑व॒र्गं कृ॑णुते सु॒वीर्ये॑ दा॒श्नोति॒ नम॑उक्तिभिः
sahasreṇeva sacate yavīyudhā yasta ānaḷupastutim putraṃ prāvargaṃ kṛṇute suvīrye dāśnoti namauktibhiḥ
He who praises with a thousand steeds, who carries forth the hymn with youthful strength, begets a hero son, and by declarations gains abundant renown.
He who has made his praise attain to you associates himself with a thousand gallant combatants; hewho offers oblations with reverence begets a valiant son, the scatterer (of enemies).
He who wins promise of thine aid goes girt as with a thousand mighty men of war. He makes his son preeminent in hero might - he serves with reverential prayer.