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Rigveda 8.040.05

Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 40 · Verse 8.40.5

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Sanskrit Original

प्र ब्रह्मा॑णि नभाक॒वदि॑न्द्रा॒ग्निभ्या॑मिरज्यत । या स॒प्तबु॑ध्नमर्ण॒वं जि॒ह्मबा॑रमपोर्णु॒त इन्द्र॒ ईशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे

pra brahmāṇi nabhākavadindrāgnibhyāmirajyata yā saptabudhnamarṇavaṃ jihmabāramaporṇuta indra īśāna ojasā nabhantāmanyake same

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They invoked the heavens’ poets, Indra and Agni, as creators. When the seven during birth filled the sea, Indra, lord, with sovereign vigor, bestowed might—to many heavens alike.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Address like Nabhāka your praises to Indra and Agni, who overspread (with their lustre) theseven-rooted ocean whose gates are hidden, and of whom Indra by his might is the lord; may all our adversariesperish.

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

To Indra and to Agni send your prayers, as was Nabhaka's wont,- Who oped with sideway opening the sea with its foundations seven-Indra all powerful in his might.