Rigveda 8.046.18
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 46 · Verse 8.46.18
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ये पा॒तय॑न्ते॒ अज्म॑भिर्गिरी॒णां स्नुभि॑रेषाम् । य॒ज्ञं म॑हि॒ष्वणी॑नां सु॒म्नं तु॑वि॒ष्वणी॑नां॒ प्राध्व॒रे
ye pātayante ajmabhirgirīṇāṃ snubhireṣām yajñaṃ mahiṣvaṇīnāṃ sumnaṃ tuviṣvaṇīnāṃ prādhvare
Those who guard the flanks of the mountains with firm strength—may they direct the great sacrifice of the herdsmen, and the tender rites of the pourers.
(We present) the oblation to those loud-sounding (Maruts) who rush along with the streaming trains ofthe clouds; may we obtain in the sacrifice the happiness which those deep-roarers bestow.
We in the sacrifice perform their will whose voice is lifted high, The worship of those Thundering Ories who o'er the ridges of these mountains fly in troops.