Rigveda 8.049.10
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 49 · Verse 8.49.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यथा॒ कण्वे॑ मघवन्त्र॒सद॑स्यवि॒ यथा॑ प॒क्थे दश॑व्रजे । यथा॒ गोश॑र्ये॒ अस॑नोरृ॒जिश्व॒नीन्द्र॒ गोम॒द्धिर॑ण्यवत्
yathā kaṇve maghavantrasadasyavi yathā pakthe daśavraje yathā gośarye asanorṛjiśvanīndra gomaddhiraṇyavat
As Kanva poured libations like a generous lord at the session, as he went about the tenfold paths of sacrifice; as he yoked cows, like steeds the chariot-borne Indra, he led the herd as if to pasture on the mountain of dawn.
As you, Mahavan, did give abundant kine and gold to Kaṇva and Trasadasyu, to Paktha andDaśavraja; as you did give them to Gośarya and Ṛjiśvan.
Preserve us from each fiend who brings the Gods no gift, preserve thou us in deeds of strength: For we possess in thee the nearest Friend of all, for service of the Gods and weal.