Rigveda 1.079.02
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 79 · Verse 1.79.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ ते॑ सुप॒र्णा अ॑मिनन्त॒ँ एवैः॑ कृ॒ष्णो नो॑नाव वृष॒भो यदी॒दम् । शि॒वाभि॒र्न स्मय॑मानाभि॒रागा॒त्पत॑न्ति॒ मिहः॑ स्त॒नय॑न्त्य॒भ्रा
ā te suparṇā aminantam̐ evaiḥ kṛṣṇo nonāva vṛṣabho yadīdam śivābhirna smayamānābhirāgātpatanti mihaḥ stanayantyabhrā
May you, swift-winged, come to us like this; may the dark bull not harm us. With auspicious smiles and eager strength they fall upon this earth and milk its breasts.
The falling (rays), accompanied by the moving (Maruts), strike against (the cloud); the black shedder of rain has roared; when this is done, (the shower) comes with delightful and smiling (drops), the rain descends, the clouds thunder.
Thy well-winged flashes strengthen in their manner, when the black Bull hath bellowed round about us. With drops that bless and seem to smile he cometh: the waters fall, the clouds utter their thunder.
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