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Rigveda 1.140.8

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.140.8

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1.140.8

tam a̱gruva̍ḥ ke̱śinī̱ḥ saṁ hi re̍bhi̱ra ū̱rdhvās ta̍sthur ma̱mruṣī̱ḥ prāyave̱ puna̍ḥ |
tāsā̍ṁ ja̱rām pra̍mu̱ñcann e̍ti̱ nāna̍da̱d asu̱m para̍ṁ ja̱naya̍ñ jī̱vam astṛ̍tam ||

The maidens with long, tresses hold him in embrace; dead, they rise up again to meet the Living One. Releasing them from age with a loud roar he comes, filling them with new spirit, living, unsubdued.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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