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Rigveda 1.140.9

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.140.9

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1.140.9

a̱dhī̱vā̱sam pari̍ mā̱tū ri̱hann aha̍ tuvi̱grebhi̱ḥ satva̍bhir yāti̱ vi jraya̍ḥ |
vayo̱ dadha̍t pa̱dvate̱ reri̍ha̱t sadānu̱ śyenī̍ sacate varta̱nīr aha̍ ||

Licking the mantle of the Mother, far and wide he wanders over fields with beasts that flee apace. Strengthening all that walk, licking up all around, a blackened path, forsooth, he leaves where'er he goes.

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

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