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Rigveda 1.161.10

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.161.10

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1.161.10

śro̱ṇām eka̍ uda̱kaṁ gām avā̍jati mā̱ṁsam eka̍ḥ piṁśati sū̱nayābhṛ̍tam |
ā ni̱mruca̱ḥ śakṛ̱d eko̱ apā̍bhara̱t kiṁ svi̍t pu̱trebhya̍ḥ pi̱tarā̱ upā̍vatuḥ ||

One downward to the water drives the crippled cow, another trims the flesh brought on the carving-board. One carries off the refuse at the set of sun. How did the Parents aid their children in their task!

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

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