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Rigveda 1.185.2

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.185.2

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1.185.2

bhūri̱ṁ dve aca̍rantī̱ cara̍ntam pa̱dvanta̱ṁ garbha̍m a̱padī̍ dadhāte |
nitya̱ṁ na sū̱num pi̱tror u̱pasthe̱ dyāvā̱ rakṣa̍tam pṛthivī no̱ abhvā̍t ||

The Twain uphold, though motionless and footless, a widespread offspring having feet and moving. Like your own fon upon his parents' bosom, protect us, Heaven and earth, from fearful danger.

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

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