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Rigveda 1.55.6

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.55.6

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1.55.6

sa hi śra̍va̱syuḥ sada̍nāni kṛ̱trimā̍ kṣma̱yā vṛ̍dhā̱na oja̍sā vinā̱śaya̍n |
jyotī̍ṁṣi kṛ̱ṇvann a̍vṛ̱kāṇi̱ yajya̱ve 'va̍ su̱kratu̱ḥ sarta̱vā a̱paḥ sṛ̍jat ||

Though, fain for glory, and with strength increased on earth, he with great might destroys the dwellings made with art, He makes the lights of heaven shine forth secure, he bids, exceeding wise, the floods flow for his worshipper.

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

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