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Rigveda 10.18.11

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.18.11

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Sanskrit

10.18.11

uc chva̍ñcasva pṛthivi̱ mā ni bā̍dhathāḥ sūpāya̱nāsmai̍ bhava sūpavañca̱nā |
mā̱tā pu̱traṁ yathā̍ si̱cābhy e̍nam bhūma ūrṇuhi ||

Heave thyself, Earth, nor press thee downward heavily: afford him easy access, gently tending him. Cover him, as a mother wraps her skirt about her child, O Earth.

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

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