Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Rigveda 10.27.12

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.27.12

Language
Sanskrit

10.27.12

kiya̍tī̱ yoṣā̍ marya̱to va̍dhū̱yoḥ pari̍prītā̱ panya̍sā̱ vārye̍ṇa |
bha̱drā va̱dhūr bha̍vati̱ yat su̱peśā̍ḥ sva̱yaṁ sā mi̱traṁ va̍nute̱ jane̍ cit ||

How many a maid is pleasing to the suitor who fain would marry for her splendid riches? If the girl be both good and fair of feature, she finds, herself, a friend among the people.

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

Translations (5)

Commentaries (10)

Other recensions (1)

Linked texts (1)

Discussed in (6)