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Rigveda 10.95.8

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.95.8

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Sanskrit

10.95.8

sacā̱ yad ā̍su̱ jaha̍tī̱ṣv atka̱m amā̍nuṣīṣu̱ mānu̍ṣo ni̱ṣeve̍ |
apa̍ sma̱ mat ta̱rasa̍ntī̱ na bhu̱jyus tā a̍trasan ratha̱spṛśo̱ nāśvā̍ḥ ||

When I, a mortal, wooed to mine embraces these heavenly nymphs who laid aside their raiment, Like a scared snake they fled from me in terror, like chariot horses when the car has touched them.

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

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