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Rigveda 2.16.8

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 2.16.8

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Sanskrit

2.16.8

pu̱rā sa̍mbā̱dhād a̱bhy ā va̍vṛtsva no dhe̱nur na va̱tsaṁ yava̍sasya pi̱pyuṣī̍ |
sa̱kṛt su te̍ suma̱tibhi̍ḥ śatakrato̱ sam patnī̍bhi̱r na vṛṣa̍ṇo nasīmahi ||

Turn thee unto us ere calamity come nigh, as a cow full of pasture turns her to her calf. Lord of a Hundred Powers, may we once firmly cling to thy fair favours even as husbands to their wives.

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

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