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Rigveda 4.17.12

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.17.12

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Sanskrit

4.17.12

kiya̍t svi̱d indro̱ adhy e̍ti mā̱tuḥ kiya̍t pi̱tur ja̍ni̱tur yo ja̱jāna̍ |
yo a̍sya̱ śuṣma̍m muhu̱kair iya̍rti̱ vāto̱ na jū̱taḥ sta̱naya̍dbhir a̱bhraiḥ ||

What is the care of Indra for his Mother, what cares he for the Father who begat him? His care is that which speeds his might in conflicts, like wind borne onward by the clouds that thunder.

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

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