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Rigveda 5.15.4

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.15.4

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Sanskrit

5.15.4

mā̱teva̱ yad bhara̍se paprathā̱no jana̍ṁ-jana̱ṁ dhāya̍se̱ cakṣa̍se ca |
vayo̍-vayo jarase̱ yad dadhā̍na̱ḥ pari̱ tmanā̱ viṣu̍rūpo jigāsi ||

When, like a mother, spreading forth to nourish, to cherish and regard each man that liveth,– Consuming all the strength that thou hast gotten, thou wanderest round, thyself, in varied fashion.

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

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