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Rigveda 5.83.3

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 5.83.3

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Sanskrit

5.83.3

ra̱thīva̱ kaśa̱yāśvā̍m̐ abhikṣi̱pann ā̱vir dū̱tān kṛ̍ṇute va̱rṣyā̱3̱̍m̐ aha̍ |
dū̱rāt si̱ṁhasya̍ sta̱nathā̱ ud ī̍rate̱ yat pa̱rjanya̍ḥ kṛṇu̱te va̱rṣya1̱̍ṁ nabha̍ḥ ||

Like a car-driver whipping on his horses, he makes the messengers of rain spring forward. Far off resounds the roaring of the lion, what time Parjanya fills the sky with rain-cloud.

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

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