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Rigveda 9.73.9

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.73.9

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9.73.9

ṛ̱tasya̱ tantu̱r vita̍taḥ pa̱vitra̱ ā ji̱hvāyā̱ agre̱ varu̍ṇasya mā̱yayā̍ |
dhīrā̍ś ci̱t tat sa̱mina̍kṣanta āśa̱tātrā̍ ka̱rtam ava̍ padā̱ty apra̍bhuḥ ||

The thread of sacrifice spun in the cleansing sieve, on Varuṇa's tongue-tip, by supernatural might,– This, by their striving, have the prudent ones attained: he who hath not this power shall sink into the pit.

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

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