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Rigveda 9.97.40

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.97.40

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Sanskrit

9.97.40

akrā̍n samu̱draḥ pra̍tha̱me vidha̍rmañ ja̱naya̍n pra̱jā bhuva̍nasya̱ rājā̍ |
vṛṣā̍ pa̱vitre̱ adhi̱ sāno̱ avye̍ bṛ̱hat somo̍ vāvṛdhe suvā̱na indu̍ḥ ||

In the first vault of heaven loud roared the Ocean, King of all being, generating creatures. Steer, in the filter, on the fleecy summit, Soma, the Drop effused, hath waxen mighty.

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

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