Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.442

c9.442

ṚJRĀŚVA. A muni (sage) celebrated in the Ṛgveda. Some details.(1) Ṛjrāśva was made blind by his father (Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 16 th Anuvāka, 112th Sūkta) (2) Ṛjrāśva was the son of the royal sage, Vṛṣāgīr. Once the donkey which is the vehicle of the Aśvinidevas assumed the shape of a she-wolf and went to Ṛjrāśva. Ṛjrāśva gave it 100 sheep belonging to the people of the country and cut them to pieces and offered the same as food to the she-wolf. This plunder of the people's wealth enraged Vṛṣāgīr. He cursed Ṛjrāśva and made him lose his eye-sight.