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Rig Veda 10.183: I SAW thee meditating in thy spirit what sprang from Fervour and hath thence developed.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
I SAW thee meditating in thy spirit what sprang from Fervour and hath thence developed.
Bestowing offspring here, bestowing riches, spread in thine offspring, thou who cravest children.
I saw thee pondering in thine heart, and praying that in due time thy body might be fruitful.
Come as a youthful woman, rise to meet me: spread in thine offspring, thou who cravest children.
In plants and herbs, in all existent beings I have deposited the germ of increase.
All progeny on earth have I engendered, and sons in women who will be hereafter.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.183: I SAW thee meditating in thy spirit what sprang from Fervour and hath thence developed.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1018/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.183: I SAW thee meditating in thy spirit what sprang from Fervour and hath thence developed.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1018/.
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