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Rig Veda 10.189: THIS spotted Bull hath come, and sat before the Mother in the east

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

Religion

THIS spotted Bull hath come, and sat before the Mother in the east,
Advancing to his Father heaven.

Expiring when he draws his breath, she moves along the lucid spheres:
The Bull shines out through all the sky.

Song is bestowed upon the Bird: it rules supreme through thirty realms
Throughout the days at break of morn.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.189: THIS spotted Bull hath come, and sat before the Mother in the east.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1024/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.189: THIS spotted Bull hath come, and sat before the Mother in the east.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1024/.

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