Religion
Rig Veda 5.84: THOU, of a truth, O Prthivi, bearest the tool that rends the hills
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
THOU, of a truth, O Prthivi, bearest the tool that rends the hills:
Thou rich in torrents, who with might quickenest earth, O Mighty One.
To thee, O wanderer at will, ring out the lauds with beams of day,
Who drivest, like a neighing steed, the swelling cloud, O bright of hue.
Who graspest with thy might on earth. e'en the strong sovrans of the wood,
When from the lightning of thy cloud the rain-floods of the heaven descend.
Cite this poem
MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.84: THOU, of a truth, O Prthivi, bearest the tool that rends the hills.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/436/.
Chicago
Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.84: THOU, of a truth, O Prthivi, bearest the tool that rends the hills.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/436/.
Read this poem with the Codex →
More by The Rishis of the Rig Veda
- Rig Veda 1.166: Now let us publish, for the vigorous company the herald of the Strong…
- Rig Veda 5.18: AT dawn let: Agni, much-beloved guest of the house, be glorified
- Rig Veda 7.64: YE Twain who rule, in heaven and earth, the region, clothed be your…
- Rig Veda 9.62: THESE rapid Soma-drops have been poured through the purifying sieve
- Rig Veda 10.152: A MIGHTY Governor art thou, Wondrous, Destroyer of the foe