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Rig Veda 8.100: THY bounty, Dasyave-vrka, exhaustless hath displayed itself

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

THY bounty, Dasyave-vrka, exhaustless hath displayed itself:
Its fulness is as broad as heaven.

Ten thousand Dasyave-vrka, the son of Putakrata, hath
From his own wealth bestowed on me.

A hundred asses hath he given, a hundred head of fleecy sheep,
A hundred slaves, and wreaths besides.

There also was a mare led forth, picked out for Putakrata's sake,
Not of the horses of the herd.

Observant Agni hath appeared, oblation-bearer with his car.
Agni with his resplendent flame hath shone on high as shines the Sun, hath shone like Surya in the heavens.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 8.100: THY bounty, Dasyave-vrka, exhaustless hath displayed itself.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/718/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 8.100: THY bounty, Dasyave-vrka, exhaustless hath displayed itself.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/718/.

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