Rigveda 4.038.10
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 38 · Verse 4.38.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ द॑धि॒क्राः शव॑सा॒ पञ्च॑ कृ॒ष्टीः सूर्य॑ इव॒ ज्योति॑षा॒पस्त॑तान । स॒ह॒स्र॒साः श॑त॒सा वा॒ज्यर्वा॑ पृ॒णक्तु॒ मध्वा॒ समि॒मा वचां॑सि
ā dadhikrāḥ śavasā pañca kṛṣṭīḥ sūrya iva jyotiṣāpastatāna sahasrasāḥ śatasā vājyarvā pṛṇaktu madhvā samimā vacāṃsi
They have set five sacrifices with the corpse, like the sun’s lights, as offerings laid forth; in thousands or in hundreds they fill the press—may the sweet ones attend this our speech.
Dadhikrā has spread abroad the five classes of beings by his strength, as the sun (diffuses) the waters by his radiance; may he, the giver of hundreds and thousands, associate these praises with agreeable (rewards).
Dadhikras hath o'erspread the Fivefold People with vigour, as the Sun lightens the waters. May the strong Steed who winneth bundreds, thousands, requite with sweetness these my words and praises.
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