बळि॒त्था पर्व॑तानां खि॒द्रं बि॑भर्षि पृथिवि ।
प्र या भूमिं॑ प्रवत्वति म॒ह्ना जि॒नोषि॑ महिनि
baḻitthā parvatānāṃ khidraṃ bibharṣi pṛthivi |
pra yā bhūmiṃ pravatvati mahnā jinoṣi mahini
Mandala 5
Sukta 84: Earth who bears the mountains' weight
Rishi: भौमोऽत्रिः · Devata: पृथिवी · Metre: अनुष्टुप्
3 verses · 84 of 87
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Earth who bears the mountains' weight
Atri Bhauma gives three Anushtubh verses to Prithivi, the Earth. O Earth, you bear the burden of the mountains, and with your greatness you quicken the land, O mighty one with sloping hills. The hymns ring out to you through the nights, O wide-ranging one, as you send forth plenty like a neighing horse, O bright one. With firmness you hold even the trees fast in the ground, when rain falls from the lightning of your cloud and from heaven. It is the only hymn in the Rigveda addressed to the Earth alone.
स्तोमा॑सस्त्वा विचारिणि॒ प्रति॑ ष्टोभन्त्य॒क्तुभि॑ः ।
प्र या वाजं॒ न हेष॑न्तं पे॒रुमस्य॑स्यर्जुनि
stomāsastvā vicāriṇi prati ṣṭobhantyaktubhiḥ |
pra yā vājaṃ na heṣantaṃ perumasyasyarjuni
दृ॒ळ्हा चि॒द्या वन॒स्पती॑न्क्ष्म॒या दर्ध॒र्ष्योज॑सा ।
यत्ते॑ अ॒भ्रस्य॑ वि॒द्युतो॑ दि॒वो वर्ष॑न्ति वृ॒ष्टय॑ः
dṛḻhā cidyā vanaspatīnkṣmayā dardharṣyojasā |
yatte abhrasya vidyuto divo varṣanti vṛṣṭayaḥ
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