Rig Veda

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र॒थीव॒ कश॒याश्वाँ॑ अभिक्षि॒पन्ना॒विर्दू॒तान्कृ॑णुते व॒र्ष्याँ॒३॒॑ अह॑ । दू॒रात्सिं॒हस्य॑ स्त॒नथा॒ उदी॑रते॒ यत्प॒र्जन्य॑: कृणु॒ते व॒र्ष्यं१॒॑ नभ॑: ॥ रथीव कशयाश्वाँ अभिक्षिपन्नाविर्दूतान्कृणुते वर्ष्याँ अह । दूरात्सिंहस्य स्तनथा उदीरते यत्पर्जन्यः कृणुते वर्ष्यं नभः ॥

sanskrit

As a charioteer, urging his horses with his whip, brings into view the messenger (of war), so Parjanya, (driving the clouds before him), makes manifest the messengers of the rain; the roaring of the lion-(like cloud) proclaims from afar that Parjanya overspreads the sky with rainy clouds.

english translation

ra॒thIva॒ kaza॒yAzvA~॑ abhikSi॒pannA॒virdU॒tAnkR॑Nute va॒rSyA~॒3॒॑ aha॑ | dU॒rAtsiM॒hasya॑ sta॒nathA॒ udI॑rate॒ yatpa॒rjanya॑: kRNu॒te va॒rSyaM1॒॑ nabha॑: || rathIva kazayAzvA~ abhikSipannAvirdUtAnkRNute varSyA~ aha | dUrAtsiMhasya stanathA udIrate yatparjanyaH kRNute varSyaM nabhaH ||

hk transliteration