ऋज्रश्व
[rjrasva] IAST: ṚJRAŚVA
A muni (sage) celebrated in the ऋग्वेद . Some details.
(1) ऋज्राश्व was made blind by his father (Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 16th Anuvāka, 112th Sūkta) (2) ऋज्राश्व was the son of the royal sage, वृषागीर् . Once the donkey which is the vehicle of the अश्विनीदेवस् assumed the shape of a she-wolf and went to ऋज्राश्व . ऋज्रास्व gave it 100 sheep belonging to the people of the country and cut them to pieces and offered the same as food to the she-wolf. This plunder of the people's wealth enraged वृषागीर् . He cursed ऋज्राश्व and made him lose his eye-sight. ऋज्राश्व who thus became blind offered prayers to अग्नि , who restored his eyesight. (Ṛgveda, 1st Maṇḍala, 17th Anuvāka, 116th Sūkta) .