Rig Veda · 1.163.9
Rig Veda 1.163.9 — The Horse
Verse 9 of 13 from Sukta 1.163 (The Horse) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.163.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
हिरण्यश्र्ङगो.अयो अस्य पादा मनोजवा अवर इन्द्र आसीत | देवा इदस्य हविरद्यमायन यो अर्वन्तं परथमो अध्यतिष्ठत
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hiraṇyaśṛṅgho.ayo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt | devā idasya haviradyamāyan yo arvantaṃ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat
English Translation (Griffith)
Horns made of gold hath he: his feet are iron: less fleet than he, though swift as thought, is Indra. The Gods have come that they may taste the oblation of him who mounted, first of all, the Courser.
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