Rig Veda · 10.10.13

Rig Veda 10.10.13 — Yama Yami

Verse 13 of 14 from Sukta 10.10 (Yama Yami) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 10.10.13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बतो बतसि यम नैव ते मनो हर्दयं चाविदाम | अन्या किलत्वां कक्ष्येव युक्तं परि षवजाते लिबुजेव वर्क्षम

IAST Romanisation

bato batasi yama naiva te mano hṛdayaṃ cāvidāma | anyā kilatvāṃ kakṣyeva yuktaṃ pari ṣvajāte libujeva vṛkṣam

English Translation (Griffith)

Alas! thou art indeed a weakling, Yama we find in thee no trace of heart or spirit. As round the tree the woodbine clings, another will cling albout thee girt as with a girdle.

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