Rig Veda · 10.123.6
Rig Veda 10.123.6 — Vena
Verse 6 of 8 from Sukta 10.123 (Vena) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.123.6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नाके सुपर्णमुप यत पतन्तं हर्दा वेनन्तो अभ्यचक्षतत्वा | हिरण्यपक्षं वरुणस्य दूतं यमस्य योनौशकुनं भुरण्युम
IAST Romanisation
nāke suparṇamupa yat patantaṃ hṛdā venanto abhyacakṣatatvā | hiraṇyapakṣaṃ varuṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonauśakunaṃ bhuraṇyum
English Translation (Griffith)
They gaze on thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strong-winged bird that mounteth sky-ward; On thee with wings of gold, Varuṇa's envoy, the Bird that hasteneth to the home of Yama.
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