Rig Veda · 10.71.7
Rig Veda 10.71.7 — Jnanam
Verse 7 of 11 from Sukta 10.71 (Jnanam) in Mandala 10 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 10.71.7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अक्षण्वन्तः कर्णवन्तः सखायो मनोजवेष्वसमाबभूवुः | आदघ्नास उपकक्षास उ तवे हरदा इव सनात्वा उत्वे दद्र्श्रे
IAST Romanisation
akṣaṇvantaḥ karṇavantaḥ sakhāyo manojaveṣvasamābabhūvuḥ | ādaghnāsa upakakṣāsa u tve hradā iva snātvā utve dadṛśre
English Translation (Griffith)
Unequal in the quickness of their spirit are friends endowed alike with eyes and hearing. Some look like tanks that reach the mouth or shoulder, others like pools of water fit to bathe in.
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