Rig Veda · 4.27.3
Rig Veda 4.27.3 — The Falcon
Verse 3 of 5 from Sukta 4.27 (The Falcon) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.27.3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अव यच छयेनो अस्वनीद अध दयोर वि यद यदि वात ऊहुः पुरंधिम | सर्जद यद अस्मा अव ह कषिपज जयां कर्शानुर अस्ता मनसा भुरण्यन
IAST Romanisation
ava yac chyeno asvanīd adha dyor vi yad yadi vāta ūhuḥ puraṃdhim | sṛjad yad asmā ava ha kṣipaj jyāṃ kṛśānur astā manasā bhuraṇyan
English Translation (Griffith)
When with loud cry from heaven down sped the Falcon, thence hasting like the wind he bore the Bold One. Then, wildly raging in his mind, the archer Kṛśānu aimed and loosed the string to strike him.
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