Rig Veda · 4.27.4
Rig Veda 4.27.4 — The Falcon
Verse 4 of 5 from Sukta 4.27 (The Falcon) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 4.27.4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
रजिप्य ईम इन्द्रावतो न भुज्युं शयेनो जभार बर्हतो अधि षणोः | अन्तः पतत पतत्र्य अस्य पर्णम अध यामनि परसितस्य तद वेः
IAST Romanisation
ṛjipya īm indrāvato na bhujyuṃ śyeno jabhāra bṛhato adhi ṣṇoḥ | antaḥ patat patatry asya parṇam adha yāmani prasitasya tad veḥ
English Translation (Griffith)
The Falcon bore him from heaven's lofty summit as the swift car of Indra's Friend bore Bhujyu. Then downward hither fell a flying feather of the Bird hasting forward in his journey.
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