Rig Veda · 4.38.6

Rig Veda 4.38.6 — Dadhikris

Verse 6 of 10 from Sukta 4.38 (Dadhikris) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.38.6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत समासु परथमः सरिष्यन नि वेवेति शरेणिभी रथानाम | सरजं कर्ण्वानो जन्यो न शुभ्वा रेणुं रेरिहत किरणं ददश्वान

IAST Romanisation

uta smāsu prathamaḥ sariṣyan ni veveti śreṇibhī rathānām | srajaṃ kṛṇvāno janyo na śubhvā reṇuṃ rerihat kiraṇaṃ dadaśvān

English Translation (Griffith)

And, fain to come forth first amid these armies, this way and that with rows of cars he rushes, Gay like a bridesman, making him a garland, tossing the dust, champing the rein that holds him.

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