Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·4·4.38·4.38.5

Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 4.38.5

RV 4.38.5

उत स्मैनं वस्त्रमथिं न तायुम् अनु क्रोशन्ति क्षितयो भरेषु । नीचायमानं जसुरिं न श्येनं श्रवश् चाच्छा पशुमच् च यूथम् ॥

uta smainaṃ vastramathiṃ na tāyum anu krośanti kṣitayo bhareṣu | nīcāyamānaṃ jasuriṃ na śyenaṃ śravaś cācchā paśumac ca yūtham ||

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Loudly the folk cry after him in battles, as 'twere a thief who steals away a garment; Speeding to glory, or a herd of cattle, even as a hungry falcon swooping downward.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/1_rv/rvh1-10u.htm — Rgveda Based on the edition by Th. Aufrecht: Die Hymnen des Rig Veda, 2nd ed., Bonn 1877, digitized by Barend A. Van Nooten and Gary B. Holland. Revised and converted by Detlef Eichler. (http://www.detlef108.de/Rigveda.htm) THIS GRETIL TEXT FILE IS FOR REFEREN | English: Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896), attached per hymn where the verse count and the names agree.

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