VS 29.17
आत्मानं ते मनसाराद् अजानाम् अवो दिवा पतयन्तं पतंगम् । शिरो ऽ अपश्यं पथिभिः सुगेभिर् अरेणुभिर् जेहमानं पतत्रि ॥
ātmānaṃ te manasārād ajānām avo divā patayantaṃ pataṃgam | śiro ' apaśyaṃ pathibhiḥ sugebhir areṇubhir jehamānaṃ patatri ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Thyself from far I recognized in spirit,--a Bird that from below flew through the heaven. I saw thy head still soaring, striving upward by paths unsoiled by dust, pleasant to travel.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.163.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.