VS 29.40
वक्ष्यन्तीवेद् आ गनीगन्ति कर्णं प्रियꣳ सखायं परिषस्वजाना । योषेव शिङ्क्ते वितताधि धन्वन् ज्या इयꣳ समने पारयन्ती ॥
vakṣyantīved ā ganīganti karṇaṃ priyam̐ sakhāyaṃ pariṣasvajānā | yoṣeva śiṅkte vitatādhi dhanvan jyā iyam̐ samane pārayantī ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Close to his car, as fain to speak, She presses, holding her well-loved Friend in her embraces. Strained on the Bow, She whispers like a woman-this Bowstring that preserves us in the combat.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 6.75.3; the wording of this text may differ in places.