VS 34.49
सहस्तोमाः सहच्छन्दस ऽ आवृतः सहप्रमा ऽ ऋषयः सप्त दैव्याः । पूर्वेषां पन्थाम् अनुदृश्य धीरा ऽ अन्वालेभिरे रथ्यो न रश्मीन् ॥
sahastomāḥ sahacchandasa ' āvṛtaḥ sahapramā ' ṛṣayaḥ sapta daivyāḥ | pūrveṣāṃ panthām anudṛśya dhīrā ' anvālebhire rathyo na raśmīn ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
They who were versed in ritual and metre, in hymns and rules, were the Seven Godlike Rsis. Viewing the path of those of old, the sages have taken up the reins like chariot-drivers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.130.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.