Rigveda 1.116.15
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 116 · Verse 1.116.15
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
च॒रित्रं॒ हि वेरि॒वाच्छे॑दि प॒र्णमा॒जा खे॒लस्य॒ परि॑तक्म्यायाम् । स॒द्यो जङ्घा॒माय॑सीं वि॒श्पला॑यै॒ धने॑ हि॒ते सर्त॑वे॒ प्रत्य॑धत्तम्
caritraṃ hi verivācchedi parṇamājā khelasya paritakmyāyām sadyo jaṅghāmāyasīṃ viśpalāyai dhane hite sartave pratyadhattam
Indeed the course of deeds cuts like a hostile blade in the sport of the leaf-born; suddenly the thigh sank down, the rich man laid hold on wealth and returned it to the carousal.
The foot of (Vispalā, the wife of) Khela, was cut off, like the wing of a bird, in an engagement by night; immediately you gave her a metallic leg, that she might walk, the hidden treasure (of the enemy being the object of the conflict).
When in the time of night, in Khela's battle, a leg was severed like a wild bird's pinion, Straight ye gave Vispali a leg of iron that she might move what time the conflict opened.