Rigveda 1.163.10
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 163 · Verse 1.163.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ई॒र्मान्ता॑सः॒ सिलि॑कमध्यमासः॒ सं शूर॑णासो दि॒व्यासो॒ अत्याः॑ । हं॒सा इ॑व श्रेणि॒शो य॑तन्ते॒ यदाक्षि॑षुर्दि॒व्यमज्म॒मश्वाः॑
īrmāntāsaḥ silikamadhyamāsaḥ saṃ śūraṇāso divyāso atyāḥ haṃsā iva śreṇiśo yatante yadākṣiṣurdivyamajmamaśvāḥ
The circling ones ranged their middle spokes, the heroic veils shone by day. Like a swan the chieftains strive where the divine foals are yoked.
The full-haunched, slender-waistd, high-spirited, and celestial coursers (of the sun), gallop along like swans in rows, when the horses spread along the heavenly path.
Symmetrical in flank, with rounded haunches, mettled like heroes, the Celestial Coursers Put forth their strength, like swans in lengthened order, when they, the Steeds, have reached the heavenly causeway.