Rigveda 1.163.11
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 163 · Verse 1.163.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तव॒ शरी॑रं पतयि॒ष्ण्व॑र्व॒न्तव॑ चि॒त्तं वात॑ इव॒ ध्रजी॑मान् । तव॒ शृङ्गा॑णि॒ विष्ठि॑ता पुरु॒त्रार॑ण्येषु॒ जर्भु॑राणा चरन्ति
tava śarīraṃ patayiṣṇvarvantava cittaṃ vāta iva dhrajīmān tava śaṛṅgāṇi viṣṭhitā purutrāraṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti
Your body will fall, O one desiring to descend, and your mind, like the wind, withstands. Your horns, set in dung in the forests, wander with droppings of kine.
Your body, horse, is made for motion; your mind is rapid (in intention) as the wind; the hairs (of your mane) are tossed in manifold directions; and spread beautiful in the forests.
A body formed for flight hast thou, O Charger; swift as the wind in motion is thy spirit. Thy horns are spread abroad in all directions: they move with restless beat in wildernesses.