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Rigveda 1.167.03

Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 167 · Verse 1.167.3

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Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

मि॒म्यक्ष॒ येषु॒ सुधि॑ता घृ॒ताची॒ हिर॑ण्यनिर्णि॒गुप॑रा॒ न ऋ॒ष्टिः । गुहा॒ चर॑न्ती॒ मनु॑षो॒ न योषा॑ स॒भाव॑ती विद॒थ्ये॑व॒ सं वाक्

mimyakṣa yeṣu sudhitā ghṛtācī hiraṇyanirṇiguparā na ṛṣṭiḥ guhā carantī manuṣo na yoṣā sabhāvatī vidathyeva saṃ vāk

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Observe those in whom clear thought is held—the ghee-bearing, the gold-decked, the hidden dwellers wander through caves; no woman among men is of false nature—speech is united with law.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

In whom the water-shedding, golden-coloured lighting, is fitly deposited like a chaplet (of clouds) moving in the firmament like the (splendidly-attired) wife of a man (of rank), and distinguished in assemblies like a sacrificial hymn.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

Close to them clings one moving in seclusion, like a man's wife, like a spear carried rearward, Well grasped, bright, decked with gold there is Vak also, like to a courtly, eloquent dame, among them.