Rigveda 1.064.04
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 64 · Verse 1.64.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
चि॒त्रैर॒ञ्जिभि॒र्वपु॑षे॒ व्य॑ञ्जते॒ वक्ष॑स्सु रु॒क्माँ अधि॑ येतिरे शु॒भे । अंसे॑ष्वेषां॒ नि मि॑मृक्षुरृ॒ष्टयः॑ सा॒कं ज॑ज्ञिरे स्व॒धया॑ दि॒वो नरः॑
citrairañjibhirvapuṣe vyañjate vakṣassu rukmām̐ adhi yetire śubhe aṃseṣveṣāṃ ni mimṛkṣurṛṣṭayaḥ sākaṃ jajñire svadhayā divo naraḥ
With variegated ornaments their limbs shine; the radiant chest mounts upward like a splendid banner. Their portions the strong ones examined; together they invoked with oblations the man of heaven.
They decorate their person ns with various ornaments; they have plural ced, for elegance, brilliant (garlands) on their breasts; lances are borne upon their shoulders, and with them and their own strength have they been both, leaders, from the sky.
With glittering ornaments they deck them forth for show; for beauty on their breasts they bind their chains of gold. The lances on their shoulders pound to pieces; they were born together, of themselves, the Men of Heaven.