Rigveda 10.114.10
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 114 · Verse 10.114.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
भूम्या॒ अन्तं॒ पर्येके॑ चरन्ति॒ रथ॑स्य धू॒र्षु यु॒क्तासो॑ अस्थुः । श्रम॑स्य दा॒यं वि भ॑जन्त्येभ्यो य॒दा य॒मो भव॑ति ह॒र्म्ये हि॒तः
bhūmyā antaṃ paryeke caranti rathasya dhūrṣu yuktāso asthuḥ śramasya dāyaṃ vi bhajantyebhyo yadā yamo bhavati harmye hitaḥ
They move around the end of the earth in the chariot; bones were yoked as if joined. When toil’s due is shared among the people, Yama becomes helper and prospering is achieved.
Some (horses) proceed to the limit of the earth; they stand still harnessed to the yoke of the chariot;(the gods) apportion among them the alleviation of fatigue, when the charioteer is plural ced (ready to drive them) totheir dwelling.
Yoked to his chariot-pole there stood the Coursers: they only travel round earth's farthest limits. These, when their driver in his home is settled, receive the allotted meed of their exertion.