Rigveda 10.123.05
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 123 · Verse 10.123.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒प्स॒रा जा॒रमु॑पसिष्मिया॒णा योषा॑ बिभर्ति पर॒मे व्यो॑मन् । चर॑त्प्रि॒यस्य॒ योनि॑षु प्रि॒यः सन्सीद॑त्प॒क्षे हि॑र॒ण्यये॒ स वे॒नः
apsarā jāramupasiṣmiyāṇā yoṣā bibharti parame vyoman caratpriyasya yoniṣu priyaḥ sansīdatpakṣe hiraṇyaye sa venaḥ
An apsara, aged, approaching, bears a woman in the supreme heaven. Moving in the favored wombs, the beloved settled on the wing, the golden bolt was that ven.
The Apsaras, smiling affectionately like a wife at her lover, cherishes him in the highest heaven; shewanders in the abodes of her beloved; he, Vena, being loved, sits, down on his golden wing.
The Apsaras, the Lady, sweetly smiling, supports her Lover in sublimest heaven. In his Friend's dwelling as a Friend he wanders: he, Vena, rests him on his golden pinion.