Rigveda 10.123.06
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 123 · Verse 10.123.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
नाके॑ सुप॒र्णमुप॒ यत्पत॑न्तं हृ॒दा वेन॑न्तो अ॒भ्यच॑क्षत त्वा । हिर॑ण्यपक्षं॒ वरु॑णस्य दू॒तं य॒मस्य॒ योनौ॑ शकु॒नं भु॑र॒ण्युम्
nāke suparṇamupa yatpatantaṃ hṛdā venanto abhyacakṣata tvā hiraṇyapakṣaṃ varuṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonau śakunaṃ bhuraṇyum
There flew the golden‑winged up to the navel; with heart the bolts saw you. The golden‑wing, messenger of Varuna, of Yama, in the pair of origins a bird most manifold.
Those desiring you in their hearts contemplated you travelling as a strong-winged bird in the sky, thegolden-winged messenger of Varuṇa, the bird which nourishes (the world) in Yama's dwelling.
They gaze on thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strong-winged bird that mounteth sky-ward; On thee with wings of gold, Varuna's envoy, the Bird that hasteneth to the home of Yama.