Rigveda 10.144.05
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 144 · Verse 10.144.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यं ते॑ श्ये॒नश्चारु॑मवृ॒कं प॒दाभ॑रदरु॒णं मा॒नमन्ध॑सः । ए॒ना वयो॒ वि ता॒र्यायु॑र्जी॒वस॑ ए॒ना जा॑गार ब॒न्धुता॑
yaṃ te śyenaścārumavṛkaṃ padābharadaruṇaṃ mānamandhasaḥ enā vayo vi tāryāyurjīvasa enā jāgāra bandhutā
Which fair falcon seized the fierce wolf and bore away the harsh prey? By these we are protected in youth; by these lives wake, kinship holds fast.
Whom the falcon brought to you (Indra) with his claw, beautiful, unassailable, purple-tinted, themeasurer of food-- by it, food and old age was prolonged for living, by it affinity was awakened.
Which, fair, unrobbed, the Falcon brought thee in his foot, the red-hued dwelling of the juice; Through this came vital power which lengthens out our days, and kinship through its help awoke.