Rigveda 10.040.06
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 40 · Verse 10.40.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यु॒वं क॒वी ष्ठः॒ पर्य॑श्विना॒ रथं॒ विशो॒ न कुत्सो॑ जरि॒तुर्न॑शायथः । यु॒वोर्ह॒ मक्षा॒ पर्य॑श्विना॒ मध्वा॒सा भ॑रत निष्कृ॒तं न योष॑णा
yuvaṃ kavī ṣṭhaḥ paryaśvinā rathaṃ viśo na kutso jariturnaśāyathaḥ yuvorha makṣā paryaśvinā madhvāsā bharata niṣkṛtaṃ na yoṣaṇā
You are the excellent poets around the steeds; your chariot cannot be reproached nor perish. You, like a bee around horses, in the sweet season carry forth what the woman does not remove.
Sage Aśvins, stand by your chariot; make it approach (the sacrifice) of the worshipper, as Kutsa(made his chariot approach) men, the fly carries your honey, Aśvins, in its mouth as a woman carries purified(honey).
O Asvins, ye are wise: as Kutsa comes to men, bring your car nigh the folk of him who sings your praise. The bee, O Asvins, bears your honey in her mouth, as the maid carries it purified in her hand.