Rigveda 10.077.05
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 77 · Verse 10.77.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यू॒यं धू॒र्षु प्र॒युजो॒ न र॒श्मिभि॒र्ज्योति॑ष्मन्तो॒ न भा॒सा व्यु॑ष्टिषु । श्ये॒नासो॒ न स्वय॑शसो रि॒शाद॑सः प्र॒वासो॒ न प्रसि॑तासः परि॒प्रुषः॑
yūyaṃ dhūrṣu prayujo na raśmibhirjyotiṣmanto na bhāsā vyuṣṭiṣu śyenāso na svayaśaso riśādasaḥ pravāso na prasitāsaḥ paripruṣaḥ
You rulers, do not rely on shafts of light nor on spread radiance in hosts. O singers, not by your fame alone, not by famed airs, are horses and their chariots spread abroad; the singers with prowess are not all prosperous.
You (move along) like horses harnessed to the chariot-poles with reins; at break of day you (areendowed) with radiance like the luminaries (of heaven); you are like hawks, like the destroyers of foes, desirousof renown; you cover the ground like travellers, you move everywhere.
Ye are like horses fastened to the chariot poles, luminous with your beams, with splendour as at dawn; Like self-bright falcons, punishers of wicked men, like hovering birds urged forward, scattering rain around.