Rigveda 2.024.06
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 24 · Verse 2.24.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒भि॒नक्ष॑न्तो अ॒भि ये तमा॑न॒शुर्नि॒धिं प॑णी॒नां प॑र॒मं गुहा॑ हि॒तम् । ते वि॒द्वांसः॑ प्रति॒चक्ष्यानृ॑ता॒ पुन॒र्यत॑ उ॒ आय॒न्तदुदी॑युरा॒विश॑म्
abhinakṣanto abhi ye tamānaśurnidhiṃ paṇīnāṃ paramaṃ guhā hitam te vidvāṃsaḥ praticakṣyānṛtā punaryata u āyantadudīyurāviśam
Those who cleave to the fountains and those who reach for treasures—these sought the hidden great store of the possessors; the wise beheld them, and again, when they retired, they returned with lofty radiance.
Those sages, who searching on every side, discovered the precious treasure (of cattle) hidden in the cave of the Paṇis, having seen through the false (illusions of the asura), and again coming (thither) forced an entrance.
They who with much endeavour searching round obtained the Panis' noblest treasure hidden in the cave,- Those sages, having marked the falsehoods, turned them back whence they had come, and sought again to enter in.