Rigveda 2.024.08
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 24 · Verse 2.24.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒तज्ये॑न क्षि॒प्रेण॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॒र्यत्र॒ वष्टि॒ प्र तद॑श्नोति॒ धन्व॑ना । तस्य॑ सा॒ध्वीरिष॑वो॒ याभि॒रस्य॑ति नृ॒चक्ष॑सो दृ॒शये॒ कर्ण॑योनयः
ṛtajyena kṣipreṇa brahmaṇaspatiryatra vaṣṭi pra tadaśnoti dhanvanā tasya sādhvīriṣavo yābhirasyati nṛcakṣaso dṛśaye karṇayonayaḥ
By the measure of right rejoicing, swiftly Brahmanaspati where power dwells feeds the bowman; from him come the noble eager ones—men of many gifts—who show the seers’ ear-born visions.
Whatever Brahmaṇaspati aims at with the truth-strung quick-darting bow, that (mark) he surely attains; holy are its arrows with which he shoots (intended) for the eyes of men, and having their abode in the ear.
With his swift bow, strung truly, Brahmanaspati reaches the mark whate'er it be that he desires. Excellent are the arrows wherewithal he shoots, keen-eyed to look on men and springing from his ear.