Rigveda 2.004.06
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 4 · Verse 2.4.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ यो वना॑ तातृषा॒णो न भाति॒ वार्ण प॒था रथ्ये॑व स्वानीत् । कृ॒ष्णाध्वा॒ तपू॑ र॒ण्वश्चि॑केत॒ द्यौरि॑व॒ स्मय॑मानो॒ नभो॑भिः
ā yo vanā tātṛṣāṇo na bhāti vārṇa pathā rathyeva svānīt kṛṣṇādhvā tapū raṇvaściketa dyauriva smayamāno nabhobhiḥ
He who in the forests like a thirsty one is not seen, the one who keeps the course of sails and chariots brought his own. With black path he, the ascetic, the vigorous one, like the sky smiling with the waters and heavens.
Who shines amidst the forests, as if satisfying himself (with food); who (rushes along), like water down a declivity, and thunders like a chariot (of war); dark-pathed consuming, yet delightful, he is regarded like the sky smiling with constellations.
Like one athirst, he lighteth up the forests; like water down the chariot ways he roareth. On his black path he shines in burning beauty, marked as it were the heaven that smiles through vapour.