Rigveda 3.029.06
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 29 · Verse 3.29.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यदी॒ मन्थ॑न्ति बा॒हुभि॒र्वि रो॑च॒तेऽश्वो॒ न वा॒ज्य॑रु॒षो वने॒ष्वा । चि॒त्रो न याम॑न्न॒श्विनो॒रनि॑वृतः॒ परि॑ वृण॒क्त्यश्म॑न॒स्तृणा॒ दह॑न्
yadī manthanti bāhubhirvi rocate'śvo na vājyaruṣo vaneṣvā citro na yāmannaśvinoranivṛtaḥ pari vṛṇaktyaśmanastṛṇā dahan
If they churn with arms, the steed delights; if not, the rapid charger falters in the woods. The wondrous Nasatya horses, not restrained, encompassed with stones and grass and burnt wood.
When they rub (the sticks) with their arms the radiant Agni bursts forth from the wood like a fleet courser, and like the many-coloured car of the Aśvins unresisted in its course, Agni spreads wide around consuming stones and trees.
When with their arms they rub him straight he shineth forth like a strong courser, red in colour, in the wood. Bright, checkless, as it were upon the Atvins' path, lie passeth by the stones and burneth up the grass.