Rigveda 3.053.24
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 53 · Verse 3.53.24
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इ॒म इ॑न्द्र भर॒तस्य॑ पु॒त्रा अ॑पपि॒त्वं चि॑कितु॒र्न प्र॑पि॒त्वम् । हि॒न्वन्त्यश्व॒मर॑णं॒ न नित्यं॒ ज्या॑वाजं॒ परि॑ णयन्त्या॒जौ
ima indra bharatasya putrā apapitvaṃ cikiturna prapitvam hinvantyaśvamaraṇaṃ na nityaṃ jyāvājaṃ pari ṇayantyājau
These sons of Bharat diminish not; do not you seek decay. Horses die and are taken away, not ever the eternal lives; they abandon the flowing nourishment.
These sons of Bharata, Indra, understand severance (from the Vasiṣṭhas), not association (with them); they urge their steeds (against them) as against a constant foe; they bear a stout bow (for their destruction) in battle.
These men, the sons of Bharata, O Indra, regard not severance or close connexion. They urge their own steed as it were another's, and take him, swift as the bow's string, to battle.