Rigveda 3.008.09
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 8 · Verse 3.8.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
हं॒सा इ॑व श्रेणि॒शो यता॑नाः शु॒क्रा वसा॑नाः॒ स्वर॑वो न॒ आगुः॑ । उ॒न्नी॒यमा॑नाः क॒विभिः॑ पु॒रस्ता॑द्दे॒वा दे॒वाना॒मपि॑ यन्ति॒ पाथः॑
haṃsā iva śreṇiśo yatānāḥ śukrā vasānāḥ svaravo na āguḥ unnīyamānāḥ kavibhiḥ purastāddevā devānāmapi yanti pāthaḥ
Like a swan in a flock are those whose chests are pure, bright, resplendent; their voices did not come to ruin. Raised by poets in front, they go as roads even to the gods of gods.
Arrayed in bright (garments), entire (in their parts), these pillars ranging in rows like swans, have come to us erected by pious sages on the east( of the fire); they proceed resplendent on the path of the gods.
Like swan's that flee in lengthened line, the Pillars have come to us arrayed in brilliant coIour. They, lifted up on high, by sages, eastward, go forth as Gods to the God's dwelling-places.