Rigveda 4.016.14
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 16 · Verse 4.16.14
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सूर॑ उपा॒के त॒न्वं१॒॑ दधा॑नो॒ वि यत्ते॒ चेत्य॒मृत॑स्य॒ वर्पः॑ । मृ॒गो न ह॒स्ती तवि॑षीमुषा॒णः सिं॒हो न भी॒म आयु॑धानि॒ बिभ्र॑त्
sūra upāke tanvaṃ1 dadhāno vi yatte cetyamṛtasya varpaḥ mṛgo na hastī taviṣīmuṣāṇaḥ siṃho na bhīma āyudhāni bibhrat
Surya placed the radiant one on the waters; thus he became the bringer of immortality, the giver of wealth. The stag, not the elephant, bears the mortal poison; the lion, fierce, carried arms of life.
While having (your) person n in the proximity of the sun, your form becomes redolent of ambrosia, and you are like the deer-like elephant, consuming the strength (of the strong), and are like a terrible lion when wielding your weapons.
What time thou settest near the Sun thy body, thy form, Immortal One, is seen expanding: Thou a wild elephant with might invested. like a dread lion as thou wieldest weapons.