Rigveda 4.038.05
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 38 · Verse 4.38.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒त स्मै॑नं वस्त्र॒मथिं॒ न ता॒युमनु॑ क्रोशन्ति क्षि॒तयो॒ भरे॑षु । नी॒चाय॑मानं॒ जसु॑रिं॒ न श्ये॒नं श्रव॒श्चाच्छा॑ पशु॒मच्च॑ यू॒थम्
uta smainaṃ vastramathiṃ na tāyumanu krośanti kṣitayo bhareṣu nīcāyamānaṃ jasuriṃ na śyenaṃ śravaścācchā paśumacca yūtham
They gave him raiment, yet the lands do not cry him as master in the filled regions; humbled, the brave did not hear the fame, nor the hawk hear the voice of the herd.
Whom men call after in battles, as after a thief carrying off a garment, or as (after) a hungry hawk pouncing (upon his prey); they call after him, hastening to obtain food, or a herd of cattle.
Loudly the folk cry after him in battles, as 'twere a thief who steals away a garment; Speeding to glory, or a herd of cattle, even as a hungry falcon swooping downward.