Rigveda 4.045.04
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 45 · Verse 4.45.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
हं॒सासो॒ ये वां॒ मधु॑मन्तो अ॒स्रिधो॒ हिर॑ण्यपर्णा उ॒हुव॑ उष॒र्बुधः॑ । उ॒द॒प्रुतो॑ म॒न्दिनो॑ मन्दिनि॒स्पृशो॒ मध्वो॒ न मक्षः॒ सव॑नानि गच्छथः
haṃsāso ye vāṃ madhumanto asridho hiraṇyaparṇā uhuva uṣarbudhaḥ udapruto mandino mandinispṛśo madhvo na makṣaḥ savanāni gacchathaḥ
Those honeyed ones among the swan-folk, bright-leafed with gold, cried aloud with the morning; the mild-born, the kindly touched, the honeyed ones go to the songs and do not resort to strife.
Come to sacrifices as flies to honey, (with those horses) that are swift of speed, genitive le, unrefractory, golden-winged, bearers (of burden), wakers at dawn, dispensers of water, exulting and sipping the Soma juice.
The swans ye have are friendly, rich in store of mcath, gold-pinioned, strong to draw, awake at early morn, Swimming the flood, exultant, fain for draughts that cheer: ye come like flies to our libations of-the meath.