Rigveda 5.046.01
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 46 · Verse 5.46.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
हयो॒ न वि॒द्वाँ अ॑युजि स्व॒यं धु॒रि तां व॑हामि प्र॒तर॑णीमव॒स्युव॑म् । नास्या॑ वश्मि वि॒मुचं॒ नावृतं॒ पुन॑र्वि॒द्वान्प॒थः पु॑रए॒त ऋ॒जु ने॑षति
hayo na vidvām̐ ayuji svayaṃ dhuri tāṃ vahāmi prataraṇīmavasyuvam nāsyā vaśmi vimucaṃ nāvṛtaṃ punarvidvānpathaḥ puraeta ṛju neṣati
O horse, the knower yoked not himself; I bear the burden of the chariot, the early steed. I am not subdued; the path of the wise is not closed: the straight way advances into the city.
The sage, (Pratikṣatra), has, of his own accord, attached himself to the burden (of sacrifice), like a horse (to a chariot); I support that transcendent and preservative load; I do not desire release from it, nor yet its reiterated imposition; the sage, going first, conducts (men) by the right path.
WELL knowing I have bound me, horselike, to the pole: I carry that which bears as on and gives us help.