Rigveda 6.012.05
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 12 · Verse 6.12.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अध॑ स्मास्य पनयन्ति॒ भासो॒ वृथा॒ यत्तक्ष॑दनु॒याति॑ पृ॒थ्वीम् । स॒द्यो यः स्य॒न्द्रो विषि॑तो॒ धवी॑यानृ॒णो न ता॒युरति॒ धन्वा॑ राट्
adha smāsya panayanti bhāso vṛthā yattakṣadanuyāti pṛthvīm sadyo yaḥ syandro viṣito dhavīyānṛṇo na tāyurati dhanvā rāṭ
They cast forth vain beams that do not truly cut the earth; he who, struck by arrow, is smitten away — the swift charioteer does not save him, the warrior does not bring him back.
They glorify his flames in this world; when, easily thinning the woods, they spread over the earth; he, who glides along unarrested, and rapid in movement as a fast flying thief, shines over the desert.
Men wonder at his shining glows when, paring the woods with case, o'er the broad earth he goeth, And, like a rushing flood, loosed quickly, burneth, swift as a guilty thief, o'er desert places.