Rigveda 6.003.04
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 3 · Verse 6.3.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ति॒ग्मं चि॒देम॒ महि॒ वर्पो॑ अस्य॒ भस॒दश्वो॒ न य॑मसा॒न आ॒सा । वि॒जेह॑मानः पर॒शुर्न जि॒ह्वां द्र॒विर्न द्रा॑वयति॒ दारु॒ धक्ष॑त्
tigmaṃ cidema mahi varpo asya bhasadaśvo na yamasāna āsā vijehamānaḥ paraśurna jihvāṃ dravirna drāvayati dāru dhakṣat
We pierce the firm, fierce stallion of this place; the horse of the battle was not fashioned in wrath. The smitten one does not lick the tongue; wood does not melt into fluid.
Sharp is his path, and his vast body shines like a horse champing fodder with his mouth, darting forth his tongue like a hatchet, and burning timber to ashes, like a goldsmith who fuses (metal).
Fierce is his gait and vast his wondrous body: he champeth like a horse with bit and bridle, And, darting forth his tongue, as 'twere a hatchet, burning the woods, smelteth them like a smelter.