Rigveda 6.075.11
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 75 · Verse 6.75.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सु॒प॒र्णं व॑स्ते मृ॒गो अ॑स्या॒ दन्तो॒ गोभिः॒ संन॑द्धा पतति॒ प्रसू॑ता । यत्रा॒ नरः॒ सं च॒ वि च॒ द्रव॑न्ति॒ तत्रा॒स्मभ्य॒मिष॑वः॒ शर्म॑ यंसन्
suparṇaṃ vaste mṛgo asyā danto gobhiḥ saṃnaddhā patati prasūtā yatrā naraḥ saṃ ca vi ca dravanti tatrāsmabhyamiṣavaḥ śarma yaṃsan
The winged one, the beast, whose tooth stood forth like cows drawn up—she falls having given birth. Where men flow together and apart, there for us the slain ones made shelter and gave strength.
The arrow puts on a (feathery) wing; the (horn of the) deer is its point; it is bound with the sinews of the cow; it alights where directed; whenever men assemble or disperse, there may the shafts fall for an advantage.
Her tooth a deer, dressed in an eagle's feathers, bound with cow-hide, launched forth, She flieth onward. There where the heroes speed hither and thither, there may the Arrows shelter and protect us.