Rig Veda · Chapter 1.145
tam pṛcchatā sa jagāmā sa veda sa cikitvām̐ īyate sā nv īyate |
tasmin santi praśiṣas tasminn iṣṭayaḥ sa vājasya śavasaḥ śuṣmiṇas patiḥ ||
tam it pṛcchanti na simo vi pṛcchati sveneva dhīro manasā yad agrabhīt |
na mṛṣyate prathamaṁ nāparaṁ vaco 'sya kratvā sacate apradṛpitaḥ ||
tam id gacchanti juhva1s tam arvatīr viśvāny ekaḥ śṛṇavad vacāṁsi me |
purupraiṣas taturir yajñasādhano 'cchidrotiḥ śiśur ādatta saṁ rabhaḥ ||
upasthāyaṁ carati yat samārata sadyo jātas tatsāra yujyebhiḥ |
abhi śvāntam mṛśate nāndye mude yad īṁ gacchanty uśatīr apiṣṭhitam ||
sa īm mṛgo apyo vanargur upa tvacy upamasyāṁ ni dhāyi |
vy abravīd vayunā martyebhyo 'gnir vidvām̐ ṛtacid dhi satyaḥ ||
Original text: Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā · Edition: Theodor Aufrecht Die Hymnen des Rigveda. Mandala I-VI Bonn Mareus Theodor Aufrecht Die Hymnen des Rigveda. Mandala VII-X Bonn Mareus · Data entry Barend A. Van Nooten Gary B. Holland · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0