Rig Veda · Chapter 4.023

kathā mahām avṛdhat kasya hotur yajñaṁ juṣāṇo abhi somam ūdhaḥ |
pibann uśāno juṣamāṇo andho vavakṣa ṛṣvaḥ śucate dhanāya ||

ko asya vīraḥ sadhamādam āpa sam ānaṁśa sumatibhiḥ ko asya |
kad asya citraṁ cikite kad ūtī vṛdhe bhuvac chaśamānasya yajyoḥ ||

kathā śṛṇoti hūyamānam indraḥ kathā śṛṇvann avasām asya veda |
kā asya pūrvīr upamātayo ha kathainam āhuḥ papuriṁ jaritre ||

kathā sabādhaḥ śaśamāno asya naśad abhi draviṇaṁ dīdhyānaḥ |
devo bhuvan navedā ma ṛtānāṁ namo jagṛbhvām̐ abhi yaj jujoṣat ||

kathā kad asyā uṣaso vyuṣṭau devo martasya sakhyaṁ jujoṣa |
kathā kad asya sakhyaṁ sakhibhyo ye asmin kāmaṁ suyujaṁ tatasre ||

kim ād amatraṁ sakhyaṁ sakhibhyaḥ kadā nu te bhrātram pra bravāma |
śriye sudṛśo vapur asya sargāḥ sva1r ṇa citratamam iṣa ā goḥ ||

druhaṁ jighāṁsan dhvarasam anindrāṁ tetikte tigmā tujase anīkā |
ṛṇā cid yatra ṛṇayā na ugro dūre ajñātā uṣaso babādhe ||

ṛtasya hi śurudhaḥ santi pūrvīr ṛtasya dhītir vṛjināni hanti |
ṛtasya śloko badhirā tatarda karṇā budhānaḥ śucamāna āyoḥ ||

ṛtasya dṛḻhā dharuṇāni santi purūṇi candrā vapuṣe vapūṁṣi |
ṛtena dīrgham iṣaṇanta pṛkṣa ṛtena gāva ṛtam ā viveśuḥ ||

ṛtaṁ yemāna ṛtam id vanoty ṛtasya śuṣmas turayā u gavyuḥ |
ṛtāya pṛthvī bahule gabhīre ṛtāya dhenū parame duhāte ||

nū ṣṭuta indra nū gṛṇāna iṣaṁ jaritre nadyo3 na pīpeḥ |
akāri te harivo brahma navyaṁ dhiyā syāma rathyaḥ sadāsāḥ ||