Rigveda 9.038.04

Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 38 · Verse 9.38.4

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Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
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Devatā (Deity)
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Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

ए॒ष स्य मानु॑षी॒ष्वा श्ये॒नो न वि॒क्षु सी॑दति । गच्छ॑ञ्जा॒रो न यो॒षित॑म्

eṣa sya mānuṣīṣvā śyeno na vikṣu sīdati gacchañjāro na yoṣitam

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

This is his human form; the falcon does not behold her failing; go, old man, not to the woman.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

That Soma sits down among human beings like a falcon, hastening as a gallant to his mistress.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

He like a falcon settles down amid the families of men. Speeding like lover to his love.

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