Rigveda 10.034.09
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 34 · Verse 10.34.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
नी॒चा व॑र्तन्त उ॒परि॑ स्फुरन्त्यह॒स्तासो॒ हस्त॑वन्तं सहन्ते । दि॒व्या अङ्गा॑रा॒ इरि॑णे॒ न्यु॑प्ताः शी॒ताः सन्तो॒ हृद॑यं॒ निर्द॑हन्ति
nīcā vartanta upari sphurantyahastāso hastavantaṃ sahante divyā aṅgārā iriṇe nyuptāḥ śītāḥ santo hṛdayaṃ nirdahanti
Low ones dwell above, flashing their hands; they bear the hand-bearing one together. Divine coals lie placed in the furnace; cool they are, they do not burn the heart.
Now they abide below; now they palpitate on high handless, they overpower him who has hands; castupon the dice-board like coals from the sky, even though cold they burn the heart.
Downward they roll, and then spring quickly upward, and, handless, force the man with hands to serve them. Cast on the board, like lumps of magic charcoal, though cold themselves they bum the heart to ashes.
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