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Rigveda 1.164.20

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 1.164.20

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1.164.20

dvā su̍pa̱rṇā sa̱yujā̱ sakhā̍yā samā̱naṁ vṛ̱kṣam pari̍ ṣasvajāte |
tayo̍r a̱nyaḥ pippa̍laṁ svā̱dv atty ana̍śnann a̱nyo a̱bhi cā̍kaśīti ||

Two Birds with fair wings, knit with bonds of friendship, in the same sheltering tree have found a refuge. One of the twain eats the sweet Fig-tree's fruitage; the other eating not regardeth only.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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