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Rigveda 4.38.5

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 4.38.5

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Sanskrit

4.38.5

u̱ta smai̍naṁ vastra̱mathi̱ṁ na tā̱yum anu̍ krośanti kṣi̱tayo̱ bhare̍ṣu |
nī̱cāya̍māna̱ṁ jasu̍ri̱ṁ na śye̱naṁ śrava̱ś cācchā̍ paśu̱mac ca̍ yū̱tham ||

Loudly the folk cry after him in battles, as 'twere a thief who steals away a garment; Speeding to glory, or a herd of cattle, even as a hungry falcon swooping downward.

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

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