[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Saṃhitās (mantra collections)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita) › [Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama) › 458 # Samaveda 458 Sāmavedasaṃhitā 458 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [458](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.458) 4 9 2 1301a nāke suparṇamupa yatpatantaṃ hṛdā venanto abhyacakṣata tvā . 4 9 2 1301c hiraṇyapakṣaṃ varuṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonau śakunaṃ bhuraṇyum .. 1846 4 9 2 1302a ūrdhvo gandharvo adhi nāke asthātpratyañcitrā bibhradasyāyudhāni . 4 9 2 1302c vasāno atkaṃ surabhiṃ dṛśe kaṃ sva3rṇa nāma janata priyāṇi .. 1847 4 9 2 1303a drapsaḥ samudramabhi yajjigāti paśyangṛdhrasya cakṣasā vidharman . 4 9 2 1303c bhānuḥ śukreṇa śociṣā cakānastṛtīye cakre rajasi priyāṇi .. 1848 > They gaze on thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strong-winged bird that mounteth sky-ward; > On thee with wings of gold, Varuna's envoy, the Bird that hasteneth to the home of Yama. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > Erect, to heaven hath the Gandharva mounted, pointing at us his many-coloured weapons: > Clad in sweet raiment beautiful to look on, for he, as light, produceth forms that please us.. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda > When as a spark he cometh ilear the ocean, looking with vulture's eye as Law commandeth, > His lustre, joying in its own bright splendour, maketh dear glories in the loftiest region. > — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, The Hymns of the Samaveda - [Previous: 457](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.457) - [Next: 459](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.459) ## Translations (1) - [The Hymns of the Samaveda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~en-griffith.2.9.2.13.1) — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1893, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Sāmavedabhāṣya (Bharatasvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!bharatasvamin) — Bharatasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Sāmavedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama!samavedarthaprakasa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2524) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.458](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama.458) · Pramāṇa