Rig Veda 7.4.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 4, Mantra 8
Sukta 7.4
नहि ग्रभायारणः सुशेवोऽन्योदर्यो मनसा मन्तवा उ । अधा चिदोकः पुनरित्स एत्या नो वाज्यभीषाळेतु नव्यः ॥
náhi grabhā́yā́raṇaḥ su-śévo ’nyó-daryo mánasā́ mantavā́ u | ádhā cid ókaḥ púnar ít sá ety ā́ no vājí abhīṣā́ḷ etu návyaḥ ||
For Arani is not to be seized; he is gracious, yet to be grasped only by the mind’s true thinking, not by another’s belly-hunger. Even if the home is lost, he comes again to the dwelling; may the victorious force, the new impeller, come to us with conquering might.
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