Rig Veda 3.53.22: Mandala 3, Sukta 53, Mantra 22
Sukta 3.53
परशुं चिद्वि तपति शिम्बलं चिद्वि वृश्चति । उखा चिदिन्द्र येषन्ती प्रयस्ता फेनमस्यति ॥
paraśúṃ cid ví tapati śimbaláṃ cid ví vṛścati | ukhā́ cid indra yéṣantī prá-yastā phénam asyati ||
Even an axe she makes blaze; even a śimbala she cuts apart. Even the hearth-pot, O Indra, when driven forward and set to work, flings out the froth—so may thy force make the inert instruments active and victorious in our being.
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