Rig Veda 6.3.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 3, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.3
तिग्मं चिदेम महि वर्पो अस्य भसदश्वो न यमसान आसा । विजेहमानः परशुर्न जिह्वां द्रविर्न द्रावयति दारु धक्षत् ॥
tigṁáṃ cid éma máhi várpo asyá bhásad áśvo na yamasāná āsā́ | vi-jéhamānaḥ paraśúr na jihvā́ṃ dravír na drāvayati dā́ru dhákṣat ||
Sharp indeed is his onset, great is his form; he pants like a horse straining with its mouth. Lashing his tongue like an axe in motion, like a smelter he melts—he has burned the wood.
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