Sukta 177

पतंगमक्तमसुरस्य मायया हृदा पश्यन्ति मनसा विपश्चितः। समुद्रे अन्तः कवयो वि चक्षते मरीचीनां पदमिच्छन्ति वेधसः॥

pataṁgamaktamasurasya māyayā hṛdā paśyanti manasā vipaścitaḥ | samudre antaḥ kavayo vi cakṣate marīcīnāṁ padamicchanti vedhasaḥ ||

THE sapient with their spirit and their mind behold the Bird adorned with all an Asura's magic might. Sages observe him in the ocean's inmost depth: the wise disposers seek the station of his rays.

पतंगो वाचं मनसा बिभर्ति तां गन्धर्वोऽवदद्गर्भे अन्तः। तां द्योतमानां स्वर्यं मनीषामृतस्य पदे कवयो नि पान्ति॥

pataṁgo vācaṁ manasā bibharti tāṁ gandharvo'vadadgarbhe antaḥ | tāṁ dyotamānāṁ svaryaṁ manīṣāmṛtasya pade kavayo ni pānti ||

The flying Bird bears Speech within his spirit: erst the Gandharva in the womb pronounced it: And at the seat of sacrifice the sages cherish this radiant, heavenly-bright invention.

अपश्यं गोपामनिपद्यमानमा च परा च पथिभिश्चरन्तम्। स सध्रीचीः स विषूचीर्वसान आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्वन्तः॥

apaśyaṁ gopāmanipadyamānamā ca parā ca pathibhiścarantam | sa sadhrīcīḥ sa viṣūcīrvasāna ā varīvarti bhuvaneṣvantaḥ ||

I saw the Herdsman, him who never resteth, approaching and departing on his pathways. He, clothed in gathered and diffusive splendour, within the worlds continually travels.