Rig Veda

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एक॑पा॒द्भूयो॑ द्वि॒पदो॒ वि च॑क्रमे द्वि॒पात्त्रि॒पाद॑म॒भ्ये॑ति प॒श्चात् । चतु॑ष्पादेति द्वि॒पदा॑मभिस्व॒रे स॒म्पश्य॑न्प॒ङ्क्तीरु॑प॒तिष्ठ॑मानः ॥ एकपाद्भूयो द्विपदो वि चक्रमे द्विपात्त्रिपादमभ्येति पश्चात् । चतुष्पादेति द्विपदामभिस्वरे सम्पश्यन्पङ्क्तीरुपतिष्ठमानः ॥

sanskrit

He who has but one foot takes a longer time on a journey than he who has two; he who has two feetcomes after him who has three; he who has four feet comes up overtaking the two-footed (and three-footed),beholding their traces as he passes by.

english translation

eka॑pA॒dbhUyo॑ dvi॒pado॒ vi ca॑krame dvi॒pAttri॒pAda॑ma॒bhye॑ti pa॒zcAt | catu॑SpAdeti dvi॒padA॑mabhisva॒re sa॒mpazya॑npa॒GktIru॑pa॒tiSTha॑mAnaH || ekapAdbhUyo dvipado vi cakrame dvipAttripAdamabhyeti pazcAt | catuSpAdeti dvipadAmabhisvare sampazyanpaGktIrupatiSThamAnaH ||

hk transliteration

Chapter 117

Verse 9