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Rigveda 9.38

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 9.38

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Sanskrit

9.38.1

e̱ṣa u̱ sya vṛṣā̱ ratho 'vyo̱ vāre̍bhir arṣati |
gaccha̱n vāja̍ṁ saha̱sriṇa̍m ||

THIS Steer, this Chariot, rushes through the woollen filter, as he goes To war that wins a thousand spoils.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.38.2

e̱taṁ tri̱tasya̱ yoṣa̍ṇo̱ hari̍ṁ hinva̱nty adri̍bhiḥ |
indu̱m indrā̍ya pī̱taye̍ ||

The Dames of Trita with the stones onward impel this Tawny One Indu to Indra for his drink.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.38.3

e̱taṁ tyaṁ ha̱rito̱ daśa̍ marmṛ̱jyante̍ apa̱syuva̍ḥ |
yābhi̱r madā̍ya̱ śumbha̍te ||

Ten active fingers carefully adorn him here; they make him bright And beauteous for the gladdening draught.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.38.4

e̱ṣa sya mānu̍ṣī̱ṣv ā śye̱no na vi̱kṣu sī̍dati |
gaccha̍ñ jā̱ro na yo̱ṣita̍m ||

He like a falcon settles down amid the families of men. Speeding like lover to his love.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.38.5

e̱ṣa sya madyo̱ raso 'va̍ caṣṭe di̱vaḥ śiśu̍ḥ |
ya indu̱r vāra̱m āvi̍śat ||

This young exhilarating juice looks downward from its place in heaven, This Soma-drop that pierced the sieve.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

9.38.6

e̱ṣa sya pī̱taye̍ su̱to hari̍r arṣati dharṇa̱siḥ |
kranda̱n yoni̍m a̱bhi pri̱yam ||

Poured for the draught, this tawny juice flows forth, intelligent, crying out, Unto the well-beloved place.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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