Vedic Mythology c5.s3.t4.17

c5.s3.t4.17

Soma is swift (1, 4⁷) and, in illustration of the speed with which the pressed juice flows, is very often compared with or designated a steed. Thus the ten maidens are said to cleanse him like a swift steed (9, 6⁵). The drop which intoxicates Indra is a tawny steed (9, 63¹⁷). Soma flowing into the vats is sometimes also compared with a bird flying to the wood (9, 72⁵ &c.).