Rigveda 1.119.09
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 119 · Verse 1.119.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒त स्या वां॒ मधु॑म॒न्मक्षि॑कारप॒न्मदे॒ सोम॑स्यौशि॒जो हु॑वन्यति । यु॒वं द॑धी॒चो मन॒ आ वि॑वास॒थोऽथा॒ शिरः॒ प्रति॑ वा॒मश्व्यं॑ वदत्
uta syā vāṃ madhumanmakṣikārapanmade somasyauśijo huvanyati yuvaṃ dadhīco mana ā vivāsatho'thā śiraḥ prati vāmaśvyaṃ vadat
He, like a honey-drinker, like a fondling bee rejoiced in Soma’s strength; the young one became curdling (or 'youthful milk'), he made the mind advance — then he spoke to the head, to the left of the horses.
That honey-seeking bee also murmured your praise; the son of Us;ij invokes you to the exhilaratin of Soma; you conciliated the mind of Dadhyañc, so that, provided with the head of a horse, he taught you (the mystic science).
To you in praise of sweetness sang the honey-bee: Ausija calleth you in Soma's rapturous joy. Ye drew unto yourselves the spirit of Dadhyac, and then the horse's head uttered his words to you.