Rigveda 1.163.09
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 163 · Verse 1.163.9
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
हिर॑ण्यशृ॒ङ्गोऽयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ मनो॑जवा॒ अव॑र॒ इन्द्र॑ आसीत् । दे॒वा इद॑स्य हवि॒रद्य॑माय॒न्यो अर्व॑न्तं प्रथ॒मो अ॒ध्यति॑ष्ठत्
hiraṇyaśaṛṅgo'yo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt devā idasya haviradyamāyanyo arvantaṃ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat
Golden-horned metal was at his feet; mental vigor was his strength, O Indra. The gods, on this day of offering, first stood and bore forward the oblation.
His mane is of gold; his feet are of bronze; and fleet as thought, Indra is his inferior (in speed). The gods have come to partake ofhis (being offered as) oblation; the first who mounted the horse was Indra.
Horns made of gold hath he: his feet are iron: less fleet than he, though swift as thought, is Indra. The Gods have come that they may taste the oblation of him who mounted, first of all, the Courser.