Rigveda 2.017.01
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 17 · Verse 2.17.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तद॑स्मै॒ नव्य॑मङ्गिर॒स्वद॑र्चत॒ शुष्मा॒ यद॑स्य प्र॒त्नथो॒दीर॑ते । विश्वा॒ यद्गो॒त्रा सह॑सा॒ परी॑वृता॒ मदे॒ सोम॑स्य दृंहि॒तान्यैर॑यत्
tadasmai navyamaṅgirasvadarcata śuṣmā yadasya pratnathodīrate viśvā yadgotrā sahasā parīvṛtā made somasya dṛṃhitānyairayat
He offered to him the new Mangiras with fresh homage, the subtle praise by which his former efforts were upheld; all clans were suddenly enveloped and the mighty Soma’s gifts were laid upon him.
Address, worshippers, after the manner of Aṅgiras, a new (hymn) to that Indra, whose withering (energies) were developed of old; who, in the exhilaration of the Soma, forced open the obstructed and solid clouds.
LIKE the Angirases, sing this new song forth to him, for, as in ancient days, his mighty powers are shown, When in the rapture of the Soma he unclosed with strength the solid firm-shut stables of the kine.