Rigveda 3.050.03
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 50 · Verse 3.50.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
गोभि॑र्मिमि॒क्षुं द॑धिरे सुपा॒रमिन्द्रं॒ ज्यैष्ठ्या॑य॒ धाय॑से गृणा॒नाः । म॒न्दा॒नः सोमं॑ पपि॒वाँ ऋ॑जीषि॒न्सम॒स्मभ्यं॑ पुरु॒धा गा इ॑षण्य
gobhirmimikṣuṃ dadhire supāramindraṃ jyaiṣṭhyāya dhāyase gṛṇānāḥ mandānaḥ somaṃ papivām̐ ṛjīṣinsamasmabhyaṃ purudhā gā iṣaṇya
The cows thought to behold Indra eminent in might, they ran forward with songs; the slow ones drank Soma, the singer poured it forth for us desirous of much, pressing eagerly.
His adorers support with cattle, Indra, who is willing to bestow upon them their desires, and ready to come to the sacrifice, for the sake of obtaining eminent prosperity and prolonged life; acceptor of the spiritless Soma, who are the drinker of the Soma, and are exhilarated (by the draught), grant to us freely cattle in abundance.
With milk they made Indra their good Preserver, lauding for help and rule the bounteous rainer. Impetuous God, when thou hast drunk the Soma, enraptured send us cattle in abundance.