Rigveda 8.001.17
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 1 · Verse 8.1.17
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सोता॒ हि सोम॒मद्रि॑भि॒रेमे॑नम॒प्सु धा॑वत । ग॒व्या वस्त्रे॑व वा॒सय॑न्त॒ इन्नरो॒ निर्धु॑क्षन्व॒क्षणा॑भ्यः
sotā hi somamadribhiremenamapsu dhāvata gavyā vastreva vāsayanta innaro nirdhukṣanvakṣaṇābhyaḥ
The Soma-pressers poured Soma from the waters; they clothed men in cow-hide or in garments; they supplied for the moments of hardship.
Extract the Soma with the bruising stones, wash it with the consecrated waters; (for by so doing) theleaders (of the rain, the Maruts) clothing (the sky with clouds) as with vesture of the hide of the cow, milk, forth(the water) for the rivers.
Press out the Soma with the stones, and in the waters wash it clean. The men investing it with raiment made of milk shall milk it forth from out the stems.