Rigveda 8.004.13
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 4 · Verse 8.4.13
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
र॒थे॒ष्ठाया॑ध्वर्यवः॒ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य सोतन । अधि॑ ब्र॒ध्नस्याद्र॑यो॒ वि च॑क्षते सु॒न्वन्तो॑ दा॒श्व॑ध्वरम्
ratheṣṭhāyādhvaryavaḥ somamindrāya sotana adhi bradhnasyādrayo vi cakṣate sunvanto dāśvadhvaram
Best of chariots, Adhvarya placed Soma for Indra as a libation. He looked upon the two rivers with might and saw the ten-gated ford rushing onward.
Pour our, priests, the Soma libation to Indra in his chariot; the stones, plural ced upon their bases, arebeheld effusing the Soma for the sacrifice of the offerer.
Press out the Soma juice, ye priests, for Indra borne upon his car. The pressing-stones speak loud of Indra, while they shed the juice which, offered, honours him.