Rigveda 9.068.06
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 68 · Verse 9.68.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
म॒न्द्रस्य॑ रू॒पं वि॑विदुर्मनी॒षिणः॑ श्ये॒नो यदन्धो॒ अभ॑रत्परा॒वतः॑ । तं म॑र्जयन्त सु॒वृधं॑ न॒दीष्वाँ उ॒शन्त॑मं॒शुं प॑रि॒यन्त॑मृ॒ग्मिय॑म्
mandrasya rūpaṃ vividurmanīṣiṇaḥ śyeno yadandho abharatparāvataḥ taṃ marjayanta suvṛdhaṃ nadīṣvām̐ uśantamaṃśuṃ pariyantamṛgmiyam
The form of the slow-witted the thoughtful ones discerned: a falcon, blind, bore it from the distant quarter. They cleanse him, the wide-growing one, in rivers, surrounding the wet limb like a beast.
The wise (worshippers) know the form of the exhilarating Soma-juice, the food that the falcon brought from afar; they cleanse in the waters the fostering (Soma) delighting (the gods), flowing around, and deserving laudation.
The sages knew the form of him the Gladdener, what time the Falcon brought the plant from far away. Him who assures success they beautified in streams, the stalk who yearned therefor, mighty and meet for praise.