Rigveda 9.069.01
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 69 · Verse 9.69.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इषु॒र्न धन्व॒न्प्रति॑ धीयते म॒तिर्व॒त्सो न मा॒तुरुप॑ स॒र्ज्यूध॑नि । उ॒रुधा॑रेव दुहे॒ अग्र॑ आय॒त्यस्य॑ व्र॒तेष्वपि॒ सोम॑ इष्यते
iṣurna dhanvanprati dhīyate matirvatso na māturupa sarjyūdhani urudhāreva duhe agra āyatyasya vrateṣvapi soma iṣyate
Aiming at bows, the mind is fixed on wealth; broad-minded thought is not produced by the mother in the battleground. Lifting the chariot-pole he came forward; even in vows Soma is sought.
(Our) praise is attached (to Indra) as an arrow to the bow; (the Soma-juice) is let loose to (Indra) the fosterer as a calf to the udder to its mother; (Indra sheds blessings) as a cow having a copious stream of milk yields it when coming into the presence (of the calf); in Indra's sacrifices the Soma is stimulated.
LAID like an arrow on the bow the hymn hath been loosed like a young calf to the udder of its dam. As one who cometh first with full stream she is milked the Soma is impelled to this man's holy rites.