Rigveda 9.069.03
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 69 · Verse 9.69.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अव्ये॑ वधू॒युः प॑वते॒ परि॑ त्व॒चि श्र॑थ्नी॒ते न॒प्तीरदि॑तेरृ॒तं य॒ते । हरि॑रक्रान्यज॒तः सं॑य॒तो मदो॑ नृ॒म्णा शिशा॑नो महि॒षो न शो॑भते
avye vadhūyuḥ pavate pari tvaci śrathnīte naptīraditerṛtaṃ yate harirakrānyajataḥ saṃyato mado nṛmṇā śiśāno mahiṣo na śobhate
The bridal ones, unerring, fly around the waters, stripping the skin of the sacrificer; the earth-born secret stirred the man’s pride. The calf of the bull does not shine by heroism.
(Soma) seeking his spouse is filtered in the sheep-skin; he separates his grand-daughter on the earth for the sacrificer; green-tinted, adorable, collected (in the ladles), exhilarating, he overcomes (his foes); sharpening his vigour he shines like one of might.
He flows about the sheep-skin, longing for a bride: he looses Aditi's Daughters for the worshipper. The sacred drink hath come, gold-tinted, well-restrained: like a strong Bull he shines, whetting his manly might.