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Rigveda 9.074.08

Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 74 · Verse 9.74.8

rigvedamandala-9sukta-74कक्षीवान् दैर्घतमस:पवमान: सोम:जगती८ त्रिष्टुप्Deity HymnSoma SuktaPurificationInspirationdeity-hymnsoma-sukta

Vedic Classification

Rishi (Seer)
Devatā (Deity)
Chandas (Meter)
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Sanskrit Original

अध॑ श्वे॒तं क॒लशं॒ गोभि॑र॒क्तं कार्ष्म॒न्ना वा॒ज्य॑क्रमीत्सस॒वान् । आ हि॑न्विरे॒ मन॑सा देव॒यन्तः॑ क॒क्षीव॑ते श॒तहि॑माय॒ गोना॑म्

adha śvetaṃ kalaśaṃ gobhiraktaṃ kārṣmannā vājyakramītsasavān ā hinvire manasā devayantaḥ kakṣīvate śatahimāya gonām

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🤖 AI GeneratedAI Generated

He made the white cup, filled it with cows’ milk, and made the sacrificial barley or the milking-order; with minds the gods conquered, as if hundreds of cows ran to them.

📖 Book ReferenceWisdomLibRig Veda English TranslationSource ↗

Thus the Soma successfully reaches the white water besprinkled pitcher like a horse (reaching) the goal; the devout (priests) stimulate him with their praise; (he bestows) cattle upon Kakṣīvat who has seen a hundred winters.

📖 Book ReferenceRalph T.H. GriffithThe Rig Veda, 1896Source ↗

Yea, to the shining milk-anointed beaker, as to his goal, hath stepped the conquering Courser. Pious-souled men have sent their giffi of cattle unto Kaksivan of the hundred winters.