Rigveda 9.074.08
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 74 · Verse 9.74.8
Vedic Classification
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
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.
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.
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.