Rigveda 9.082.01
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 82 · Verse 9.82.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
असा॑वि॒ सोमो॑ अरु॒षो वृषा॒ हरी॒ राजे॑व द॒स्मो अ॒भि गा अ॑चिक्रदत् । पु॒ना॒नो वारं॒ पर्ये॑त्य॒व्ययं॑ श्ये॒नो न योनिं॑ घृ॒तव॑न्तमा॒सद॑म्
asāvi somo aruṣo vṛṣā harī rājeva dasmo abhi gā acikradat punāno vāraṃ paryetyavyayaṃ śyeno na yoniṃ ghṛtavantamāsadam
The invigorating Soma, unassailable, like a bull, came near the king with tenfold strength and sang to the cows. Returning again and again throughout the year, the falcon did not reach the womb of the ghee-endowed one who partook.
The Soma has been effused radiant, the showerer, green-inted; magnificent as a king, he cries aloud when approaching the waters; purified, he passes through the sheep's fleece, to alight on the water-moistened seat like a hawk (on its nest).
EVEN as a King hath Soma, red and tawny Bull, been pressed: the Wondrous One hath bellowed to the kine. While purified he passes through the filtering fleece to seat him hawk-like on the place that drops with oil.