Rigveda 9.085.10
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 85 · Verse 9.85.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
दि॒वो नाके॒ मधु॑जिह्वा अस॒श्चतो॑ वे॒ना दु॑हन्त्यु॒क्षणं॑ गिरि॒ष्ठाम् । अ॒प्सु द्र॒प्सं वा॑वृधा॒नं स॑मु॒द्र आ सिन्धो॑रू॒र्मा मधु॑मन्तं प॒वित्र॒ आ
divo nāke madhujihvā asaścato venā duhantyukṣaṇaṃ giriṣṭhām apsu drapsaṃ vāvṛdhānaṃ samudra ā sindhorūrmā madhumantaṃ pavitra ā
The nectar-tongued heavenly ones milk from the sky’s mouths with veins, milking in moments upon the loftiest mountain. In the waters they pressed the flowing store; the ocean’s waves bore the nectar-bearing, pure one.
In the heaven of the bright (ssacrifice) the sweet-voiced Venas severally milk forth the sprinkler, the mountain-haunting (Soma); (they sprinkle him) nourished in the waters, juicy, in the ocean (-like pitcher), in the wave of the river; (they sprinkle him) sweet-flavoured, in the filter.
High in the vault of heaven, unceasing, honey-tongued, the Loving Ones drain out the mountain-haunting Steer,- The drop that hath grown great in waters, in the lake meath-rich, in the stream's wave and in the cleansing sieve.