Rigveda 9.086.17
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 86 · Verse 9.86.17
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र वो॒ धियो॑ मन्द्र॒युवो॑ विप॒न्युवः॑ पन॒स्युवः॑ सं॒वस॑नेष्वक्रमुः । सोमं॑ मनी॒षा अ॒भ्य॑नूषत॒ स्तुभो॒ऽभि धे॒नवः॒ पय॑सेमशिश्रयुः
pra vo dhiyo mandrayuvo vipanyuvaḥ panasyuvaḥ saṃvasaneṣvakramuḥ somaṃ manīṣā abhyanūṣata stubho'bhi dhenavaḥ payasemaśiśrayuḥ
They invoked the priests, the humble, the wealthy, the stewards, the attendants who performed in the gatherings. Wise ones chanted to Soma; the cattle, near the cows, sought the milk like dew.
Your thoughtful worshippers (Soma), desiring an exhilarating sound, purposing praise, advance into the halls of sacrifice; the praisers the lords of intellect praise Soma, the kine approach him with their milk.
Your songs, exhilarating, tuneful, uttering praise, are come into the placns where the people meet. Worshippers have exalted Soma with their hymns, and milch kine have come near to meet him with their milk.