Rigveda 9.086.25
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 86 · Verse 9.86.25
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अव्ये॑ पुना॒नं परि॒ वार॑ ऊ॒र्मिणा॒ हरिं॑ नवन्ते अ॒भि स॒प्त धे॒नवः॑ । अ॒पामु॒पस्थे॒ अध्या॒यवः॑ क॒विमृ॒तस्य॒ योना॑ महि॒षा अ॑हेषत
avye punānaṃ pari vāra ūrmiṇā hariṃ navante abhi sapta dhenavaḥ apāmupasthe adhyāyavaḥ kavimṛtasya yonā mahiṣā aheṣata
Again, with waves he enveloped the oblations, drawing near like seven cows. In the streams’ abodes the successive riders (ritualists) sought the seer’s womb; the great cows yearned.
The seven kine approach the green-tinted (Soma) who flows purified in a stream through the woollen fleece, mighty men urge (you) the sage on the lap of the waters to the plural ce of sacrifice.
Seven Milch-kine glorify the Tawny-coloured One while with his wave in wool he purifies himself. The living men, the mighty, have impelled the Sage into the waters' lap, the place of sacrifice.