Rigveda 9.087.08
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 87 · Verse 9.87.8
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ए॒षा य॑यौ पर॒माद॒न्तरद्रेः॒ कूचि॑त्स॒तीरू॒र्वे गा वि॑वेद । दि॒वो न वि॒द्युत्स्त॒नय॑न्त्य॒भ्रैः सोम॑स्य ते पवत इन्द्र॒ धारा॑
eṣā yayau paramādantaradreḥ kūcitsatīrūrve gā viveda divo na vidyutstanayantyabhraiḥ somasya te pavata indra dhārā
She (the stream) went through the narrow gorge; two streams cleaved the banks. The lightnings of heaven do not wet the clouds; Indra, your Soma flows as a purifying stream.
This Soma stream has come from on high and has detected the cattle which were in a stall (hidden) somewhere within the mountain; the stream of the Soma flows for you, Indra, thundering like lightning emitted by the clouds from heaven.
He issued forth from out the loftiest mountain, and found kine hidden somewhere in a stable. Soma's stream clears itself for thee, O Indra, like lightning thundering through the clouds of heaven,