Rigveda 9.092.06
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 92 · Verse 9.92.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
परि॒ सद्मे॑व पशु॒मान्ति॒ होता॒ राजा॒ न स॒त्यः समि॑तीरिया॒नः । सोमः॑ पुना॒नः क॒लशा॑ँ अयासी॒त्सीद॑न्मृ॒गो न म॑हि॒षो वने॑षु
pari sadmeva paśumānti hotā rājā na satyaḥ samitīriyānaḥ somaḥ punānaḥ kalaśām̐ ayāsītsīdanmṛgo na mahiṣo vaneṣu
Around the sacred seat come the sacrificial cattle; the king who slaughters is not false among assemblies. Soma, the purifier, had many jars; the wild beasts and buffaloes were not in the forests.
As theministrant priest proceeds to the hall where the victim is stationed, as a just king marches to battle, the Soma undergoing purification enters the pitcheers like the wild buffalo in the waters.
As the priest seeks the station rich in cattle, like a true King who goes to great assemblies, Soma hath sought the beakers while they cleansed him, and like a wild bull, in the wood hath settled.