Rigveda 9.096.20
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 96 · Verse 9.96.20
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मर्यो॒ न शु॒भ्रस्त॒न्वं॑ मृजा॒नोऽत्यो॒ न सृत्वा॑ स॒नये॒ धना॑नाम् । वृषे॑व यू॒था परि॒ कोश॒मर्ष॒न्कनि॑क्रदच्च॒म्वो॒३॒॑रा वि॑वेश
maryo na śubhrastanvaṃ mṛjāno'tyo na sṛtvā sanaye dhanānām vṛṣeva yūthā pari kośamarṣankanikradaccamvo3rā viveśa
The fair-bodied cows, the milkers, not heeding the sons of wealth, they entered the stalls. Like strong bulls they rushed around the fold, breaking barriers; the herds dispersed.
Cleaning his person n like a richly-decorated man, flowing to acquire riches like a rapid (horse), rushing to the receptacle like a bull to the herd, (Soma) crying repeatedly enters the plural nks.
Like a fair youth who decorates his body, a courser rushing to the gain of riches, A steer to herds, so, flowing to the pitcher, he with a roar hath passed into the beakers.