Rigveda 9.097.57
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 97 · Verse 9.97.57
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
इन्दुं॑ रिहन्ति महि॒षा अद॑ब्धाः प॒दे रे॑भन्ति क॒वयो॒ न गृध्राः॑ । हि॒न्वन्ति॒ धीरा॑ द॒शभिः॒ क्षिपा॑भिः॒ सम॑ञ्जते रू॒पम॒पां रसे॑न
induṃ rihanti mahiṣā adabdhāḥ pade rebhanti kavayo na gṛdhrāḥ hinvanti dhīrā daśabhiḥ kṣipābhiḥ samañjate rūpamapāṃ rasena
Mighty bulls thresh down the moon; unbroken they tread its path. Poets, not vultures, seize it; the wise strip it of form with repeated shafts and win the beauty by the juice of waters.
The adorable, unassailable (deities) sip the Soma juice, they hail it at its station like worshippers greedy (of wealth); the skilful priests send forth the Soma with their ten fingers, they anoint its body with the fluid of the waters.
The Great Inviolate are kissing Indu, and singing in his place like eager sages. The wise men send him forth with ten swift fingers, and balm his form with essence of the waters.