Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 9 — Chapter 87

RV 9 87.1

प्र तु द्रव परि कोशꣳ नि षीद नृभिः पुनानो अभि वाजम् अर्ष । अश्वꣳ न त्वा वाजिनम् मर्जयन्तो ऽच्छा बर्ही रशनाभिर् नयन्ति

pra tu drava pari kośaṁ ni ṣīda nṛbhiḥ punāno abhi vājam arṣa | aśvaṁ na tvā vājinam marjayanto 'cchā barhī raśanābhir nayanti

Run forth now, sit down about the vat; purified by the men, flow toward the prize. Grooming you like a prize-winning horse, they lead you with cords to the barhis.

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RV 9 87.2

स्वायुधः पवते देव इन्दुर् अशस्तिहा वृजनꣳ रक्षमाणः । पिता देवानाꣳ जनिता सुदक्षो विष्टम्भो दिवो धरुणः पृथिव्याः

svāyudhaḥ pavate deva indur aśastihā vṛjanaṁ rakṣamāṇaḥ | pitā devānāṁ janitā sudakṣo viṣṭambho divo dharuṇaḥ pṛthivyāḥ

Well-armed the god Indu purifies himself, slayer of evil speech, guarding the community: father of the gods, begetter, of good skill, the prop of heaven, the support of the earth.

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RV 9 87.3

ऋषिर् विप्रः पुरएता जनानाम् ऋभुर् धीर उशना काव्येन । स चिद् विवेद निहितꣳ यद् आसाम् अपीच्य१ꣳ गुह्यꣳ नाम गोनाम्

ṛṣir vipraḥ puraetā janānām ṛbhur dhīra uśanā kāvyena | sa cid viveda nihitaṁ yad āsām apīcya1ṁ guhyaṁ nāma gonām

A seer, an inspired singer, forerunner of the peoples, a deft craftsman, steadfast, Uśanā by his poetic skill: he indeed found what was laid away of these (cows), the hidden, secret name of the cows.

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RV 9 87.4

एष स्य ते मधुमाꣳ इन्द्र सोमो वृषा वृष्णे परि पवित्रे अक्षाः । सहस्रसाः शतसा भूरिदावा शश्वत्तमम् बर्हिर् आ वाज्य् अस्थात्

eṣa sya te madhumām̐ indra somo vṛṣā vṛṣṇe pari pavitre akṣāḥ | sahasrasāḥ śatasā bhūridāvā śaśvattamam barhir ā vājy asthāt

This honey-rich soma of yours, Indra, a bull for the bull, has flowed out into the filter. Winner of thousands, winner of hundreds, giver of much, the prize-winner has taken his stand on the barhis again and again.

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RV 9 87.5

एते सोमा अभि गव्या सहस्रा महे वाजायामृताय श्रवाꣳसि । पवित्रेभिः पवमाना असृग्रञ् छ्रवस्यवो न पृतनाजो अत्याः

ete somā abhi gavyā sahasrā mahe vājāyāmṛtāya śravāṁsi | pavitrebhiḥ pavamānā asṛgrañ chravasyavo na pṛtanājo atyāḥ

These somas (flow) toward thousands of cattle-goods, toward glories, for great prize, for immortality. Purifying themselves through the filters they have been let loose, seeking fame like steeds born for battle.

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RV 9 87.6

परि हि ष्मा पुरुहूतो जनानाꣳ विश्वासरद् भोजना पूयमानः । अथा भर श्येनभृत प्रयाꣳसि रयिꣳ तुञ्जानो अभि वाजम् अर्ष

pari hi ṣmā puruhūto janānāṁ viśvāsarad bhojanā pūyamānaḥ | athā bhara śyenabhṛta prayāṁsi rayiṁ tuñjāno abhi vājam arṣa

For indeed, much-invoked, while being purified, he flows around all the nourishments of the peoples. So bring, you whom the falcon bore, dainties; thrusting wealth forward, flow toward the prize.

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RV 9 87.7

एष सुवानः परि सोमः पवित्रे सर्गो न सृष्टो अदधावद् अर्वा । तिग्मे शिशानो महिषो न शृङ्गे गा गव्यन्न् अभि शूरो न सत्वा

eṣa suvānaḥ pari somaḥ pavitre sargo na sṛṣṭo adadhāvad arvā | tigme śiśāno mahiṣo na śṛṅge gā gavyann abhi śūro na satvā

This soma, pressed, has run out into the filter like a stream let loose, like a racehorse; sharpening (his horns) on the sharp, like a buffalo his two horns, seeking cows like a hero, a warrior.

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RV 9 87.8

एषा ययौ परमाद् अन्तर् अद्रेः कूचित् सतीर् ऊर्वे गा विवेद । दिवो न विद्युत् स्तनयन्त्य् अभ्रैः सोमस्य ते पवत इन्द्र धारा

eṣā yayau paramād antar adreḥ kūcit satīr ūrve gā viveda | divo na vidyut stanayanty abhraiḥ somasya te pavata indra dhārā

He went forth from the farthest (part) within the stone; he found the cows that were somewhere in the enclosure. Like the lightning of heaven thundering with the clouds, the stream of soma purifies itself for you, Indra.

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RV 9 87.9

उत स्म राशिम् परि यासि गोनाम् इन्द्रेण सोम सरथम् पुनानः । पूर्वीर् इषो बृहतीर् जीरदानो शिक्षा शचीवस् तव ता उपष्टुत्

uta sma rāśim pari yāsi gonām indreṇa soma saratham punānaḥ | pūrvīr iṣo bṛhatīr jīradāno śikṣā śacīvas tava tā upaṣṭut

And you do go about the heap of cows, O Soma, purified on the same chariot with Indra. Many lofty refreshments, O quick giver — grant (them), O capable one; those are yours, (so it is) proclaimed in praise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain