Mandala 9

Sukta 15: The Bull of the Herd Shakes His Horns

Rishi: कश्यपोऽसितो देवलो वा · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

8 verses · 15 of 114

What happens in this chapter

The Bull of the Herd Shakes His Horns

Kashyapa Asita or Devala sings of Pavamana Soma in gayatri, each verse beginning with eṣa or etam, 'this one'. This hero goes with swift chariots to Indra's meeting place, labouring for the great assembly where the immortals sit. He is led along the shining path. Like a bull of the herd he shakes and sharpens his horns, bearing manly strength. With bright gleaming shoots he becomes lord of the rivers, and passes over rough places down to the grassy level. Men groom him in the wooden vessels, and ten fingers and seven thoughts groom the well-armed, most joyous one.

15.1

ए॒ष धि॒या या॒त्यण्व्या॒ शूरो॒ रथे॑भिरा॒शुभि॑ः ।
गच्छ॒न्निन्द्र॑स्य निष्कृ॒तम्

eṣa dhiyā yātyaṇvyā śūro rathebhirāśubhiḥ |
gacchannindrasya niṣkṛtam

15.2

ए॒ष पु॒रू धि॑यायते बृह॒ते दे॒वता॑तये ।
यत्रा॒मृता॑स॒ आस॑ते

eṣa purū dhiyāyate bṛhate devatātaye |
yatrāmṛtāsa āsate

15.3

ए॒ष हि॒तो वि नी॑यते॒ऽन्तः शु॒भ्राव॑ता प॒था ।
यदी॑ तु॒ञ्जन्ति॒ भूर्ण॑यः

eṣa hito vi nīyate'ntaḥ śubhrāvatā pathā |
yadī tuñjanti bhūrṇayaḥ

15.4

ए॒ष शृङ्गा॑णि॒ दोधु॑व॒च्छिशी॑ते यू॒थ्यो॒३॒॑ वृषा॑ ।
नृ॒म्णा दधा॑न॒ ओज॑सा

eṣa śṛṅgāṇi dodhuvacchiśīte yūthyo vṛṣā |
nṛmṇā dadhāna ojasā