Mandala 9

Sukta 33: Three Voices Rise, the Cows Low

Rishi: त्रित आप्त्यः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

6 verses · 33 of 114

What happens in this chapter

Three Voices Rise, the Cows Low

Trita Aptya sings in gayatri. The wise Soma drops flow on like waves of water, like buffaloes into the forest. Tawny and bright, they stream into the wooden vessels by the current of rita, bringing strength rich in cattle. Pressed for Indra, Vayu, Varuna, the Maruts and Vishnu, they run forth. Three voices are raised, the milch cows low, and the tawny one comes roaring. The great mothers of rita sing to him and groom the child of heaven. The rishi asks Soma to flow toward us from every side with four oceans of wealth, a thousandfold.

33.1

प्र सोमा॑सो विप॒श्चितो॒ऽपां न य॑न्त्यू॒र्मय॑ः ।
वना॑नि महि॒षा इ॑व

pra somāso vipaścito'pāṃ na yantyūrmayaḥ |
vanāni mahiṣā iva

33.2

अ॒भि द्रोणा॑नि ब॒भ्रव॑ः शु॒क्रा ऋ॒तस्य॒ धार॑या ।
वाजं॒ गोम॑न्तमक्षरन्

abhi droṇāni babhravaḥ śukrā ṛtasya dhārayā |
vājaṃ gomantamakṣaran

33.3

सु॒ता इन्द्रा॑य वा॒यवे॒ वरु॑णाय म॒रुद्भ्य॑ः ।
सोमा॑ अर्षन्ति॒ विष्ण॑वे

sutā indrāya vāyave varuṇāya marudbhyaḥ |
somā arṣanti viṣṇave

33.4

ति॒स्रो वाच॒ उदी॑रते॒ गावो॑ मिमन्ति धे॒नव॑ः ।
हरि॑रेति॒ कनि॑क्रदत्

tisro vāca udīrate gāvo mimanti dhenavaḥ |
harireti kanikradat