Mandala 9

Sukta 38: Ten Fingers Groom the Tawny One

Rishi: रहूगण आङ्गिरसः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री

6 verses · 38 of 114

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Ten Fingers Groom the Tawny One

Rahugana Angirasa's second sukta, in gayatri, points at Soma again and again with 'this one'. This bull, a chariot, flows through the sheep's wool toward a thousandfold prize. Trita's maidens urge the tawny Indu with stones for Indra to drink. Ten busy fingers groom him, and with them he is made bright for joy. Like a falcon he settles among the clans of men, like a lover going to his beloved. This delightful juice, child of heaven, looks down as Indu enters the fleece. Pressed for drinking, the tawny one flows, roaring, to his dear seat.

38.1

ए॒ष उ॒ स्य वृषा॒ रथोऽव्यो॒ वारे॑भिरर्षति ।
गच्छ॒न्वाजं॑ सह॒स्रिण॑म्

eṣa u sya vṛṣā ratho'vyo vārebhirarṣati |
gacchanvājaṃ sahasriṇam

38.2

ए॒तं त्रि॒तस्य॒ योष॑णो॒ हरिं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यद्रि॑भिः ।
इन्दु॒मिन्द्रा॑य पी॒तये॑

etaṃ tritasya yoṣaṇo hariṃ hinvantyadribhiḥ |
indumindrāya pītaye

38.3

ए॒तं त्यं ह॒रितो॒ दश॑ मर्मृ॒ज्यन्ते॑ अप॒स्युव॑ः ।
याभि॒र्मदा॑य॒ शुम्भ॑ते

etaṃ tyaṃ harito daśa marmṛjyante apasyuvaḥ |
yābhirmadāya śumbhate

38.4

ए॒ष स्य मानु॑षी॒ष्वा श्ये॒नो न वि॒क्षु सी॑दति ।
गच्छ॑ञ्जा॒रो न यो॒षित॑म्

eṣa sya mānuṣīṣvā śyeno na vikṣu sīdati |
gacchañjāro na yoṣitam