प्र ते॒ धारा॑ अस॒श्चतो॑ दि॒वो न य॑न्ति वृ॒ष्टय॑ः ।
अच्छा॒ वाजं॑ सह॒स्रिण॑म्
pra te dhārā asaścato divo na yanti vṛṣṭayaḥ |
acchā vājaṃ sahasriṇam
Mandala 9
Sukta 57: Like a Falcon, Like a King
Rishi: अवत्सारः काश्यपः · Devata: पवमानः सोमः · Metre: गायत्री
4 verses · 57 of 114
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Like a Falcon, Like a King
Avatsara Kashyapa's fifth gayatri sukta. Soma's unceasing streams go forth like the rains of heaven, toward a thousandfold prize. Watching over all the dear works of poets, the tawny one flows, brandishing his weapons. Groomed by men, he sits like a king faithful to his vratas, like a falcon settling among the trees. Purifying, Indu is asked to bring all the goods of heaven and earth.
अ॒भि प्रि॒याणि॒ काव्या॒ विश्वा॒ चक्षा॑णो अर्षति ।
हरि॑स्तुञ्जा॒न आयु॑धा
abhi priyāṇi kāvyā viśvā cakṣāṇo arṣati |
haristuñjāna āyudhā
स म॑र्मृजा॒न आ॒युभि॒रिभो॒ राजे॑व सुव्र॒तः ।
श्ये॒नो न वंसु॑ षीदति
sa marmṛjāna āyubhiribho rājeva suvrataḥ |
śyeno na vaṃsu ṣīdati
स नो॒ विश्वा॑ दि॒वो वसू॒तो पृ॑थि॒व्या अधि॑ ।
पु॒ना॒न इ॑न्द॒वा भ॑र
sa no viśvā divo vasūto pṛthivyā adhi |
punāna indavā bhara
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