What happens in this chapter Shot by Krishanu, yet the falcon flew Kavi Bhargava sings five jagati verses to Soma Pavamana. Honeyed Soma roars in the cask, Indra's vajra, fairer than the fair; the milk-rich streams of rita come lowing like cows. He is the ancient one whom the falcon, sent forth, snatched from heaven across the air, trembling in mind at the archer Krishanu. The drops, earlier and later, are asked to run for great wealth in cows. Soma enters the stall of the cows, and like a stallion in the herd he neighs, a friend worthy of worship.
77.1 ए॒ष प्र कोशे॒ मधु॑माँ अचिक्रद॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ वपु॑षो॒ वपु॑ष्टरः । अ॒भीमृ॒तस्य॑ सु॒दुघा॑ घृत॒श्चुतो॑ वा॒श्रा अ॑र्षन्ति॒ पय॑सेव धे॒नव॑ः
eṣa pra kośe madhumām̐ acikradadindrasya vajro vapuṣo vapuṣṭaraḥ | abhīmṛtasya sudughā ghṛtaścuto vāśrā arṣanti payaseva dhenavaḥ
77.2 स पू॒र्व्यः प॑वते॒ यं दि॒वस्परि॑ श्ये॒नो म॑था॒यदि॑षि॒तस्ति॒रो रज॑ः । स मध्व॒ आ यु॑वते॒ वेवि॑जान॒ इत्कृ॒शानो॒रस्तु॒र्मन॒साह॑ बि॒भ्युषा॑
sa pūrvyaḥ pavate yaṃ divaspari śyeno mathāyadiṣitastiro rajaḥ | sa madhva ā yuvate vevijāna itkṛśānorasturmanasāha bibhyuṣā
77.3 ते न॒ः पूर्वा॑स॒ उप॑रास॒ इन्द॑वो म॒हे वाजा॑य धन्वन्तु॒ गोम॑ते । ई॒क्षे॒ण्या॑सो अ॒ह्यो॒३॒॑ न चार॑वो॒ ब्रह्म॑ब्रह्म॒ ये जु॑जु॒षुर्ह॒विर्ह॑विः
te naḥ pūrvāsa uparāsa indavo mahe vājāya dhanvantu gomate | īkṣeṇyāso ahyo na cāravo brahmabrahma ye jujuṣurhavirhaviḥ
77.4 अ॒यं नो॑ वि॒द्वान्व॑नवद्वनुष्य॒त इन्दु॑ः स॒त्राचा॒ मन॑सा पुरुष्टु॒तः । इ॒नस्य॒ यः सद॑ने॒ गर्भ॑माद॒धे गवा॑मुरु॒ब्जम॒भ्यर्ष॑ति व्र॒जम्
ayaṃ no vidvānvanavadvanuṣyata induḥ satrācā manasā puruṣṭutaḥ | inasya yaḥ sadane garbhamādadhe gavāmurubjamabhyarṣati vrajam
77.5 चक्रि॑र्दि॒वः प॑वते॒ कृत्व्यो॒ रसो॑ म॒हाँ अद॑ब्धो॒ वरु॑णो हु॒रुग्य॒ते । असा॑वि मि॒त्रो वृ॒जने॑षु य॒ज्ञियोऽत्यो॒ न यू॒थे वृ॑ष॒युः कनि॑क्रदत्
cakrirdivaḥ pavate kṛtvyo raso mahām̐ adabdho varuṇo hurugyate | asāvi mitro vṛjaneṣu yajñiyo'tyo na yūthe vṛṣayuḥ kanikradat
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