Rig Veda · 8.1.17

Rig Veda 8.1.17 — Indra

Verse 17 of 34 from Sukta 8.1 (Indra) in Mandala 8 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 8.1.17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोता हि सोममद्रिभिरेमेनमप्सु धावत | गव्या वस्त्रेव वासयन्त इन नरो निर्धुक्षन वक्षणाभ्यः

IAST Romanisation

sotā hi somamadribhiremenamapsu dhāvata | ghavyā vastreva vāsayanta in naro nirdhukṣan vakṣaṇābhyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith)

Press out the Soma with the stones, and in the waters wash it clean. The men investing it with raiment made of milk shall milk it forth from out the stems.

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