Rigveda 9.089.03
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 89 · Verse 9.89.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सिं॒हं न॑सन्त॒ मध्वो॑ अ॒यासं॒ हरि॑मरु॒षं दि॒वो अ॒स्य पति॑म् । शूरो॑ यु॒त्सु प्र॑थ॒मः पृ॑च्छते॒ गा अस्य॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ परि॑ पात्यु॒क्षा
siṃhaṃ nasanta madhvo ayāsaṃ harimaruṣaṃ divo asya patim śūro yutsu prathamaḥ pṛcchate gā asya cakṣasā pari pātyukṣā
The lion tears the removed one; the brave honeyed one seized the bright steed, lord of this heaven. The hero first questions in battle: let his eye watch around, O charioteer.
(The worshippers) reach the lion-like (Soma) the dispenser of water, green-tinted, red, the protector of this heaven; a hero in battles, first (among the gods) he seeks the (stolen) cows; by his might the sprinkler (Indra) protects (the universe).
They come to him, red, tawny, Lord of Heaven, the watchful Guardian of the meath, the Lion. First, Hero in the fight, he seeks the cattle, and with his eye the Steer is our protector.
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