Rigveda 1.117.22
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 117 · Verse 1.117.22
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ॒थ॒र्व॒णाया॑श्विना दधी॒चेऽश्व्यं॒ शिरः॒ प्रत्यै॑रयतम् । स वां॒ मधु॒ प्र वो॑चदृता॒यन्त्वा॒ष्ट्रं यद्द॑स्रावपिक॒क्ष्यं॑ वाम्
ātharvaṇāyāśvinā dadhīce'śvyaṃ śiraḥ pratyairayatam sa vāṃ madhu pra vocadṛtāyantvāṣṭraṃ yaddasrāvapikakṣyaṃ vām
The Ashvins set the horse upon the Atharvan’s lap, placed the head within his hands. Then they spoke honey to you, and stretched forth the rein which the tenfold ones had sought for you.
You replaced, Aśvins, with the head of a horse, (the head of) Dadhyañc, the son of Atharvan, and, true to his promise, he revealed to you the mystic knowledge which he had learned from Tvaṣṭā, and which was as a ligature of the waist to you.
Ye brought the horse's head, Asvins, and gave it unto Dadhyac the offspring of Atharvan. True, he revealed to you, O WonderWorkers, sweet Soma, Tvastar's secret, as your girdle.
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