Rigveda 8.001.20
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 1 · Verse 8.1.20
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मा त्वा॒ सोम॑स्य॒ गल्द॑या॒ सदा॒ याच॑न्न॒हं गि॒रा । भूर्णिं॑ मृ॒गं न सव॑नेषु चुक्रुधं॒ क ईशा॑नं॒ न या॑चिषत्
mā tvā somasya galdayā sadā yācannahaṃ girā bhūrṇiṃ mṛgaṃ na savaneṣu cukrudhaṃ ka īśānaṃ na yāciṣat
Do not, by gulping Soma, always beg of me, O tongue; I do not seize the full herd, nor does the powerful lord ask what he did not seek.
May I never, when importuning you in sacrifices with the effusion of the Soma and with praise, exciteyou like a ferocious lion to wrath; who (is there in the world) that does not solicit his lorḍ
Let me not, still beseeching thee with earnest song at Soma rites, Anger thee like soma wild beast. Who would not beseech him who hath power to grant his prayer?
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