Rigveda 8.061.02
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 61 · Verse 8.61.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
तं हि स्व॒राजं॑ वृष॒भं तमोज॑से धि॒षणे॑ निष्टत॒क्षतुः॑ । उ॒तोप॒मानां॑ प्रथ॒मो नि षी॑दसि॒ सोम॑कामं॒ हि ते॒ मनः॑
taṃ hi svarājaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tamojase dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ utopamānāṃ prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṃ hi te manaḥ
Indeed you, excellent bull with your own might, were fixed in brilliance by thought and by the skillful. First among equals you settled, O Soma-desiring mind.
Him, self-resplendent, have heaven and earth formed as the showerer, him (they have formed) forstrength; therefore, you sit down first of your peers; your mind loved the Soma.
Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.
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