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Sukta 8.1
सोता हि सोममद्रिभिरेमेनमप्सु धावत । गव्या वस्त्रेव वासयन्त इन्नरो निर्धुक्षन्वक्षणाभ्यः ॥
sotā́ hi sómam ádribhir émenam apsú dhāvat | gavyā́ vásreva vāsáyanta ín naro nír dhúkṣan vakṣáṇābhyaḥ ||
Denn der Presser wäscht diesen Soma mit den Presssteinen im Wasser; und die Männer, ihn wie mit einem aus Kuhgabe gewobenen Gewand bekleidend, ziehen ihn hervor und lassen ihn aus den Bottichen ausfließen — so wird die Wonne geläutert, zu einer Gestalt, die dem Gott in uns ziemt.
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