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Sukta 8.61
तं हि स्वराजं वृषभं तमोजसे धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः । उतोपमानां प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामं हि ते मनः ॥
táṃ hí sva-rā́jaṃ vṛṣabháṃ tám ójase dhiṣáṇe niṣ-tatakṣátuḥ | utópa-mā́nāṃ prathamó ní ṣīdasi sóma-kā́maṃ hí te mánaḥ ||
Denn ihn — den Selbstherrscher, den Stier — haben die inspirierten Kräfte zur Stärke geformt. Und unter den Vergleichbaren sitzest du als Erster; denn wahrlich nach Soma verlangt dein Sinn.
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