Mantra 11
Sukta 57
क ईं वेद सुते सचा पिबन्तं कद् वयो दधे । अयं यः पुरो विभिनत्त्योजसा मन्दानः शिप्र्यन्धसः
ká īṃ veda suté sacā́ píbantaṃ kád váyo dadhe | ayáṃ yáḥ púro vibhínatty ójasā mandānáḥ śípry ándhasaḥ ||
Who verily knows him, drinking with the pressed (Soma), what vital force he hath assumed? This is he who, by might, cleaves the strongholds—exulting, O Śiprī, with the Soma-draught.
Rishi: RV-source tradition (Indra soma hymn material)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type RV cadence; in AV 20 transmission often preserved as ṛk-verse (meter identification depends on RV original).
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