Mantra 8
Sukta 94
गिरींरज्रान् रेजमानां अधारयद् द्यौः क्रन्ददन्तरिक्षाणि कोपयत्। समीचीने धिषणे वि ष्कभायति वृष्णः पीत्वा मद उक्थानि शंसति
girī́ṃ rājrā́n réjamānāṃ adhārayad dyáuḥ krandad antárikṣāṇi kopayat | samīcīné dhiṣáṇe ví skabhāyati vṛ́ṣṇaḥ pītvā́ máda ukthā́ni śaṃsati
He held aloft the trembling mountains and their ridges; Heaven roared, and he set the mid-air regions in commotion. In due-ordered bowls he braces all apart: the Bull, when he hath drunk, in rapture chants the hymns of praise.
Rishi: Ṛgvedic source-stanza (AV 20 borrowing)
Devata: Indra (vṛṣan, Soma-drinker)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type
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