Mantra 9
Sukta 94
इमं बिभर्मि सुकृतं ते अङ्कुशं येनारुजासि मघवं छफारुजः । अस्मिन्त्सु ते सवने अस्त्वोक्त्यं सुत इष्टौ मघवन् बोध्याभगः
imáṃ bibharmi súkṛtaṃ te aṅkuśáṃ yéna arújāsi maghavan chaphārújaḥ | asmíntsú te sávane astv óktyaṃ sutá íṣṭau maghavan bódhy ā́ bhágaḥ
This well-wrought goad for thee I bear, wherewith thou breakest, O Bounteous, the hoof-breakers. In this thy pressing let there be meet laudation; the Soma is pressed for the offering: awake, O Maghavan—hither, as bounty and good fortune.
Rishi: Ṛgvedic source-stanza (AV 20 borrowing)
Devata: Indra (Maghavan), with bhaga as the requested boon
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type
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