Mantra 8
Sukta 16
अश्नापिनद्धं मधु पर्यपश्यन्मत्स्यं न दीन उदनि क्षियन्तम्। निष्टज्जभार चमसं न वृक्षाद् बृहस्पतिर्विरवेणा विकृत्य
aśnā́pinaddhaṃ mádhu páry apaśyan mátsyaṃ ná dīná udáni kṣiyántam | niṣṭáj jahāra camásaṃ ná vṛkṣā́d bṛ́haspátir viravéṇā́ vikṛ́tya ||
He spied the honey, stone-fast bound, as one espies a feeble fish abiding in the water. From its fixed lair he bore it off, as from a tree one takes a cup: Bṛhaspati, with ringing cry, having cleft it asunder.
Rishi: Bṛhaspati (mythic seer figure) / Angiras-tradition
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style; AV 20 largely Rigvedic borrowings)
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