Rig Veda 9.96.18: Mandala 9, Sukta 96, Mantra 18
Sukta 9.96
ऋषिमना य ऋषिकृत्स्वर्षाः सहस्रणीथः पदवीः कवीनाम् । तृतीयं धाम महिषः सिषासन्त्सोमो विराजमनु राजति ष्टुप् ॥
ṛ́ṣi-manā yá ṛṣi-kṛ́t sva-rṣā́ḥ sahásra-nīthaḥ padavī́ḥ kavīnā́m | tṛtī́yaṃ dhā́ma mahíṣaḥ sisāsánt sómo virā́jam ánu rājati stup ||
He whose mind is that of the seer, who makes seerhood, self-streaming in the luminous world—leader of a thousand paths, the path-finder of the poets: desiring the third abode, the great Bull, Soma, chants and reigns following the Virāj (the wide-shining creative order).
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