तं हि स्वराजं वृषभं तमोजसा धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः । उतोपमानां प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामं हि ते मनः ॥ १२३४
taṃ hi svarājaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tamojasā dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ . utopamānāṃ prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṃ hi te manaḥ .. 1234
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.61.2; the wording of this text may differ in places.