Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 28

RV 1 28.1

यत्र ग्रावा पृथुबुध्न ऊर्ध्वो भवति सोतवे । उलूखलसुतानाम् अवेद् व् इन्द्र जल्गुलः

yatra grāvā pṛthubudhna ūrdhvo bhavati sotave | ulūkhalasutānām aved v indra jalgulaḥ

Where the pressing-stone with broad base stands upright for the pressing — there, Indra, gulp down what is pressed in the mortar.

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RV 1 28.2

यत्र द्वाव् इव जघनाधिषवण्या कृता । उलूखलसुतानाम् अवेद् व् इन्द्र जल्गुलः

yatra dvāv iva jaghanādhiṣavaṇyā kṛtā | ulūkhalasutānām aved v indra jalgulaḥ

Where, like two hips, the two pressing-boards have been set in place — there, Indra, gulp down what is pressed in the mortar.

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RV 1 28.3

यत्र नार्य् अपच्यवम् उपच्यवꣳ च शिक्षते । उलूखलसुतानाम् अवेद् व् इन्द्र जल्गुलः

yatra nāry apacyavam upacyavaṁ ca śikṣate | ulūkhalasutānām aved v indra jalgulaḥ

Where the woman practices the downstroke and the upstroke — there, Indra, gulp down what is pressed in the mortar.

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RV 1 28.4

यत्र मन्थाꣳ विबध्नते रश्मीन् यमितवा इव । उलूखलसुतानाम् अवेद् व् इन्द्र जल्गुलः

yatra manthāṁ vibadhnate raśmīn yamitavā iva | ulūkhalasutānām aved v indra jalgulaḥ

Where they bind the churning-stick fast, as (one binds) reins to hold (a horse) in — there, Indra, gulp down what is pressed in the mortar.

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RV 1 28.5

यच् चिद् धि त्वꣳ गृहे-गृह उलूखलक युज्यसे । इह द्युमत्तमꣳ वद जयताम् इव दुन्दुभिः

yac cid dhi tvaṁ gṛhe-gṛha ulūkhalaka yujyase | iha dyumattamaṁ vada jayatām iva dundubhiḥ

Since indeed you, little mortar, are put to work in house after house, sound out here most brilliantly, like the drum of those who are winning.

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RV 1 28.6

उत स्म ते वनस्पते वातो वि वात्य् अग्रम् इत् । अथो इन्द्राय पातवे सुनु सोमम् उलूखल

uta sma te vanaspate vāto vi vāty agram it | atho indrāya pātave sunu somam ulūkhala

And the wind blows apart your very top, O lord of the forest; so then, O mortar, press the soma for Indra to drink.

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RV 1 28.7

आयजी वाजसातमा ता ह्य् उ१च्चा विजर्भृतः । हरी इवान्धाꣳसि बप्सता

āyajī vājasātamā tā hy u1ccā vijarbhṛtaḥ | harī ivāndhāṁsi bapsatā

The two that bring the offering, best winners of the prize — for they toss themselves up on high, like two bay horses chomping their fodder.

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RV 1 28.8

ता नो अद्य वनस्पती ऋष्वाव् ऋष्वेभिः सोतृभिः । इन्द्राय मधुमत् सुतम्

tā no adya vanaspatī ṛṣvāv ṛṣvebhiḥ sotṛbhiḥ | indrāya madhumat sutam

These two lords of the forest (shall press) for us today, the lofty ones with the lofty pressers, the honeyed draught pressed out for Indra.

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RV 1 28.9

उच् छिष्टꣳ चम्वोर् भर सोमम् पवित्र आ सृज । नि धेहि गोर् अधि त्वचि

uc chiṣṭaṁ camvor bhara somam pavitra ā sṛja | ni dhehi gor adhi tvaci

Carry up what is left over in the two cups, pour the soma out onto the filter; set it down upon the cow's hide.

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