Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 48

RV 3 48.1

सद्यो ह जातो वृषभः कनीनः प्रभर्तुम् आवद् अन्धसः सुतस्य । साधोः पिब प्रतिकामꣳ यथा ते रसाशिरः प्रथमꣳ सोम्यस्य

sadyo ha jāto vṛṣabhaḥ kanīnaḥ prabhartum āvad andhasaḥ sutasya | sādhoḥ piba pratikāmaṁ yathā te rasāśiraḥ prathamaṁ somyasya

Born the very same day, the young bull was ready to bring forward the pressed stalk-juice. Drink of the good (drink) as much as you desire, first of the soma-brew mixed with milk.

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RV 3 48.2

यज् जायथास् तद् अहर् अस्य कामे ऽꣳशोः पीयूषम् अपिबो गिरिष्ठाम् । तꣳ ते माता परि योषा जनित्री महः पितुर् दम आसिञ्चद् अग्रे

yaj jāyathās tad ahar asya kāme 'ṁśoḥ pīyūṣam apibo giriṣṭhām | taṁ te mātā pari yoṣā janitrī mahaḥ pitur dama āsiñcad agre

On the day you were born, in craving for it you drank the mountain-grown milk of the stalk. That your mother, the young woman who bore you, poured out for you in the house of the great father at the beginning.

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RV 3 48.3

उपस्थाय मातरम् अन्नम् ऐट्ट तिग्मम् अपश्यद् अभि सोमम् ऊधः । प्रयावयन्न् अचरद् गृत्सो अन्यान् महानि चक्रे पुरुधप्रतीकः

upasthāya mātaram annam aiṭṭa tigmam apaśyad abhi somam ūdhaḥ | prayāvayann acarad gṛtso anyān mahāni cakre purudhapratīkaḥ

Having approached his mother, he asked for food; he looked upon the sharp soma, the udder. Skilled, he moved on, driving others away; he did great deeds, he of many appearances.

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RV 3 48.4

उग्रस् तुराषाऴ् अभिभूत्योजा यथावशꣳ तन्वꣳ चक्र एषः । त्वष्टारम् इन्द्रो जनुषाभिभूयामुष्या सोमम् अपिबच् चमूषु

ugras turāṣāḻ abhibhūtyojā yathāvaśaṁ tanvaṁ cakra eṣaḥ | tvaṣṭāram indro januṣābhibhūyāmuṣyā somam apibac camūṣu

Fierce, overpowering the swift, of overwhelming strength, he made his body as he willed. Having overcome Tvaṣṭar by his very birth, Indra stole the soma and drank it in the bowls.

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RV 3 48.5

शुनꣳ हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमꣳ वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तꣳ वृत्राणि सꣳजितꣳ धनानाम्

śunaṁ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṁ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṁ vṛtrāṇi saṁjitaṁ dhanānām

For good fortune let us call bounteous Indra, the most manly, in this contest, in the winning of the prize — him who hears, the fierce one, for aid in the battles, smashing the obstacles, winner of riches.

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