Rig Veda · Mandala 1 · Sukta 187
Rig Veda 1.187 — Praise of Food
Deity: Praise of Food. Rishi family (Mandala 1): Diverse seers — Madhuchchhandas, Medhatithi, Shunahshepa, Hiranyastupa and others. This Sukta contains 11 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 1.187.1
पितुं नु सतोषं महो धर्माणं तविषीम | यस्य तरितो वयोजसा वर्त्रं विपर्वमर्दयत
pituṃ nu stoṣaṃ maho dharmāṇaṃ taviṣīm | yasya trito vyojasā vṛtraṃ viparvamardayat
Rig Veda 1.187.2
सवादो पितो मधो पितो वयं तवा वव्र्महे | अस्माकमविता भव
svādo pito madho pito vayaṃ tvā vavṛmahe | asmākamavitā bhava
O pleasant Food, O Food of meath, thee have we chosen for our own, So be our kind protector thou.
Rig Veda 1.187.3
उप नः पितवा चर शिवः शिवाभिरूतिभिः | मयोभुरद्विषेण्यः सखा सुशेवो अद्वयाः
upa naḥ pitavā cara śivaḥ śivābhirūtibhiḥ | mayobhuradviṣeṇyaḥ sakhā suśevo advayāḥ
Come hitherward to us, O Food, auspicious with auspicious help, Health-bringing, not unkind, a dear and guileless friend.
Rig Veda 1.187.4
तव तये पितो रस रजांस्यनु विष्ठिताः | दिवि वाता इव शरिताः
tava tye pito rasa rajāṃsyanu viṣṭhitāḥ | divi vātā iva śritāḥ
These juices which, O Food, are thine throughout the regions are diffused. like winds they have their place in heaven.
Rig Veda 1.187.5
तव तये पितो ददतस्तव सवादिष्ठ ते पितो | पर सवाद्मानो रसानां तुविग्रीवा इवेरते
tava tye pito dadatastava svādiṣṭha te pito | pra svādmāno rasānāṃ tuvighrīvā iverate
These gifts of thine, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste, These savours of thy juices work like creatures that have mighty necks.
Rig Veda 1.187.6
तवे पितो महानां देवानां मनो हिताम | अकारि चारु केतुना तवाहिमवसावधीत
tve pito mahānāṃ devānāṃ mano hitām | akāri cāru ketunā tavāhimavasāvadhīt
In thee, O Food, is set the spirit of great Gods. Under thy flag brave deeds were done he slew the Dragon with thy help.
Rig Veda 1.187.7
यददो पितो अजगन विवस्व पर्वतानाम | अत्रा चिन नो मधो पितो.अरं भक्षाय गम्याः
yadado pito ajaghan vivasva parvatānām | atrā cin no madho pito.araṃ bhakṣāya ghamyāḥ
If thou be gone unto the splendour of the clouds, Even from thence, O Food of meath, prepared for our enjoyment, come.
Rig Veda 1.187.8
यदपामोषधीनां परिंशमारिशामहे | वातपे पीवैद भव
yadapāmoṣadhīnāṃ pariṃśamāriśāmahe | vātape pīvaid bhava
Whatever morsel we consume from waters or from plants of earth, O Soma, wax thou fat thereby.
Rig Veda 1.187.9
यत ते सोम गवाशिरो यवाशिरो भजामहे | वातापे ...
yat te soma ghavāśiro yavāśiro bhajāmahe | vātāpe ...
What Soma, we enjoy from thee in milky food or barley-brew, Vātāpi, grow thou fat thereby.
Rig Veda 1.187.10
करम्भ ओषधे भव पीवो वर्क्क उदारथिः | वातापे ...
karambha oṣadhe bhava pīvo vṛkka udārathiḥ | vātāpe ...
O Vegetable, Cake of meal, he wholesome, firm, and strengthening: Vātāpi, grow thou fat thereby.
Rig Veda 1.187.11
तं तवा वयं पितो वचोभिर्गावो न हव्या सुषूदिम | देवेभ्यस्त्वा सधमादमस्मभ्यं तवा सधमादम
taṃ tvā vayaṃ pito vacobhirghāvo na havyā suṣūdima | devebhyastvā sadhamādamasmabhyaṃ tvā sadhamādam
O Food, from thee as such have we drawn forth with lauds, like cows, our sacrificial gifts, From thee who banquetest with Gods, from thee who banquetest with us.
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