Rig Veda · 1.187.5
Rig Veda 1.187.5 — Praise of Food
Verse 5 of 11 from Sukta 1.187 (Praise of Food) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.
Rig Veda 1.187.5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तव तये पितो ददतस्तव सवादिष्ठ ते पितो | पर सवाद्मानो रसानां तुविग्रीवा इवेरते
IAST Romanisation
tava tye pito dadatastava svādiṣṭha te pito | pra svādmāno rasānāṃ tuvighrīvā iverate
English Translation (Griffith)
These gifts of thine, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste, These savours of thy juices work like creatures that have mighty necks.
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