Rig Veda · 3.48.2

Rig Veda 3.48.2 — Indra

Verse 2 of 5 from Sukta 3.48 (Indra) in Mandala 3 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 3.48.2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यज्जायथास्तदहरस्य कामे.अंशोः पीयूषमपिबो गिरिष्ठाम | तं ते माता परि योषा जनित्री महः पितुर्दम आसिञ्चदग्रे

IAST Romanisation

yajjāyathāstadaharasya kāme.aṃśoḥ pīyūṣamapibo ghiriṣṭhām | taṃ te mātā pari yoṣā janitrī mahaḥ piturdama āsiñcadaghre

English Translation (Griffith)

That day when thou wast born thou, fain to taste it, drankest the plant's milk which the mountains nourish. That milk thy Mother first, the Dame who bare thee, poured for thee in thy mighty Father's dwelling.

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