Rig Veda · 4.27.5

Rig Veda 4.27.5 — The Falcon

Verse 5 of 5 from Sukta 4.27 (The Falcon) in Mandala 4 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 4.27.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अध शवेतं कलशं गोभिर अक्तम आपिप्यानम मघवा शुक्रम अन्धः | अध्वर्युभिः परयतम मध्वो अग्रम इन्द्रो मदाय परति धत पिबध्यै शूरो मदाय परति धत पिबध्यै

IAST Romanisation

adha śvetaṃ kalaśaṃ ghobhir aktam āpipyānam maghavā śukram andhaḥ | adhvaryubhiḥ prayatam madhvo aghram indro madāya prati dhat pibadhyai śūro madāya prati dhat pibadhyai

English Translation (Griffith)

And now let Maghavan accept the beaker, white, filled with milk, filled with the shining liquid; The best of sweet meath which the priests have offered: that Indra to his joy may drink, the Hero, that he may take and drink it to his rapture.

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