Rigveda 1.108.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 108 · Verse 1.108.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यदब्र॑वं प्रथ॒मं वां॑ वृणा॒नो॒३॒॑ऽयं सोमो॒ असु॑रैर्नो वि॒हव्यः॑ । तां स॒त्यां श्र॒द्धाम॒भ्या हि या॒तमथा॒ सोम॑स्य पिबतं सु॒तस्य॑
yadabravaṃ prathamaṃ vāṃ vṛṇāno3'yaṃ somo asurairno vihavyaḥ tāṃ satyāṃ śraddhāmabhyā hi yātamathā somasya pibataṃ sutasya
What I first declared about you, O youth: this Soma has not been taken away by demons. That true, devout law which was thus followed — may the sons drink the Soma of the hero.
Come and witness the sincere faith with which, selecting you two, I first promised (you the libation); drink of the effused libation, for the Soma is prepared by the priests.
As first I said when choosing you, in battle we must contend with Asuras for this Soma. So came ye unto this my true conviction, and drank libations of the flowing Soma.