Rigveda 1.175.01
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 175 · Verse 1.175.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
मत्स्यपा॑यि ते॒ महः॒ पात्र॑स्येव हरिवो मत्स॒रो मदः॑ । वृषा॑ ते॒ वृष्ण॒ इन्दु॑र्वा॒जी स॑हस्र॒सात॑मः
matsyapāyi te mahaḥ pātrasyeva harivo matsaro madaḥ vṛṣā te vṛṣṇa indurvājī sahasrasātamaḥ
Like fish in the water you are a great vessel; jealous rivals are the fishes of pride. Bulls of might — you are the vigorous, thousand‑swift one.
Lord of steeds, you are exhilarated when the sacred (Soma) has been imbibed by you as by its (appropriate) vessel; for to you, showerer (of benefits), it is exhilarating, inebriating, invigorating, the yielder of delight, (satisfying as) food, and the giver of a thousand (plural asures).
GLAD thee: thy glory hath been quaffed, Lord of Bay Steeds, as 'twere the bowl's enlivening mead. For thee the Strong there is strong drink, mighty, omnipotent to win.