Rigveda 1.020.06
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 20 · Verse 1.20.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒त त्यं च॑म॒सं नवं॒ त्वष्टु॑र्दे॒वस्य॒ निष्कृ॑तम् । अक॑र्त च॒तुरः॒ पुनः॑
uta tyaṃ camasaṃ navaṃ tvaṣṭurdevasya niṣkṛtam akarta caturaḥ punaḥ
Bring forth for us the new flesh and the maker-crafted boon of the god Tvashtri; the unmaking, the skillful, again (be present).
The Ṛbhus have divided unto four the new ladle, the work of the divine Tvaṣṭā (i.e. devasambandhiḥ takṣana.vyāpāraḥ = divinity whose duty in relations to gods is carpentry; cf. tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuḥ śiṣyāḥ Ṛbhavaḥ = Ṛbhus are the disciples of Tvaṣṭā; four ladles are an apparent reference to an innovation in the objects of libation for sharing).
The sacrificial ladle, wrought newly by the God Tvastar's hand- Four ladles have ye made thereof.