Rigveda 10.114.05
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 114 · Verse 10.114.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
सु॒प॒र्णं विप्राः॑ क॒वयो॒ वचो॑भि॒रेकं॒ सन्तं॑ बहु॒धा क॑ल्पयन्ति । छन्दां॑सि च॒ दध॑तो अध्व॒रेषु॒ ग्रहा॒न्सोम॑स्य मिमते॒ द्वाद॑श
suparṇaṃ viprāḥ kavayo vacobhirekaṃ santaṃ bahudhā kalpayanti chandāṃsi ca dadhato adhvareṣu grahānsomasya mimate dvādaśa
Poets and wise men, the brahmins, speak of the feathered one in many ways as one and as many. They set metres and placed portions at the altar’s edges—twelve parts assigned to Soma’s worship.
The wise seers through their praise make into many forms the bird which is (only) one; and holding the(seven) metres at the sacrifices, they measure twelve bowls of Soma.
Him with fair wings though only One in nature, wise singers shape, with songs, in many figures. While they at sacrifices fix the metres, they measure out twelve chalices of Soma.