Rigveda 10.071.11
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 71 · Verse 10.71.11
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒चां त्वः॒ पोष॑मास्ते पुपु॒ष्वान्गा॑य॒त्रं त्वो॑ गायति॒ शक्व॑रीषु । ब्र॒ह्मा त्वो॒ वद॑ति जातवि॒द्यां य॒ज्ञस्य॒ मात्रां॒ वि मि॑मीत उ त्वः
ṛcāṃ tvaḥ poṣamāste pupuṣvāngāyatraṃ tvo gāyati śakvarīṣu brahmā tvo vadati jātavidyāṃ yajñasya mātrāṃ vi mimīta u tvaḥ
You nourish the hymn; among the blossoming Gayatri you sing. Brahma declares to you the knowledge of birth — you measured the share of the sacrifice and understood it.
One (the Hotā) is diligent in the repitition of the verses (of the Ṛk); another (the Udgātā) chantsthe Gāyatra (the Sāman) in the Śakvarī metre; another the Brahma declares the knowledge of what is to bedone; another (the Adhvaryu) measures the materials of the sacrifice.
One plies his constant task reciting verses. one sings the holy psalm in Sakvari measures. One more, the Brahman, tells the lore of being, and one lays down the rules of sacrificing.