Rigveda 2.013.01
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 13 · Verse 2.13.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒तुर्जनि॑त्री॒ तस्या॑ अ॒पस्परि॑ म॒क्षू जा॒त आवि॑श॒द्यासु॒ वर्ध॑ते । तदा॑ह॒ना अ॑भवत्पि॒प्युषी॒ पयों॒ऽशोः पी॒यूषं॑ प्रथ॒मं तदु॒क्थ्य॑म्
ṛturjanitrī tasyā apaspari makṣū jāta āviśadyāsu vardhate tadāhanā abhavatpipyuṣī payoṃ'śoḥ pīyūṣaṃ prathamaṃ tadukthyam
The season’s creator, born of the moving swarm of flies, increases when they gather. Then thirst arose; the drinker found the milk-stream’s first sweet draught — that is the celebrated hymn.
The season (of the rains) is the parent (of the Soma), which, as soon as born of her, enters into the waters in which it grows; thence it is fit for expression, as concentrating (the essence of the) water, and the juice of the Soma is especially to be praised (as the libation proper for Indra).
THE Season was the parent, and when born therefrom it entered rapidly the floods wherein it grows. Thence was it full of sap, streaming with milky juice: the milk of the plant's stalk is chief and meet for lauds.