Rigveda 2.013.03
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 13 · Verse 2.13.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अन्वेको॑ वदति॒ यद्ददा॑ति॒ तद्रू॒पा मि॒नन्तद॑पा॒ एक॑ ईयते । विश्वा॒ एक॑स्य वि॒नुद॑स्तितिक्षते॒ यस्ताकृ॑णोः प्रथ॒मं सास्यु॒क्थ्यः॑
anveko vadati yaddadāti tadrūpā minantadapā eka īyate viśvā ekasya vinudastitikṣate yastākṛṇoḥ prathamaṃ sāsyukthyaḥ
One who follows speaks what he gives; that form is praised, lights set in one. All things endure from one who spreads them — he who first took them is the famed hymn-maker.
One (priest) announces (the offering) that he, (the instrumental tutor of the rite) presents; another performs the act that apportions the limbs (of the victim); a third corrects all the deficiencies of either, and as he, who has enjoyed these (functions), your, (Indra), are especially to be praised.
One priest announces what the institutor gives: one, altering the forms, zealously plies his task, The third corrects the imperfections left by each. Thou who didst these things first art worthy of our lauds.