Rigveda 2.035.05
Rigveda · Mandala 2, Sukta 35 · Verse 2.35.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
अ॒स्मै ति॒स्रो अ॑व्य॒थ्याय॒ नारी॑र्दे॒वाय॑ दे॒वीर्दि॑धिष॒न्त्यन्न॑म् । कृता॑ इ॒वोप॒ हि प्र॑स॒र्स्रे अ॒प्सु स पी॒यूषं॑ धयति पूर्व॒सूना॑म्
asmai tisro avyathyāya nārīrdevāya devīrdidhiṣantyannam kṛtā ivopa hi prasarsre apsu sa pīyūṣaṃ dhayati pūrvasūnām
For her three women, unwearied, serve the divine one; the goddess ordains food. As if poured forth, she spreads sweetness in the waters and bestows the nourishing food of earliest days.
THree divine feminine les present food to that uninjurable divinity; as if formed in the waters they spread abroad, and he drinks the ambrosia of the first-created (elements).
To him three Dames are oftering food to feed him, Goddesses to the God whom none may injure. Within the waters hath he pressed, as hollows, and drinks their milk who now are first made mothers.