Rigveda 3.029.03
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 29 · Verse 3.29.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
उ॒त्ता॒नाया॒मव॑ भरा चिकि॒त्वान्स॒द्यः प्रवी॑ता॒ वृष॑णं जजान । अ॒रु॒षस्तू॑पो॒ रुश॑दस्य॒ पाज॒ इळा॑यास्पु॒त्रो व॒युने॑ऽजनिष्ट
uttānāyāmava bharā cikitvānsadyaḥ pravītā vṛṣaṇaṃ jajāna aruṣastūpo ruśadasya pāja iḷāyāsputro vayune'janiṣṭa
At the uplifted time she bore and quickly brought forth the well-endowed bull. The stirring heap roared; Ilā gave birth to a son, Vayuna, born of strength.
Let the intelligent priest plural ce the lower of the sticks with the face upwards, the upper (with the surface) downwards, so that quickly impregnated it may genitive rate the showerer (of benefits) Agni; then the bright blazing son of Iḷā whose light dissipates the darkness is born of the wood of attrition.
Lay this with care on that which lies extended: straight hath she borne the Steerwhen made prolific. With his red pillar-radiant is his splendour -in our skilled task is born the Son of Ila.