Rigveda 3.031.01
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 31 · Verse 3.31.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
शास॒द्वह्नि॑र्दुहि॒तुर्न॒प्त्यं॑ गाद्वि॒द्वाँ ऋ॒तस्य॒ दीधि॑तिं सप॒र्यन् । पि॒ता यत्र॑ दुहि॒तुः सेक॑मृ॒ञ्जन्सं श॒ग्म्ये॑न॒ मन॑सा दध॒न्वे
śāsadvahnirduhiturnaptyaṃ gādvidvām̐ ṛtasya dīdhitiṃ saparyan pitā yatra duhituḥ sekamṛñjansaṃ śagmyena manasā dadhanve
O Agni, you who are invoked, kindle the nourishing milking, spreading the light of cosmic order; where the paternal milking flows, with joyous mind I bear the soothing ointment.
The sonless father, regulating (the contract), refers to his grandson, (the son) of his daughter, and relying on the efficiency of the rite, honours (his son-in-law) with valuable gifts; the father, trusting to the impregnation of the daughter, supports himself with a tranquil mind.
WISE, teaching, following the thought of Order, the sonless gained a grandson from his daughter. Fain, as a sire, to see his child prolific, he sped to meet her with an eager spirit.