Rigveda 3.048.02
Rigveda · Mandala 3, Sukta 48 · Verse 3.48.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यज्जाय॑था॒स्तदह॑रस्य॒ कामें॒ऽशोः पी॒यूष॑मपिबो गिरि॒ष्ठाम् । तं ते॑ मा॒ता परि॒ योषा॒ जनि॑त्री म॒हः पि॒तुर्दम॒ आसि॑ञ्च॒दग्रे॑
yajjāyathāstadaharasya kāmeṃ'śoḥ pīyūṣamapibo giriṣṭhām taṃ te mātā pari yoṣā janitrī mahaḥ piturdama āsiñcadagre
What was born as that beloved—on its day they drank the nectar of desire, the richest juice of the dawn. May that mother grant you offspring; the great father poured the sacrificial offering before.
On the day on which you were born, you did drink at will the mountain-abiding nectar of this Soma, for your youthful parent mother (Aditi), in the dwelling of your great sire (Kaśyapa), gave it to you before she gave the breast.
That day when thou wast born thou, fain to taste it, drankest the plant's milk which the mountains nourish. That milk thy Mother first, the Dame who bare thee, poured for thee in thy mighty Father's dwelling.