Rigveda 8.048.01
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 48 · Verse 8.48.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स्वा॒दोर॑भक्षि॒ वय॑सः सुमे॒धाः स्वा॒ध्यो॑ वरिवो॒वित्त॑रस्य । विश्वे॒ यं दे॒वा उ॒त मर्त्या॑सो॒ मधु॑ ब्रु॒वन्तो॑ अ॒भि सं॒चर॑न्ति
svādorabhakṣi vayasaḥ sumedhāḥ svādhyo varivovittarasya viśve yaṃ devā uta martyāso madhu bruvanto abhi saṃcaranti
Drink the sweet soma, youths of insight, the learned, ye singers of sacred lore. All that which the gods and mortals call honey, they wander around it speaking praise.
May I, the wise and devout, enjoy the delicious, abundantly honoured Soma food, which all gods andmortals, pronouncing sweet, seek to obtain.
WISELY have I enjoyed the savoury viand, religious-thoughted, best to find out treasure, The food to which all Deities and mortals, calling it meath, gather themselves together.