Rigveda 9.075.02
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 75 · Verse 9.75.2
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
ऋ॒तस्य॑ जि॒ह्वा प॑वते॒ मधु॑ प्रि॒यं व॒क्ता पति॑र्धि॒यो अ॒स्या अदा॑भ्यः । दधा॑ति पु॒त्रः पि॒त्रोर॑पी॒च्यं१॒॑ नाम॑ तृ॒तीय॒मधि॑ रोच॒ने दि॒वः
ṛtasya jihvā pavate madhu priyaṃ vaktā patirdhiyo asyā adābhyaḥ dadhāti putraḥ pitrorapīcyaṃ1 nāma tṛtīyamadhi rocane divaḥ
The tongue of Rta (order) pours forth honey; the beloved speech its lord gave from the fathers. A son places a name like his fathers’—the third share at the brightness of heaven.
The tongue of the sacrifice (Soma) distils the delightful exhilarating (juice), speaking, lord of this rite, unassailable; the son (the sacrificer) assumes a third name unknown to his parents in the briliance of heaven.
The Speaker, unassailable Master of this hymn, the Tongue of sacrifice pours forth the pleasant meath. Within the lustrous region of the heavens the Son makes the third secret name of Mother and of Sire.