Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.187
पितुं नु स्तोषम् महो धर्माणं तविषीम् । यस्य त्रितो व्य् ओजसा वृत्रं विपर्वम् अर्दयत् ॥
pituṃ nu stoṣam maho dharmāṇaṃ taviṣīm | yasya trito vy ojasā vṛtraṃ viparvam ardayat ||
Now will I glorify Food that upholds great strength, By whose invigorating power Trita rent Vrtra limb from limb.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्वादो पितो मधो पितो वयं त्वा ववृमहे । अस्माकम् अविता भव ॥
svādo pito madho pito vayaṃ tvā vavṛmahe | asmākam avitā bhava ||
O pleasant Food, O Food of meath, thee have we chosen for our own, So be our kind protector thou.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप नः पितव् आ चर शिवः शिवाभिर् ऊतिभिः । मयोभुर् अद्विषेण्यः सखा सुशेवो अद्वयाः ॥
upa naḥ pitav ā cara śivaḥ śivābhir ūtibhiḥ | mayobhur adviṣeṇyaḥ sakhā suśevo advayāḥ ||
Come hitherward to us, O Food, auspicious with auspicious help, Health-bringing, not unkind, a dear and guileless friend.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव त्ये पितो रसा रजांस्य् अनु विष्ठिताः । दिवि वाता इव श्रिताः ॥
tava tye pito rasā rajāṃsy anu viṣṭhitāḥ | divi vātā iva śritāḥ ||
These juices which, O Food, are thine throughout the regions are diffused. like winds they have their place in heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तव त्ये पितो ददतस् तव स्वादिष्ठ ते पितो । प्र स्वाद्मानो रसानां तुविग्रीवा इवेरते ॥
tava tye pito dadatas tava svādiṣṭha te pito | pra svādmāno rasānāṃ tuvigrīvā iverate ||
These gifts of thine, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste, These savours of thy juices work like creatures that have mighty necks.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वे पितो महानां देवानाम् मनो हितम् । अकारि चारु केतुना तवाहिम् अवसावधीत् ॥
tve pito mahānāṃ devānām mano hitam | akāri cāru ketunā tavāhim avasāvadhīt ||
In thee, O Food, is set the spirit of great Gods. Under thy flag brave deeds were done he slew the Dragon with thy help.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अदो पितो अजगन् विवस्व पर्वतानाम् । अत्रा चिन् नो मधो पितो ऽरम् भक्षाय गम्याः ॥
yad ado pito ajagan vivasva parvatānām | atrā cin no madho pito 'ram bhakṣāya gamyāḥ ||
If thou be gone unto the splendour of the clouds, Even from thence, O Food of meath, prepared for our enjoyment, come.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अपाम् ओषधीनाम् परिंशम् आरिशामहे । वातापे पीव इद् भव ॥
yad apām oṣadhīnām pariṃśam āriśāmahe | vātāpe pīva id bhava ||
Whatever morsel we consume from waters or from plants of earth, O Soma, wax thou fat thereby.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यत् ते सोम गवाशिरो यवाशिरो भजामहे । वातापे पीव इद् भव ॥
yat te soma gavāśiro yavāśiro bhajāmahe | vātāpe pīva id bhava ||
What Soma, we enjoy from thee in milky food or barley-brew, Vatapi, grow thou fat thereby.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
करम्भ ओषधे भव पीवो वृक्क उदारथिः । वातापे पीव इद् भव ॥
karambha oṣadhe bhava pīvo vṛkka udārathiḥ | vātāpe pīva id bhava ||
O Vegetable, Cake of meal, he wholesome, firm, and strengthening: Vatapi, grow thou fat thereby.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तं त्वा वयम् पितो वचोभिर् गावो न हव्या सुषूदिम । देवेभ्यस् त्वा सधमादम् अस्मभ्यं त्वा सधमादम् ॥
taṃ tvā vayam pito vacobhir gāvo na havyā suṣūdima | devebhyas tvā sadhamādam asmabhyaṃ tvā sadhamādam ||
O Food, from thee as such have we drawn forth with lauds, like cows, our sacrificial gifts, From thee who banquetest with Gods, from thee who banquetest with us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)