Containing 11 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
पि॒तुं नु स्तो॑षं म॒हो ध॒र्माणं॒ तवि॑षीम् यस्य॑ त्रि॒तो व्योज॑सा वृ॒त्रं विप॑र्वम॒र्दय॑त्
"Now will I glorify Food that upholds great strength, By whose invigorating power Trita rent Vr̥itra limb frorn limb."
स्वादो॑ पितो॒ मधो॑ पितो व॒यं त्वा॑ ववृमहे अ॒स्माक॑मवि॒ता भ॑व
"O pleasant Food, O Food of meath, thee have we chosen for our own, So be our kind protector thou."
उप॑ नः पित॒वा च॑र शि॒वः शि॒वाभि॑रू॒तिभिः॑ म॒यो॒भुर॑द्विषे॒ण्यः सखा॑ सु॒शेवो॒ अद्व॑याः
"Come hitherward to us, O Food, auspicious with auspicious help, Health-bringing, not unkind, a dear and guileless friend."
तव॒ त्ये पि॑तो॒ रसा॒ रजां॒स्यनु॒ विष्ठि॑ताः दि॒वि वाता॑ इव श्रि॒ताः
"These juices which, O Food, are thine throughout the regions are diffused. like winds they have their place in heaven."
तव॒ त्ये पि॑तो॒ दद॑त॒स्तव॑ स्वादिष्ठ॒ ते पि॑तो प्र स्वा॒द्मानो॒ रसा॑नां तुवि॒ग्रीवा॑ इवेरते
"These gifts of thine, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste, These savours of thy juices work like creatures that have mighty necks."
त्वे पि॑तो म॒हानां॑ दे॒वानां॒ मनो॑ हि॒तम् अका॑रि॒ चारु॑ के॒तुना॒ तवाहि॒मव॑सावधीत्
"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."
यद॒दो पि॑तो॒ अज॑गन्वि॒वस्व॒ पर्व॑तानाम् अत्रा॑ चिन्नो मधो पि॒तोऽरं॑ भ॒क्षाय॑ गम्याः
"If thou be gone unto the splendour of the clouds, Even from thence, O Food of meath, prepared for our enjoyment, come."
यद॒पामोष॑धीनां परिं॒शमा॑रि॒शाम॑हे वाता॑पे॒ पीव॒ इद्भ॑व
"Whatever morsel we consume from waters or from plants of earth, O Soma, wax thou fat thereby."
यत्ते॑ सोम॒ गवा॑शिरो॒ यवा॑शिरो॒ भजा॑महे वाता॑पे॒ पीव॒ इद्भ॑व
"What Soma, we enjoy from thee in milky food or barley-brew, Vâtâpi, grow thou fat thereby."
क॒र॒म्भ ओ॑षधे भव॒ पीवो॑ वृ॒क्क उ॑दार॒थिः वाता॑पे॒ पीव॒ इद्भ॑व
"O Vegetable, Cake of meal, he wholesome, firm, and strengthening: Vâtâpi, grow thou fat thereby."
तं त्वा॑ व॒यं पि॑तो॒ वचो॑भि॒र्गावो॒ न ह॒व्या सु॑षूदिम दे॒वेभ्य॑स्त्वा सध॒माद॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ त्वा सध॒माद॑म्
"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."