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1 FORTH from the ocean sprang the wave of sweetness: together with the stalk it turned to Amṛta, That which is holy oil's mysterious title: but the Gods’ tongue is truly Amṛta's centre.

vayáṃ nā́ma prá bravāmā ghr̥tásya asmín yajñé dhārayāmā námobhiḥ |
úpa brahmā́ śr̥ṇavac chasyámānaṃ cátuḥśr̥ṅgo avamīd gaurá etát ||

2 Let us declare aloud the name of Ghṛta, and at this sacrifice hold it up with homage. So let the Brahman hear the praise we utter. This hath the four-horned Buffalo emitted.

catvā́ri śŕ̥ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā duvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya |
trídhā baddhó vr̥ṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártiyām̐ ā́ viveśa ||

3 Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number. Bound with a triple bond the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.

trídhā hitám paṇíbhir guhyámānaṃ gávi devā́so ghr̥tám ánv avindan |
índra ékaṃ sū́rya ékaṃ jajāna venā́d ékaṃ svadháyā níṣ ṭatakṣuḥ ||

4 That oil in triple shape the Gods discovered laid down within the Cow, concealed by Paṇis. Indra produced one shape, Sūrya another: by their own power they formed the third from Vena.

etā́ arṣanti hŕ̥diyāt samudrā́c chatávrajā ripúṇā nā́vacákṣe |
ghr̥tásya dhā́rā abhí cākaśīmi hiraṇyáyo vetasó mádhya āsām ||

5 From inmost reservoir in countless channels flow down these rivers which the foe beholds not. I look upon the streams of oil descending, and lo! the Golden Reed is there among them.

samyák sravanti saríto ná dhénā antár hr̥dā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ |
eté arṣanti ūrmáyo ghr̥tásya mr̥gā́ iva kṣipaṇór ī́ṣamāṇāḥ ||

6 Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit. The streams of holy oil pour swiftly downward like the wild beasts that fly before the bowman.

síndhor iva prādhvané śūghanā́so vā́tapramiyaḥ patayanti yahvā́ḥ |
ghr̥tásya dhā́rā aruṣó ná vājī́ kā́ṣṭhā bhindánn ūrmíbhiḥ pínvamānaḥ ||

7 As rushing down the rapids of a river, flow swifter than the wind the vigorous currents, The streams of oil in swelling fluctuation like a red courser bursting through the fences.

abhí pravanta sámaneva yóṣāḥ kalyāṇíyaḥ smáyamānāso agním |
ghr̥tásya dhā́rāḥ samídho nasanta tā́ juṣāṇó haryati jātávedāḥ ||

8 Like women at a gathering fair to look on and gently smiling, they incline to Agni. The streams of holy oil attain the fuel, and Jātavedas joyfully receives them.

kanyā̀ iva vahatúm étavā́ u añjí añjānā́ abhí cākaśīmi |
yátra sómaḥ sūyáte yátra yajñó ghr̥tásya dhā́rā abhí tát pavante ||

9 As maidens dock themselves with gay adornment to join the bridal feast, I now behold them. Where Soma flows and sacrifice is ready, thither the streams of holy oil are running.

abhy àrṣata suṣṭutíṃ gávyam ājím asmā́su bhadrā́ dráviṇāni dhatta |
imáṃ yajñáṃ nayata devátā no ghr̥tásya dhā́rā mádhumat pavante ||

10 Send to our eulogy a herd of cattle bestow upon us excellent possessions. Bear to the Gods the sacrifice we offer the streams of oil flow pure and full of sweetness.

dhā́man te víśvam bhúvanam ádhi śritám antáḥ samudré hr̥dí antár ā́yuṣi |
apā́m ánīke samithé yá ā́bhr̥tas tám aśyāma mádhumantaṃ ta ūrmím ||

11 The universe depends upon thy power and might within the sea, within the heart, within all life.

Ṛgveda 5

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