Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 58

RV 4 58.1

समुद्राद् ऊर्मिर् मधुमाꣳ उद् आरद् उपाꣳशुना सम् अमृतत्वम् आनट् । घृतस्य नाम गुह्यꣳ यद् अस्ति जिह्वा देवानाम् अमृतस्य नाभिः

samudrād ūrmir madhumām̐ ud ārad upāṁśunā sam amṛtatvam ānaṭ | ghṛtasya nāma guhyaṁ yad asti jihvā devānām amṛtasya nābhiḥ

From the ocean the honeyed wave rose up; by means of the stalk it reached immortality. That which is the secret name of ghee — (it is) the tongue of the gods, the navel of the immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 4 58.2

वयꣳ नाम प्र ब्रवामा घृतस्यास्मिन् यज्ञे धारयामा नमोभिः । उप ब्रह्मा शृणवच् छस्यमानꣳ चतुःशृङ्गो ऽवमीद् गौर एतत्

vayaṁ nāma pra bravāmā ghṛtasyāsmin yajñe dhārayāmā namobhiḥ | upa brahmā śṛṇavac chasyamānaṁ catuḥśṛṅgo 'vamīd gaura etat

Let us proclaim the name of ghee; at this sacrifice let us hold it fast with acts of homage. Let the brahman hear it as it is recited: the four-horned gaura bellowed this forth.

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RV 4 58.3

चत्वारि शृङ्गा त्रयो अस्य पादा द्वे शीर्षे सप्त हस्तासो अस्य । त्रिधा बद्धो वृषभो रोरवीति महो देवो मर्त्याꣳ आ विवेश

catvāri śṛṅgā trayo asya pādā dve śīrṣe sapta hastāso asya | tridhā baddho vṛṣabho roravīti maho devo martyām̐ ā viveśa

Four are his horns, three his feet, two his heads, seven his hands; bound in three ways the bull roars again and again: the great god has entered into mortals.

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RV 4 58.4

त्रिधा हितम् पणिभिर् गुह्यमानꣳ गवि देवासो घृतम् अन्व् अविन्दन् । इन्द्र एकꣳ सूर्य एकꣳ जजान वेनाद् एकꣳ स्वधया निष् टतक्षुः

tridhā hitam paṇibhir guhyamānaṁ gavi devāso ghṛtam anv avindan | indra ekaṁ sūrya ekaṁ jajāna venād ekaṁ svadhayā niṣ ṭatakṣuḥ

Set down in three places, hidden by the Paṇis, the gods tracked down the ghee within the cow; Indra begot one, Sūrya one, one they fashioned out of Vena by their own power.

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RV 4 58.5

एता अर्षन्ति हृद्यात् समुद्राच् छतव्रजा रिपुणा नावचक्षे । घृतस्य धारा अभि चाकशीमि हिरण्ययो वेतसो मध्य आसाम्

etā arṣanti hṛdyāt samudrāc chatavrajā ripuṇā nāvacakṣe | ghṛtasya dhārā abhi cākaśīmi hiraṇyayo vetaso madhya āsām

These flow from the heart, from the ocean, enclosed in a hundred pens, not to be looked upon by the deceiver; I gaze upon the streams of ghee: a golden reed is in the midst of them.

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RV 4 58.6

सम्यक् स्रवन्ति सरितो न धेना अन्तर् हृदा मनसा पूयमानाः । एते अर्षन्त्य् ऊर्मयो घृतस्य मृगा इव क्षिपणोर् ईषमाणाः

samyak sravanti sarito na dhenā antar hṛdā manasā pūyamānāḥ | ete arṣanty ūrmayo ghṛtasya mṛgā iva kṣipaṇor īṣamāṇāḥ

They flow together like rivers, these (streams of) speech, purified within by heart and by mind. These waves of ghee run on, like deer darting away from the shooter.

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RV 4 58.7

सिन्धोर् इव प्राध्वने शूघनासो वातप्रमियः पतयन्ति यह्वाः । घृतस्य धारा अरुषो न वाजी काष्ठा भिन्दन्न् ऊर्मिभिः पिन्वमानः

sindhor iva prādhvane śūghanāso vātapramiyaḥ patayanti yahvāḥ | ghṛtasya dhārā aruṣo na vājī kāṣṭhā bhindann ūrmibhiḥ pinvamānaḥ

Like rushing torrents on a river's downward course, outstripping the wind, the young ones fly. The streams of ghee, like a ruddy prize-steed, breaking the barriers, swelling with waves.

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RV 4 58.8

अभि प्रवन्त समनेव योषाः कल्याण्य१ः स्मयमानासो अग्निम् । घृतस्य धाराः समिधो नसन्त ता जुषाणो हर्यति जातवेदाः

abhi pravanta samaneva yoṣāḥ kalyāṇya1ḥ smayamānāso agnim | ghṛtasya dhārāḥ samidho nasanta tā juṣāṇo haryati jātavedāḥ

They have streamed forward like fair women to a festival gathering, smiling toward Agni. The streams of ghee have reached the kindling-logs; Jātavedas, taking pleasure in them, desires them.

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RV 4 58.9

कन्या इव वहतुम् एतवा उ अञ्ज्य् अञ्जाना अभि चाकशीमि । यत्र सोमः सूयते यत्र यज्ञो घृतस्य धारा अभि तत् पवन्ते

kanyā iva vahatum etavā u añjy añjānā abhi cākaśīmi | yatra somaḥ sūyate yatra yajño ghṛtasya dhārā abhi tat pavante

Like maidens anointing themselves with ointment to go to the wedding — (so) I gaze upon them. Where Soma is pressed, where the sacrifice is, thither the streams of ghee flow clear.

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RV 4 58.10

अभ्य् अर्षत सुष्टुतिꣳ गव्यम् आजिम् अस्मासु भद्रा द्रविणानि धत्त । इमꣳ यज्ञꣳ नयत देवता नो घृतस्य धारा मधुमत् पवन्ते

abhy arṣata suṣṭutiṁ gavyam ājim asmāsu bhadrā draviṇāni dhatta | imaṁ yajñaṁ nayata devatā no ghṛtasya dhārā madhumat pavante

Flow toward the good praise, toward the contest for cows; place auspicious riches in us. Lead this sacrifice of ours to the gods: the streams of ghee flow sweetly.

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RV 4 58.11

धामन् ते विश्वम् भुवनम् अधि श्रितम् अन्तः समुद्रे हृद्य् अ१न्तर् आयुषि । अपाम् अनीके समिथे य आभृतस् तम् अश्याम मधुमन्तꣳ त ऊर्मिम्

dhāman te viśvam bhuvanam adhi śritam antaḥ samudre hṛdy a1ntar āyuṣi | apām anīke samithe ya ābhṛtas tam aśyāma madhumantaṁ ta ūrmim

In your abode the whole world is established — within the ocean, within the heart, within the life-span. May we attain that honeyed wave of yours which is brought in the front of the waters, at their meeting.

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