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1. FORTH from the ocean sprang the wave of
sweetness: together with the stalk it turned to Amrta,
That which is holy oil's mysterious title: but the Gods'
tongue is truly Amrta's centre.
2 Let us declare aloud the name of Ghrta,
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.
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.
4 That oil in triple shape the Gods
discovered laid down within the Cow, concealed by Panis.
Indra produced one shape, Surya another: by their own power
they formed the third from Vena.
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.
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.
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.
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 Jatavedas
joyfully receives them.
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.
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.
11 The universe depends upon thy power and
might within the sea, within the heart, within all life.
May we attain that sweetly-flavoured wave of thine, brought,
at its gathering, o'er the surfaceof the floods.
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