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a
Thou art the milk of the great ones, the body of the All-gods; may I to-day
accomplish the cup of the speckled ones; thou art the cup of the speckled ones;
thou art the heart of Visnu, once hath Visnu stepped apart along thee, O
vigorous one; with curds and ghee may prosperity be increased; may wealth come
to me from this which is offered and enjoyed thou art the light for all men,
milked from the dappled one.
b
As great as are sky and earth in mightiness,
As great as the expense of the seven rivers,
So great is the cup of thee, O Indra [1],
Which unvanquished I draw off with strength.
If a black bird touch the
speckled butter, his slaves would be likely to die; if a dog touch it, his
fourfooted cattle would be likely to die; if it were to be spilt, the
sacrificer would be likely to die. The speckled butter is the cattle; his
cattle fall, if his speckled butter falls; in that he takes again the speckled
butter, he takes again cattle for him. The speckled butter is the breath; his
breath [2] falls, if his speckled butter falls; in that he takes again the
speckled butter, he takes again breath for him. He takes it after placing gold
(in the ladle), gold is immortality, the speckled butter is the breath; verily
he places immortality in his breath. It is of a hundred measures, man has a
hundred years of life, a hundred powers; verily on life and power he rests. He
makes a horse sniff it, the horse is connected with Prajapati; verily from his
own place of origin he fashions offspring for him. His sacrifice is broken
whose speckled butter is spilt. He takes it again with a Rc addressed to Visnu;
Visnu is the sacrifice; verily he unites the sacrifice by the sacrifice.
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