Rigveda 1.079.03
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 79 · Verse 1.79.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यदी॑मृ॒तस्य॒ पय॑सा॒ पिया॑नो॒ नय॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ प॒थिभी॒ रजि॑ष्ठैः । अ॒र्य॒मा मि॒त्रो वरु॑णः॒ परि॑ज्मा॒ त्वचं॑ पृञ्च॒न्त्युप॑रस्य॒ योनौ॑
yadīmṛtasya payasā piyāno nayannṛtasya pathibhī rajiṣṭhaiḥ aryamā mitro varuṇaḥ parijmā tvacaṃ pṛñcantyuparasya yonau
If they bring the nectar of immortality and the sweetest streams, guiding through paths most excellent, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa cleanse the skin and touch the womb above.
When this, (the lightning, Agni), nourishes the world with the milk of the rain, and conducts it by the most direct ways to (the enjoyment of) water, then Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa and the circumambient (troop of Maruts) pierce through the (investing) membrane into the womb of the cloud.
When he comes streaming with the milk of worship, conducting by directest paths of Order Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna, Parijman fill the hide full where lies the nether press-stone.