Rigveda 10.012.03
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 12 · Verse 10.12.3
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
स्वावृ॑ग्दे॒वस्या॒मृतं॒ यदी॒ गोरतो॑ जा॒तासो॑ धारयन्त उ॒र्वी । विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अनु॒ तत्ते॒ यजु॑र्गुर्दु॒हे यदेनी॑ दि॒व्यं घृ॒तं वाः
svāvṛgdevasyāmṛtaṃ yadī gorato jātāso dhārayanta urvī viśve devā anu tatte yajurgurduhe yadenī divyaṃ ghṛtaṃ vāḥ
If in the spring of the gods immortality was born like cattle, and the streams held them—then all the gods upheld what the Yajus and the priest brought; this divine clarified butter (or strength) was given.
When the self-aggregated ambrosia of the divine Agni is genitive rated fromhis radiance, then theproducts from it sustain both heaven and earth, all the worshippers glorify this your oblation, the celestial nutriouswater which your white lustre milks forth.
When the cow's nectar wins the God completely, men here below are heaven's sustainers. All the Gods came to this thy heavenly Yajus which from the motley Pair milked oil and water.