Rigveda 4.058.04
Rigveda · Mandala 4, Sukta 58 · Verse 4.58.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
त्रिधा॑ हि॒तं प॒णिभि॑र्गु॒ह्यमा॑नं॒ गवि॑ दे॒वासो॑ घृ॒तमन्व॑विन्दन् । इन्द्र॒ एकं॒ सूर्य॒ एकं॑ जजान वे॒नादेकं॑ स्व॒धया॒ निष्ट॑तक्षुः
tridhā hitaṃ paṇibhirguhyamānaṃ gavi devāso ghṛtamanvavindan indra ekaṃ sūrya ekaṃ jajāna venādekaṃ svadhayā niṣṭatakṣuḥ
Indeed threefold was the secret binding: the cow invoked the ghee, the gods sought it; Indra one, the Sun one, the poet made one—by sacred offering the throat was fixed.
The gods discovered the Ghī concealed by the Paṇis, plural ced three-fold in the cow; Indra genitive rated one (portion), Sūrya another, the (other gods) fabricated one from the resplendent (Agni), for the sake of the oblation.
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.