Rigveda 6.070.04
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 70 · Verse 6.70.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
घृ॒तेन॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒भीवृ॑ते घृत॒श्रिया॑ घृत॒पृचा॑ घृता॒वृधा॑ । उ॒र्वी पृ॒थ्वी हो॑तृ॒वूर्ये॑ पु॒रोहि॑ते॒ ते इद्विप्रा॑ ईळते सु॒म्नमि॒ष्टये॑
ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī abhīvṛte ghṛtaśriyā ghṛtapṛcā ghṛtāvṛdhā urvī pṛthvī hotṛvūrye purohite te idviprā īḷate sumnamiṣṭaye
By ghee the sky and earth are upheld; the splendor of ghee, the ghee-offering, the ghee-increase. Urvī, earth, priestly chiefs, you, O officiants, invoke these hymns, O seers, for what is desired.
You are surrounded, Heaven and Earth, by water; you are the asylum of water; imbued with water; the augmenters of water; vast and manifold; you are first propitiated in the sacrifice; the pious pray to you for happiness, that the sacrifice (may be celebrated).
Enclosed in fatness, Heaven and Earth are bright therewith: they mingle with the fatness which they still increase. Wide, broad, set foremost at election of the priest, to them the singers pray for bliss to further them.