Rigveda 9.074.04
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 74 · Verse 9.74.4
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आ॒त्म॒न्वन्नभो॑ दुह्यते घृ॒तं पय॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ नाभि॑र॒मृतं॒ वि जा॑यते । स॒मी॒ची॒नाः सु॒दान॑वः प्रीणन्ति॒ तं नरो॑ हि॒तमव॑ मेहन्ति॒ पेर॑वः
ātmanvannabho duhyate ghṛtaṃ paya ṛtasya nābhiramṛtaṃ vi jāyate samīcīnāḥ sudānavaḥ prīṇanti taṃ naro hitamava mehanti peravaḥ
By oneself the butter is milked from the cloud; the nectar of order is born from the navel. The many‑charioted princes appease that lord; men benefit by the streams and carry offerings.
Full of sap the butter and milk is milked from heaven, the bond of the sacrifice, the water is genitive rated; the assembled liberal givers delight him; (the Soma-juices) the leaders, the protectors shower down the accusative ulated (water).
Butter and milk are drawn from animated cloud; thence Amrta is produced, centre of sacrifice. Hini the Most Bounteous Ones, ever united, love; him as ouir Friend the Men who make all swell rain down.