Rigveda 9.089.05
Rigveda · Mandala 9, Sukta 89 · Verse 9.89.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
चत॑स्र ईं घृत॒दुहः॑ सचन्ते समा॒ने अ॒न्तर्ध॒रुणे॒ निष॑त्ताः । ता ई॑मर्षन्ति॒ नम॑सा पुना॒नास्ता ईं॑ वि॒श्वतः॒ परि॑ षन्ति पू॒र्वीः
catasra īṃ ghṛtaduhaḥ sacante samāne antardharuṇe niṣattāḥ tā īmarṣanti namasā punānāstā īṃ viśvataḥ pari ṣanti pūrvīḥ
Four milking mothers press the churn, equal in might, set within the deep vessel. These they milk with reverence; the mothers press them from all sides and earlier ones surround them.
The four yielders of butter wait upon him, stationed in a common asylum; being purified they approach him with food, they surround him in numbers on every side.
Four pouring out the holy oil attend him, sitting together in the same container. To him they flow, when purified, with homage, and still, from every side, are first about him.