अघायतामपि नह्या मुखानि सपत्नेषु वज्रमर्पयैतम् । इन्द्रेण दत्ता प्रथमा शतौदना भ्रातृव्यघ्नी यजमानस्य गातुः
Let our mouths not speak evil; let the thunderbolt be directed at our rivals. The first, hundred-feeding, given by Indra, slayer of enemies, is the path of the sacrificer.
वेदिष्टे चर्म भवतु बर्हिर्लोमानि यानि ते । एषा त्वा रशनाग्रभीद्ग्रावा त्वैषोऽधि नृत्यतु
Let your hide become the altar, your hairs the sacred grass. This binding strap I take for you; let this stone dance upon you.
बालास्ते प्रोक्षणीः सन्तु जिह्वा सं मार्ष्टु अघ्न्ये । शुद्धा त्वं यज्ञिया भूत्वा दिवं प्रेहि शतौदने
Let your young ones be the sprinklers; let the tongue cleanse, O uninjurable one. Being pure and fit for sacrifice, ascend to heaven, O hundred-feeding one.
यः शतौदनां पचति कामप्रेण स कल्पते । प्रीता ह्यस्य ऋत्विजः सर्वे यन्ति यथायथम्
He who cooks the hundred-feeding one with desire is fit; for him, all the priests are pleased and proceed as is proper.
स स्वर्गमा रोहति यत्रादस्त्रिदिवं दिवः । अपूपनाभिं कृत्वा यो ददाति शतौदनाम्
He ascends to heaven, to the undisturbed world of the gods, who, having made the offering, gives the hundred-feeding one.
स तांल्लोकान्त्समाप्नोति ये दिव्या ये च पार्थिवाः । हिरण्यज्योतिषं कृत्वा यो ददाति शतौदनाम्
He attains all those worlds, both celestial and terrestrial, who, having made the offering with golden light, gives the hundred-feeding one.
ये ते देवि शमितारः पक्तारो ये च ते जनाः । ते त्वा सर्वे गोप्स्यन्ति मैभ्यो भैषीः शतौदने
Those, O goddess, who are your butchers, your cooks, and your people—all of them will protect you; do not fear us, O hundred-feeding one.
वसवस्त्वा दक्षिणत उत्तरान् मरुतस्त्वा । आदित्याः पश्चाद्गोप्स्यन्ति साग्निष्टोममति द्रव
May the Vasus guard you to the south, the Maruts to the north; may the Ādityas guard you from behind. Run forth with the Agniṣṭoma.
देवाः पितरो मनुष्या गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्च ये । ते त्वा सर्वे गोप्स्यन्ति सातिरात्रमति द्रव
The gods, ancestors, humans, Gandharvas, and Apsarases—all of them will protect you. Run forth with the Sātirātra.
अन्तरिक्षं दिवं भूमिमादित्यान् मरुतो दिशः । लोकान्त्स सर्वान् आप्नोति यो ददाति शतौदनाम्
He attains all the worlds—atmosphere, heaven, earth, the Ādityas, the Maruts, the directions—who gives the hundred-feeding one.
{३०} घृतं प्रोक्षन्ती सुभगा देवी देवान् गमिष्यति । पक्तारमघ्न्ये मा हिंसीर्दिवं प्रेहि शतौदने
Sprinkling with ghee, the gracious goddess will go to the gods. O uninjurable one, do not harm the cook; ascend to heaven, O hundred-feeding one.
ये देवा दिविषदो अन्तरिक्षसदश्च ये ये चेमे भूम्यामधि । तेभ्यस्त्वं धुक्ष्व सर्वदा क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु
Whatever gods dwell in heaven, in the atmosphere, and here upon earth—to them, you shall yield always milk, clarified butter, and honey.
यत्ते शिरो यत्ते मुखं यौ कर्णौ ये च ते हनू । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु
Whatever is your head, your mouth, your two ears, and your jaws—may they yield to the recipient milk, clarified butter, and honey.
यौ त ओष्ठौ ये नासिके ये शृङ्गे ये च तेऽक्षिणी । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु
Your two lips, your nostrils, your horns, and your two eyes—may they yield to the recipient milk, clarified butter, and honey.
यत्ते क्लोमा यद्धृदयं पुरीतत्सहकण्ठिका । आमिक्षां दुह्रतां दात्रे क्षीरं सर्पिरथो मधु
Whatever is your spleen, your heart, your lungs, and your throat—may they yield to the recipient milk, clarified butter, and honey.
नमस्ते जायमानायै जाताया उत ते नमः । बालेभ्यः शफेभ्यो रूपायाघ्न्ये ते नमः
Homage to you, O one being born; homage to you, O one who is born. Homage to your calves, your hooves, and your form, O uninjurable one.
यो विद्यात्सप्त प्रवतः सप्त विद्यात्परावतः । शिरो यज्ञस्य यो विद्यात्स वशां प्रति गृह्णीयात्
Whoever knows the seven inlets, whoever knows the seven outlets, whoever knows the head of the sacrifice—he alone may take hold of the cow.
वेदाहं सप्त प्रवतः सप्त वेद परावतः । शिरो यज्ञस्याहं वेद सोमं चास्यां विचक्षणम्
I know the seven inlets, I know the seven outlets; I know the head of the sacrifice, and I see the Soma placed within her.
यया द्यौर्यया पृथिवी ययापो गुपिता इमाः । वशां सहस्रधारां ब्रह्मणाच्छावदामसि
By whom the heaven, by whom the earth, by whom these waters are protected—by that thousand-streamed cow we invoke the blessing of Brahman.
शतं कंसाः शतं दोग्धारः शतं गोप्तारो अधि पृष्ठे अस्याः । ये देवास्तस्यां प्राणन्ति ते वशां विदुरेकधा
A hundred vessels, a hundred milkers, a hundred guardians are upon her back; the gods who breathe within her know the cow as one.
यज्ञपदीराक्षीरा स्वधाप्राणा महीलुका । वशा पर्जन्यपत्नी देवाँ अप्येति ब्रह्मणा
She is the path of sacrifice, with eyes of milk, with Svadhā as breath, dwelling in greatness; the cow, wife of Parjanya, comes to the gods with Brahman.
अनु त्वाग्निः प्राविशदनु सोमो वशे त्वा । ऊधस्ते भद्रे पर्जन्यो विद्युतस्ते स्तना वशे
Agni has entered you, Soma is within you, O cow; Parjanya has given you a good udder, and lightning is your breast, O cow.
अपस्त्वं धुक्षे प्रथमा उर्वरा अपरा वशे । तृतीयं राष्ट्रं धुक्षेऽन्नं क्षीरं वशे त्वम्
You first milked the waters, then the fertile land, O cow; you milked the third, the people—food and milk are within you.
यदादित्यैर्हूयमानोपातिष्ठ ऋतवरि । इन्द्रः सहस्रं पात्रान्त्सोमं त्वापाययद्वशे
When, invoked by the Ādityas, you stood by the seasons, Indra made you drink a thousand vessels of Soma, O cow.
यदनूचीन्द्रमैरात्त्वा ऋषभोऽह्वयत्। तस्मात्ते वृत्रहा पयः क्षीरं क्रुद्धोऽहरद्वशे
When the bull, called by the Anūci and the Indramā, summoned you, then the slayer of Vṛtra, angered, took your milk, O cow.
{३३} यत्ते क्रुद्धो धनपतिरा क्षीरमहरद्वशे । इदं तदद्य नाकस्त्रिषु पात्रेषु रक्षति
When the lord of wealth, angered, took your milk, O cow, this today is guarded in three vessels in the sky.
त्रिषु पात्रेषु तं सोममा देव्यहरद्वशा । अथर्वा यत्र दीक्षितो बर्हिष्यास्त हिरण्यये
In three vessels the goddess cow took that Soma; where Atharvan, consecrated, sat on the golden grass.
सं हि सोमेनागत समु सर्वेण पद्वता । वशा समुद्रमध्यष्ठद्गन्धर्वैः कलिभिः सह
Indeed, she came together with Soma, with all the paths; the cow stood in the midst of the ocean with the Gandharvas and the Kalis.
सं हि वातेनागत समु सर्वैः पतत्रिभिः । वशा समुद्रे प्रानृत्यदृचः सामानि बिभ्रती
Indeed, she came together with the wind, with all the birds; the cow danced in the ocean, bearing the Ṛc and Sāman hymns.
सं हि सूर्येणागत समु सर्वेण चक्षुषा । वशा समुद्रमत्यख्यद्भद्रा ज्योतींषि बिभ्रती
Indeed, she came together with the sun, with all sight; the cow crossed over the ocean, bearing auspicious lights.