दितिः शूर्पमदितिः शूर्पग्राही वातोऽपाविनक्
Diti is the winnowing basket, Aditi is the one who holds the basket, the wind is the blower.
अश्वाः कणा गावस्तण्डुला मशकास्तुषाः
Horses are the grains, cows are the rice, mosquitoes are the husks.
कब्रु फलीकरणाः शरोऽभ्रम्
Kabru are the pod-makers, the arrow is the cloud.
श्याममयोऽस्य मांसानि लोहितमस्य लोहितम्
Its flesh is made of black metal, its blood is red.
त्रपु भस्म हरितं वर्णः पुष्करमस्य गन्धः
Tin, ash, green color, the fragrance of the lotus.
खलः पात्रं स्फ्यावंसावीषे अनूक्ये
The threshing floor, the vessel, the pestle and the pounding stone, the place for the oxen.
आन्त्राणि जत्रवो गुदा वरत्राः
The intestines, the jaws, the rectum, the ligaments.
इयमेव पृथिवी कुम्भी भवति राध्यमानस्यौदनस्य द्यौरपिधानम्
This very earth becomes the pot for the rice being cooked; the sky is its covering.
सीताः पर्शवः सिकता ऊबध्यम्
The furrows, the sides, the sand, the two boundaries.
ऋतं हस्तावनेजनं कुल्योपसेचनम्
Truth is the hand-washing, the irrigation channel is the sprinkling.
ऋचा कुम्भ्यधिहितार्त्विज्येन प्रेषिता
The hymn is placed upon the pot, sent by the officiating priest.
ब्रह्मणा परिगृहीता साम्ना पर्यूढा
Embraced by the sacred word, surrounded by the chant.
बृहदायवनं रथन्तरं दर्विः
The great Ayavana, the Rathantara, the ladle.
ऋतवः पक्तार आर्तवाः समिन्धते
The seasons are the cooks; the seasonal rites kindle the fire.
चरुं पञ्चबिलमुखं घर्मोऽभीन्धे
The sacrificial dish with five openings, the Gharma heats it.
ओदनेन यज्ञवतः सर्वे लोकाः समाप्याः
By the rice, all worlds belonging to the sacrifice are completed.
यस्मिन्त्समुद्रो द्यौर्भूमिस्त्रयोऽवरपरं श्रिताः
In which the ocean, the sky, and the earth, three, are established above and below.
यस्य देवा अकल्पन्तोच्छिष्टे षडशीतयः
For whom the gods prepare eighty-six remnants.
तं त्वौदनस्य पृच्छामि यो अस्य महिमा महान्
I ask you about the rice, whose greatness is vast.
स य ओदनस्य महिमानं विद्यात्
He who knows the greatness of the rice.
नाल्प इति ब्रूयान् नानुपसेचन इति नेदं च किं चेति
Let him not say 'it is small,' nor 'it is not sprinkled,' nor 'what is this?'
यावद्दाताभिमनस्येत तन् नाति वदेत्
As much as the giver desires, let him not speak beyond that.
ब्रह्मवादिनो वदन्ति पराञ्चमोदनं प्राशी३ः प्रत्यञ्चा३ इति
The knowers of Brahman say: 'One eats the rice facing outward, another facing inward.'
त्वमोदनं प्राशी३ त्वामोदना३ इति
'You have eaten the rice; the rice has eaten you,' thus they say.
पराञ्चं चैनं प्राशीः प्राणास्त्वा हास्यन्तीत्येनमाह
If one eats it facing outward, he says to him: 'Your life-breaths will depart.'
प्रत्यञ्चं चैनं प्राशीरपानास्त्वा हास्यन्तीत्येनमाह
If one eats it facing inward, he says to him: 'Your inhalations and exhalations will leave you.'
नैवाहमोदनं न मामोदनः
I am neither the eater of rice, nor is rice the eater of me.
ओदन एवौदनं प्राशीत्
One should eat rice as rice alone.
ततश्चैनमन्येन शीर्ष्णा प्राशीर्येन चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । ज्येष्ठतस्ते प्रजा मरिष्यतीत्येनमाह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । बृहस्पतिना शीर्ष्णा । तेनैनं प्राशिषं तेनैनमजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद
Then, with another head, they made him eat; with that, the ancient seers ate him. 'Your offspring will die eldest,' thus he said to him. 'I am not the one facing downward, nor outward, nor inward, but with the head of Brihaspati. With that I made him eat, with that I attained him. This rice is indeed whole in all limbs, all joints, all bodies. He indeed becomes whole in all limbs, all joints, all bodies, who knows thus.'
[१] ततश्चैनमन्याभ्यां श्रोत्राभ्यां प्राशीर्याभ्यां चैतं पूर्व ऋषयः प्राश्नन् । बधिरो भविष्यसीत्येनमाह । तं वा अहं नार्वाञ्चं न पराञ्चं न प्रत्यञ्चम् । द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां श्रोत्राभ्याम् । ताभ्यामेनं प्राशिषं ताभ्यामेनमजीगमम् । एष वा ओदनः सर्वाङ्गः सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः । सर्वाङ्ग एव सर्वपरुः सर्वतनूः सं भवति य एवं वेद
Then, with two other ears, they made him eat; with those, the ancient seers ate him. 'You will become deaf,' thus he said to him. 'I am not the one facing downward, nor outward, nor inward, but with the ears of Heaven and Earth. With those I made him eat, with those I attained him. This rice is indeed whole in all limbs, all joints, all bodies. He indeed becomes whole in all limbs, all joints, all bodies, who knows thus.'