brahmāsya śīrṣaṃ bṛhad asya pṛṣṭhaṃ vāmadevyam udaram odanasya | chandāṃsi pakṣau mukham asya satyaṃ viṣṭārī jātas tapaso'dhi yajñaḥ ||1||
The bráhman [is] its head, the bṛhát its back, the vāmadevyá the belly of the rice-mess; the meters [are] the (two) sides (wings ?), truth its mouth; the viṣṭārín [is] a sacrifice born out of fervor (tápas).
Boneless, purified, cleansed with the purifier, bright (çúci), they go to a bright world; Jātavedas burns not away their virile member; in the heavenly (svargá) world much women-folk is theirs.
Whoso cook the viṣṭārín rice-mess, ruin (ávarti) fastens not on them at any time; [such a one] stays (as) with Yama, goes to the gods, revels with the soma-drinking (somyá) Gandharvas.
viṣṭāriṇam odanam ye pacanti nainān yamaḥ pari muṣṇāti retaḥ | rathī ha bhūtvā rathayāna īyate pakṣī ha bhūtvāti divaḥ sam eti ||4||
Whoso cook the viṣṭārín rice-mess, them Yama robs not of their seed; becoming chariot-owner, [such a one] goes about upon a chariot-road; becoming winged, he goes all across the skies.
This, extended, is of sacrifices the best carrier; having cooked the viṣṭārín, one has entered the sky; the bulb-bearing lotus spreads (sam-tam), the bísa, çālū́ka, çáphaka, mulālī́: let all these streams (dhā́rā) come unto thee, swelling honeyedly in the heavenly (svargá) world; let complete (sámanta) lotus-ponds approach thee.
Having pools of ghee, having slopes of honey, having strong drink (súrā) for water, filled with milk (kṣīrá), with water, with curds—let all these etc. etc.
इमम् ओदनं नि दधे ब्राह्मणेषु विष्टारिणं लोकजितं स्वर्गम् । स मे मा क्षेष्ट स्वधया पिन्वमानो विश्वरूपा धेनुः कामदुघा मे अस्तु ॥८॥
imam odanaṃ ni dadhe brāhmaṇeṣu viṣṭāriṇaṃ lokajitaṃ svargam | sa me mā kṣeṣṭa svadhayā pinvamāno viśvarūpā dhenuḥ kāmadughā me astu ||8||
This rice-mess I deposit in the Brāhmans, the viṣṭārín, world-conquering, heaven-going (svargá); let it not be destroyed (kṣi) for me, swelling with svadhā́; be it a cow of all forms, milking my desire.