यत् पुरुषेण हविषा देवा यज्ञम् अतन्वत । वसन्तो ऽस्यासीद् आज्यं ग्रीष्म ऽ इध्मः शरद् धविः ॥
yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā devā yajñam atanvata | vasanto 'syāsīd ājyaṃ grīṣma ' idhmaḥ śarad dhaviḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
When Gods prepared the sacrifice with Purusa as their offering, Its oil was spring, the holy gift was autumn; summer was the wood.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.90.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.