Sukta 7

Mantra 1

गौः प्रजापतिश्च परमेष्ठी च शृङ्गे इन्द्रः शिरो अग्निर्ललाटं यमः कृकाटम्

The Cow: Prajāpati and Parameṣṭhin are in her horns; Indra is her head; Agni her forehead; Yama her nape of the neck.

Mantra 2

सोमो राजा मस्तिष्को द्यौरुत्तरहनुः पृथिव्यऽधरहनुः

King Soma is the brain; Heaven is the upper jaw; Earth is the lower jaw.

Mantra 3

विद्युज्जिह्वा मरुतो दन्ता रेवतिर्ग्रीवाः कृत्तिका स्कन्धा घर्मो वहः

Lightning is the tongue; the Maruts are the teeth; the Revatis are the necks; the Kṛttikās the shoulders; heat is the back that bears.

Mantra 4

विश्वं वायुः स्वर्गो लोकः कृष्णद्रं विधरणी निवेष्यः

All is Vāyu; the world is heavenly. The black wood is a support, to be set in place.

Mantra 5

श्येनः क्रोडो३ऽन्तरिक्षं पाजस्यं१ बृहस्पतिः ककुद् बृहतीः कीकसाः

The hawk is the breast; the mid-air is vigor; Bṛhaspati is the hump; the Bṛhatīs are the bones.

Mantra 6

देवानां पत्नीः पृष्टय उपसदः पर्शवः

The Consorts of the Gods are the back-parts; the Upasads are the flanks; the ribs are their enclosing stays.

Mantra 7

मित्रश्च वरुणश्चांसौ त्वष्टा चार्यमा च दोषणी महादेवो बाहू

Mitra and Varuṇa are the shoulders; Tvaṣṭṛ and Aryaman are the forearms; Mahādeva is the two arms.

Mantra 8

इन्द्राणी भसद् वायुः पुच्छं पवमानो बालाः

Indrāṇī is the seat; Vāyu is the tail; Pavamāna is the hairs.

Mantra 9

ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च श्रोणी बलमूरू

Brahman and Kṣatra are the hips; Strength is the thighs.

Mantra 10

धाता च सविता चाष्ठीवन्तौ जङ्घा गन्धर्वा अप्सरसः कुष्ठिका अदितिः शफाः

Dhātṛ and Savitṛ are the knee-joints; the shanks are Gandharvas and Apsarases; the ankles are Kuṣṭhikās; Aditi is the hoofs (the feet).

Mantra 11

चेतो हृदयं यकृन्मेधा व्रतं पुरीतत्

Mind, heart, liver; intelligence, the sacred observance, and the inmost membrane—(these are set in their places).

Mantra 12

क्षुत् कुक्षिरिरा वनिष्ठुः पर्वताः प्लाशयः

Hunger, the belly; refreshment; the bladder; the mountains, and the spleens—(these are assigned their stations).

Mantra 13

क्रोधो वृक्कौ मन्युराण्डौ प्रजा शेपः

Wrath (is) the kidneys; fury (is) the testicles; progeny (is) the member—(thus are the powers disposed).

Mantra 14

नदी सूत्री वर्षस्य पतय स्तना स्तनयित्नुरूधः

The river, threaded (in its course); the lords of rain; the breasts; the thundering one; the udder—(these are the forms of outpouring).

Mantra 15

विश्वव्यचास्चर्मौषधयो लोमानि नक्षत्राणि रूपम्

All-pervading (is) the skin; the herbs; the hairs; the constellations—(all this is) form.

Mantra 16

देवजना गुदा मनुष्याऽ आन्त्राण्यत्रा उदरम्

The Gods’ folk are the lower parts; men are the intestines: here is the belly.

Mantra 17

रक्षांसि लोहितमितरजना ऊबध्यम्

The Rākṣasas are the red; the alien folk are for binding fast.

Mantra 18

अभ्रं पीबो मज्जा निधनम्

Cloud is the fat; marrow is the place of laying-down (the end).

Mantra 19

अग्निरासीन उत्थितोऽश्विना

Agni, though seated, hath risen up—O Aśvins.

Mantra 20

इन्द्रः प्राङ् तिष्ठन् दक्षिणा तिष्ठन् यमः

Indra stands facing east; to the right stands Yama.

Mantra 21

प्रत्यङ् तिष्ठन् धातोदङ् तिष्ठन्त्सविता

Standing turned backward—of Dhātṛ; standing turned upward—Savitar.

Mantra 22

तृणानि प्राप्तः सोमो राजा

Unto the grasses hath come King Soma.

Mantra 23

मित्र ईक्षमाण आवृत्त आनन्दः

Mitra, beholding, is turned back: joy is returned.

Mantra 24

युज्यमानो वैश्वदेवो युक्तः प्रजापतिर्विमुक्तः सर्वम्

Being yoked, the All-gods’ power is yoked; Prajāpati is loosed—(and) all (is secured).

Mantra 25

एतद् वै विश्वरूपं सर्वरूपं गोरूपम्

This, verily, is of all forms, of every form—cow-formed.

Mantra 26

उपैनं विश्वरूपाः सर्वरूपाः पशवस्तिष्ठन्ति य एवं वेद

Near unto him stand the cattle—of every shape, of all shapes—whoso thus hath knowledge.