Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c7.474

c7.474

Ye sweet ones, maintainers of the *vidatha*,
Lords of the good, drink ye the heated *ghee* or oblation (*gharma*)¹ in the shining space of the sky.²
39. Where the eagles in *vidatha* sound incessantly (*animeṣam*) unto the drought of *amṛta*—thus the shepherd of all existence (*viśvasya bhuvanasya gopāḥ*) he (*ātmā*) the wise one entered there into me that am simple.³
40. The (two) invokers of the gods, first, well-voiced, shaping the sacrifice (*yajñaṁ*) for man (*manuṣo*) to sacrifice (*yajadhyai*); urging forward at the *vidathas*, the (two) singers (*kārū*) pointing out the ancient light through the the fore-regions.⁴