Clarified butter which keeps up the lives of all creatures in the universe forms my effulgence. It is, therefore, that Brahmanas well-versed in the Vedas and possessed of concentrated souls call me by the name of Ghritarchis.
घृतं ममार्चिषो लोके जन्तूनां प्राणधारणम्। घृतार्चिरहमव्यग्रैर्वेदज्ञैः परिकीर्तितः॥