Sukta 42

सं पूषन्नध्वनस्तिर व्यंहो विमुचो नपात्। सक्ष्वा देव प्र णस्पुरः॥

saṁ pūṣannadhvanastira vyaṁho vimuco napāt | sakṣvā deva pra ṇaspuraḥ ||

SHORTEN our ways, O Pusan, move aside obstruction in the path: Go close before us, cloud-born God.

यो नः पूषन्नघो वृको दुःशेव आदिदेशति। अप स्म तं पथो जहि॥

yo naḥ pūṣannagho vṛko duḥśeva ādideśati | apa sma taṁ patho jahi ||

Drive, Pusan, from our road the wolf, the wicked inauspicious wolf, Who lies in Wait to injure us.

अप त्यं परिपन्थिनं मुषीवाणं हुरश्चितम्। दूरमधि स्रुतेरज॥

apa tyaṁ paripanthinaṁ muṣīvāṇaṁ huraścitam | dūramadhi sruteraja ||

Who lurks about the path we take, the robber with a guileful heart: Far from the road chase him away.

त्वं तस्य द्वयाविनोऽघशंसस्य कस्य चित्। पदाभि तिष्ठ तपुषिम्॥

tvaṁ tasya dvayāvino'ghaśaṁsasya kasya cit | padābhi tiṣṭha tapuṣim ||

Tread with thy foot and trample out the firebrand of the wicked one, The double-tongued, whoe'er he be.

आ तत्ते दस्र मन्तुमः पूषन्नवो वृणीमहे। येन पितॄनचोदयः॥

ā tatte dasra mantumaḥ pūṣannavo vṛṇīmahe | yena pitṝnacodayaḥ ||

Wise Pusan, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith Thou furtheredst our sires of old.

अधा नो विश्वसौभग हिरण्यवाशीमत्तम। धनानि सुषणा कृधि॥

adhā no viśvasaubhaga hiraṇyavāśīmattama | dhanāni suṣaṇā kṛdhi ||

So, Lord of all prosperity, best wielder of the golden sword, Make riches easy to be won.

अति नः सश्चतो नय सुगा नः सुपथा कृणु। पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः॥

ati naḥ saścato naya sugā naḥ supathā kṛṇu | pūṣanniha kratuṁ vidaḥ ||

Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread: O Pusan, find thou power for this.

अभि सूयवसं नय न नवज्वारो अध्वने। पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः॥

abhi sūyavasaṁ naya na navajvāro adhvane | pūṣanniha kratuṁ vidaḥ ||

Lead us to meadows rich in grass: send on our way no early heat: O Pusan, find thou power for this.

शग्धि पूर्धि प्र यंसि च शिशीहि प्रास्युदरम्। पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः॥

śagdhi pūrdhi pra yaṁsi ca śiśīhi prāsyudaram | pūṣanniha kratuṁ vidaḥ ||

Be gracious to us, fill us full, give, feed us, and invigorate: O Pusan, find thou power for this.

न पूषणं मेथामसि सूक्तैरभि गृणीमसि। वसूनि दस्ममीमहे॥

na pūṣaṇaṁ methāmasi sūktairabhi gṛṇīmasi | vasūni dasmamīmahe ||

No blame have we for Pusan; him we magnify with songs of praise: We seek the Mighty One for wealth.