Sukta 160

ते हि द्यावापृथिवी विश्वशम्भुव ऋतावरी रजसो धारयत्कवी। सुजन्मनी धिषणे अन्तरीयते देवो देवी धर्मणा सूर्यः शुचिः॥

te hi dyāvāpṛthivī viśvaśambhuva ṛtāvarī rajaso dhārayatkavī | sujanmanī dhiṣaṇe antarīyate devo devī dharmaṇā sūryaḥ śuciḥ ||

THESE, Heaven and Earth, bestow prosperity on all, sustainers of the region, Holy Ones and wise, Two Bowls of noble kind: between these Goddesses the God, the fulgent Sun, travels by fixed decree.

उरुव्यचसा महिनी असश्चता पिता माता च भुवनानि रक्षतः। सुधृष्टमे वपुष्ये न रोदसी पिता यत्सीमभि रूपैरवासयत्॥

uruvyacasā mahinī asaścatā pitā mātā ca bhuvanāni rakṣataḥ | sudhṛṣṭame vapuṣye na rodasī pitā yatsīmabhi rūpairavāsayat ||

Widely-capacious Pair, mighty, that never fail, the Father and the Mother keep all creatures safe: The two world-halves, the spirited, the beautiful, because the Father hath clothed them in goodly forms.

स वह्निः पुत्रः पित्रोः पवित्रवान्पुनाति धीरो भुवनानि मायया। धेनुं च पृश्निं वृषभं सुरेतसं विश्वाहा शुक्रं पयो अस्य दुक्षत॥

sa vahniḥ putraḥ pitroḥ pavitravānpunāti dhīro bhuvanāni māyayā | dhenuṁ ca pṛśniṁ vṛṣabhaṁ suretasaṁ viśvāhā śukraṁ payo asya dukṣata ||

Son of these Parents, he the Priest with power to cleanse, Sage, sanctifies the worlds with his surpassing power. Thereto for his bright milk he milked through all the days the party-coloured Cow and the prolific Bull.

अयं देवानामपसामपस्तमो यो जजान रोदसी विश्वशम्भुवा। वि यो ममे रजसी सुक्रतूययाजरेभिः स्कम्भनेभिः समानृचे॥

ayaṁ devānāmapasāmapastamo yo jajāna rodasī viśvaśambhuvā | vi yo mame rajasī sukratūyayājarebhiḥ skambhanebhiḥ samānṛce ||

Among the skilful Gods most skilled is he, who made the two world-halves which bring prosperity to all; Who with great wisdom measured both the regions out, and stablished them with pillars that shall ne'er decay.

ते नो गृणाने महिनी महि श्रवः क्षत्रं द्यावापृथिवी धासथो बृहत्। येनाभि कृष्टीस्ततनाम विश्वहा पनाय्यमोजो अस्मे समिन्वतम्॥

te no gṛṇāne mahinī mahi śravaḥ kṣatraṁ dyāvāpṛthivī dhāsatho bṛhat | yenābhi kṛṣṭīstatanāma viśvahā panāyyamojo asme saminvatam ||

Extolled in song, O Heaven and Earth, bestow on us, ye mighty Pair, great glory and high lordly sway, Whereby we may extend ourselves ever over the folk; and send us strength that shall deserve the praise of men.