Sukta 42

कनिक्रदज्जनुषं प्रब्रुवाण इयर्ति वाचमरितेव नावम्। सुमङ्गलश्च शकुने भवासि मा त्वा का चिदभिभा विश्व्या विदत्॥

kanikradajjanuṣaṁ prabruvāṇa iyarti vācamariteva nāvam | sumaṅgalaśca śakune bhavāsi mā tvā kā cidabhibhā viśvyā vidat ||

TELLING his race aloud with cries repeated, he sends his voice out as his boat a steersman. O Bird, be ominous of happy fortune from no side may calamity befall thee.

मा त्वा श्येन उद्वधीन्मा सुपर्णो मा त्वा विददिषुमान्वीरो अस्ता। पित्र्यामनु प्रदिशं कनिक्रदत्सुमङ्गलो भद्रवादी वदेह॥

mā tvā śyena udvadhīnmā suparṇo mā tvā vidadiṣumānvīro astā | pitryāmanu pradiśaṁ kanikradatsumaṅgalo bhadravādī vadeha ||

Let not the falcon kill thee, nor the eagle let not the arrow-bearing archer reach thee. Still crying in the region of the Fathers, speak here auspicious, bearing joyful tidings.

अव क्रन्द दक्षिणतो गृहाणां सुमङ्गलो भद्रवादी शकुन्ते। मा नः स्तेन ईशत माघशंसो बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः॥

ava kranda dakṣiṇato gṛhāṇāṁ sumaṅgalo bhadravādī śakunte | mā naḥ stena īśata māghaśaṁso bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||

Bringing good tidings, Bird of happy omen, call thou out loudly southward of our dwellings, So that no thief, no sinner may oppress us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.