Sukta 28

आ गावो अग्मन्नुत भद्रमक्रन्सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्वस्मे। प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युरिन्द्राय पूर्वीरुषसो दुहानाः॥

ā gāvo agmannuta bhadramakransīdantu goṣṭhe raṇayantvasme | prajāvatīḥ pururūpā iha syurindrāya pūrvīruṣaso duhānāḥ ||

THE Kine have come and brought good fortune: let them rest in the cow-pen and be happy near us. Here let them stay prolific, many-coloured, and yield through many morns their milk for Indra.

इन्द्रो यज्वने पृणते च शिक्षत्युपेद्ददाति न स्वं मुषायति। भूयोभूयो रयिमिदस्य वर्धयन्नभिन्ने खिल्ये नि दधाति देवयुम्॥

indro yajvane pṛṇate ca śikṣatyupeddadāti na svaṁ muṣāyati | bhūyobhūyo rayimidasya vardhayannabhinne khilye ni dadhāti devayum ||

Indra aids him who offers sacrifice and gifts: he takes not what is his, and gives him more thereto. Increasing ever more and ever more his wealth, he makes the pious dwell within unbroken bounds.

न ता नशन्ति न दभाति तस्करो नासामामित्रो व्यथिरा दधर्षति। देवाँश्च याभिर्यजते ददाति च ज्योगित्ताभिः सचते गोपतिः सह॥

na tā naśanti na dabhāti taskaro nāsāmāmitro vyathirā dadharṣati | devāśca yābhiryajate dadāti ca jyogittābhiḥ sacate gopatiḥ saha ||

These are ne'er lost, no robber ever injures them: no evil-minded foe attempts to harass them. The master of the Kine lives many a year with these, the Cows whereby he pours his gifts and serves the Gods.

न ता अर्वा रेणुककाटो अश्नुते न संस्कृतत्रमुप यन्ति ता अभि। उरुगायमभयं तस्य ता अनु गावो मर्तस्य वि चरन्ति यज्वनः॥

na tā arvā reṇukakāṭo aśnute na saṁskṛtatramupa yanti tā abhi | urugāyamabhayaṁ tasya tā anu gāvo martasya vi caranti yajvanaḥ ||

The charger with his dusty brow o'ertakes them not, and never to the shambles do they take their way. These Cows, the cattle of the pious worshipper, roam over widespread pasture where no danger is.

गावो भगो गाव इन्द्रो मे अच्छान्गावः सोमस्य प्रथमस्य भक्षः। इमा या गावः स जनास इन्द्र इच्छामीद्धृदा मनसा चिदिन्द्रम्॥

gāvo bhago gāva indro me acchāngāvaḥ somasya prathamasya bhakṣaḥ | imā yā gāvaḥ sa janāsa indra icchāmīddhṛdā manasā cidindram ||

To me the Cows seem Bhaga, they seem Indra, they seem a portion of the first-poured Soma. These present Cows, they, O ye Indra. I long for Indra with my heart and spirit.

यूयं गावो मेदयथा कृशं चिदश्रीरं चित्कृणुथा सुप्रतीकम्। भद्रं गृहं कृणुथ भद्रवाचो बृहद्वो वय उच्यते सभासु॥

yūyaṁ gāvo medayathā kṛśaṁ cidaśrīraṁ citkṛṇuthā supratīkam | bhadraṁ gṛhaṁ kṛṇutha bhadravāco bṛhadvo vaya ucyate sabhāsu ||

O Cows, ye fatten e'en the worn and wasted, and make the unlovely beautiful tolook on. Prosper my house, ye with auspicious voices. Your power is glorified in our assemblies.

प्रजावतीः सूयवसं रिशन्तीः शुद्धा अपः सुप्रपाणे पिबन्तीः। मा वः स्तेन ईशत माघशंसः परि वो हेती रुद्रस्य वृज्याः॥

prajāvatīḥ sūyavasaṁ riśantīḥ śuddhā apaḥ suprapāṇe pibantīḥ | mā vaḥ stena īśata māghaśaṁsaḥ pari vo hetī rudrasya vṛjyāḥ ||

Crop goodly pasturage and be prolific drink pure sweet water at good drinking places. Never be thief or sinful man your matter, and may the dart of Rudra still avoid you.

उपेदमुपपर्चनमासु गोषूप पृच्यताम्। उप ऋषभस्य रेतस्युपेन्द्र तव वीर्ये॥

upedamupaparcanamāsu goṣūpa pṛcyatām | upa ṛṣabhasya retasyupendra tava vīrye ||

Now let this close admixture be close intermigled with these Cows, Mixt with the Steer's prolific flow, and, Indra, with thy hero might.