Sukta 54

सं पूषन्विदुषा नय यो अञ्जसानुशासति। य एवेदमिति ब्रवत्॥

saṁ pūṣanviduṣā naya yo añjasānuśāsati | ya evedamiti bravat ||

O PUSAN, bring us to the man who knows, who shall direct us straight, And say unto us, It is here.

समु पूष्णा गमेमहि यो गृहाँ अभिशासति। इम एवेति च ब्रवत्॥

samu pūṣṇā gamemahi yo gṛhā abhiśāsati | ima eveti ca bravat ||

May we go forth with Pusan who shall point the houses out to us, And say to us, These same are they.

पूष्णश्चक्रं न रिष्यति न कोशोऽव पद्यते। नो अस्य व्यथते पविः॥

pūṣṇaścakraṁ na riṣyati na kośo'va padyate | no asya vyathate paviḥ ||

Unharmed is Pusan's chariot wheel; the box ne'er falleth to the ground, Nor doth the loosened felIy shake.

यो अस्मै हविषाविधन्न तं पूषापि मृष्यते। प्रथमो विन्दते वसु॥

yo asmai haviṣāvidhanna taṁ pūṣāpi mṛṣyate | prathamo vindate vasu ||

Pusan forgetteth not the man who serveth him with offered gift: That man is first to gather wealth.

पूषा गा अन्वेतु नः पूषा रक्षत्वर्वतः। पूषा वाजं सनोतु नः॥

pūṣā gā anvetu naḥ pūṣā rakṣatvarvataḥ | pūṣā vājaṁ sanotu naḥ ||

May Pusan follow near our kine; may Pusan keep our horses safe: May Pusan gather gear for us.

पूषन्ननु प्र गा इहि यजमानस्य सुन्वतः। अस्माकं स्तुवतामुत॥

pūṣannanu pra gā ihi yajamānasya sunvataḥ | asmākaṁ stuvatāmuta ||

Follow the kine of him who pours libations out and worships thee; And ours who sing thee songs of praise.

माकिर्नेशन्माकीं रिषन्माकीं सं शारि केवटे। अथारिष्टाभिरा गहि॥

mākirneśanmākīṁ riṣanmākīṁ saṁ śāri kevaṭe | athāriṣṭābhirā gahi ||

Let none be lost, none injured, none sink in a pit and break a limb. Return with these all safe and sound.

शृण्वन्तं पूषणं वयमिर्यमनष्टवेदसम्। ईशानं राय ईमहे॥

śṛṇvantaṁ pūṣaṇaṁ vayamiryamanaṣṭavedasam | īśānaṁ rāya īmahe ||

Pusan who listens to our prayers, the Strong whose wealth is never lost, The Lord of riches, we implore.

पूषन्तव व्रते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन। स्तोतारस्त इह स्मसि॥

pūṣantava vrate vayaṁ na riṣyema kadā cana | stotārasta iha smasi ||

Secure in thy protecting care, O Pusan, never may we fail. We here are they who sing thy praise.

परि पूषा परस्ताद्धस्तं दधातु दक्षिणम्। पुनर्नो नष्टमाजतु॥

pari pūṣā parastāddhastaṁ dadhātu dakṣiṇam | punarno naṣṭamājatu ||

From out the distance, far and wide, may Pusan stretch his right hand forth, And drive our lost again to us.