Sukta 73

स्रक्वे द्रप्सस्य धमतः समस्वरन्नृतस्य योना समरन्त नाभयः। त्रीन्स मूर्ध्नो असुरश्चक्र आरभे सत्यस्य नावः सुकृतमपीपरन्॥

srakve drapsasya dhamataḥ samasvarannṛtasya yonā samaranta nābhayaḥ | trīnsa mūrdhno asuraścakra ārabhe satyasya nāvaḥ sukṛtamapīparan ||

THEY from the spouting drop have sounded at the rim: naves speed together to the place of sacrifice. That Asura hath formed, to seize, three lofty heights. The ships of truth have borne the pious man across.

सम्यक्सम्यञ्चो महिषा अहेषत सिन्धोरूर्मावधि वेना अवीविपन्। मधोर्धाराभिर्जनयन्तो अर्कमित्प्रियामिन्द्रस्य तन्वमवीवृधन्॥

samyaksamyañco mahiṣā aheṣata sindhorūrmāvadhi venā avīvipan | madhordhārābhirjanayanto arkamitpriyāmindrasya tanvamavīvṛdhan ||

The strong Steers, gathering, have duly stirred themselves,and over the stream's wave the friends sent forth the song. Engendering the hymn, with flowing streams of meath, Indra's dear body have they caused to wax in strength.

पवित्रवन्तः परि वाचमासते पितैषां प्रत्नो अभि रक्षति व्रतम्। महः समुद्रं वरुणस्तिरो दधे धीरा इच्छेकुर्धरुणेष्वारभम्॥

pavitravantaḥ pari vācamāsate pitaiṣāṁ pratno abhi rakṣati vratam | mahaḥ samudraṁ varuṇastiro dadhe dhīrā icchekurdharuṇeṣvārabham ||

With sanctifying gear they sit around the song: their ancient Father guards their holy work from harm. Varuna hath o'erspread the mighty sea of air. Sages had power to hold him in sustaining floods.

सहस्रधारेऽव ते समस्वरन्दिवो नाके मधुजिह्वा असश्चतः। अस्य स्पशो न नि मिषन्ति भूर्णयः पदेपदे पाशिनः सन्ति सेतवः॥

sahasradhāre'va te samasvarandivo nāke madhujihvā asaścataḥ | asya spaśo na ni miṣanti bhūrṇayaḥ padepade pāśinaḥ santi setavaḥ ||

Sweet-tongued, exhaustless, they have sent their voices down togetlier, in heaven's vault that pours a thousand streams. His wildly-restless warders never close an eye: in every place are found the bonds that bind man last.

पितुर्मातुरध्या ये समस्वरन्नृचा शोचन्तः संदहन्तो अव्रतान्। इन्द्रद्विष्टामप धमन्ति मायया त्वचमसिक्नीं भूमनो दिवस्परि॥

piturmāturadhyā ye samasvarannṛcā śocantaḥ saṁdahanto avratān | indradviṣṭāmapa dhamanti māyayā tvacamasiknīṁ bhūmano divaspari ||

O'er Sire and Mother they have roared in unison bright with the verse of praise, burning up riteless men, Blowing away with supernatural might from earth and from the heavens the swarthy skin which Indra hates.

प्रत्नान्मानादध्या ये समस्वरञ्छ्लोकयन्त्रासो रभसस्य मन्तवः। अपानक्षासो बधिरा अहासत ऋतस्य पन्थां न तरन्ति दुष्कृतः॥

pratnānmānādadhyā ye samasvarañchlokayantrāso rabhasasya mantavaḥ | apānakṣāso badhirā ahāsata ṛtasya panthāṁ na taranti duṣkṛtaḥ ||

Those which, as guides of song and counsellors of speed, were manifested from their ancient dwelling place,- From these the eyeless and the deaf have turned aside: the wicked travel not the pathway of the Law.

सहस्रधारे वितते पवित्र आ वाचं पुनन्ति कवयो मनीषिणः। रुद्रास एषामिषिरासो अद्रुहः स्पशः स्वञ्चः सुदृशो नृचक्षसः॥

sahasradhāre vitate pavitra ā vācaṁ punanti kavayo manīṣiṇaḥ | rudrāsa eṣāmiṣirāso adruhaḥ spaśaḥ svañcaḥ sudṛśo nṛcakṣasaḥ ||

What time the filter with a thousand streams is stretched, the thoughtful sages purify their song therein. Bright-coloured are their spies, vigorous, void of guile, excellent, fair to see, beholders of mankind.

ऋतस्य गोपा न दभाय सुक्रतुस्त्री ष पवित्रा हृद्यन्तरा दधे। विद्वान्स विश्वा भुवनाभि पश्यत्यवाजुष्टान्विध्यति कर्ते अव्रतान्॥

ṛtasya gopā na dabhāya sukratustrī ṣa pavitrā hṛdyantarā dadhe | vidvānsa viśvā bhuvanābhi paśyatyavājuṣṭānvidhyati karte avratān ||

Guardian of Law, most wise, he may not be deceived: three Purifiers hath he set within his heart. With wisdom he beholds all creatures that exist: he drives into the pit the hated riteliess ones.

ऋतस्य तन्तुर्विततः पवित्र आ जिह्वाया अग्रे वरुणस्य मायया। धीराश्चित्तत्समिनक्षन्त आशतात्रा कर्तमव पदात्यप्रभुः॥

ṛtasya tanturvitataḥ pavitra ā jihvāyā agre varuṇasya māyayā | dhīrāścittatsaminakṣanta āśatātrā kartamava padātyaprabhuḥ ||

The thread of sacrifice spun in the cleansing sieve, on Varuna's tongue-tip, by supernatural might,- This, by their striving, have the prudent ones attained: he who hath not this power shall sink into the pit.