Sukta 19

नि वर्तध्वं मानु गातास्मान्सिषक्त रेवतीः। अग्नीषोमा पुनर्वसू अस्मे धारयतं रयिम्॥

ni vartadhvaṁ mānu gātāsmānsiṣakta revatīḥ | agnīṣomā punarvasū asme dhārayataṁ rayim ||

TURN, go not farther on your way: visit us, O ye Wealthy Ones. Agni and Soma, ye who bring riches again, secure us wealth.

पुनरेना नि वर्तय पुनरेना न्या कुरु। इन्द्र एणा नि यच्छत्वग्निरेना उपाजतु॥

punarenā ni vartaya punarenā nyā kuru | indra eṇā ni yacchatvagnirenā upājatu ||

Make these return to us again, bring them beside us once again. May. Indra give them back to us, and Agni drive them hither-ward.

पुनरेता नि वर्तन्तामस्मिन्पुष्यन्तु गोपतौ। इहैवाग्ने नि धारयेह तिष्ठतु या रयिः॥

punaretā ni vartantāmasminpuṣyantu gopatau | ihaivāgne ni dhārayeha tiṣṭhatu yā rayiḥ ||

Let them return to us again: under this herdsman let them feed. Do thou, O Agni, keep them here, and let the wealth we have remain.

यन्नियानं न्ययनं संज्ञानं यत्परायणम्। आवर्तनं निवर्तनं यो गोपा अपि तं हुवे॥

yanniyānaṁ nyayanaṁ saṁjñānaṁ yatparāyaṇam | āvartanaṁ nivartanaṁ yo gopā api taṁ huve ||

1 call upon their herdsman, him who knoweth well their coming nigh, Their parting and their home-return, and watcheth their approach and rest.

य उदानड्व्ययनं य उदानट् परायणम्। आवर्तनं निवर्तनमपि गोपा नि वर्तताम्॥

ya udānaḍvyayanaṁ ya udānaṭ parāyaṇam | āvartanaṁ nivartanamapi gopā ni vartatām ||

Yea, let the herdsman, too, return, who marketh well their driving-forth; Marketh their wandering away, their turning back and coming home.

आ निवर्त नि वर्तय पुनर्न इन्द्र गा देहि। जीवाभिर्भुनजामहै॥

ā nivarta ni vartaya punarna indra gā dehi | jīvābhirbhunajāmahai ||

Home-leader, lead them home to us; Indra, restore to us our kine: We will rejoice in them alive.

परि वो विश्वतो दध ऊर्जा घृतेन पयसा। ये देवाः के च यज्ञियास्ते रय्या सं सृजन्तु नः॥

pari vo viśvato dadha ūrjā ghṛtena payasā | ye devāḥ ke ca yajñiyāste rayyā saṁ sṛjantu naḥ ||

1 offer you on every side butter and milk and strengthening food. May all the Holy Deities pour down on us a flood of wealth.

आ निवर्तन वर्तय नि निवर्तन वर्तय। भूम्याश्चतस्रः प्रदिशस्ताभ्य एना नि वर्तय॥

ā nivartana vartaya ni nivartana vartaya | bhūmyāścatasraḥ pradiśastābhya enā ni vartaya ||

O thou Home-leader, lead them home, restore them thou who bringest home. Four are the quarters of the earth; from these bring back to us our kine,