Sukta 85

सत्येनोत्तभिता भूमिः सूर्येणोत्तभिता द्यौः। ऋतेनादित्यास्तिष्ठन्ति दिवि सोमो अधि श्रितः॥

satyenottabhitā bhūmiḥ sūryeṇottabhitā dyauḥ | ṛtenādityāstiṣṭhanti divi somo adhi śritaḥ ||

TRUTH is the base that bears the earth; by Surya are the heavens sustained. By Law the Adityas stand secure, and Soma holds his place in heaven.

सोमेनादित्या बलिनः सोमेन पृथिवी मही। अथो नक्षत्राणामेषामुपस्थे सोम आहितः॥

somenādityā balinaḥ somena pṛthivī mahī | atho nakṣatrāṇāmeṣāmupasthe soma āhitaḥ ||

By Soma are the Adityas strong, by Soma mighty is the earth. Thus Soma in the midst of all these constellations hath his place.

सोमं मन्यते पपिवान्यत्सम्पिंषन्त्योषधिम्। सोमं यं ब्रह्माणो विदुर्न तस्याश्नाति कश्चन॥

somaṁ manyate papivānyatsampiṁṣantyoṣadhim | somaṁ yaṁ brahmāṇo vidurna tasyāśnāti kaścana ||

One thinks, when they have brayed the plant, that he hath drunk the Soma's juice; Of him whom Brahmans truly know as Soma no one ever tastes.

आच्छद्विधानैर्गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः। ग्राव्णामिच्छृण्वन्तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः॥

ācchadvidhānairgupito bārhataiḥ soma rakṣitaḥ | grāvṇāmicchṛṇvantiṣṭhasi na te aśnāti pārthivaḥ ||

Soma, secured by sheltering rules, guarded by hymns in Brhati, Thou standest listening to the stones none tastes of thee who dwells on earth.

यत्त्वा देव प्रपिबन्ति तत आ प्यायसे पुनः। वायुः सोमस्य रक्षिता समानां मास आकृतिः॥

yattvā deva prapibanti tata ā pyāyase punaḥ | vāyuḥ somasya rakṣitā samānāṁ māsa ākṛtiḥ ||

When they begin to drink thee then, O God, thou swellest out again. Vayu is Soma's guardian God. The Moon is that which shapes the years.

रैभ्यासीदनुदेयी नाराशंसी न्योचनी। सूर्याया भद्रमिद्वासो गाथयैति परिष्कृतम्॥

raibhyāsīdanudeyī nārāśaṁsī nyocanī | sūryāyā bhadramidvāso gāthayaiti pariṣkṛtam ||

Raibhi was her dear bridal friend, and Narasamsi led her home. Lovely was Surya's robe: she came to that which Gatha had adorned.

चित्तिरा उपबर्हणं चक्षुरा अभ्यञ्जनम्। द्यौर्भूमिः कोश आसीद्यदयात्सूर्या पतिम्॥

cittirā upabarhaṇaṁ cakṣurā abhyañjanam | dyaurbhūmiḥ kośa āsīdyadayātsūryā patim ||

Thought was the pillow of her couch, sight was the unguent for her eyes: Her treasury was earth and heaven..when Surya went unto her Lord.

स्तोमा आसन्प्रतिधयः कुरीरं छन्द ओपशः। सूर्याया अश्विना वराग्निरासीत्पुरोगवः॥

stomā āsanpratidhayaḥ kurīraṁ chanda opaśaḥ | sūryāyā aśvinā varāgnirāsītpurogavaḥ ||

Hymns were the cross-bars of the pole, Kurira-metre decked the car: The bridesmen were the Asvin Pair Agni was leader of the train.

सोमो वधूयुरभवदश्विनास्तामुभा वरा। सूर्यां यत्पत्ये शंसन्तीं मनसा सविताददात्॥

somo vadhūyurabhavadaśvināstāmubhā varā | sūryāṁ yatpatye śaṁsantīṁ manasā savitādadāt ||

Soma was he who wooed the maid: the groomsmen were both Asvins, when The Sun-God Savitar bestowed his willing Surya on her Lord.

मनो अस्या अन आसीद्द्यौरासीदुत च्छदिः। शुक्रावनड्वाहावास्तां यदयात्सूर्या गृहम्॥

mano asyā ana āsīddyaurāsīduta cchadiḥ | śukrāvanaḍvāhāvāstāṁ yadayātsūryā gṛham ||

Her spirit was the bridal car; the covering thereof was heaven: Bright were both Steers that drew it when Surya approached her husband's, home.

ऋक्सामाभ्यामभिहितौ गावौ ते सामनावितः। श्रोत्रं ते चक्रे आस्तां दिवि पन्थाश्चराचारः॥

ṛksāmābhyāmabhihitau gāvau te sāmanāvitaḥ | śrotraṁ te cakre āstāṁ divi panthāścarācāraḥ ||

Thy Steers were steady, kept in place by holy verse and Sama-hymn: All car were thy two chariot wheels: thy path was tremulous in the sky,

शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः। अनो मनस्मयं सूर्यारोहत्प्रयती पतिम्॥

śucī te cakre yātyā vyāno akṣa āhataḥ | ano manasmayaṁ sūryārohatprayatī patim ||

Clean, as thou wentest, were thy wheels wind, was the axle fastened there. Surya, proceeding to her Lord, mounted a spirit-fashioried car.

सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात्सविता यमवासृजत्। अघासु हन्यन्ते गावोऽर्जुन्योः पर्युह्यते॥

sūryāyā vahatuḥ prāgātsavitā yamavāsṛjat | aghāsu hanyante gāvo'rjunyoḥ paryuhyate ||

The bridal pomp of Surya, which Savitar started, moved along. In Magha days are oxen slain, in Arjuris they wed the bride.

यदश्विना पृच्छमानावयातं त्रिचक्रेण वहतुं सूर्यायाः। विश्वे देवा अनु तद्वामजानन्पुत्रः पितराववृणीत पूषा॥

yadaśvinā pṛcchamānāvayātaṁ tricakreṇa vahatuṁ sūryāyāḥ | viśve devā anu tadvāmajānanputraḥ pitarāvavṛṇīta pūṣā ||

When on your three-wheeled chariot, O Asvins, ye came as wooers unto Surya's bridal, Then all the Gods agreed to your proposal Pusan as Son elected you as Fathers.

यदयातं शुभस्पती वरेयं सूर्यामुप। क्वैकं चक्रं वामासीत्क्व देष्ट्राय तस्थथुः॥

yadayātaṁ śubhaspatī vareyaṁ sūryāmupa | kvaikaṁ cakraṁ vāmāsītkva deṣṭrāya tasthathuḥ ||

O ye Two Lords of lustre, then when ye to Surya's wooing came, Where was one chariot wheel of yours? Where stood ye for die Sire's command?

द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः। अथैकं चक्रं यद्गुहा तदद्धातय इद्विदुः॥

dve te cakre sūrye brahmāṇa ṛtuthā viduḥ | athaikaṁ cakraṁ yadguhā tadaddhātaya idviduḥ ||

The Brahmans, by their seasons, know, O Surya, those two wheels of thine: One kept concealed, those only who are skilled in highest truths have learned.

सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च। ये भूतस्य प्रचेतस इदं तेभ्योऽकरं नमः॥

sūryāyai devebhyo mitrāya varuṇāya ca | ye bhūtasya pracetasa idaṁ tebhyo'karaṁ namaḥ ||

To Surya and the Deities, to Mitra and to Varuna. Who know aright the thing that is, this adoration have I paid.

पूर्वापरं चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीळन्तौ परि यातो अध्वरम्। विश्वान्यन्यो भुवनाभिचष्ट ऋतूँरन्यो विदधज्जायते पुनः॥

pūrvāparaṁ carato māyayaitau śiśū krīḻantau pari yāto adhvaram | viśvānyanyo bhuvanābhicaṣṭa ṛtūranyo vidadhajjāyate punaḥ ||

By their own power these Twain in close succession move; They go as playing children round the sacrifice. One of the Pair beholdeth all existing things; the other ordereth seasons and is born again.

नवोनवो भवति जायमानोऽह्नां केतुरुषसामेत्यग्रम्। भागं देवेभ्यो वि दधात्यायन्प्र चन्द्रमास्तिरते दीर्घमायुः॥

navonavo bhavati jāyamāno'hnāṁ keturuṣasāmetyagram | bhāgaṁ devebhyo vi dadhātyāyanpra candramāstirate dīrghamāyuḥ ||

He, born afresh, is new and new for ever ensign of days he goes before the Mornings Coming, he orders f6r the Gods their portion. The Moon prolongs the days of our existence.

सुकिंशुकं शल्मलिं विश्वरूपं हिरण्यवर्णं सुवृतं सुचक्रम्। आ रोह सूर्ये अमृतस्य लोकं स्योनं पत्ये वहतुं कृणुष्व॥

sukiṁśukaṁ śalmaliṁ viśvarūpaṁ hiraṇyavarṇaṁ suvṛtaṁ sucakram | ā roha sūrye amṛtasya lokaṁ syonaṁ patye vahatuṁ kṛṇuṣva ||

Mount this, all-shaped, gold-hued, with strong wheels, fashioned of Kimsuka and Salmali, light- rolling, Bound for the world of life immortal, Surya: make for thy lord a happy bridal journey.

उदीर्ष्वातः पतिवती ह्येषा विश्वावसुं नमसा गीर्भिरीळे। अन्यामिच्छ पितृषदं व्यक्तां स ते भागो जनुषा तस्य विद्धि॥

udīrṣvātaḥ pativatī hyeṣā viśvāvasuṁ namasā gīrbhirīḻe | anyāmiccha pitṛṣadaṁ vyaktāṁ sa te bhāgo januṣā tasya viddhi ||

Rise up from hence: this maiden hath a husband. I laud Visvavasu with hymns and homage. Seek in her father's home another fair one, and find the portion from of old assigned thee.

उदीर्ष्वातो विश्वावसो नमसेळा महे त्वा। अन्यामिच्छ प्रफर्व्यं सं जायां पत्या सृज॥

udīrṣvāto viśvāvaso namaseḻā mahe tvā | anyāmiccha prapharvyaṁ saṁ jāyāṁ patyā sṛja ||

Rise up from hence, Visvavasu: with reverence we worship thee. Seek thou another willing maid, and with her husband leave the bride.

अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्था येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम्। समर्यमा सं भगो नो निनीयात्सं जास्पत्यं सुयममस्तु देवाः॥

anṛkṣarā ṛjavaḥ santu panthā yebhiḥ sakhāyo yanti no vareyam | samaryamā saṁ bhago no ninīyātsaṁ jāspatyaṁ suyamamastu devāḥ ||

Straight in direction be the path:s, and thornless, whereon our fellows travel to the wooing. Let Aryaman and Bhaga lead us: perfect, O Gods, the union of the wife and husband.

प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद्येन त्वाबध्नात्सविता सुशेवः। ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोकेऽरिष्टां त्वा सह पत्या दधामि॥

pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśādyena tvābadhnātsavitā suśevaḥ | ṛtasya yonau sukṛtasya loke'riṣṭāṁ tvā saha patyā dadhāmi ||

Now from the noose of Varuna I free thee, wherewith Most Blessed Savitar hath bound thee. In Law's seat, to the world of virtuous action, I give thee up uninjured with thy consort.

प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः सुबद्धाममुतस्करम्। यथेयमिन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रा सुभगासति॥

preto muñcāmi nāmutaḥ subaddhāmamutaskaram | yatheyamindra mīḍhvaḥ suputrā subhagāsati ||

Hence, and not thence, I send these free. I make thee softly fettered there. That, Bounteous Indra, she may live blest in her fortune and her sons.

पूषा त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्याश्विना त्वा प्र वहतां रथेन। गृहान्गच्छ गृहपत्नी यथासो वशिनी त्वं विदथमा वदासि॥

pūṣā tveto nayatu hastagṛhyāśvinā tvā pra vahatāṁ rathena | gṛhāngaccha gṛhapatnī yathāso vaśinī tvaṁ vidathamā vadāsi ||

Let Pusan take thy hand and hence conduct thee; may the two Asvins on their car transport thee. Go to the house to be the household's mistress and speak as lady ito thy gathered people.

इह प्रियं प्रजया ते समृध्यतामस्मिन्गृहे गार्हपत्याय जागृहि। एना पत्या तन्वं सं सृजस्वाधा जिव्री विदथमा वदाथः॥

iha priyaṁ prajayā te samṛdhyatāmasmingṛhe gārhapatyāya jāgṛhi | enā patyā tanvaṁ saṁ sṛjasvādhā jivrī vidathamā vadāthaḥ ||

Happy be thou and prosper witlh thy children here: be vigilant to rule thy household in this home. Closely unite thy body with this; man, thy lord. So shall ye, full of years, address your company.

नीललोहितं भवति कृत्यासक्तिर्व्यज्यते। एधन्ते अस्या ज्ञातयः पतिर्बन्धेषु बध्यते॥

nīlalohitaṁ bhavati kṛtyāsaktirvyajyate | edhante asyā jñātayaḥ patirbandheṣu badhyate ||

Her hue is blue and red: the fienod who clingeth close is driven off. Well thrive the kinsmen of this bride the husband is bourid fast in bonds.

परा देहि शामुल्यं ब्रह्मभ्यो वि भजा वसु। कृत्यैषा पद्वती भूत्व्या जाया विशते पतिम्॥

parā dehi śāmulyaṁ brahmabhyo vi bhajā vasu | kṛtyaiṣā padvatī bhūtvyā jāyā viśate patim ||

Give thou the woollen robe away: deal treasure to the Brahman priests. This female fiend hath got her feet, and as a wife attends her lord.

अश्रीरा तनूर्भवति रुशती पापयामुया। पतिर्यद्वध्वो वाससा स्वमङ्गमभिधित्सते॥

aśrīrā tanūrbhavati ruśatī pāpayāmuyā | patiryadvadhvo vāsasā svamaṅgamabhidhitsate ||

Unlovely is his body when it glistens with this wicked fiend, What time the husband wraps about his limbs the garment of his wife.

ये वध्वश्चन्द्रं वहतुं यक्ष्मा यन्ति जनादनु। पुनस्तान्यज्ञिया देवा नयन्तु यत आगताः॥

ye vadhvaścandraṁ vahatuṁ yakṣmā yanti janādanu | punastānyajñiyā devā nayantu yata āgatāḥ ||

Consumptions, from her people, which follow the bride's resplendent train,- These let the Holy Gods again bear to the place from which they came.

मा विदन्परिपन्थिनो य आसीदन्ति दम्पती। सुगेभिर्दुर्गमतीतामप द्रान्त्वरातयः॥

mā vidanparipanthino ya āsīdanti dampatī | sugebhirdurgamatītāmapa drāntvarātayaḥ ||

Let not the highway thieves who lie in ambush find the wedded pair. By pleasant ways let them escape the danger, and let foes depart.

सुमङ्गलीरियं वधूरिमां समेत पश्यत। सौभाग्यमस्यै दत्त्वायाथास्तं वि परेतन॥

sumaṅgalīriyaṁ vadhūrimāṁ sameta paśyata | saubhāgyamasyai dattvāyāthāstaṁ vi paretana ||

Signs of good fortune mark the bride come all of you and look at her. Wish her prosperity, and then return unto your homes again.

तृष्टमेतत्कटुकमेतदपाष्ठवद्विषवन्नैतदत्तवे। सूर्यां यो ब्रह्मा विद्यात्स इद्वाधूयमर्हति॥

tṛṣṭametatkaṭukametadapāṣṭhavadviṣavannaitadattave | sūryāṁ yo brahmā vidyātsa idvādhūyamarhati ||

Pungent is this, and bitter this, filled, as it were, with arrow-barbs, Empoisoned and.not fit for use. The Brahman who knows Surya well deserves the garment of the bride.

आशसनं विशसनमथो अधिविकर्तनम्। सूर्यायाः पश्य रूपाणि तानि ब्रह्मा तु शुन्धति॥

āśasanaṁ viśasanamatho adhivikartanam | sūryāyāḥ paśya rūpāṇi tāni brahmā tu śundhati ||

The fringe, the cloth that decks her head, and then the triply parted robe,- Behold the hues which Surya wears these doth the Brahman purify.

गृभ्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तं मया पत्या जरदष्टिर्यथासः। भगो अर्यमा सविता पुरंधिर्मह्यं त्वादुर्गार्हपत्याय देवाः॥

gṛbhṇāmi te saubhagatvāya hastaṁ mayā patyā jaradaṣṭiryathāsaḥ | bhago aryamā savitā puraṁdhirmahyaṁ tvādurgārhapatyāya devāḥ ||

I take thy hand in mine for happy fortune that thou mayst reach old age with me thy husband. Gods, Aryaman, Bhaga, Savitar, Purandhi, have given thee to be my household's mistress.

तां पूषञ्छिवतमामेरयस्व यस्यां बीजं मनुष्या वपन्ति। या न ऊरू उशती विश्रयाते यस्यामुशन्तः प्रहराम शेपम्॥

tāṁ pūṣañchivatamāmerayasva yasyāṁ bījaṁ manuṣyā vapanti | yā na ūrū uśatī viśrayāte yasyāmuśantaḥ praharāma śepam ||

O Pusan, send her on as most auspicious, her who shall be the sharer of my pleasures; Her who shall twine her loving arms about me, and welcome all my love and mine embraces.

तुभ्यमग्रे पर्यवहन्सूर्यां वहतुना सह। पुनः पतिभ्यो जायां दा अग्ने प्रजया सह॥

tubhyamagre paryavahansūryāṁ vahatunā saha | punaḥ patibhyo jāyāṁ dā agne prajayā saha ||

For thee, with bridal train, they, first, escorted Surya to her home. Give to the husband in return, Agni, the wife with progeny.

पुनः पत्नीमग्निरदादायुषा सह वर्चसा। दीर्घायुरस्या यः पतिर्जीवाति शरदः शतम्॥

punaḥ patnīmagniradādāyuṣā saha varcasā | dīrghāyurasyā yaḥ patirjīvāti śaradaḥ śatam ||

Agni hath given the bride again with splendour and with ample life. Long lived be he who is her lord; a hundred autumns let him live.

सोमः प्रथमो विविदे गन्धर्वो विविद उत्तरः। तृतीयो अग्निष्टे पतिस्तुरीयस्ते मनुष्यजाः॥

somaḥ prathamo vivide gandharvo vivida uttaraḥ | tṛtīyo agniṣṭe patisturīyaste manuṣyajāḥ ||

Soma obtained her first of all; next the Gandharva was her lord. Agai was thy third husband: now one bornof woman is thy fourth.

सोमो ददद्गन्धर्वाय गन्धर्वो दददग्नये। रयिं च पुत्राँश्चादादग्निर्मह्यमथो इमाम्॥

somo dadadgandharvāya gandharvo dadadagnaye | rayiṁ ca putrāścādādagnirmahyamatho imām ||

Soma to the Gandharva, and to Agni the Gandharva gave: And Agni hath bestowed on me riches and sons and this my spouse.

इहैव स्तं मा वि यौष्टं विश्वमायुर्व्यश्नुतम्। क्रीळन्तौ पुत्रैर्नप्तृभिर्मोदमानौ स्वे गृहे॥

ihaiva staṁ mā vi yauṣṭaṁ viśvamāyurvyaśnutam | krīḻantau putrairnaptṛbhirmodamānau sve gṛhe ||

Be ye not parted; dwell ye here reach the full time of human life. With sons and grandsons sport and play, rejoicing in your own abode.

आ नः प्रजां जनयतु प्रजापतिराजरसाय समनक्त्वर्यमा। अदुर्मङ्गलीः पतिलोकमा विश शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे॥

ā naḥ prajāṁ janayatu prajāpatirājarasāya samanaktvaryamā | adurmaṅgalīḥ patilokamā viśa śaṁ no bhava dvipade śaṁ catuṣpade ||

So may Prajapati bring children forth to us; may Aryaman adorn us till old age come nigh. Not inauspicious enter thou thy husband's house: bring blessing to our bipeds and our quadrupeds.

अघोरचक्षुरपतिघ्न्येधि शिवा पशुभ्यः सुमनाः सुवर्चाः। वीरसूर्देवकामा स्योना शं नो भव द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे॥

aghoracakṣurapatighnyedhi śivā paśubhyaḥ sumanāḥ suvarcāḥ | vīrasūrdevakāmā syonā śaṁ no bhava dvipade śaṁ catuṣpade ||

Not evil-eyed, no slayer of thy husband, bring weal to cattle, radiant, gentlehearted; Loving the Gods, delightful, bearing heroes, bring blessing to our quadrupeds and bipeds.

इमां त्वमिन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रां सुभगां कृणु। दशास्यां पुत्राना धेहि पतिमेकादशं कृधि॥

imāṁ tvamindra mīḍhvaḥ suputrāṁ subhagāṁ kṛṇu | daśāsyāṁ putrānā dhehi patimekādaśaṁ kṛdhi ||

O Bounteous Indra, make this bride blest in her sons and fortunate. Vouchsafe to her ten sons, and make her husband the eleventh man.

सम्राज्ञी श्वशुरे भव सम्राज्ञी श्वश्र्वां भव। ननान्दरि सम्राज्ञी भव सम्राज्ञी अधि देवृषु॥

samrājñī śvaśure bhava samrājñī śvaśrvāṁ bhava | nanāndari samrājñī bhava samrājñī adhi devṛṣu ||

Over thy husband's father and thy husband's mother bear full sway. Over the sister of tby lord, over his brothers rule supreme.

समञ्जन्तु विश्वे देवाः समापो हृदयानि नौ। सं मातरिश्वा सं धाता समु देष्ट्री दधातु नौ॥

samañjantu viśve devāḥ samāpo hṛdayāni nau | saṁ mātariśvā saṁ dhātā samu deṣṭrī dadhātu nau ||

So may the Universal Gods, so may the Waters join our hearts. May Matarisvan, Dhatar, and Destri together bind us close.