Sukta 136

केश्यग्निं केशी विषं केशी बिभर्ति रोदसी। केशी विश्वं स्वर्दृशे केशीदं ज्योतिरुच्यते॥

keśyagniṁ keśī viṣaṁ keśī bibharti rodasī | keśī viśvaṁ svardṛśe keśīdaṁ jyotirucyate ||

HE with the long loose locks supports Agni, and moisture, heaven, and earth: He is all sky to look upon: he with long hair is called this light.

मुनयो वातरशनाः पिशङ्गा वसते मला। वातस्यानु ध्राजिं यन्ति यद्देवासो अविक्षत॥

munayo vātaraśanāḥ piśaṅgā vasate malā | vātasyānu dhrājiṁ yanti yaddevāso avikṣata ||

The Munis, girdled with the wind, wear garments soiled of yellow hue. They, following the wind's swift course go where the Gods have gone before.

उन्मदिता मौनेयेन वाताँ आ तस्थिमा वयम्। शरीरेदस्माकं यूयं मर्तासो अभि पश्यथ॥

unmaditā mauneyena vātā ā tasthimā vayam | śarīredasmākaṁ yūyaṁ martāso abhi paśyatha ||

Transported with our Munihood we have pressed on into the winds: You therefore, mortal men. behold our natural bodies and no more.

अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा रूपावचाकशत्। मुनिर्देवस्यदेवस्य सौकृत्याय सखा हितः॥

antarikṣeṇa patati viśvā rūpāvacākaśat | munirdevasyadevasya saukṛtyāya sakhā hitaḥ ||

The Muni, made associate in the holy work of every God, Looking upon all varied forms flies through the region of the air.

वातस्याश्वो वायोः सखाथो देवेषितो मुनिः। उभौ समुद्रावा क्षेति यश्च पूर्व उतापरः॥

vātasyāśvo vāyoḥ sakhātho deveṣito muniḥ | ubhau samudrāvā kṣeti yaśca pūrva utāparaḥ ||

The Steed of Vata, Vayu's friend, the Muni, by the Gods impelled, In both the oceans hath his home, in eastern and in western sea.

अप्सरसां गन्धर्वाणां मृगाणां चरणे चरन्। केशी केतस्य विद्वान्सखा स्वादुर्मदिन्तमः॥

apsarasāṁ gandharvāṇāṁ mṛgāṇāṁ caraṇe caran | keśī ketasya vidvānsakhā svādurmadintamaḥ ||

Treading the path of sylvan beasts, Gandharvas, and Apsarases, He with long locks, who knows the wish, is a sweet most delightful friend

वायुरस्मा उपामन्थत्पिनष्टि स्मा कुनन्नमा। केशी विषस्य पात्रेण यद्रुद्रेणापिबत्सह॥

vāyurasmā upāmanthatpinaṣṭi smā kunannamā | keśī viṣasya pātreṇa yadrudreṇāpibatsaha ||

Vayu hath churned for him: for him he poundeth things most hard to bend, When he with long loose locks hath drunk, with Rudra, water from the cup.