Sukta 169

मयोभूर्वातो अभि वातूस्रा ऊर्जस्वतीरोषधीरा रिशन्ताम्। पीवस्वतीर्जीवधन्याः पिबन्त्ववसाय पद्वते रुद्र मृळ॥

mayobhūrvāto abhi vātūsrā ūrjasvatīroṣadhīrā riśantām | pīvasvatīrjīvadhanyāḥ pibantvavasāya padvate rudra mṛḻa ||

MAY the wind blow upon our Cows with healing: may they eat herbage full of vigorous juices. May they drink waters rich in life and fatness: to food that moves on feet be gracious, Rudra.

याः सरूपा विरूपा एकरूपा यासामग्निरिष्ट्या नामानि वेद। या अङ्गिरसस्तपसेह चक्रुस्ताभ्यः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ॥

yāḥ sarūpā virūpā ekarūpā yāsāmagniriṣṭyā nāmāni veda | yā aṅgirasastapaseha cakrustābhyaḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha ||

Like-coloured, various-hued, or single-coloured, whose names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Angirases produced by Fervour,vouchsafe to these, Parjanya, great protection.

या देवेषु तन्वमैरयन्त यासां सोमो विश्वा रूपाणि वेद। ता अस्मभ्यं पयसा पिन्वमानाः प्रजावतीरिन्द्र गोष्ठे रिरीहि॥

yā deveṣu tanvamairayanta yāsāṁ somo viśvā rūpāṇi veda | tā asmabhyaṁ payasā pinvamānāḥ prajāvatīrindra goṣṭhe rirīhi ||

Those who have offered to the Gods their bodies, whose varied forms are all well known to Soma,- Those grant us in our cattle-pen, O Indra, with their full streams of milk and plenteous offspring.

प्रजापतिर्मह्यमेता रराणो विश्वैर्देवैः पितृभिः संविदानः। शिवाः सतीरुप नो गोष्ठमाकस्तासां वयं प्रजया सं सदेम॥

prajāpatirmahyametā rarāṇo viśvairdevaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṁvidānaḥ | śivāḥ satīrupa no goṣṭhamākastāsāṁ vayaṁ prajayā saṁ sadema ||

Prajapati, bestowing these upon me, one-minded with all Gods and with the Fathers, Hath to our cow-pen brought auspicious cattle: so may we own the offspring they will bear us.