Sukta 176

प्र सूनव ऋभूणां बृहन्नवन्त वृजना। क्षामा ये विश्वधायसोऽश्नन्धेनुं न मातरम्॥

pra sūnava ṛbhūṇāṁ bṛhannavanta vṛjanā | kṣāmā ye viśvadhāyaso'śnandhenuṁ na mātaram ||

WITH hymns of praise their sons have told aloud the Rbhus' mighty deeds. Who, all-supporting, have enjoyed the earth as, twere a mother cow.

प्र देवं देव्या धिया भरता जातवेदसम्। हव्या नो वक्षदानुषक्॥

pra devaṁ devyā dhiyā bharatā jātavedasam | havyā no vakṣadānuṣak ||

Bring forth the God with song divine, being Jatavedas hitherward, To bear our gifts at once to heaven.

अयमु ष्य प्र देवयुर्होता यज्ञाय नीयते। रथो न योरभीवृतो घृणीवाञ्चेतति त्मना॥

ayamu ṣya pra devayurhotā yajñāya nīyate | ratho na yorabhīvṛto ghṛṇīvāñcetati tmanā ||

He here, a God-devoted Priest, led forward comes to sacrifice. Like a car covered for the road, he, glowing, knows, himself, the way.

अयमग्निरुरुष्यत्यमृतादिव जन्मनः। सहसश्चित्सहीयान्देवो जीवातवे कृतः॥

ayamagniruruṣyatyamṛtādiva janmanaḥ | sahasaścitsahīyāndevo jīvātave kṛtaḥ ||

This Agni rescues from distress, as 'twere from the Immortal Race, A God yet mightier than strength, a God who hath been made for life.