सूक्त ६१

उभयं शृणवच्च न इन्द्रो अर्वागिदं वचः। सत्राच्या मघवा सोमपीतये धिया शविष्ठ आ गमत्॥

ubhayaṁ śṛṇavacca na indro arvāgidaṁ vacaḥ | satrācyā maghavā somapītaye dhiyā śaviṣṭha ā gamat ||

PREPARE oblation: let him come; and let the minister serve again Who knows the ordering thereof,

तं हि स्वराजं वृषभं तमोजसे धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः। उतोपमानां प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामं हि ते मनः॥

taṁ hi svarājaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ tamojase dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ | utopamānāṁ prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṁ hi te manaḥ ||

Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.

आ वृषस्व पुरूवसो सुतस्येन्द्रान्धसः। विद्मा हि त्वा हरिवः पृत्सु सासहिमधृष्टं चिद्दधृष्वणिम्॥

ā vṛṣasva purūvaso sutasyendrāndhasaḥ | vidmā hi tvā harivaḥ pṛtsu sāsahimadhṛṣṭaṁ ciddadhṛṣvaṇim ||

Him, glowing bright beyond all thought, they seek among the race of man; With him for tougue they seize the food.

अप्रामिसत्य मघवन्तथेदसदिन्द्र क्रत्वा यथा वशः। सनेम वाजं तव शिप्रिन्नवसा मक्षू चिद्यन्तो अद्रिवः॥

aprāmisatya maghavantathedasadindra kratvā yathā vaśaḥ | sanema vājaṁ tava śiprinnavasā makṣū cidyanto adrivaḥ ||

He hath inflamed the twofold plain: lifegiving, he hath climbed the wood, And with his tongue hath struck the rock.

शग्ध्यू षु शचीपत इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिः। भगं न हि त्वा यशसं वसुविदमनु शूर चरामसि॥

śagdhyū ṣu śacīpata indra viśvābhirūtibhiḥ | bhagaṁ na hi tvā yaśasaṁ vasuvidamanu śūra carāmasi ||

Wandering here the radiant Calf finds none to fetter him, and seeks The Mother to declare his praise.

पौरो अश्वस्य पुरुकृद्गवामस्युत्सो देव हिरण्ययः। नकिर्हि दानं परिमर्धिषत्त्वे यद्यद्यामि तदा भर॥

pauro aśvasya purukṛdgavāmasyutso deva hiraṇyayaḥ | nakirhi dānaṁ parimardhiṣattve yadyadyāmi tadā bhara ||

And now that great and mighty team, the team of horses that are his, And traces of his car, are seen.

त्वं ह्येहि चेरवे विदा भगं वसुत्तये। उद्वावृषस्व मघवन्गविष्टय उदिन्द्राश्वमिष्टये॥

tvaṁ hyehi cerave vidā bhagaṁ vasuttaye | udvāvṛṣasva maghavangaviṣṭaya udindrāśvamiṣṭaye ||

The seven milk a single cow; the two set other five to work, On the stream's loud-resounding bank.

त्वं पुरू सहस्राणि शतानि च यूथा दानाय मंहसे। आ पुरंदरं चकृम विप्रवचस इन्द्रं गायन्तोऽवसे॥

tvaṁ purū sahasrāṇi śatāni ca yūthā dānāya maṁhase | ā puraṁdaraṁ cakṛma vipravacasa indraṁ gāyanto'vase ||

Entreated by Vivasvan's ten, Indra cast down the water-jar With threefold hammer from the sky.

अविप्रो वा यदविधद्विप्रो वेन्द्र ते वचः। स प्र ममन्दत्त्वाया शतक्रतो प्राचामन्यो अहंसन॥

avipro vā yadavidhadvipro vendra te vacaḥ | sa pra mamandattvāyā śatakrato prācāmanyo ahaṁsana ||

Three times the newIy-kindled flame proceeds around the sacrifice: The priests anoint it with the meath.

उग्रबाहुर्म्रक्षकृत्वा पुरंदरो यदि मे शृणवद्धवम्। वसूयवो वसुपतिं शतक्रतुं स्तोमैरिन्द्रं हवामहे॥

ugrabāhurmrakṣakṛtvā puraṁdaro yadi me śṛṇavaddhavam | vasūyavo vasupatiṁ śatakratuṁ stomairindraṁ havāmahe ||

With reverence they drain the fount that circles with its wheel above, Exhaustless, with the mouth below.

न पापासो मनामहे नारायासो न जळ्हवः। यदिन्न्विन्द्रं वृषणं सचा सुते सखायं कृणवामहै॥

na pāpāso manāmahe nārāyāso na jaḻhavaḥ | yadinnvindraṁ vṛṣaṇaṁ sacā sute sakhāyaṁ kṛṇavāmahai ||

The pressing-stones are set at work: the meath is poured into the tank, At the out-shedding of the fount.

उग्रं युयुज्म पृतनासु सासहिमृणकातिमदाभ्यम्। वेदा भृमं चित्सनिता रथीतमो वाजिनं यमिदू नशत्॥

ugraṁ yuyujma pṛtanāsu sāsahimṛṇakātimadābhyam | vedā bhṛmaṁ citsanitā rathītamo vājinaṁ yamidū naśat ||

Ye cows, protect the fount: the two Mighty Ones bless the sacrifice. The handles twain are wrought of gold.

यत इन्द्र भयामहे ततो नो अभयं कृधि। मघवञ्छग्धि तव तन्न ऊतिभिर्वि द्विषो वि मृधो जहि॥

yata indra bhayāmahe tato no abhayaṁ kṛdhi | maghavañchagdhi tava tanna ūtibhirvi dviṣo vi mṛdho jahi ||

Pour on the juice the ornament which reaches both the heaven and earth Supply the liquid to the Bull.

त्वं हि राधस्पते राधसो महः क्षयस्यासि विधतः। तं त्वा वयं मघवन्निन्द्र गिर्वणः सुतावन्तो हवामहे॥

tvaṁ hi rādhaspate rādhaso mahaḥ kṣayasyāsi vidhataḥ | taṁ tvā vayaṁ maghavannindra girvaṇaḥ sutāvanto havāmahe ||

These know their own abiding-place: like calves beside the mother cows They meet together with their kin.

इन्द्रः स्पळुत वृत्रहा परस्पा नो वरेण्यः। स नो रक्षिषच्चरमं स मध्यमं स पश्चात्पातु नः पुरः॥

indraḥ spaḻuta vṛtrahā paraspā no vareṇyaḥ | sa no rakṣiṣaccaramaṁ sa madhyamaṁ sa paścātpātu naḥ puraḥ ||

Devouring in their greedy jaws, they make sustaining food in heaven, To Indra, Agni light and prayer.

त्वं नः पश्चादधरादुत्तरात्पुर इन्द्र नि पाहि विश्वतः। आरे अस्मत्कृणुहि दैव्यं भयमारे हेतीरदेवीः॥

tvaṁ naḥ paścādadharāduttarātpura indra ni pāhi viśvataḥ | āre asmatkṛṇuhi daivyaṁ bhayamāre hetīradevīḥ ||

The Pious One milked out rich food, sustenance dealt in portions seven, Together with the Sun's seven rays.

अद्याद्या श्वःश्व इन्द्र त्रास्व परे च नः। विश्वा च नो जरितॄन्सत्पते अहा दिवा नक्तं च रक्षिषः॥

adyādyā śvaḥśva indra trāsva pare ca naḥ | viśvā ca no jaritṝnsatpate ahā divā naktaṁ ca rakṣiṣaḥ ||

I took some Soma when the Sun rose up, O Mitra, Varuna. That is the sick man's medicine.

प्रभङ्गी शूरो मघवा तुवीमघः सम्मिश्लो विर्याय कम्। उभा ते बाहू वृषणा शतक्रतो नि या वज्रं मिमिक्षतुः॥

prabhaṅgī śūro maghavā tuvīmaghaḥ sammiślo viryāya kam | ubhā te bāhū vṛṣaṇā śatakrato ni yā vajraṁ mimikṣatuḥ ||

From where oblations must be laid, which is the Well-beloved's home, He with his tongue hath compassed heaven.