सूक्त १७२

आ याहि वनसा सह गावः सचन्त वर्तनिं यदूधभिः॥

ā yāhi vanasā saha gāvaḥ sacanta vartaniṁ yadūdhabhiḥ ||

WITH all thy beauty come: the kine approaching with full udders follow on thy path.

आ याहि वस्व्या धिया मंहिष्ठो जारयन्मखः सुदानुभिः॥

ā yāhi vasvyā dhiyā maṁhiṣṭho jārayanmakhaḥ sudānubhiḥ ||

Come with kind thoughts, most liberal, rousing the warrior's hymn of praise, with bounteous ones,

पितुभृतो न तन्तुमित्सुदानवः प्रति दध्मो यजामसि॥

pitubhṛto na tantumitsudānavaḥ prati dadhmo yajāmasi ||

As nourishers we tie the thread, and, liberal with our bounty, offer sacrifice.

उषा अप स्वसुस्तमः सं वर्तयति वर्तनिं सुजातता॥

uṣā apa svasustamaḥ saṁ vartayati vartaniṁ sujātatā ||

Dawn drives away her Sister's gloom, and, through her excellence, makes her retrace her path.