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तं पृच्छता स जगामा स वेद स चिकित्वाँ ईयते सा न्वीयते। तस्मिन्सन्ति प्रशिषस्तस्मिन्निष्टयः स वाजस्य शवसः शुष्मिणस्पतिः॥

taṁ pṛcchatā sa jagāmā sa veda sa cikitvā īyate sā nvīyate | tasminsanti praśiṣastasminniṣṭayaḥ sa vājasya śavasaḥ śuṣmiṇaspatiḥ ||

Ask ye of him for he is come, he knoweth it; he, full of wisdom, is implored, is now implored. With him are admonitions and with him commands: he is the Lord of Strength, the Lord of Power and Might.

तमित्पृच्छन्ति न सिमो वि पृच्छति स्वेनेव धीरो मनसा यदग्रभीत्। न मृष्यते प्रथमं नापरं वचोऽस्य क्रत्वा सचते अप्रदृपितः॥

tamitpṛcchanti na simo vi pṛcchati sveneva dhīro manasā yadagrabhīt | na mṛṣyate prathamaṁ nāparaṁ vaco'sya kratvā sacate apradṛpitaḥ ||

They ask of him: not all learn by their questioning what he, the Sage, hath grasped, as 'twere, with his own mind. Forgetting not the former nor the later word, he goeth on, not careless, in his mental power.

तमिद्गच्छन्ति जुह्वस्तमर्वतीर्विश्वान्येकः शृणवद्वचांसि मे। पुरुप्रैषस्ततुरिर्यज्ञसाधनोऽच्छिद्रोतिः शिशुरादत्त सं रभः॥

tamidgacchanti juhvastamarvatīrviśvānyekaḥ śṛṇavadvacāṁsi me | purupraiṣastaturiryajñasādhano'cchidrotiḥ śiśurādatta saṁ rabhaḥ ||

To him these ladles go, to him these racing mares: he only will give ear to all the words I speak. All-speeding, victor, perfecter of sacrifice, the Babe with flawless help hath mustered vigorous might.

उपस्थायं चरति यत्समारत सद्यो जातस्तत्सार युज्येभिः। अभि श्वान्तं मृशते नान्द्ये मुदे यदीं गच्छन्त्युशतीरपिष्ठितम्॥

upasthāyaṁ carati yatsamārata sadyo jātastatsāra yujyebhiḥ | abhi śvāntaṁ mṛśate nāndye mude yadīṁ gacchantyuśatīrapiṣṭhitam ||

Whate'er he meets he grasps and then runs farther on, and straightway, newly born,creeps forward with his kin. He stirs the wearied man to pleasure and great joy what time the longing gifts approach him as he comes.

स ईं मृगो अप्यो वनर्गुरुप त्वच्युपमस्यां नि धायि। व्यब्रवीद्वयुना मर्त्येभ्योऽग्निर्विद्वाँ ऋतचिद्धि सत्यः॥

sa īṁ mṛgo apyo vanargurupa tvacyupamasyāṁ ni dhāyi | vyabravīdvayunā martyebhyo'gnirvidvā ṛtaciddhi satyaḥ ||

He is a wild thing of the flood and forest: he hath been laid upon the highest surface. He hath declared the lore of works to mortals, Agni the Wise, for he knows Law, the Truthful.