सूक्त १४८

मथीद्यदीं विष्टो मातरिश्वा होतारं विश्वाप्सुं विश्वदेव्यम्। नि यं दधुर्मनुष्यासु विक्षु स्वर्ण चित्रं वपुषे विभावम्॥

mathīdyadīṁ viṣṭo mātariśvā hotāraṁ viśvāpsuṁ viśvadevyam | ni yaṁ dadhurmanuṣyāsu vikṣu svarṇa citraṁ vapuṣe vibhāvam ||

WHAT Matarisvan, piercing, formed by friction, Herald of all the Gods. in varied figure, Is he whom they have set mid human houses, gay-hued as light and shining forth for beauty.

ददानमिन्न ददभन्त मन्माग्निर्वरूथं मम तस्य चाकन्। जुषन्त विश्वान्यस्य कर्मोपस्तुतिं भरमाणस्य कारोः॥

dadānaminna dadabhanta manmāgnirvarūthaṁ mama tasya cākan | juṣanta viśvānyasya karmopastutiṁ bharamāṇasya kāroḥ ||

They shall not harm the man who brings thee praises: such as I am, Agni my help approves me. All acts of mine shall they accept with pleasure, laudation from the singer who presents it.

नित्ये चिन्नु यं सदने जगृभ्रे प्रशस्तिभिर्दधिरे यज्ञियासः। प्र सू नयन्त गृभयन्त इष्टावश्वासो न रथ्यो रारहाणाः॥

nitye cinnu yaṁ sadane jagṛbhre praśastibhirdadhire yajñiyāsaḥ | pra sū nayanta gṛbhayanta iṣṭāvaśvāso na rathyo rārahāṇāḥ ||

Him in his constant seat men skilled in worship have taken and with praises have established. As, harnessed to a chariot fleet-foot horses, at his command let bearers lead him forward.

पुरूणि दस्मो नि रिणाति जम्भैराद्रोचते वन आ विभावा। आदस्य वातो अनु वाति शोचिरस्तुर्न शर्यामसनामनु द्यून्॥

purūṇi dasmo ni riṇāti jambhairādrocate vana ā vibhāvā | ādasya vāto anu vāti śocirasturna śaryāmasanāmanu dyūn ||

Wondrous, full many a thing he chews and crunches: he shines amid the wood with spreading brightness. Upon his glowing flames the wind blows daily, driving them like the keen shaft of an archer.

न यं रिपवो न रिषण्यवो गर्भे सन्तं रेषणा रेषयन्ति। अन्धा अपश्या न दभन्नभिख्या नित्यास ईं प्रेतारो अरक्षन्॥

na yaṁ ripavo na riṣaṇyavo garbhe santaṁ reṣaṇā reṣayanti | andhā apaśyā na dabhannabhikhyā nityāsa īṁ pretāro arakṣan ||

Him, whom while yet in embryo the hostile, both skilled and fain to harm, may never injure, Men blind and sightless through his splendour hurt not: his never-failing lovers have preserved him.