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समिद्धो विश्वतस्पतिः पवमानो वि राजति। प्रीणन्वृषा कनिक्रदत्॥

samiddho viśvataspatiḥ pavamāno vi rājati | prīṇanvṛṣā kanikradat ||

ENKINDLED, Pavamana, Lord, sends forth his light on, every side In friendly show, the bellowing Bull.

तनूनपात्पवमानः शृङ्गे शिशानो अर्षति। अन्तरिक्षेण रारजत्॥

tanūnapātpavamānaḥ śṛṅge śiśāno arṣati | antarikṣeṇa rārajat ||

He, Pavamana, Self-produced, speeds onward sharpening his horns: He glitters through the firmament.

ईळेन्यः पवमानो रयिर्वि राजति द्युमान्। मधोर्धाराभिरोजसा॥

īḻenyaḥ pavamāno rayirvi rājati dyumān | madhordhārābhirojasā ||

Brilliant like wealth, adorable, with splendour Pavamana shines, Mightily with the streams of meath.

बर्हिः प्राचीनमोजसा पवमानः स्तृणन्हरिः। देवेषु देव ईयते॥

barhiḥ prācīnamojasā pavamānaḥ stṛṇanhariḥ | deveṣu deva īyate ||

The tawny Pavamana, who strews from of old the grass with might, Is worshipped, God amid the Gods.

उदातैर्जिहते बृहद्द्वारो देवीर्हिरण्ययीः। पवमानेन सुष्टुताः॥

udātairjihate bṛhaddvāro devīrhiraṇyayīḥ | pavamānena suṣṭutāḥ ||

The golden, the Celestial Doors are lifted with their frames on high, By Pavamana glorified.

सुशिल्पे बृहती मही पवमानो वृषण्यति। नक्तोषासा न दर्शते॥

suśilpe bṛhatī mahī pavamāno vṛṣaṇyati | naktoṣāsā na darśate ||

With passion Pavamana longs for the great lofty pair, well-formed Like beauteous maidens, Night and Dawn

उभा देवा नृचक्षसा होतारा दैव्या हुवे। पवमान इन्द्रो वृषा॥

ubhā devā nṛcakṣasā hotārā daivyā huve | pavamāna indro vṛṣā ||

Both Gods who look on men I call, Celestial Heralds: Indra's Self Is Pavamana, yea, the Bull.

भारती पवमानस्य सरस्वतीळा मही। इमं नो यज्ञमा गमन्तिस्रो देवीः सुपेशसः॥

bhāratī pavamānasya sarasvatīḻā mahī | imaṁ no yajñamā gamantisro devīḥ supeśasaḥ ||

This, Pavamana's sacrifice, shall the three beauteous Goddesses, Sarasvati and Bharati and Ila, Mighty One, attend.

त्वष्टारमग्रजां गोपां पुरोयावानमा हुवे। इन्दुरिन्द्रो वृषा हरिः पवमानः प्रजापतिः॥

tvaṣṭāramagrajāṁ gopāṁ puroyāvānamā huve | indurindro vṛṣā hariḥ pavamānaḥ prajāpatiḥ ||

1 summon Tvastar hither, our protector, champion, earliest-born, Indu is Indra, tawny Steer; Pavamana is Prajapati.

वनस्पतिं पवमान मध्वा समङ्ग्धि धारया। सहस्रवल्शं हरितं भ्राजमानं हिरण्ययम्॥

vanaspatiṁ pavamāna madhvā samaṅgdhi dhārayā | sahasravalśaṁ haritaṁ bhrājamānaṁ hiraṇyayam ||

O Pavamana, with the meath in streams anoint Vanaspati, The ever-green. the golden-hued, refulgent, with a thousand boughs.

विश्वे देवाः स्वाहाकृतिं पवमानस्या गत। वायुर्बृहस्पतिः सूर्योऽग्निरिन्द्रः सजोषसः॥

viśve devāḥ svāhākṛtiṁ pavamānasyā gata | vāyurbṛhaspatiḥ sūryo'gnirindraḥ sajoṣasaḥ ||

Come to the consecrating rite of Pavamana, all ye Gods,- Vayu, Surya, Brhaspati, Indra, and Agni, in accord.