सूक्त ९४

अधि यदस्मिन्वाजिनीव शुभः स्पर्धन्ते धियः सूर्ये न विशः। अपो वृणानः पवते कवीयन्व्रजं न पशुवर्धनाय मन्म॥

adhi yadasminvājinīva śubhaḥ spardhante dhiyaḥ sūrye na viśaḥ | apo vṛṇānaḥ pavate kavīyanvrajaṁ na paśuvardhanāya manma ||

WHEN beauties strive for him as for a charger, then strive the songs like soldiers for the sunlight. Acting the Sage, he flows enrobed in waters and song as 'twere a stall that kine may prosper.

द्विता व्यूर्ण्वन्नमृतस्य धाम स्वर्विदे भुवनानि प्रथन्त। धियः पिन्वानाः स्वसरे न गाव ऋतायन्तीरभि वावश्र इन्दुम्॥

dvitā vyūrṇvannamṛtasya dhāma svarvide bhuvanāni prathanta | dhiyaḥ pinvānāḥ svasare na gāva ṛtāyantīrabhi vāvaśra indum ||

The worlds expand to hirn who from aforetime found light to spread the law of life eternal. The swelling songs, like kine within the stable, in deep devotion call aloud on Indu.

परि यत्कविः काव्या भरते शूरो न रथो भुवनानि विश्वा। देवेषु यशो मर्ताय भूषन्दक्षाय रायः पुरुभूषु नव्यः॥

pari yatkaviḥ kāvyā bharate śūro na ratho bhuvanāni viśvā | deveṣu yaśo martāya bhūṣandakṣāya rāyaḥ purubhūṣu navyaḥ ||

When the sage bears his holy wisdom round him, like a car visiting all worlds, the Hero, Becoming fame, mid Gods, unto the mortal, wealth to the skilled, worth praise mid the Ever-present,

श्रिये जातः श्रिय आ निरियाय श्रियं वयो जरितृभ्यो दधाति। श्रियं वसाना अमृतत्वमायन्भवन्ति सत्या समिथा मितद्रौ॥

śriye jātaḥ śriya ā niriyāya śriyaṁ vayo jaritṛbhyo dadhāti | śriyaṁ vasānā amṛtatvamāyanbhavanti satyā samithā mitadrau ||

For glory born be hath come forth to glory: he giveth life and glory to the singers. They, clothed in glory, have become immortal. He, measured in his course, makes frays successful.

इषमूर्जमभ्यर्षाश्वं गामुरु ज्योतिः कृणुहि मत्सि देवान्। विश्वानि हि सुषहा तानि तुभ्यं पवमान बाधसे सोम शत्रून्॥

iṣamūrjamabhyarṣāśvaṁ gāmuru jyotiḥ kṛṇuhi matsi devān | viśvāni hi suṣahā tāni tubhyaṁ pavamāna bādhase soma śatrūn ||

Stream to us food and vigour, kine and horses: give us broad lights and fill thGods with rapture. All ther are easy things for thee to master thou, Pavamana Soma, quellest foemen.