What happens in this chapter Lift us from distress like a chariot We call Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Agni, the Marut host and Aditi for help. Kutsa Angirasa sings this to the Vishvedevas in jagati, and six verses end with one image: good Vasus, bring us out of every distress as a chariot is hauled from rough ground. The Adityas, the fathers, the two goddesses Heaven and Earth, Narashamsa, Pushan and Brihaspati are each asked to make the way easy. In verse 6 Kutsa remembers himself, sunk in a pit, calling Indra the slayer of Vritra. Aditi and the unsleeping god are asked to guard us.
106.1 इन्द्रं॑ मि॒त्रं वरु॑णम॒ग्निमू॒तये॒ मारु॑तं॒ शर्धो॒ अदि॑तिं हवामहे । रथं॒ न दु॒र्गाद्व॑सवः सुदानवो॒ विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अंह॑सो॒ निष्पि॑पर्तन
indraṃ mitraṃ varuṇamagnimūtaye mārutaṃ śardho aditiṃ havāmahe | rathaṃ na durgādvasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmānno aṃhaso niṣpipartana
106.2 त आ॑दित्या॒ आ ग॑ता स॒र्वता॑तये भू॒त दे॑वा वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑षु श॒म्भुव॑ः । रथं॒ न दु॒र्गाद्व॑सवः सुदानवो॒ विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अंह॑सो॒ निष्पि॑पर्तन
ta ādityā ā gatā sarvatātaye bhūta devā vṛtratūryeṣu śambhuvaḥ | rathaṃ na durgādvasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmānno aṃhaso niṣpipartana
106.3 अव॑न्तु नः पि॒तर॑ः सुप्रवाच॒ना उ॒त दे॒वी दे॒वपु॑त्रे ऋता॒वृधा॑ । रथं॒ न दु॒र्गाद्व॑सवः सुदानवो॒ विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अंह॑सो॒ निष्पि॑पर्तन
avantu naḥ pitaraḥ supravācanā uta devī devaputre ṛtāvṛdhā | rathaṃ na durgādvasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmānno aṃhaso niṣpipartana
106.4 नरा॒शंसं॑ वा॒जिनं॑ वा॒जय॑न्नि॒ह क्ष॒यद्वी॑रं पू॒षणं॑ सु॒म्नैरी॑महे । रथं॒ न दु॒र्गाद्व॑सवः सुदानवो॒ विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अंह॑सो॒ निष्पि॑पर्तन
narāśaṃsaṃ vājinaṃ vājayanniha kṣayadvīraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ sumnairīmahe | rathaṃ na durgādvasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmānno aṃhaso niṣpipartana
106.5 बृह॑स्पते॒ सद॒मिन्न॑ः सु॒गं कृ॑धि॒ शं योर्यत्ते॒ मनु॑र्हितं॒ तदी॑महे । रथं॒ न दु॒र्गाद्व॑सवः सुदानवो॒ विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अंह॑सो॒ निष्पि॑पर्तन
bṛhaspate sadaminnaḥ sugaṃ kṛdhi śaṃ yoryatte manurhitaṃ tadīmahe | rathaṃ na durgādvasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmānno aṃhaso niṣpipartana
106.6 इन्द्रं॒ कुत्सो॑ वृत्र॒हणं॒ शची॒पतिं॑ का॒टे निबा॑ळ्ह॒ ऋषि॑रह्वदू॒तये॑ । रथं॒ न दु॒र्गाद्व॑सवः सुदानवो॒ विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अंह॑सो॒ निष्पि॑पर्तन
indraṃ kutso vṛtrahaṇaṃ śacīpatiṃ kāṭe nibāḻha ṛṣirahvadūtaye | rathaṃ na durgādvasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmānno aṃhaso niṣpipartana
106.7 दे॒वैर्नो॑ दे॒व्यदि॑ति॒र्नि पा॑तु दे॒वस्त्रा॒ता त्रा॑यता॒मप्र॑युच्छन् । तन्नो॑ मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो मामहन्ता॒मदि॑ति॒ः सिन्धु॑ः पृथि॒वी उ॒त द्यौः
devairno devyaditirni pātu devastrātā trāyatāmaprayucchan | tanno mitro varuṇo māmahantāmaditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ
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