Mandala 1

Sukta 18: Brahmanaspati and the lord of the assembly

Rishi: मेधातिथिः काण्वः · Devata: ब्रह्मणस्पतिः, ४ इन्द्रो ब्रह्मणस्पतिः सोमश्च, ५ ब्रह्मणस्पतिः सोम इन्द्रो दक्षिणा च, ६-८ सदसस्पतिः, ९ सदसस्पतिर्नराशंसो वा · Metre: गायत्री

9 verses · 18 of 191

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Brahmanaspati and the lord of the assembly

Make the Soma-presser shine, Brahmanaspati, as you made Kakshivant, son of Ushij. Medhatithi Kanva asks this lord of sacred speech, in gayatri, to be rich, to kill sickness and to make prosperity grow. Guard us from the curse of the miser. The hero whom Indra, Brahmanaspati and Soma urge on never comes to harm, and with Dakshina they protect him from distress. Then the poet turns to Sadasaspati, the wondrous lord of the assembly, dear to Indra, from whom he has gained wisdom; without him no yajna succeeds, even of the learned. Verse 6, sadasaspatim adbhutam, is still recited for medha.

18.1

सो॒मानं॒ स्वर॑णं कृणु॒हि ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते ।
क॒क्षीव॑न्तं॒ य औ॑शि॒जः

somānaṃ svaraṇaṃ kṛṇuhi brahmaṇaspate |
kakṣīvantaṃ ya auśijaḥ

18.2

यो रे॒वान्यो अ॑मीव॒हा व॑सु॒वित्पु॑ष्टि॒वर्ध॑नः ।
स न॑ः सिषक्तु॒ यस्तु॒रः

yo revānyo amīvahā vasuvitpuṣṭivardhanaḥ |
sa naḥ siṣaktu yasturaḥ

18.3

मा न॒ः शंसो॒ अर॑रुषो धू॒र्तिः प्रण॒ङ्मर्त्य॑स्य ।
रक्षा॑ णो ब्रह्मणस्पते

mā naḥ śaṃso araruṣo dhūrtiḥ praṇaṅmartyasya |
rakṣā ṇo brahmaṇaspate

18.4

स घा॑ वी॒रो न रि॑ष्यति॒ यमिन्द्रो॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑ः ।
सोमो॑ हि॒नोति॒ मर्त्य॑म्

sa ghā vīro na riṣyati yamindro brahmaṇaspatiḥ |
somo hinoti martyam