Mandala 1

Sukta 42: Pushan, clear the road for us

Rishi: कण्वो घौरः · Devata: पूषा · Metre: गायत्री

10 verses · 42 of 191

What happens in this chapter

Pushan, clear the road for us

Carry us across the roads, Pushan, child of deliverance, and go in front of us. Kanva Ghaura asks the god of paths and travellers, in gayatri, to strike from the way the wicked wolf who would harm us, to chase far off the highwayman and the thief, and to trample the double-tongued slanderer. Pushan of the golden axe, rich in all good fortune, is asked for the help by which he urged on our fathers. Then three verses with one refrain, Pushan, know our purpose here: lead us past pursuers, make the paths easy, bring us to good pasture without new hardship, give, fill, sharpen us, fill our bellies.

42.1

सं पू॑ष॒न्नध्व॑नस्तिर॒ व्यंहो॑ विमुचो नपात् ।
सक्ष्वा॑ देव॒ प्र ण॑स्पु॒रः

saṃ pūṣannadhvanastira vyaṃho vimuco napāt |
sakṣvā deva pra ṇaspuraḥ

42.2

यो न॑ः पूषन्न॒घो वृको॑ दु॒ःशेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति ।
अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि

yo naḥ pūṣannagho vṛko duḥśeva ādideśati |
apa sma taṃ patho jahi

42.3

अप॒ त्यं प॑रिप॒न्थिनं॑ मुषी॒वाणं॑ हुर॒श्चित॑म् ।
दू॒रमधि॑ स्रु॒तेर॑ज

apa tyaṃ paripanthinaṃ muṣīvāṇaṃ huraścitam |
dūramadhi sruteraja

42.4

त्वं तस्य॑ द्वया॒विनो॒ऽघशं॑सस्य॒ कस्य॑ चित् ।
प॒दाभि ति॑ष्ठ॒ तपु॑षिम्

tvaṃ tasya dvayāvino'ghaśaṃsasya kasya cit |
padābhi tiṣṭha tapuṣim

42.5

आ तत्ते॑ दस्र मन्तुम॒ः पूष॒न्नवो॑ वृणीमहे ।
येन॑ पि॒तॄनचो॑दयः

ā tatte dasra mantumaḥ pūṣannavo vṛṇīmahe |
yena pitṝnacodayaḥ

42.6

अधा॑ नो विश्वसौभग॒ हिर॑ण्यवाशीमत्तम ।
धना॑नि सु॒षणा॑ कृधि

adhā no viśvasaubhaga hiraṇyavāśīmattama |
dhanāni suṣaṇā kṛdhi

42.7

अति॑ नः स॒श्चतो॑ नय सु॒गा न॑ः सु॒पथा॑ कृणु ।
पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः

ati naḥ saścato naya sugā naḥ supathā kṛṇu |
pūṣanniha kratuṃ vidaḥ

42.8

अ॒भि सू॒यव॑सं नय॒ न न॑वज्वा॒रो अध्व॑ने ।
पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः

abhi sūyavasaṃ naya na navajvāro adhvane |
pūṣanniha kratuṃ vidaḥ

42.9

श॒ग्धि पू॒र्धि प्र यं॑सि च शिशी॒हि प्रास्यु॒दर॑म् ।
पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः

śagdhi pūrdhi pra yaṃsi ca śiśīhi prāsyudaram |
pūṣanniha kratuṃ vidaḥ

42.10

न पू॒षणं॑ मेथामसि सू॒क्तैर॒भि गृ॑णीमसि ।
वसू॑नि द॒स्ममी॑महे

na pūṣaṇaṃ methāmasi sūktairabhi gṛṇīmasi |
vasūni dasmamīmahe

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