Mandala 1

Sukta 90: Madhu vata: may the winds blow sweet

Rishi: गोतमो राहूगणः · Devata: विश्वेदेवाः · Metre: गायत्री्, ९ अनुष्टुप्

9 verses · 90 of 191

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Madhu vata: may the winds blow sweet

May Varuna and Mitra lead us by a straight path, with Aryaman and the gods. Gotama Rahugana sings to the Vishvedevas in gayatri, the last verse in anushtubh. The gods guard the vows and push away hatred; Indra, the Maruts, Pushan and Bhaga should clear our roads. Then come the madhu verses, still recited at puja and in the madhuparka: madhu vātā ṛtāyate, may the winds blow honey for the keeper of rita, and the rivers, plants, night and dawn, earth, father sky, the forest tree, the sun and the cows all be sweet. The close is a shanti mantra: śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ, with wide-striding Vishnu.

90.1

ऋ॒जु॒नी॒ती नो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो न॑यतु वि॒द्वान् ।
अ॒र्य॒मा दे॒वैः स॒जोषा॑ः

ṛjunītī no varuṇo mitro nayatu vidvān |
aryamā devaiḥ sajoṣāḥ

90.2

ते हि वस्वो॒ वस॑वाना॒स्ते अप्र॑मूरा॒ महो॑भिः ।
व्र॒ता र॑क्षन्ते वि॒श्वाहा॑

te hi vasvo vasavānāste apramūrā mahobhiḥ |
vratā rakṣante viśvāhā

90.3

ते अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ शर्म॑ यंसन्न॒मृता॒ मर्त्ये॑भ्यः ।
बाध॑माना॒ अप॒ द्विष॑ः

te asmabhyaṃ śarma yaṃsannamṛtā martyebhyaḥ |
bādhamānā apa dviṣaḥ

90.4

वि न॑ः प॒थः सु॑वि॒ताय॑ चि॒यन्त्विन्द्रो॑ म॒रुत॑ः ।
पू॒षा भगो॒ वन्द्या॑सः

vi naḥ pathaḥ suvitāya ciyantvindro marutaḥ |
pūṣā bhago vandyāsaḥ