अरा॑यि॒ काणे॒ विक॑टे गि॒रिं ग॑च्छ सदान्वे ।
शि॒रिम्बि॑ठस्य॒ सत्व॑भि॒स्तेभि॑ष्ट्वा चातयामसि
arāyi kāṇe vikaṭe giriṃ gaccha sadānve |
śirimbiṭhasya satvabhistebhiṣṭvā cātayāmasi
Mandala 10
Sukta 155: Driving away Alakshmi, the ill-luck
Rishi: शिरिम्बिठो भारद्वाजः · Devata: अलक्ष्मीघ्नम्, २-३ ब्रह्मणस्पतिः, ५ विश्वे देवाः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्
5 verses · 155 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Driving away Alakshmi, the ill-luck
Shirimbitha Bharadvaja speaks against Alakshmi, ill fortune, with Brahmanaspati in two verses and the Vishvedevas in the last, in anushtubh. Stingy one, one-eyed, misshapen, ever-shrieking, go to the mountain; we drive you off with the strong ones of Shirimbitha. Brahmanaspati, sharp-horned, is asked to thrust her away. Yonder log floats on the far shore of the sea with no man on it; seize it, hard to kill, and go to the farther side. Indra's foes are slain, gone like bubbles. The last verse turns to blessing: they have led the cow around, carried Agni round, and made fame among the devas. Who will dare to attack them?
च॒त्तो इ॒तश्च॒त्तामुत॒ः सर्वा॑ भ्रू॒णान्या॒रुषी॑ ।
अ॒रा॒य्यं॑ ब्रह्मणस्पते॒ तीक्ष्ण॑शृण्गोदृ॒षन्नि॑हि
catto itaścattāmutaḥ sarvā bhrūṇānyāruṣī |
arāyyaṃ brahmaṇaspate tīkṣṇaśṛṇgodṛṣannihi
अ॒दो यद्दारु॒ प्लव॑ते॒ सिन्धो॑ः पा॒रे अ॑पूरु॒षम् ।
तदा र॑भस्व दुर्हणो॒ तेन॑ गच्छ परस्त॒रम्
ado yaddāru plavate sindhoḥ pāre apūruṣam |
tadā rabhasva durhaṇo tena gaccha parastaram
यद्ध॒ प्राची॒रज॑ग॒न्तोरो॑ मण्डूरधाणिकीः ।
ह॒ता इन्द्र॑स्य॒ शत्र॑व॒ः सर्वे॑ बुद्बु॒दया॑शवः
yaddha prācīrajagantoro maṇḍūradhāṇikīḥ |
hatā indrasya śatravaḥ sarve budbudayāśavaḥ
परी॒मे गाम॑नेषत॒ पर्य॒ग्निम॑हृषत ।
दे॒वेष्व॑क्रत॒ श्रव॒ः क इ॒माँ आ द॑धर्षति
parīme gāmaneṣata paryagnimahṛṣata |
deveṣvakrata śravaḥ ka imām̐ ā dadharṣati
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