कनि॑क्रदज्ज॒नुषं॑ प्रब्रुवा॒ण इय॑र्ति॒ वाच॑मरि॒तेव॒ नाव॑म् ।
सु॒म॒ङ्गल॑श्च शकुने॒ भवा॑सि॒ मा त्वा॒ का चि॑दभि॒भा विश्व्या॑ विदत्
kanikradajjanuṣaṃ prabruvāṇa iyarti vācamariteva nāvam |
sumaṅgalaśca śakune bhavāsi mā tvā kā cidabhibhā viśvyā vidat
Mandala 2
Sukta 42: The kapinjala bird of good omen
Rishi: गृत्समद (आङ्गिरसः शौनहोत्रः पश्चाद्) भार्गवः शौनकः · Devata: शकुन्तः (कपिञ्जलरूपीन्द्रः) · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्
3 verses · 42 of 43
What happens in this chapter
The kapinjala bird of good omen
Three trishtubh verses by Gritsamada to the Shakunta, a bird, which the anukramani explains as Indra in the form of a kapinjala, the francolin. Crying out and announcing its birth, the bird sends forth its voice as a helmsman steers a boat. The rishi blesses it: be of good omen, and may no harm find you from any side. Let no hawk or eagle strike you, no archer with arrows find you. Calling toward the region of the fathers, speak here auspicious words. Cry out to the south of our houses, bird of good omen, and let no thief or evil-speaker rule over us.
मा त्वा॑ श्ये॒न उद्व॑धी॒न्मा सु॑प॒र्णो मा त्वा॑ विद॒दिषु॑मान्वी॒रो अस्ता॑ ।
पित्र्या॒मनु॑ प्र॒दिशं॒ कनि॑क्रदत्सुम॒ङ्गलो॑ भद्रवा॒दी व॑दे॒ह
mā tvā śyena udvadhīnmā suparṇo mā tvā vidadiṣumānvīro astā |
pitryāmanu pradiśaṃ kanikradatsumaṅgalo bhadravādī vadeha
अव॑ क्रन्द दक्षिण॒तो गृ॒हाणां॑ सुम॒ङ्गलो॑ भद्रवा॒दी श॑कुन्ते ।
मा न॑ः स्ते॒न ई॑शत॒ माघशं॑सो बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीरा॑ः
ava kranda dakṣiṇato gṛhāṇāṃ sumaṅgalo bhadravādī śakunte |
mā naḥ stena īśata māghaśaṃso bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ
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