Rishi: गृत्समद (आङ्गिरसः शौनहोत्रः पश्चाद्) भार्गवः शौनकः · Devata: शकुन्तः · Metre: जगती, २ अतिशक्वरी अष्टिर्वा
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The closing sukta of Mandala Two, by Gritsamada, again to the Shakunta, in jagati with one long ashti verse. Birds that speak in season call out sunwise like singers. The bird utters two kinds of speech, like a singer of Saman, and shines in gayatri and trishtubh alike. O bird, you sing the Saman like the udgatri; you recite at the pressings like the son of a brahman. From every side speak good fortune to us, from all sides speak what is holy. Sitting silent, think kindly of us; flying up, sound like a lute. The mandala ends with Gritsamada's refrain: may we speak loud at the rite with heroes.
प्र॒द॒क्षि॒णिद॒भि गृ॑णन्ति का॒रवो॒ वयो॒ वद॑न्त ऋतु॒था श॒कुन्त॑यः ।
उ॒भे वाचौ॑ वदति साम॒गा इ॑व गाय॒त्रं च॒ त्रैष्टु॑भं॒ चानु॑ राजति
pradakṣiṇidabhi gṛṇanti kāravo vayo vadanta ṛtuthā śakuntayaḥ |
ubhe vācau vadati sāmagā iva gāyatraṃ ca traiṣṭubhaṃ cānu rājati
उ॒द्गा॒तेव॑ शकुने॒ साम॑ गायसि ब्रह्मपु॒त्र इ॑व॒ सव॑नेषु शंससि ।
वृषे॑व वा॒जी शिशु॑मतीर॒पीत्या॑ स॒र्वतो॑ नः शकुने भ॒द्रमा व॑द वि॒श्वतो॑ नः शकुने॒ पुण्य॒मा व॑द
udgāteva śakune sāma gāyasi brahmaputra iva savaneṣu śaṃsasi |
vṛṣeva vājī śiśumatīrapītyā sarvato naḥ śakune bhadramā vada viśvato naḥ śakune puṇyamā vada
आ॒वदँ॒स्त्वं श॑कुने भ॒द्रमा व॑द तू॒ष्णीमासी॑नः सुम॒तिं चि॑किद्धि नः ।
यदु॒त्पत॒न्वद॑सि कर्क॒रिर्य॑था बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीरा॑ः
āvadam̐stvaṃ śakune bhadramā vada tūṣṇīmāsīnaḥ sumatiṃ cikiddhi naḥ |
yadutpatanvadasi karkariryathā bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ
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