Mandala 6

Sukta 53: Pushan, lord of paths, soften the miser

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: पूषा · Metre: गायत्री, ८ अनुष्टुप्

10 verses · 53 of 75

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Pushan, lord of paths, soften the miser

Bharadvaja Barhaspatya yokes Pushan, lord of paths, like a chariot to win the prize, in gayatri with one anushtubh. Let him lead us to a generous householder, stir even the one who will not give, and soften the Pani's mind. Pushan carries an awl that urges prayer; the poet asks him to pierce the hearts of the Panis with it, to scratch them and tear them to shreds, and so bring them under our will. He also holds a goad that drives the cattle home, and from it the singer asks only kindness. The sukta ends asking for a thought that wins cows, horses and food.

53.1

व॒यमु॑ त्वा पथस्पते॒ रथं॒ न वाज॑सातये ।
धि॒ये पू॑षन्नयुज्महि

vayamu tvā pathaspate rathaṃ na vājasātaye |
dhiye pūṣannayujmahi

53.2

अ॒भि नो॒ नर्यं॒ वसु॑ वी॒रं प्रय॑तदक्षिणम् ।
वा॒मं गृ॒हप॑तिं नय

abhi no naryaṃ vasu vīraṃ prayatadakṣiṇam |
vāmaṃ gṛhapatiṃ naya

53.3

अदि॑त्सन्तं चिदाघृणे॒ पूष॒न्दाना॑य चोदय ।
प॒णेश्चि॒द्वि म्र॑दा॒ मन॑ः

aditsantaṃ cidāghṛṇe pūṣandānāya codaya |
paṇeścidvi mradā manaḥ

53.4

वि प॒थो वाज॑सातये चिनु॒हि वि मृधो॑ जहि ।
साध॑न्तामुग्र नो॒ धिय॑ः

vi patho vājasātaye cinuhi vi mṛdho jahi |
sādhantāmugra no dhiyaḥ

53.5

परि॑ तृन्धि पणी॒नामार॑या॒ हृद॑या कवे ।
अथे॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ रन्धय

pari tṛndhi paṇīnāmārayā hṛdayā kave |
athemasmabhyaṃ randhaya

53.6

वि पू॑ष॒न्नार॑या तुद प॒णेरि॑च्छ हृ॒दि प्रि॒यम् ।
अथे॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ रन्धय

vi pūṣannārayā tuda paṇericcha hṛdi priyam |
athemasmabhyaṃ randhaya

53.7

आ रि॑ख किकि॒रा कृ॑णु पणी॒नां हृद॑या कवे ।
अथे॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ रन्धय

ā rikha kikirā kṛṇu paṇīnāṃ hṛdayā kave |
athemasmabhyaṃ randhaya

53.8

यां पू॑षन्ब्रह्म॒चोद॑नी॒मारां॒ बिभ॑र्ष्याघृणे ।
तया॑ समस्य॒ हृद॑य॒मा रि॑ख किकि॒रा कृ॑णु

yāṃ pūṣanbrahmacodanīmārāṃ bibharṣyāghṛṇe |
tayā samasya hṛdayamā rikha kikirā kṛṇu

53.9

या ते॒ अष्ट्रा॒ गोओ॑प॒शाघृ॑णे पशु॒साध॑नी ।
तस्या॑स्ते सु॒म्नमी॑महे

yā te aṣṭrā goopaśāghṛṇe paśusādhanī |
tasyāste sumnamīmahe

53.10

उ॒त नो॑ गो॒षणिं॒ धिय॑मश्व॒सां वा॑ज॒सामु॒त ।
नृ॒वत्कृ॑णुहि वी॒तये॑

uta no goṣaṇiṃ dhiyamaśvasāṃ vājasāmuta |
nṛvatkṛṇuhi vītaye

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