Mandala 6

Sukta 56: Pushan eats gruel and rolls the sun

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: पूषा · Metre: गायत्री, ६ अनुष्टुप्

6 verses · 56 of 75

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Pushan eats gruel and rolls the sun

Bharadvaja Barhaspatya praises Pushan in gayatri with a closing anushtubh. Whoever speaks of him only as the eater of karambha, the barley gruel, does not do him justice: he is the finest charioteer, Indra's true companion when Indra slays Vritra. Pushan drove down the golden wheel of the sun among the dappled cows. The poet asks him, wonder-worker praised by many, to bring to success the thought now offered, and to lead to its gain this band that goes seeking cows. The last mantra asks for well-being, far from harm and near to wealth, today and tomorrow, for full welfare.

56.1

य ए॑नमा॒दिदे॑शति कर॒म्भादिति॑ पू॒षण॑म् ।
न तेन॑ दे॒व आ॒दिशे॑

ya enamādideśati karambhāditi pūṣaṇam |
na tena deva ādiśe

56.2

उ॒त घा॒ स र॒थीत॑म॒ः सख्या॒ सत्प॑तिर्यु॒जा ।
इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते

uta ghā sa rathītamaḥ sakhyā satpatiryujā |
indro vṛtrāṇi jighnate

56.3

उ॒तादः प॑रु॒षे गवि॒ सूर॑श्च॒क्रं हि॑र॒ण्यय॑म् ।
न्यै॑रयद्र॒थीत॑मः

utādaḥ paruṣe gavi sūraścakraṃ hiraṇyayam |
nyairayadrathītamaḥ

56.4

यद॒द्य त्वा॑ पुरुष्टुत॒ ब्रवा॑म दस्र मन्तुमः ।
तत्सु नो॒ मन्म॑ साधय

yadadya tvā puruṣṭuta bravāma dasra mantumaḥ |
tatsu no manma sādhaya