Mandala 6

Sukta 57: Indra and Pushan, the paired friends

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: इन्द्रापूषणौ · Metre: गायत्री

6 verses · 57 of 75

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Indra and Pushan, the paired friends

Bharadvaja Barhaspatya calls Indra and Pushan together, in gayatri, for friendship, well-being and the prize. The pair are set side by side with a smile in the words. One sits down to drink Soma pressed in the two bowls; the other wants his karambha gruel. Goats draw one, two bays the other, and with them Indra strikes the obstructions. When Indra, mightiest bull, brought down the great waters, Pushan was with him. We hold to Pushan's kindness and Indra's as one grasps a branch of a tree. The poet ends drawing them close, as a charioteer gathers the reins.

57.1

इन्द्रा॒ नु पू॒षणा॑ व॒यं स॒ख्याय॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ।
हु॒वेम॒ वाज॑सातये

indrā nu pūṣaṇā vayaṃ sakhyāya svastaye |
huvema vājasātaye

57.2

सोम॑म॒न्य उपा॑सद॒त्पात॑वे च॒म्वो॑ः सु॒तम् ।
क॒र॒म्भम॒न्य इ॑च्छति

somamanya upāsadatpātave camvoḥ sutam |
karambhamanya icchati

57.3

अ॒जा अ॒न्यस्य॒ वह्न॑यो॒ हरी॑ अ॒न्यस्य॒ सम्भृ॑ता ।
ताभ्यां॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते

ajā anyasya vahnayo harī anyasya sambhṛtā |
tābhyāṃ vṛtrāṇi jighnate

57.4

यदिन्द्रो॒ अन॑य॒द्रितो॑ म॒हीर॒पो वृष॑न्तमः ।
तत्र॑ पू॒षाभ॑व॒त्सचा॑

yadindro anayadrito mahīrapo vṛṣantamaḥ |
tatra pūṣābhavatsacā