Mandala 6

Sukta 58: Pushan's golden ships cross the sky

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: पूषा · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्, २ जगती

4 verses · 58 of 75

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Pushan's golden ships cross the sky

Four mantras of Bharadvaja Barhaspatya to Pushan, in trishtubh with one jagati. Day and night are his two forms, one bright, one dark, and he is like heaven itself; he upholds every power and his gift is auspicious. Goat-drawn, guardian of herds, he quickens thought and is set over the whole world, watching all beings as he goes, his goad raised. His golden ships move within the sea of the middle air, and in them he travels as messenger of Surya. The devas gave him, strong and handsome, to Surya's daughter, for he was moved by love.

58.1

शु॒क्रं ते॑ अ॒न्यद्य॑ज॒तं ते॑ अ॒न्यद्विषु॑रूपे॒ अह॑नी॒ द्यौरि॑वासि ।
विश्वा॒ हि मा॒या अव॑सि स्वधावो भ॒द्रा ते॑ पूषन्नि॒ह रा॒तिर॑स्तु

śukraṃ te anyadyajataṃ te anyadviṣurūpe ahanī dyaurivāsi |
viśvā hi māyā avasi svadhāvo bhadrā te pūṣanniha rātirastu

58.2

अ॒जाश्व॑ः पशु॒पा वाज॑पस्त्यो धियंजि॒न्वो भुव॑ने॒ विश्वे॒ अर्पि॑तः ।
अष्ट्रां॑ पू॒षा शि॑थि॒रामु॒द्वरी॑वृजत्सं॒चक्षा॑णो॒ भुव॑ना दे॒व ई॑यते

ajāśvaḥ paśupā vājapastyo dhiyaṃjinvo bhuvane viśve arpitaḥ |
aṣṭrāṃ pūṣā śithirāmudvarīvṛjatsaṃcakṣāṇo bhuvanā deva īyate

58.3

यास्ते॑ पूष॒न्नावो॑ अ॒न्तः स॑मु॒द्रे हि॑र॒ण्ययी॑र॒न्तरि॑क्षे॒ चर॑न्ति ।
ताभि॑र्यासि दू॒त्यां सूर्य॑स्य॒ कामे॑न कृत॒ श्रव॑ इ॒च्छमा॑नः

yāste pūṣannāvo antaḥ samudre hiraṇyayīrantarikṣe caranti |
tābhiryāsi dūtyāṃ sūryasya kāmena kṛta śrava icchamānaḥ

58.4

पू॒षा सु॒बन्धु॑र्दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्या इ॒ळस्पति॑र्म॒घवा॑ द॒स्मव॑र्चाः ।
यं दे॒वासो॒ अद॑दुः सू॒र्यायै॒ कामे॑न कृ॒तं त॒वसं॒ स्वञ्च॑म्

pūṣā subandhurdiva ā pṛthivyā iḻaspatirmaghavā dasmavarcāḥ |
yaṃ devāso adaduḥ sūryāyai kāmena kṛtaṃ tavasaṃ svañcam

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