Mandala 6

Sukta 62: The Ashvins who lifted Bhujyu from sea

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: अश्विनौ · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

11 verses · 62 of 75

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The Ashvins who lifted Bhujyu from sea

Bharadvaja Barhaspatya praises the Ashvins in trishtubh. At daybreak they drive round the ends of the earth and its wide spaces; the gleam of their chariot lights the air as they cross waters and deserts. They carried Bhujyu, son of Tugra, out of the sea on winged steeds that raised no dust. They heard Vadhrimati's call and made Shayu's cow give milk. Then the tone hardens: let the Adityas, Vasus and Rudras set burning harm on one yoked with rakshasas, and let the Ashvins cut off the heads of those who attack. They are asked to open the stall of cows.

62.1

स्तु॒षे नरा॑ दि॒वो अ॒स्य प्र॒सन्ता॒श्विना॑ हुवे॒ जर॑माणो अ॒र्कैः ।
या स॒द्य उ॒स्रा व्युषि॒ ज्मो अन्ता॒न्युयू॑षत॒ः पर्यु॒रू वरां॑सि

stuṣe narā divo asya prasantāśvinā huve jaramāṇo arkaiḥ |
yā sadya usrā vyuṣi jmo antānyuyūṣataḥ paryurū varāṃsi

62.2

ता य॒ज्ञमा शुचि॑भिश्चक्रमा॒णा रथ॑स्य भा॒नुं रु॑रुचू॒ रजो॑भिः ।
पु॒रू वरां॒स्यमि॑ता॒ मिमा॑ना॒पो धन्वा॒न्यति॑ याथो॒ अज्रा॑न्

tā yajñamā śucibhiścakramāṇā rathasya bhānuṃ rurucū rajobhiḥ |
purū varāṃsyamitā mimānāpo dhanvānyati yātho ajrān

62.3

ता ह॒ त्यद्व॒र्तिर्यदर॑ध्रमुग्रे॒त्था धिय॑ ऊहथु॒ः शश्व॒दश्वै॑ः ।
मनो॑जवेभिरिषि॒रैः श॒यध्यै॒ परि॒ व्यथि॑र्दा॒शुषो॒ मर्त्य॑स्य

tā ha tyadvartiryadaradhramugretthā dhiya ūhathuḥ śaśvadaśvaiḥ |
manojavebhiriṣiraiḥ śayadhyai pari vyathirdāśuṣo martyasya

62.4

ता नव्य॑सो॒ जर॑माणस्य॒ मन्मोप॑ भूषतो युयुजा॒नस॑प्ती ।
शुभं॒ पृक्ष॒मिष॒मूर्जं॒ वह॑न्ता॒ होता॑ यक्षत्प्र॒त्नो अ॒ध्रुग्युवा॑ना

tā navyaso jaramāṇasya manmopa bhūṣato yuyujānasaptī |
śubhaṃ pṛkṣamiṣamūrjaṃ vahantā hotā yakṣatpratno adhrugyuvānā

62.5

ता व॒ल्गू द॒स्रा पु॑रु॒शाक॑तमा प्र॒त्ना नव्य॑सा॒ वच॒सा वि॑वासे ।
या शंस॑ते स्तुव॒ते शम्भ॑विष्ठा बभू॒वतु॑र्गृण॒ते चि॒त्ररा॑ती

tā valgū dasrā puruśākatamā pratnā navyasā vacasā vivāse |
yā śaṃsate stuvate śambhaviṣṭhā babhūvaturgṛṇate citrarātī

62.6

ता भु॒ज्युं विभि॑र॒द्भ्यः स॑मु॒द्रात्तुग्र॑स्य सू॒नुमू॑हथू॒ रजो॑भिः ।
अ॒रे॒णुभि॒र्योज॑नेभिर्भु॒जन्ता॑ पत॒त्रिभि॒रर्ण॑सो॒ निरु॒पस्था॑त्

tā bhujyuṃ vibhiradbhyaḥ samudrāttugrasya sūnumūhathū rajobhiḥ |
areṇubhiryojanebhirbhujantā patatribhirarṇaso nirupasthāt

62.7

वि ज॒युषा॑ रथ्या यात॒मद्रिं॑ श्रु॒तं हवं॑ वृषणा वध्रिम॒त्याः ।
द॒श॒स्यन्ता॑ श॒यवे॑ पिप्यथु॒र्गामिति॑ च्यवाना सुम॒तिं भु॑रण्यू

vi jayuṣā rathyā yātamadriṃ śrutaṃ havaṃ vṛṣaṇā vadhrimatyāḥ |
daśasyantā śayave pipyathurgāmiti cyavānā sumatiṃ bhuraṇyū

62.8

यद्रो॑दसी प्र॒दिवो॒ अस्ति॒ भूमा॒ हेळो॑ दे॒वाना॑मु॒त म॑र्त्य॒त्रा ।
तदा॑दित्या वसवो रुद्रियासो रक्षो॒युजे॒ तपु॑र॒घं द॑धात

yadrodasī pradivo asti bhūmā heḻo devānāmuta martyatrā |
tadādityā vasavo rudriyāso rakṣoyuje tapuraghaṃ dadhāta

62.9

य ईं॒ राजा॑नावृतु॒था वि॒दध॒द्रज॑सो मि॒त्रो वरु॑ण॒श्चिके॑तत् ।
ग॒म्भी॒राय॒ रक्ष॑से हे॒तिम॑स्य॒ द्रोघा॑य चि॒द्वच॑स॒ आन॑वाय

ya īṃ rājānāvṛtuthā vidadhadrajaso mitro varuṇaściketat |
gambhīrāya rakṣase hetimasya droghāya cidvacasa ānavāya

62.10

अन्त॑रैश्च॒क्रैस्तन॑याय व॒र्तिर्द्यु॒मता या॑तं नृ॒वता॒ रथे॑न ।
सनु॑त्येन॒ त्यज॑सा॒ मर्त्य॑स्य वनुष्य॒तामपि॑ शी॒र्षा व॑वृक्तम्

antaraiścakraistanayāya vartirdyumatā yātaṃ nṛvatā rathena |
sanutyena tyajasā martyasya vanuṣyatāmapi śīrṣā vavṛktam

62.11

आ प॑र॒माभि॑रु॒त म॑ध्य॒माभि॑र्नि॒युद्भि॑र्यातमव॒माभि॑र॒र्वाक् ।
दृ॒ळ्हस्य॑ चि॒द्गोम॑तो॒ वि व्र॒जस्य॒ दुरो॑ वर्तं गृण॒ते चि॑त्रराती

ā paramābhiruta madhyamābhirniyudbhiryātamavamābhirarvāk |
dṛḻhasya cidgomato vi vrajasya duro vartaṃ gṛṇate citrarātī

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