Rishi: मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः · Devata: वास्तोष्पतिः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्
3 verses · 54 of 104
Three short trishtubh verses of Maharshi Vasishtha, son of Mitra and Varuna, to Vastoshpati, the lord of the homestead. He asks the Deva to know his family as his own, to make the house easy to enter and free from disease, and to be a blessing to two-footed and four-footed alike. Let the household grow in cows and horses, let its people stay unageing in his friendship, and let him care for them as a father cares for his sons. These verses are still recited when a new house is entered.
वास्तो॑ष्पते॒ प्रति॑ जानीह्य॒स्मान्स्वा॑वे॒शो अ॑नमी॒वो भ॑वा नः ।
यत्त्वेम॑हे॒ प्रति॒ तन्नो॑ जुषस्व॒ शं नो॑ भव द्वि॒पदे॒ शं चतु॑ष्पदे
vāstoṣpate prati jānīhyasmānsvāveśo anamīvo bhavā naḥ |
yattvemahe prati tanno juṣasva śaṃ no bhava dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade
वास्तो॑ष्पते प्र॒तर॑णो न एधि गय॒स्फानो॒ गोभि॒रश्वे॑भिरिन्दो ।
अ॒जरा॑सस्ते स॒ख्ये स्या॑म पि॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रान्प्रति॑ नो जुषस्व
vāstoṣpate prataraṇo na edhi gayasphāno gobhiraśvebhirindo |
ajarāsaste sakhye syāma piteva putrānprati no juṣasva
वास्तो॑ष्पते श॒ग्मया॑ सं॒सदा॑ ते सक्षी॒महि॑ र॒ण्वया॑ गातु॒मत्या॑ ।
पा॒हि क्षेम॑ उ॒त योगे॒ वरं॑ नो यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒ः सदा॑ नः
vāstoṣpate śagmayā saṃsadā te sakṣīmahi raṇvayā gātumatyā |
pāhi kṣema uta yoge varaṃ no yūyaṃ pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ
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