Mandala 8

Sukta 56: Eighth Valakhilya: Prishadhra counts the gifts

Rishi: पृषध्रः काण्वः · Devata: इन्द्रः, प्रस्कण्वश्च, ५ अग्निसूर्यौ · Metre: गायत्री, ५ पङ्क्तिः

5 verses · 56 of 103

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Eighth Valakhilya: Prishadhra counts the gifts

Prishadhra Kanva sings the eighth Valakhilya sukta, again a danastuti for Dasyave Vrika, with Agni and Surya in the last verse. The patron's bounty is seen, broad as heaven. Dasyave Vrika, son of Putakratu, gave the rishi ten thousand from his own wealth, a hundred asses, a hundred woolly ewes and, as the text says plainly, a hundred dasas besides garlands. A mare was led out for Putakrata too, adorned, not of the herd of horses. The last verse, in pankti, turns to the yajna: Agni, the bearer of offerings with his good chariot, has been seen; he shone with bright flame, and the sun shone high in heaven.

56.1

प्रति॑ ते दस्यवे वृक॒ राधो॑ अद॒र्श्यह्र॑यम् ।
द्यौर्न प्र॑थि॒ना शव॑ः

prati te dasyave vṛka rādho adarśyahrayam |
dyaurna prathinā śavaḥ

56.2

दश॒ मह्यं॑ पौतक्र॒तः स॒हस्रा॒ दस्य॑वे॒ वृक॑ः ।
नित्या॑द्रा॒यो अ॑मंहत

daśa mahyaṃ pautakrataḥ sahasrā dasyave vṛkaḥ |
nityādrāyo amaṃhata

56.3

श॒तं मे॑ गर्द॒भानां॑ श॒तमूर्णा॑वतीनाम् ।
श॒तं दा॒साँ अति॒ स्रज॑ः

śataṃ me gardabhānāṃ śatamūrṇāvatīnām |
śataṃ dāsām̐ ati srajaḥ

56.4

तत्रो॒ अपि॒ प्राणी॑यत पू॒तक्र॑तायै॒ व्य॑क्ता ।
अश्वा॑ना॒मिन्न यू॒थ्या॑म्

tatro api prāṇīyata pūtakratāyai vyaktā |
aśvānāminna yūthyām

56.5

अचे॑त्य॒ग्निश्चि॑कि॒तुर्ह॑व्य॒वाट् स सु॒मद्र॑थः ।
अ॒ग्निः शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑ बृ॒हत्सूरो॑ अरोचत दि॒वि सूर्यो॑ अरोचत

acetyagniścikiturhavyavāṭ sa sumadrathaḥ |
agniḥ śukreṇa śociṣā bṛhatsūro arocata divi sūryo arocata

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