Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 54
Rig Veda 6.54 — Pūṣan
Deity: Pūṣan. Rishi family (Mandala 6): Bharadvaja and his descendants. This Sukta contains 10 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 6.54.1
सं पूषन विदुषा नय यो अञ्जसानुशासति | य एवेदमिति बरवत
saṃ pūṣan viduṣā naya yo añjasānuśāsati | ya evedamiti bravat
Rig Veda 6.54.2
समु पूष्णा गमेमहि यो गर्हानभिशासति | इम एवेति चब्रवत
samu pūṣṇā ghamemahi yo ghṛhānabhiśāsati | ima eveti cabravat
May we go forth with Pūṣan who shall point the houses out to us, And say to us, These same are they.
Rig Veda 6.54.3
पूष्णश्चक्रं न रिष्यति न कोशो.अव पद्यते | नो अस्य वयथते पविः
pūṣṇaścakraṃ na riṣyati na kośo.ava padyate | no asya vyathate paviḥ
Unharmed is Pūṣan's chariot wheel; the box ne’er falleth to the ground, Nor doth the loosened felIy shake.
Rig Veda 6.54.4
यो अस्मै हविषाविधन न तं पूषापि मर्ष्यते | परथमो विदते वसु
yo asmai haviṣāvidhan na taṃ pūṣāpi mṛṣyate | prathamo vidate vasu
Pūṣan forgetteth not the man who serveth him with offered gift: That man is first to gather wealth.
Rig Veda 6.54.5
पूषा गा अन्वेतु नः पुषा रक्षत्वर्वतः | पूषा वाजं सनोतु नः
pūṣā ghā anvetu naḥ puṣā rakṣatvarvataḥ | pūṣā vājaṃ sanotu naḥ
May Pūṣan follow near our kine; may Pūṣan keep our horses safe: May Pūṣan gather gear for us.
Rig Veda 6.54.6
पूषन्ननु पर गा इहि यजमानस्य सुन्वतः | अस्माकं सतुवतामुत
pūṣannanu pra ghā ihi yajamānasya sunvataḥ | asmākaṃ stuvatāmuta
Follow the kine of him who pours libations out and worships thee; And ours who sing thee songs of praise.
Rig Veda 6.54.7
माकिर्नेशन माकीं रिषन माकीं सं शारि केवटे | अथारिष्टाभिरा गहि
mākirneśan mākīṃ riṣan mākīṃ saṃ śāri kevaṭe | athāriṣṭābhirā ghahi
Let none be lost, none injured, none sink in a pit and break a limb. Return with these all safe and sound.
Rig Veda 6.54.8
शर्ण्वन्तं पूषणं वयमिर्यमनष्टवेदसम | ईशानंराय ईमहे
śṛṇvantaṃ pūṣaṇaṃ vayamiryamanaṣṭavedasam | īśānaṃrāya īmahe
Pūṣan who listens to our prayers, the Strong whose wealth is never lost, The Lord of riches, we implore.
Rig Veda 6.54.9
पूषन तव वरते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन | सतोतारस्त इह समसि
pūṣan tava vrate vayaṃ na riṣyema kadā cana | stotārasta iha smasi
Secure in thy protecting care, O Pūṣan, never may we fail. We here are they who sing thy praise.
Rig Veda 6.54.10
परि पूषा परस्ताद धस्तं दधातु दक्षिणम | पुनर्नो नष्टमाजतु
pari pūṣā parastād dhastaṃ dadhātu dakṣiṇam | punarno naṣṭamājatu
From out the distance, far and wide, may Pūṣan stretch his right hand forth, And drive our lost again to us.
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