Rig Veda · Mandala 6 · Sukta 58
Rig Veda 6.58 — Pūṣan
Deity: Pūṣan. Rishi family (Mandala 6): Bharadvaja and his descendants. This Sukta contains 4 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 6.58.1
शुक्रं ते अन्यद यजतं ते अन्यद विषुरूपे अहनी दयौरिवासि | विश्वा हि माया अवसि सवधावो भद्रा ते पूषन्निहरातिरस्तु
śukraṃ te anyad yajataṃ te anyad viṣurūpe ahanī dyaurivāsi | viśvā hi māyā avasi svadhāvo bhadrā te pūṣanniharātirastu
Rig Veda 6.58.2
अजाश्वः पशुपा वाजपस्त्यो धियंजिन्वो भुवने विश्वे अर्पितः | अष्ट्रां पूषा शिथिरामुद्वरीव्र्जत संचक्षाणोभुवना देव ईयते
ajāśvaḥ paśupā vājapastyo dhiyaṃjinvo bhuvane viśve arpitaḥ | aṣṭrāṃ pūṣā śithirāmudvarīvṛjat saṃcakṣāṇobhuvanā deva īyate
Goat-borne, the guard of cattle, he whose home is strength, inspirer of the hymn, set over all the world; Brandishing here and there his lightly. moving goad, beholding every creature, Pūṣan, God, goes forth.
Rig Veda 6.58.3
यास्ते पूषन नावो अन्तः समुद्रे हिरण्ययीरन्तरिक्षे चरन्ति | ताभिर्यासि दूत्यां सूर्यस्य कामेन कर्त शरव इछमानः
yāste pūṣan nāvo antaḥ samudre hiraṇyayīrantarikṣe caranti | tābhiryāsi dūtyāṃ sūryasya kāmena kṛta śrava ichamānaḥ
O Pūṣan, with thy golden ships that travel across the ocean, in the air's mid-region, Thou goest on an embassy to Sūrya, subdued by love, desirous of the glory.
Rig Veda 6.58.4
पूषा सुबन्धुर्दिव आ पर्थिव्या इळस पतिर्मघवा दस्मवर्चाः | यं देवासो अददुः सूर्यायै कामेन कर्तं तवसं सवञ्चम
pūṣā subandhurdiva ā pṛthivyā iḷas patirmaghavā dasmavarcāḥ | yaṃ devāso adaduḥ sūryāyai kāmena kṛtaṃ tavasaṃ svañcam
Near kinsman of the heaven and earth is Pūṣan, liberal, Lord of food, of wondrous iustre, Whom strong and vigorous and swiftlymoving, subdued by love, the Deities gave to Sūrya.
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