Rigveda 1.42

1.42.1

सं पू॑ष॒न्नध्व॑नस्तिर॒ व्यंहो॑ विमुचो नपात् | सक्ष्वा॑ देव॒ प्र ण॑स्पु॒रः ||

SHORTEN our ways, O Pūṣan, move aside obstruction in the path: Go close before us, cloud-born God.

1.42.2

यो न॑: पूषन्न॒घो वृको॑ दु॒:शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति | अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि ||

Drive, Pūṣan, from our road the wolf, the wicked inauspicious wolf, Who lies in wait to injure us.

1.42.3

अप॒ त्यं प॑रिप॒न्थिनं॑ मुषी॒वाणं॑ हुर॒श्चित॑म् | दू॒रमधि॑ स्रु॒तेर॑ज ||

Who lurks about the path we take, the robber with a guileful heart: Far from the road chase him away.

1.42.4

त्वं तस्य॑ द्वया॒विनो॒ ऽघशं॑सस्य॒ कस्य॑ चित् | प॒दाभि ति॑ष्ठ॒ तपु॑षिम् ||

Tread with thy foot and trample out the firebrand of the wicked one, The double-tongued, whoe’er he be.

1.42.5

आ तत्ते॑ दस्र मन्तुम॒: पूष॒न्नवो॑ वृणीमहे | येन॑ पि॒तॄनचो॑दयः ||

Wise Pūṣan, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith Thou furtheredst our sires of old.

1.42.6

अधा॑ नो विश्वसौभग॒ हिर॑ण्यवाशीमत्तम | धना॑नि सु॒षणा॑ कृधि ||

So, Lord of all prosperity, best wielder of the golden sword, Make riches easy to be won.

1.42.7

अति॑ नः स॒श्चतो॑ नय सु॒गा न॑: सु॒पथा॑ कृणु | पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ||

Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread: O Pūṣan, find thou power for this.

1.42.8

अ॒भि सू॒यव॑सं नय॒ न न॑वज्वा॒रो अध्व॑ने | पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ||

Lead us to meadows rich in grass: send on our way no early heat: O Pūṣan, find thou power for this.

1.42.9

श॒ग्धि पू॒र्धि प्र यं॑सि च शिशी॒हि प्रास्यु॒दर॑म् | पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ||

Be gracious to us, fill us full, give, feed us, and invigorate: O Pūṣan, find thou power for this.

1.42.10

न पू॒षणं॑ मेथामसि सू॒क्तैर॒भि गृ॑णीमसि | वसू॑नि द॒स्ममी॑महे ||

No blame have we for Pūṣan; him we magnify with songs of praise: We seek the Mighty One for wealth.