HYMN CLXIX. COWS. · ४ शबरः काक्षीवतः।गावः। त्रिष्टुप्।
10.169.1
म॒यो॒भूर्वातो॑ अ॒भि वा॑तू॒स्रा ऊर्ज॑स्वती॒रोष॑धी॒रा रि॑शन्ताम् | पीव॑स्वतीर्जी॒वध॑न्याः पिबन्त्वव॒साय॑ प॒द्वते॑ रुद्र मृळ ||
MAY the wind blow upon our Cows with healing: may they eat herbage full of vigorous juices. May they drink waters rich in life and fatness: to food that moves on feet be gracious, Rudra.
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10.169.1
म॒यो॒भूर्वातो॑ अ॒भि वा॑तू॒स्रा ऊर्ज॑स्वती॒रोष॑धी॒रा रि॑शन्ताम् | पीव॑स्वतीर्जी॒वध॑न्याः पिबन्त्वव॒साय॑ प॒द्वते॑ रुद्र मृळ ||
MAY the wind blow upon our Cows with healing: may they eat herbage full of vigorous juices. May they drink waters rich in life and fatness: to food that moves on feet be gracious, Rudra.
10.169.2
याः सरू॑पा॒ विरू॑पा॒ एक॑रूपा॒ यासा॑म॒ग्निरिष्ट्या॒ नामा॑नि॒ वेद॑ | या अङ्गि॑रस॒स्तप॑से॒ह च॒क्रुस्ताभ्य॑: पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ ||
Like-coloured, various-hued, or single-coloured, whose names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Aṅgirases produced by Fervour,—vouchsafe to these, Parjanya, great protection.
10.169.3
या दे॒वेषु॑ त॒न्व१मैर॑यन्त॒ यासां॒ सोमो॒ विश्वा॑ रू॒पाणि॒ वेद॑ | ता अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ पय॑सा॒ पिन्व॑मानाः प्र॒जाव॑तीरिन्द्र गो॒ष्ठे रि॑रीहि ||
Those who have offered to the Gods their bodies, whose varied forms are all well known to Soma,— Those grant us in our cattle-pen, O Indra, with their full streams of milk and plenteous offspring.
10.169.4
प्र॒जाप॑ति॒र्मह्य॑मे॒ता ररा॑णो॒ विश्वै॑र्दे॒वैः पि॒तृभि॑: संविदा॒नः | शि॒वाः स॒तीरुप॑ नो गो॒ष्ठमाक॒स्तासां॑ व॒यं प्र॒जया॒ सं स॑देम ||
Prajāpati, bestowing these upon me, one-minded with all Gods and with the Fathers, Hath to our cow-pen brought auspicious cattle: so may we own the offspring they will bear us.