4.57.1
क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॑ना व॒यं हि॒तेने॑व जयामसि | गामश्वं॑ पोषयि॒त्न्वा स नो॑ मृळाती॒दृशे॑ ||
WE through the Master of the Field, even as through a friend, obtain What nourisheth our kine and steeds. In such may he be good to us.
Rigveda 4.57
HYMN LVII. KSETRAPATI, OTHERS. · ८ वामदेवो गौतमः। १-३ क्षेत्रपतिः, ४ शुनः, ५, ८ शुनासीरौ, ६-७ सीता। अनुष्टुप्, ५ पुर उष्णिक्, २, ३, ८ त्रिष्टुप्।
4.57.1
क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॑ना व॒यं हि॒तेने॑व जयामसि | गामश्वं॑ पोषयि॒त्न्वा स नो॑ मृळाती॒दृशे॑ ||
WE through the Master of the Field, even as through a friend, obtain What nourisheth our kine and steeds. In such may he be good to us.
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4.57.2
क्षेत्र॑स्य पते॒ मधु॑मन्तमू॒र्मिं धे॒नुरि॑व॒ पयो॑ अ॒स्मासु॑ धुक्ष्व | म॒धु॒श्चुतं॑ घृ॒तमि॑व॒ सुपू॑तमृ॒तस्य॑ न॒: पत॑यो मृळयन्तु ||
As the cow yieldeth milk, pour for us freely, Lord of the Field, the wave that beareth sweetness, Distilling meath, well-purified like butter, and let the. Lords of holy Law be gracious.
4.57.3
मधु॑मती॒रोष॑धी॒र्द्याव॒ आपो॒ मधु॑मन्नो भवत्व॒न्तरि॑क्षम् | क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पति॒र्मधु॑मान् नो अ॒स्त्वरि॑ष्यन्तो॒ अन्वे॑नं चरेम ||
Sweet be the plants for us. the heavens, the waters, and full of sweets for us be air's mid-region. May the Field's Lord for us be full of sweetness, and may we follow after him uninjured.
4.57.4
शु॒नं वा॒हाः शु॒नं नर॑: शु॒नं कृ॑षतु॒ लाङ्ग॑लम् | शु॒नं व॑र॒त्रा ब॑ध्यन्तां शु॒नमष्ट्रा॒मुदि॑ङ्गय ||
Happily work our steers and men, may the plough furrow happily. Happily be the traces bound; happily may he ply the goad.
4.57.5
शुना॑सीरावि॒मां वाचं॑ जुषेथां॒ यद् दि॒वि च॒क्रथु॒: पय॑: | तेने॒मामुप॑ सिञ्चतम् ||
Śuna and Sīra, welcome ye this laud, and with the milk which ye have made in heaven Bedew ye both this earth of ours.
4.57.6
अ॒र्वाची॑ सुभगे भव॒ सीते॒ वन्दा॑महे त्वा | यथा॑ नः सु॒भगास॑सि॒ यथा॑ नः सु॒फलास॑सि ||
Auspicious Sītā, come thou near: we venerate and worship thee That thou mayst bless and prosper us and bring us fruits abundantly.
4.57.7
इन्द्र॒: सीतां॒ नि गृ॑ह्णातु॒ तां पू॒षानु॑ यच्छतु | सा न॒: पय॑स्वती दुहा॒मुत्त॑रामुत्तरां॒ समा॑म् ||
May Indra press the furrow down, may Pūṣan guide its course aright. May she, as rich in milk, be drained for us through each succeeding year.
4.57.8
शु॒नं न॒: फाला॒ वि कृ॑षन्तु॒ भूमिं॑ शु॒नं की॒नाशा॑ अ॒भि य॑न्तु वा॒हैः | शु॒नं प॒र्जन्यो॒ मधु॑ना॒ पयो॑भि॒: शुना॑सीरा शु॒नम॒स्मासु॑ धत्तम् ||
Happily let the shares turn up the plough-land, happily go the ploughers with the oxen. With meath and milk Parjanya make us happy. Grant us prosperity, Śuna and Sīra.