Rigveda 6.57

HYMN LVII. INDRA AND PŪṢAN. · ६ बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाज: ।इंद्रापूषणौ । गायत्री ।

6.57.1

इन्द्रा॒ नु पू॒षणा॑ व॒यं स॒ख्याय॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ | हु॒वेम॒ वाज॑सातये ||

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6.57.1

इन्द्रा॒ नु पू॒षणा॑ व॒यं स॒ख्याय॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ | हु॒वेम॒ वाज॑सातये ||

INDRA and Pūṣan will we call for friend ship and prosperity And for the winning of the spoil.

6.57.2

सोम॑म॒न्य उपा॑सद॒त्पात॑वे च॒म्वो॑: सु॒तम् | क॒र॒म्भम॒न्य इ॑च्छति ||

One by the Soma sits to drink juice which the mortar hath expressed: The other longs for curd and meal.

6.57.3

अ॒जा अ॒न्यस्य॒ वह्न॑यो॒ हरी॑ अ॒न्यस्य॒ सम्भृ॑ता | ताभ्यां॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते ||

Goats are the team that draws the one: the other hath Bay Steeds at hand; With both of these he slays the fiends.

6.57.4

यदिन्द्रो॒ अन॑य॒द्रितो॑ म॒हीर॒पो वृष॑न्तमः | तत्र॑ पू॒षाभ॑व॒त्सचा॑ ||

When Indra, wondrous strong, brought down the streams, the mighty waterfloods, Pūṣan was standing by his side.

6.57.5

तां पू॒ष्णः सु॑म॒तिं व॒यं वृ॒क्षस्य॒ प्र व॒यामि॑व | इन्द्र॑स्य॒ चा र॑भामहे ||

To this, to Pūṣan's favouring love, and Indra's, may we closely cling, As to a tree's extended bough.

6.57.6

उत्पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑रिव॒ सार॑थिः | म॒ह्या इन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ||

As one who drives a car draws in his reins, may we draw Pūṣan near, And Indra, for our great success.