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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 54

RV 6 54.1

सम् पूषन् विदुषा नय यो अञ्जसानुशासति । य एवेदम् इति ब्रवत्

sam pūṣan viduṣā naya yo añjasānuśāsati | ya evedam iti bravat

Bring us together, Pūṣan, with one who knows, who directs (us) straight ahead, who will say, 'This is just it.'

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Pûshan, bring us to the man who knows, who shall direct us straight, And say unto us, It is here.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.2

सम् उ पूष्णा गमेमहि यो गृहाꣳ अभिशासति । इम एवेति च ब्रवत्

sam u pūṣṇā gamemahi yo gṛhām̐ abhiśāsati | ima eveti ca bravat

And may we come together with Pūṣan, who points out the houses, and will say, 'These are just they.'

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May we go forth with Pûshan who shall point the houses out to us, And say to us, These same are they.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.3

पूष्णश् चक्रꣳ न रिष्यति न कोशो ऽव पद्यते । नो अस्य व्यथते पविः

pūṣṇaś cakraṁ na riṣyati na kośo 'va padyate | no asya vyathate paviḥ

Pūṣan's wheel does not come to harm; his chariot-box does not fall down; nor does his wheel-rim waver.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Unharmed is Pûshan's chariot wheel; the box ne'er falleth to the ground, Nor doth the loosened felIy shake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.4

यो अस्मै हविषाविधन् न तम् पूषापि मृष्यते । प्रथमो विन्दते वसु

yo asmai haviṣāvidhan na tam pūṣāpi mṛṣyate | prathamo vindate vasu

Whoever has served him with an oblation, him Pūṣan does not forget; he is the first to find wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Pûshan forgetteth not the man who serveth him with offered gift: That man is first to gather wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.5

पूषा गा अन्व् एतु नः पूषा रक्षत्व् अर्वतः । पूषा वाजꣳ सनोतु नः

pūṣā gā anv etu naḥ pūṣā rakṣatv arvataḥ | pūṣā vājaṁ sanotu naḥ

Let Pūṣan follow after our cattle; let Pūṣan guard our steeds; let Pūṣan win prize-booty for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May Pûshan follow near our kine; may Pûshan keep our horses safe: May Pûshan gather gear for us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.6

पूषन्न् अनु प्र गा इहि यजमानस्य सुन्वतः । अस्माकꣳ स्तुवताम् उत

pūṣann anu pra gā ihi yajamānasya sunvataḥ | asmākaṁ stuvatām uta

Pūṣan, go forth after the cattle of the sacrificer who presses (soma), and of us who praise (you).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Follow the kine of him who pours libations out and worships thee; And ours who sing thee songs of praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.7

माकिर् नेशन् माकीꣳ रिषन् माकीꣳ सꣳ शारि केवटे । अथारिष्टाभिर् आ गहि

mākir neśan mākīṁ riṣan mākīṁ saṁ śāri kevaṭe | athāriṣṭābhir ā gahi

Let none be lost, let none come to harm, let none be broken in a pit; so come back with them unharmed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let none be lost, none injured, none sink in a pit and break a limb. Return with these all safe and sound.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.8

शृण्वन्तम् पूषणꣳ वयम् इर्यम् अनष्टवेदसम् । ईशानꣳ राय ईमहे

śṛṇvantam pūṣaṇaṁ vayam iryam anaṣṭavedasam | īśānaṁ rāya īmahe

We beg Pūṣan, who hears, who is active, whose goods are never lost, who is master of riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Pûshan who listens to our prayers, the Strong whose wealth is never lost, The Lord of riches, we implore.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.9

पूषन् तव व्रते वयꣳ न रिष्येम कदा चन । स्तोतारस् त इह स्मसि

pūṣan tava vrate vayaṁ na riṣyema kadā cana | stotāras ta iha smasi

Pūṣan, in your ordinance may we never come to harm; we are here your praisers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Secure in thy protecting care, O Pûshan, never may we fail. We here are they who sing thy praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 54.10

परि पूषा परस्ताद् धस्तꣳ दधातु दक्षिणम् । पुनर् नो नष्टम् आजतु

pari pūṣā parastād dhastaṁ dadhātu dakṣiṇam | punar no naṣṭam ājatu

May Pūṣan from beyond lay his right hand around (them); may he drive back to us what has been lost.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From out the distance, far and wide, may Pûshan stretch his right hand forth, And drive our lost again to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)