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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 58

RV 6 58.1

शुक्रꣳ ते अन्यद् यजतꣳ ते अन्यद् विषुरूपे अहनी द्यौर् इवासि । विश्वा हि माया अवसि स्वधावो भद्रा ते पूषन्न् इह रातिर् अस्तु

śukraṁ te anyad yajataṁ te anyad viṣurūpe ahanī dyaur ivāsi | viśvā hi māyā avasi svadhāvo bhadrā te pūṣann iha rātir astu

One form of yours is bright, another of yours is to be worshipped; you are like the Sky (with) its two unlike days. For you aid all magic arts, O self-ruling one — let your gift here be auspicious, Pūṣan.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

LIKE heaven art thou: one form is bright, one holy, like Day and Night dissimilar in colour. All magic powers thou aidest, self-depen. dent! Auspicious be thy bounty here, O Pûshan.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 58.2

अजाश्वः पशुपा वाजपस्त्यो धियꣳजिन्वो भुवने विश्वे अर्पितः । अष्ट्राम् पूषा शिथिराम् उद्वरीवृजत् सꣳचक्षाणो भुवना देव ईयते

ajāśvaḥ paśupā vājapastyo dhiyaṁjinvo bhuvane viśve arpitaḥ | aṣṭrām pūṣā śithirām udvarīvṛjat saṁcakṣāṇo bhuvanā deva īyate

With goats for horses, guardian of cattle, having the prize for his house, quickening thought, set into the whole world — Pūṣan, whirling up his loose goad, gazing over the worlds, the god moves along.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Goat-borne, the guard of cattle, he whose home is strength, inspirer of the hymn, set over all the world; Brandishing here and there his lightly. moving goad, beholding every creature, Pûshan, God, goes forth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 58.3

यास् ते पूषन् नावो अन्तः समुद्रे हिरण्ययीर् अन्तरिक्षे चरन्ति । ताभिर् यासि दूत्याꣳ सूर्यस्य कामेन कृत श्रव इच्छमानः

yās te pūṣan nāvo antaḥ samudre hiraṇyayīr antarikṣe caranti | tābhir yāsi dūtyāṁ sūryasya kāmena kṛta śrava icchamānaḥ

Your golden boats, Pūṣan, which travel within the sea, in the mid-air — with them you go on the errand of the Sun, O you made out of desire, seeking renown.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Pûshan, with thy golden ships that travel across the ocean, in the air's mid-region, Thou goest on an embassy to Sûrya, subdued by love, desirous of the glory.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 6 58.4

पूषा सुबन्धुर् दिव आ पृथिव्या इऴस् पतिर् मघवा दस्मवर्चाः । यꣳ देवासो अददुः सूर्यायै कामेन कृतꣳ तवसꣳ स्वञ्चम्

pūṣā subandhur diva ā pṛthivyā iḻas patir maghavā dasmavarcāḥ | yaṁ devāso adaduḥ sūryāyai kāmena kṛtaṁ tavasaṁ svañcam

Pūṣan, close kinsman of heaven and of earth, lord of nourishment, bountiful, of wondrous radiance, whom the gods gave to Sūryā — made by desire, strong, moving well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Near kinsman of the heaven and earth is Pûshan, liberal, Lord of food, of wondrous lustre, Whom strong and vigorous and swiftlymoving, subdued by love, the Deities gave to Sûryâ.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)