Containing 9 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्र मा॑ युयुज्रे प्र॒युजो॒ जना॑नां॒ वहा॑मि स्म पू॒षण॒मन्त॑रेण विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॒ अध॒ माम॑रक्षन्दुः॒शासु॒रागा॒दिति॒ घोष॑ आसीत्
"THE urgings of the people have impelled me, and by,the nearest way I bring you Pûshan. The Universal Gods have brought me safely. The cry was heard, Behold, Dubsasu cometh!"
सं मा॑ तपन्त्य॒भितः॑ स॒पत्नी॑रिव॒ पर्श॑वः नि बा॑धते॒ अम॑तिर्न॒ग्नता॒ जसु॒र्वेर्न वे॑वीयते म॒तिः
"The ribs that compass me give pain and trouble me like rival wives. Indigence, nakedness, exhaustion press me sore: my mind is fluttering like a bird's."
मूषो॒ न शि॒श्ना व्य॑दन्ति मा॒ध्यः॑ स्तो॒तारं॑ ते शतक्रतो स॒कृत्सु नो॑ मघवन्निन्द्र मृळ॒याधा॑ पि॒तेव॑ नो भव
"As rats eat weavers' threads, cares are consuming me, thy singer, gatakratu, me. Have mercy on us once, O Indra, Bounteous Lord: be thou a Father unto us."
कु॒रु॒श्रव॑णमावृणि॒ राजा॑नं॒ त्रास॑दस्यवम् मंहि॑ष्ठं वा॒घता॒मृषिः॑
"I the priests' R̥ishi chose as prince most liberal Kuruṣravaṇa, The son of Trasadasyu's son,"
यस्य॑ मा ह॒रितो॒ रथे॑ ति॒स्रो वह॑न्ति साधु॒या स्तवै॑ स॒हस्र॑दक्षिणे
"Whose three bays harnessed to the car bear me straight onward: I will laud The giver of a thousand meeds,"
यस्य॒ प्रस्वा॑दसो॒ गिर॑ उप॒मश्र॑वसः पि॒तुः क्षेत्रं॒ न र॒ण्वमू॒चुषे॑
"The sire of Upamaṣravas, even him whose words were passing sweet, As a fair field is to its lord."
अधि॑ पुत्रोपमश्रवो॒ नपा॑न्मित्रातिथेरिहि पि॒तुष्टे॑ अस्मि वन्दि॒ता
"Mark, Upamaṣravas, his son, mark, grandson of Mitrâtithi: I am thy father's eulogist."
यदीशी॑या॒मृता॑नामु॒त वा॒ मर्त्या॑नाम् जीवे॒दिन्म॒घवा॒ मम॑
"If I controlled Immortal Gods, yea, even were I Lord of men, My liberal prince were living still."
न दे॒वाना॒मति॑ व्र॒तं श॒तात्मा॑ च॒न जी॑वति तथा॑ यु॒जा वि वा॑वृते
"None lives, even had he hundred lives, beyond the statute of the Gods So am I parted from my friend."