Mandala 1, Hymn 42, Verse 1
सं पू॑ष॒न्नध्व॑नस्तिर॒ व्यंहो॑ विमुचो नपात् सक्ष्वा॑ देव॒ प्र ण॑स्पु॒रः
"SHORTEN our ways, O Pûshan, move aside obstruction in the path: Go close before us, cloud-born God."
Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
सं पू॑ष॒न्नध्व॑नस्तिर॒ व्यंहो॑ विमुचो नपात् सक्ष्वा॑ देव॒ प्र ण॑स्पु॒रः
"SHORTEN our ways, O Pûshan, move aside obstruction in the path: Go close before us, cloud-born God."
यो नः॑ पूषन्न॒घो वृको॑ दुः॒शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि
"Drive, Pûshan, from our road the wolf, the wicked inauspicious wolf, Who lies in Wait to injure us."
अप॒ त्यं प॑रिप॒न्थिनं॑ मुषी॒वाणं॑ हुर॒श्चित॑म् दू॒रमधि॑ स्रु॒तेर॑ज
"Who lurks about the path we take, the robber with a guileful heart: Far from the road chase him away."
त्वं तस्य॑ द्वया॒विनो॒ऽघशं॑सस्य॒ कस्य॑ चित् प॒दाभि ति॑ष्ठ॒ तपु॑षिम्
"Tread with thy foot and trample out the firebrand of the wicked one, The double-tongued, whoe'er he be."
आ तत्ते॑ दस्र मन्तुमः॒ पूष॒न्नवो॑ वृणीमहे येन॑ पि॒तॄनचो॑दयः
"Wise Pûshan, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith Thou furtheredst our sires of old."
अधा॑ नो विश्वसौभग॒ हिर॑ण्यवाशीमत्तम धना॑नि सु॒षणा॑ कृधि
"So, Lord of all prosperity, best wielder of the golden sword, Make riches easy to be won."
अति॑ नः स॒श्चतो॑ नय सु॒गा नः॑ सु॒पथा॑ कृणु पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः
"Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread: O Pûshan, find thou power for this."
अ॒भि सू॒यव॑सं नय॒ न न॑वज्वा॒रो अध्व॑ने पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः
"Lead us to meadows rich in grass: send on our way no early heat: O Pûshan, find thou power for this."
श॒ग्धि पू॒र्धि प्र यं॑सि च शिशी॒हि प्रास्यु॒दर॑म् पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः
"Be gracious to us, fill us full, give, feed us, and invigorate: O Pûshan, find thou power for this."
न पू॒षणं॑ मेथामसि सू॒क्तैर॒भि गृ॑णीमसि वसू॑नि द॒स्ममी॑महे
"No blame have we for Pûshan; him we magnify with songs of praise: We seek the Mighty One for wealth."