Mandala 6, Hymn 54, Verse 1
सं पू॑षन्वि॒दुषा॑ नय॒ यो अञ्ज॑सानु॒शास॑ति य ए॒वेदमिति॒ ब्रव॑त्
"O Pûshan, bring us to the man who knows, who shall direct us straight, And say unto us, It is here."
Containing 10 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
सं पू॑षन्वि॒दुषा॑ नय॒ यो अञ्ज॑सानु॒शास॑ति य ए॒वेदमिति॒ ब्रव॑त्
"O Pûshan, bring us to the man who knows, who shall direct us straight, And say unto us, It is here."
समु॑ पू॒ष्णा ग॑मेमहि॒ यो गृ॒हाँ अ॑भि॒शास॑ति इ॒म ए॒वेति॑ च॒ ब्रव॑त्
"May we go forth with Pûshan who shall point the houses out to us, And say to us, These same are they."
पू॒ष्णश्च॒क्रं न रि॑ष्यति॒ न कोशोऽव॑ पद्यते नो अ॑स्य व्यथते प॒विः
"Unharmed is Pûshan's chariot wheel; the box ne'er falleth to the ground, Nor doth the loosened felIy shake."
यो अ॑स्मै ह॒विषावि॑ध॒न्न तं पू॒षापि॑ मृष्यते प्र॒थ॒मो वि॑न्दते॒ वसु॑
"Pûshan forgetteth not the man who serveth him with offered gift: That man is first to gather wealth."
पू॒षा गा अन्वे॑तु नः पू॒षा र॑क्ष॒त्वर्व॑तः पू॒षा वाजं॑ सनोतु नः
"May Pûshan follow near our kine; may Pûshan keep our horses safe: May Pûshan gather gear for us."
पूष॒न्ननु॒ प्र गा इ॑हि॒ यज॑मानस्य सुन्व॒तः अ॒स्माकं॑ स्तुव॒तामु॒त
"Follow the kine of him who pours libations out and worships thee; And ours who sing thee songs of praise."
माकि॑र्नेश॒न्माकीं॑ रिष॒न्माकीं॒ सं शा॑रि॒ केव॑टे अथारि॑ष्टाभि॒रा ग॑हि
"Let none be lost, none injured, none sink in a pit and break a limb. Return with these all safe and sound."
शृ॒ण्वन्तं॑ पू॒षणं॑ व॒यमिर्य॒मन॑ष्टवेदसम् ईशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे
"Pûshan who listens to our prayers, the Strong whose wealth is never lost, The Lord of riches, we implore."
पूष॒न्तव॑ व्र॒ते व॒यं न रि॑ष्येम॒ कदा॑ च॒न स्तो॒तार॑स्त इ॒ह स्म॑सि
"Secure in thy protecting care, O Pûshan, never may we fail. We here are they who sing thy praise."
परि॑ पू॒षा प॒रस्ता॒द्धस्तं॑ दधातु॒ दक्षि॑णम् पुन॑र्नो न॒ष्टमाज॑तु
"From out the distance, far and wide, may Pûshan stretch his right hand forth, And drive our lost again to us."