Sukta 136

Mantra 1

केश्यग्निं केशी विषं केशी बिभर्ति रोदसी । केशी विश्वं स्वर्दृशे केशीदं ज्योतिरुच्यते ॥

The Long-haired one bears the Fire; the Long-haired one bears the poison; the Long-haired one upholds Heaven and Earth. The Long-haired one sees the whole luminous world; this Long-haired one is called Light itself.

Mantra 2

मुनयो वातरशनाः पिशङ्गा वसते मला । वातस्यानु ध्राजिं यन्ति यद्देवासो अविक्षत ॥

The Munis, girdled with the Wind, tawny in their radiance, wear the dust of earth as their garment. They go following the rushing of the Wind, when the gods have entered into their vision—when the divine powers have looked upon them.

Mantra 3

उन्मदिता मौनेयेन वाताँ आ तस्थिमा वयम् । शरीरेदस्माकं यूयं मर्तासो अभि पश्यथ ॥

Made ecstatic by the power of inner silence, we have taken our stand in the currents of the Wind (the Breath of the universal Life). You mortals look only at our body; but our being moves in that vaster movement.

Mantra 4

अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा रूपावचाकशत् । मुनिर्देवस्यदेवस्य सौकृत्याय सखा हितः ॥

He moves through the mid-world; he looks down upon all forms. The Muni, set as a friend for the good work of the God of gods, labours in companionship with the divine.

Mantra 5

वातस्याश्वो वायोः सखाथो देवेषितो मुनिः । उभौ समुद्रावा क्षेति यश्च पूर्व उतापरः ॥

The Muni is the steed of the Wind, the friend of Vāyu, driven by the gods. He dwells in both oceans—what is before and what is beyond—moving between the two immensities of existence.

Mantra 6

अप्सरसां गन्धर्वाणां मृगाणां चरणे चरन् । केशी केतस्य विद्वान्त्सखा स्वादुर्मदिन्तमः ॥

Moving in the track of the Apsarases and Gandharvas, and in the roaming of the wild powers, the long-haired one knows the secret sign (ketá). He is the friend of that inner Light, sweetest in rapture.