
Rishi: Khila/Anukramaṇī tradition uncertain; Book 20 often assigns Ṛgvedic attributions; here treated as ancillary laud-verse.
Devata: Nārāśaṃsa (personified praise; sometimes linked with Agni/ritual laudation)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as in many RV-style laud verses; exact metrical diagnosis uncertain without full pada-count verification)
Is mantra mein Narashans ka gungan hai, jo logon ki taarif ka roop hai. Raja ya koi bada aadmi daan deta hai, aur ise yash aur samaj mein izzat milti hai. Daan se paisa fame mein badal jata hai, aur log uski bare mein sadiyon tak bolte hain. Isme ghar basane ka bhi bataya hai, jahan suraksha ho aur seemayein pakki ho. Aise ghar mein shanti rehti hai aur parivar sthir hota hai. Ant mein prarthana hai ki acchi baatein aur devta khush hon, taaki koi bura asar na ho. Jungle ki awazein bhi kisi buri cheej ki nishani nahi honi chahiye.
Mantra 1
खिलानि । इ॒दं जना॒ उप॑ श्रुत॒ नरा॒शंस॒ स्तवि॑ष्यते । ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑ नव॒तिं च॑ कौरम॒ आ रु॒शमे॑षु दद्महे
Sunno logon, nazdeek aao. Narashans ki badai hogi. Saath hazaar log, aur ninety aur. Yeh Kuru ka tohfa hai. Rus logon ko yeh denge.
Mantra 2
उष्ट्रा॒ यस्य॑ प्रवा॒हणो॑ व॒धूम॑न्तो द्वि॒र्दश॑ । व॒र्ष्मा रथ॑स्य॒ नि जि॑हीडते दि॒व ई॒षमा॑णा उप॒स्पृशः॑
Uske unth hain jo aage chalein. Bees dulhan saath chal rahi hain. Reth ka frame pakka hai. Woh upar ki taraf ja rahe hain, aasman ki taraf.
Mantra 3
ए॒ष इ॒षाय॑ मामहे श॒तं नि॒ष्कान् दश॒ स्रजः॑ । त्रीणि॑ श॒तान्यर्व॑तां स॒हस्रा॒ दश॒ गोना॑म्
Hum apni taakat ke liye yeh bolte hain. Sau sone ke sikke, dus haar. Teen sau ghode, aur dus hazaar gayein.
Mantra 4
वच्य॑स्व रेभ॑ वच्यस्व वृ॒क्षे न प॒क्वे श॒कुनः॑ । नष्टे॑ जि॒ह्वा च॑र्चरीति क्षु॒रो न भु॒रिजो॑रिव
Rebha, bol de, saaf bol. Jaise pakke ped par chidiya bolte hai. Jab tak jeebhi na ho, tab bhi awaaz aata hai. Jaise churi kaat ti hai, waisa hi.
Mantra 5
प्र रे॒भासो॑ मनी॒षा वृषा॒ गाव॑ इवेरते । अ॒मो॒त॒पुत्र॑का ए॒षाम॒मोत॑ गा॒ इवा॑सते
Gaayon ke bacchon ki tarah, rishiyon ke vichar nikal ke aate hain. Yeh vichar aise hain jaise bail aur gaayen charne ke liye nikalti hain. Amota ke bete, unke paas sab kuch hai, jaise Amota ki gaayen ek jagah par khadi hain.
Mantra 6
प्र रे॑भ॒ धीं भ॑रस्व गो॒विदं॑ वसु॒विद॑म्। दे॒व॒त्रेमां वाचं॑ स्रीणी॒हीषु॒र्नावी॑र॒स्तार॑म्
Gaane wale, apna dimaag lagao aur aage badho. Gaay aur dhan dono milenge. Bhagwan ki taraf jao, apni baat ko teer jaisa bana ke chala. Jaise kashti mein kai wala hota hai, waise paar karne ka sahi tarika dhundho.
Mantra 7
राज्ञो॑ विश्व॒जनी॑नस्य॒ यो दे॒वोऽमर्त्यां॒ अति॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ सुष्टु॑ति॒मा सु॒नोता॑ परि॒क्षितः॑
Raja ke liye gaao jo sabka malik hai. Woh bhagwan hai jo amar logon se bhi aage hai. Vaishvanar ki tareef karo aur Parikshit raja ki bhi. Dono ki badai karo.
Mantra 8
प॒रि॒च्छिन्नः॒ क्षेम॑मकरो॒त् तम॒ आस॑नमा॒चर॑न्। कुला॑यन् कृ॒ण्वन् कौर॑व्यः॒ पति॒र्वद॑ति जा॒यया॑
Usne apne aap ko surakshit kar liya tha. Apna sthir sthan bana liya tha. Kaurav vansh ka raja apna ghar basa raha tha. Woh apni patni ke saath baat karta hai.
Mantra 9
क॒त॒रत् त॒ आ ह॑राणि॒ दधि॒ मन्थां॑ परि॒ श्रुत॑म्। जा॒याः पतिं॒ वि पृ॑च्छति रा॒ष्ट्रे राज्ञः॑ परि॒क्षितः॑
Patni apne pati se poochti hai ki main kya laao, dahi ya makhan. Yeh dono cheezein mashhoor hain. Parikshit raja ke rajya mein yeh baat ho rahi hai.
Mantra 10
अ॒भीवस्वः॒ प्र जि॑हीते॒ यवः॑ प॒क्वः प॒थो बिल॑म्। जनः॒ स भ॒द्रमेध॑ति रा॒ष्ट्रे राज्ञः॑ परि॒क्षितः॑
Pakki jaw dhan ke saath log aage badhte hain. Rasta saaf hota hai, raste se khaali jagah hat jaati hai. Log acche din paate hain. Yeh sab Raja Parikshit ke rajya mein hota hai.
Mantra 11
इन्द्रः॑ का॒रुम॑बूबुध॒दुत्ति॑ष्ठ॒ वि च॑रा॒ जन॑म्। ममेदु॒ग्रस्य॒ चर्कृ॑धि॒ सर्व॒ इत् ते॑ पृणाद॒रिः
Gaanewale ne Indra ko jaag kar diya hai. Ab utho, logon mein ghoomo. Mere liye yeh kaam karo, jo main bahut tez hoon. Dushman tumhe itna denge ki tum khush ho jaoge.
Mantra 12
इ॒ह गावः॒ प्रजा॑यध्वमि॒हाश्वा इ॒ह पूरु॑षाः । इ॒हो स॒हस्र॑दक्षि॒णोऽपि॑ पू॒षा नि षी॑दति
Yahan gaayen bachche dein. Yahan ghode hon. Yahan log badhein. Yahan Pusan bhi baitho, jo hazaron tohfe dene wala hai.
Mantra 13
नेमा इ॑न्द्र॒ गावो॑ रिष॒न् मो आ॒सां गोप॑ रीरिषत्। मासा॑म॒मित्र॒युर्जन॒ इन्द्र॒ मा स्ते॒न ई॑शत
Indra, in gaayon ko nuksan na ho. Unke rakshalko bhi kuch na karna chahiye. Koi dushman inpe kabza na kare. Chor bhi inka maalik na ban paaye.
Mantra 14
उप॑ नो न रमसि॒ सूक्ते॑न॒ वच॑सा व॒यं भ॒द्रेण॒ वच॑सा व॒यम्। वना॑दधिध्व॒नो गि॒रो न रि॑ष्येम क॒दा च॒न
Hamare paas aao aur hamari acchi baaton se khush ho. Hum bhi acchi baat karte hain. Jungle ki awaazein, tez awaazein, in sab se hum kabhi na taklein.
Nārāśaṃsa is the personified power of “praise of men”—the force by which public, well-formed laudation makes generosity famous, legitimate, and spiritually fruitful.
Both, but its core is prosperity-through-praise: it sacralizes a donation (dānastuti/paustika). The ending also functions as a pacifying protection, asking that auspicious speech prevent harm from ominous or wild threats.
Most naturally at a public act of giving: the priest recites it before witnesses, names and counts the gift, and closes with auspicious-speech formulas to ‘seal’ the donation and stabilize the donor’s settled security (kṣema).
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