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Mantra 1

Sukta 26

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पशुसंवर्धनम्। एह यन्तु पशवो ये परेयुर्वायुर्येषां सहचारं जुजोष । त्वष्टा येषां रूपधेयानि वेदास्मिन् तान् गोष्ठे सविता नि यछतु

IAST Transliteration

éha yántu paśávo yé paréyur vāyúr yéṣāṃ sahacārám jujóṣa | tváṣṭā yéṣāṃ rūpadhéyāni véda asmín tā́n góṣṭhe savitā́ ní yacchatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither let the cattle come—those that have wandered forth—whose fellow-traveller the Wind hath welcomed as companion. Whose forms and proper marks Tvaṣṭṛ knoweth: those, in this cowshed, let Savitar set fast and hold in place.

Translation

Hãy để đàn gia súc đến đây—những con đã đi lạc ra xa—những con mà Vāyu, bạn đồng hành trên đường, đã đón nhận làm bạn. Những con mà Tvaṣṭṛ biết rõ hình dạng và dấu hiệu riêng: trong chuồng bò này, xin Savitar hãy giữ chặt và đặt chúng đứng yên.

Word by Word

एहhither, here

यन्तुlet them come

पशवःthe cattle/animals

येwho

परेयुःhave gone away, strayed

वाor

वायुःWind (Vāyu)

येषाम्of whom

सहचारम्as companion, companionship

जुजोषhas favoured/accepted

त्वष्टाTvaṣṭṛ (the shaper)

येषाम्of whom

रूपधेयानिforms, distinguishing appearances

वेदknows

अस्मिन्in this

तान्those (them)

गोस्थेin the cowshed/stall

सविताSavitar (the impeller)

निdown, into; firmly

यच्छतुlet (him) hold/keep, confine

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn)

Devata: Paśavaḥ (the cattle) with invoked agencies: Vāyu, Tvaṣṭṛ, Savitar

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meter; to be confirmed against pada-count in the edition used)

Mantra Rasa

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