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Rigveda 6.28

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 6.28

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Sanskrit

6.28.1

ā gāvo̍ agmann u̱ta bha̱dram a̍kra̱n sīda̍ntu go̱ṣṭhe ra̱ṇaya̍ntv a̱sme |
pra̱jāva̍tīḥ puru̱rūpā̍ i̱ha syu̱r indrā̍ya pū̱rvīr u̱ṣaso̱ duhā̍nāḥ ||

THE Kine have come and brought good fortune: let them rest in the cow-pen and be happy near us. Here let them stay prolific, many-coloured, and yield through many morns their milk for Indra.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.2

indro̱ yajva̍ne pṛṇa̱te ca̍ śikṣa̱ty uped da̍dāti̱ na svam mu̍ṣāyati |
bhūyo̍-bhūyo ra̱yim id a̍sya va̱rdhaya̱nn abhi̍nne khi̱lye ni da̍dhāti deva̱yum ||

Indra aids him who offers sacrifice and gifts: he takes not what is his, and gives him more thereto. Increasing ever more and ever more his wealth, he makes the pious dwell within unbroken bounds.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.3

na tā na̍śanti̱ na da̍bhāti̱ taska̍ro̱ nāsā̍m āmi̱tro vyathi̱r ā da̍dharṣati |
de̱vām̐ś ca̱ yābhi̱r yaja̍te̱ dadā̍ti ca̱ jyog it tābhi̍ḥ sacate̱ gopa̍tiḥ sa̱ha ||

These are ne'er lost, no robber ever injures them: no evil-minded foe attempts to harass them. The master of the Kine lives many a year with these, the Cows whereby he pours his gifts and serves the Gods.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.4

na tā arvā̍ re̱ṇuka̍kāṭo aśnute̱ na sa̍ṁskṛta̱tram upa̍ yanti̱ tā a̱bhi |
u̱ru̱gā̱yam abha̍ya̱ṁ tasya̱ tā anu̱ gāvo̱ marta̍sya̱ vi ca̍ranti̱ yajva̍naḥ ||

The charger with his dusty brow o'ertakes them not, and never to the shambles do they take their way. These Cows, the cattle of the pious worshipper, roam over widespread pasture where no danger is.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.5

gāvo̱ bhago̱ gāva̱ indro̍ me acchā̱n gāva̱ḥ soma̍sya pratha̱masya̍ bha̱kṣaḥ |
i̱mā yā gāva̱ḥ sa ja̍nāsa̱ indra̍ i̱cchāmīd dhṛ̱dā mana̍sā ci̱d indra̍m ||

To me the Cows seem Bhaga, they seem Indra, they seem a portion of the first-poured Soma. These present Cows, they, O ye Indra. I long for Indra with my heart and spirit.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.6

yū̱yaṁ gā̍vo medayathā kṛ̱śaṁ ci̍d aśrī̱raṁ ci̍t kṛṇuthā su̱pratī̍kam |
bha̱draṁ gṛ̱haṁ kṛ̍ṇutha bhadravāco bṛ̱had vo̱ vaya̍ ucyate sa̱bhāsu̍ ||

O Cows, ye fatten e'en the worn and wasted, and make the unlovely beautiful tolook on. Prosper my house, ye with auspicious voices. Your power is glorified in our assemblies.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.7

pra̱jāva̍tīḥ sū̱yava̍saṁ ri̱śantī̍ḥ śu̱ddhā a̱paḥ su̍prapā̱ṇe piba̍ntīḥ |
mā va̍ḥ ste̱na ī̍śata̱ māghaśa̍ṁsa̱ḥ pari̍ vo he̱tī ru̱drasya̍ vṛjyāḥ ||

Crop goodly pasturage and be prolific drink pure sweet water at good drinking places. Never be thief or sinful man your matter, and may the dart of Rudra still avoid you.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

6.28.8

upe̱dam u̍pa̱parca̍nam ā̱su goṣūpa̍ pṛcyatām |
upa̍ ṛṣa̱bhasya̱ reta̱sy upe̍ndra̱ tava̍ vī̱rye̍ ||

Now let this close admixture be close intermigled with these Cows, Mixt with the Steer's prolific flow, and, Indra, with thy hero might.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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