Samaveda 458

458

4 9 2 1301a nāke suparṇamupa yatpatantaṃ hṛdā venanto abhyacakṣata tvā .
4 9 2 1301c hiraṇyapakṣaṃ varuṇasya dūtaṃ yamasya yonau śakunaṃ bhuraṇyum .. 1846
4 9 2 1302a ūrdhvo gandharvo adhi nāke asthātpratyañcitrā bibhradasyāyudhāni .
4 9 2 1302c vasāno atkaṃ surabhiṃ dṛśe kaṃ sva3rṇa nāma janata priyāṇi .. 1847
4 9 2 1303a drapsaḥ samudramabhi yajjigāti paśyangṛdhrasya cakṣasā vidharman .
4 9 2 1303c bhānuḥ śukreṇa śociṣā cakānastṛtīye cakre rajasi priyāṇi .. 1848

They gaze on thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strong-winged bird that mounteth sky-ward;
On thee with wings of gold, Varuna's envoy, the Bird that hasteneth to the home of Yama.

Erect, to heaven hath the Gandharva mounted, pointing at us his many-coloured weapons:
Clad in sweet raiment beautiful to look on, for he, as light, produceth forms that please us..

When as a spark he cometh ilear the ocean, looking with vulture's eye as Law commandeth,
His lustre, joying in its own bright splendour, maketh dear glories in the loftiest region.