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किमु श्रेष्ठः किं यविष्ठो न आजगन्किमीयते दूत्यं कद्यदूचिम । न निन्दिम चमसं यो महाकुलोऽग्ने भ्रातर्द्रुण इद्भूतिमूदिम ॥

kimu śreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ yaviṣṭho na ājagankimīyate dūtyaṃ kadyadūcima | na nindima camasaṃ yo mahākulo'gne bhrātardruṇa idbhūtimūdima ||

Is this our senior or our junior who has come (to us); has he come upon a message (from the gods); what is it we should say? Agni,brother, we revile not the ladle which is of exalted race; verily we assert the dignity of the wooden (implement).

एकं चमसं चतुरः कृणोतन तद्वो देवा अब्रुवन्तद्व आगमम् । सौधन्वना यद्येवा करिष्यथ साकं देवैर्यज्ञियासो भविष्यथ ॥

ekaṃ camasaṃ caturaḥ kṛṇotana tadvo devā abruvantadva āgamam | saudhanvanā yadyevā kariṣyatha sākaṃ devairyajñiyāso bhaviṣyatha ||

Make fourfold the single ladle; so the gods command you; and for that purpose have I come, sons of Sudhanvan; if you accomplish this, you will be entitled to sacrifices along with the gods.

अग्निं दूतं प्रति यदब्रवीतनाश्वः कर्त्वो रथ उतेह कर्त्वः । धेनुः कर्त्वा युवशा कर्त्वा द्वा तानि भ्रातरनु वः कृत्व्येमसि ॥

agniṃ dūtaṃ prati yadabravītanāśvaḥ kartvo ratha uteha kartvaḥ | dhenuḥ kartvā yuvaśā kartvā dvā tāni bhrātaranu vaḥ kṛtvyemasi ||

Then said they, in answer to Agni, the messenger (of the gods). Whatever is to be done, whether a horse is to be made, or a car is to be made, or a cow is to be made, or the two (old parents) are to be made young, having done all these (acts), Brother Agni, we are then ready to do (what you desire) to be done.

चकृवांस ऋभवस्तदपृच्छत क्वेदभूद्यः स्य दूतो न आजगन् । यदावाख्यच्चमसाञ्चतुरः कृतानादित्त्वष्टा ग्नास्वन्तर्न्यानजे ॥

cakṛvāṃsa ṛbhavastadapṛcchata kvedabhūdyaḥ sya dūto na ājagan | yadāvākhyaccamasāñcaturaḥ kṛtānādittvaṣṭā gnāsvantarnyānaje ||

So doing Ṛbhus, you inquired: where, indeed, is he who came to us as a messenger? When Tvaṣṭā observed the one ladle become four, he was immediately lost amongst the women.

हनामैनाँ इति त्वष्टा यदब्रवीच्चमसं ये देवपानमनिन्दिषुः । अन्या नामानि कृण्वते सुते सचाँ अन्यैरेनान्कन्या नामभिः स्परत् ॥

hanāmainā~ iti tvaṣṭā yadabravīccamasaṃ ye devapānamanindiṣuḥ | anyā nāmāni kṛṇvate sute sacā~ anyairenānkanyā nāmabhiḥ sparat ||

When Tvaṣṭā said: let us slay those who have profaned the ladle, (designed) for the drinking of the gods; then they made use of other names for one another as the libation was poured out; and the maiden (mother) propitiated them by different appellations.

इन्द्रो हरी युयुजे अश्विना रथं बृहस्पतिर्विश्वरूपामुपाजत । ऋभुर्विभ्वा वाजो देवाँ अगच्छत स्वपसो यज्ञियं भागमैतन ॥

indro harī yuyuje aśvinā rathaṃ bṛhaspatirviśvarūpāmupājata | ṛbhurvibhvā vājo devā~ agacchata svapaso yajñiyaṃ bhāgamaitana ||

Indra has caparisoned his horses; the Aśvins have harnessed their car; Bṛhaspati has accepted the omniform (cow); therefore, Ṛbhu, Vibhva and Vāja, go the gods, doers of good deeds, enjoy your sacrificial portion.

निश्चर्मणो गामरिणीत धीतिभिर्या जरन्ता युवशा ताकृणोतन । सौधन्वना अश्वादश्वमतक्षत युक्त्वा रथमुप देवाँ अयातन ॥

niścarmaṇo gāmariṇīta dhītibhiryā jarantā yuvaśā tākṛṇotana | saudhanvanā aśvādaśvamatakṣata yuktvā rathamupa devā~ ayātana ||

Sons of Sudhanvan, from a hideless (cow) you have formed a living one; by your marvellous acts you have made your aged parents young; from one horse you have fabricated another; harness now your chariot, and repair unto the gods.

इदमुदकं पिबतेत्यब्रवीतनेदं वा घा पिबता मुञ्जनेजनम् । सौधन्वना यदि तन्नेव हर्यथ तृतीये घा सवने मादयाध्वै ॥

idamudakaṃ pibatetyabravītanedaṃ vā ghā pibatā muñjanejanam | saudhanvanā yadi tanneva haryatha tṛtīye ghā savane mādayādhvai ||

They, (the gods), have said, sons of Sudhanvan, drink of this water, (the Soma); or drink that which has been filtered through the muñja grass; or, if you be plural ased with neither of these, be exhilarated (by that which is drunk) at the third (daily) sacrifice.

आपो भूयिष्ठा इत्येको अब्रवीदग्निर्भूयिष्ठ इत्यन्यो अब्रवीत् । वधर्यन्तीं बहुभ्यः प्रैको अब्रवीदृता वदन्तश्चमसाँ अपिंशत ॥

āpo bhūyiṣṭhā ityeko abravīdagnirbhūyiṣṭha ityanyo abravīt | vadharyantīṃ bahubhyaḥ praiko abravīdṛtā vadantaścamasā~ apiṃśata ||

Waters are the most excellent said one (of them). Agni is that most excellent, said another; the third declared to many the Earth (to be the most excellent), and thus speaking true things the Ṛbhus divided the ladle.

श्रोणामेक उदकं गामवाजति मांसमेकः पिंशति सूनयाभृतम् । आ निम्रुचः शकृदेको अपाभरत्किं स्वित्पुत्रेभ्यः पितरा उपावतुः ॥

śroṇāmeka udakaṃ gāmavājati māṃsamekaḥ piṃśati sūnayābhṛtam | ā nimrucaḥ śakṛdeko apābharatkiṃ svitputrebhyaḥ pitarā upāvatuḥ ||

One pours the red water (the blood) upon the ground; one cuts the flesh, divided into fragments by the chopper; and a third seperates the excrement from the other parts; in what manner may the parents (of the sacrifice) render assistance to their sons?

उद्वत्स्वस्मा अकृणोतना तृणं निवत्स्वपः स्वपस्यया नरः । अगोह्यस्य यदसस्तना गृहे तदद्येदमृभवो नानु गच्छथ ॥

udvatsvasmā akṛṇotanā tṛṇaṃ nivatsvapaḥ svapasyayā naraḥ | agohyasya yadasastanā gṛhe tadadyedamṛbhavo nānu gacchatha ||

Ṛbhus, leaders (of the rains), you have caused the grass to grow upon the high plural ces; you have caused the waters to flow over the low plural ces; for (the promotion of) good works; as you have reposed for a while in the dwelling of the unapprehensible (Sun), so desist not today from (the discharge of) this (your function).

सम्मील्य यद्भुवना पर्यसर्पत क्व स्वित्तात्या पितरा व आसतुः । अशपत यः करस्नं व आददे यः प्राब्रवीत्प्रो तस्मा अब्रवीतन ॥

sammīlya yadbhuvanā paryasarpata kva svittātyā pitarā va āsatuḥ | aśapata yaḥ karasnaṃ va ādade yaḥ prābravītpro tasmā abravītana ||

As you glide along enveloping the regions (in clouds); where, then, are the parents (of the world)? curse him who arrests your arm; reply sternly to him who speaks disrespectfully (to you).

सुषुप्वांस ऋभवस्तदपृच्छतागोह्य क इदं नो अबूबुधत् । श्वानं बस्तो बोधयितारमब्रवीत्संवत्सर इदमद्या व्यख्यत ॥

suṣupvāṃsa ṛbhavastadapṛcchatāgohya ka idaṃ no abūbudhat | śvānaṃ basto bodhayitāramabravītsaṃvatsara idamadyā vyakhyata ||

Ṛbhus, reposing in the solar orb, you inquire: who awakens us, unapprehensive (Sun), to this office (of sending rain). The Sun replies: the awakener is the wind; and the year (being ended), you again today light up this (world).

दिवा यान्ति मरुतो भूम्याग्निरयं वातो अन्तरिक्षेण याति । अद्भिर्याति वरुणः समुद्रैर्युष्माँ इच्छन्तः शवसो नपातः ॥

divā yānti maruto bhūmyāgnirayaṃ vāto antarikṣeṇa yāti | adbhiryāti varuṇaḥ samudrairyuṣmā~ icchantaḥ śavaso napātaḥ ||

Sons of Strength, the Maruts, desirous of your coming, advance from the sky; Agni comes (to meet you) from the earth; the wind traverses the firmament; and Varuṇa comes with undulating waters.

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