Atharvaveda · Sūkta 20.16
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20.16.1
उदप्रुतो न वयो रक्षमाणा वावदतो अभ्रियस्येव घोषाः ।
गिरिभ्रजो नोर्मयो मदन्तो बृहस्पतिमभ्यर्का अनावन् ॥ २०.१६.१ ॥
Like birds rising from the water, guarding, like the chattering roars of the thundercloud, like waves shining on the mountains, exulting, the songs sounded out toward Bṛhaspati.
20.16.2
सं गोभिरङ्गिरसो नक्षमाणो भग इवेदर्यमणं निनाय ।
जने मित्रो न दम्पती अनक्ति बृहस्पते वाजयाशूंरिवाजौ ॥ २०.१६.२ ॥
The Aṅgirases, reaching with the cows (rays), brought Aryaman forth like Bhaga; as Mitra joins husband and wife among people, O Bṛhaspati, lead us forward like swift horses in the contest.
20.16.3
साध्वर्या अतिथिनीरिषिरा स्पार्हाः सुवर्णा अनवद्यरूपाः ।
बृहस्पतिः पर्वतेभ्यो वितूर्या निर्गा ऊपे यवमिव स्थिविभ्यः ॥ २०.१६.३ ॥
Sacrifices well led, guiding the guest, swift, desirable, golden, of faultless form; Bṛhaspati, breaking open from the mountains, brought the cows out into the fold as barley is brought from the storehouses.
20.16.4
आप्रुषायन् मधुना ऋतस्य योनिमवक्षिपन्न् अर्क उल्कामिव द्योः ।
बृहस्पतिरुद्धरन्न् अश्मनो गा भूम्या उद्नेव वि त्वचं बिभेद ॥ २०.१६.४ ॥
Sprinkling the womb of cosmic order with honey, they came; they hurled the ray like a firebrand from the sky; Bṛhaspati, lifting the cows out of the stone, split the covering apart as water splits the skin of the earth.
20.16.5
अप ज्योतिषा तमो अन्तरिक्षदुद्नः शीपालमिव वात आजत् ।
बृहस्पतिरनुमृश्या वलस्याभ्रमिव वात आ चक्र आ गाः ॥ २०.१६.५ ॥
With light he drove the darkness away from the mid-air, as wind drives the water-weed; Bṛhaspati, having searched out Vala, turned the cows back, as wind turns the cloud.
20.16.6
यदा वलस्य पीयतो जसुं भेद्बृहस्पतिरग्नितपोभिरर्कैः ।
दद्भिर्न जिह्वा परिविष्टमाददाविर्निधींरकृणोदुस्रियाणाम् ॥ २०.१६.६ ॥
When Bṛhaspati, with the heats of Agni and with hymns, split open the hidden store that Vala was drinking, he seized what was surrounded like a tongue by teeth, and laid bare the treasures of the cows.
20.16.7
बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
आण्डेव भित्वा शकुनस्य गर्भमुदुस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥ २०.१६.७ ॥
Bṛhaspati indeed knew the name of those svarī-cows, which lay hidden in their abode within the cave; splitting it like an egg, like the embryo of a bird, the mountain itself drove forth the dawn-cows.
20.16.8
अश्नापिनद्धं मधु पर्यपश्यन् मत्स्यं न दीन उदनि क्षियन्तम् ।
निष्टज्जभार चमसं न वृक्षाद्बृहस्पतिर्विरवेणा विकृत्य ॥ २०.१६.८ ॥
They beheld the honey bound with stone, as a poor man beholds a fish dwelling in the water; Bṛhaspati, cutting it free with a roar, drew it out as one takes a bowl down from a tree.
20.16.9
सोषामविन्दत्स स्वः सो अग्निं सो अर्केण वि बबाधे तमांसि ।
बृहस्पतिर्गोवपुषो वलस्य निर्मज्जानं न पर्वणो जभार ॥ २०.१६.९ ॥
He found the dawn, he found the heaven of light, he found Agni; with the hymn he drove the darknesses apart. Bṛhaspati drew out the sunken limb of Vala, the cow-bodied one, as from a joint.
20.16.10
हिमेव पर्णा मुषिता वनानि बृहस्पतिनाकृपयद्वलो गाः ।
अनानुकृत्यमपुनश्चकार यात्सूर्यामासा मिथ उच्चरातः ॥ २०.१६.१० ॥
As leaves are stolen by frost, so the forests were robbed; Bṛhaspati made Vala tremble for the cows. He wrought a deed that could not be undone; sun and moon moved upward, each circling the other.
20.16.11
अभि श्यावं न कृशनेभिरश्वं नक्षत्रेभिः पितरो द्यामपिंशन् ।
रात्र्यां तमो अदधुर्ज्योतिरहन् बृहस्पतिर्भिनदद्रिं विदद्गाः ॥ २०.१६.११ ॥
As one adorns a dun horse with sharp reins, the Fathers adorned the sky with the stars. They placed darkness in the night and light in the day. Bṛhaspati split the mountain and found the cows.
20.16.12
इदमकर्म नमो अभ्रियाय यः पूर्वीरन्वानोनवीति ।
बृहस्पतिः स हि गोभिः सो अश्वैः स वीरेभिः स नृभिर्नो वयो धात् ॥ २०.१६.१२ ॥
To him of the cloud we have offered this homage, who again and again praises the ancients. May that Bṛhaspati, indeed, grant us sustenance: through cows, through horses, through heroic sons, through men.