Bibliotheca Polyglotta

1 SPREAD is thy cleansing filter, Brahmaṇaspati: as Prince, thou enterest its limbs from every side. The raw, whose mass hath not been heated gains not this: they only which are dressed, which bear, attain to it.

tápoṣ pavítraṃ vítataṃ divás padé śócanto asya tántavo ví asthiran |
ávanti asya pavītā́ram āśávo divás pr̥ṣṭhám ádhi tiṣṭhanti cétasā ||

2 High in the seat of heaven is spread the Scorcher's sieve: its threads are standing separate, glittering with light. The Swift Ones favour him who purifieth this: with consciousness they stand upon the height of heaven.

árūrucad uṣásaḥ pŕ̥śnir agriyá ukṣā́ bibharti bhúvanāni vājayúḥ |
māyāvíno mamire asya māyáyā nr̥cákṣasaḥ pitáro gárbham ā́ dadhuḥ ||

3 The foremost spotted Steer hath made the Mornings shine, and yearning after strength sustains all things that be. By his high wisdom have the mighty Sages wrought: the Fathers who behold mankind laid down the germ,

gandharvá itthā́ padám asya rakṣati pā́ti devā́nāṃ jánimāni ádbhutaḥ |
gr̥bhṇā́ti ripúṃ nidháyā nidhā́patiḥ sukŕ̥ttamā mádhuno bhakṣám āśata ||

4 Gandharva verily protects his dwellingplace; Wondrous, he guards the generations of the Gods. Lord of the snare, he takes the foeman with the snare: those who are most devout have gained a share of meath.

havír haviṣmo máhi sádma daíviyaṃ nábho vásānaḥ pári yāsi adhvarám |
rā́jā pavítraratho vā́jam ā́ruhaḥ sahásrabhr̥ṣṭir jayasi śrávo br̥hát ||

5 Rich in oblations! robed in cloud, thou corapassest oblation, sacrifice, the mighty seat of Gods. King, on thy chariot-sieve thou goest up to war, and with a thousand weapons winnest lofty fame.

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