Rig Veda

Mandal - 10 (Part - 10)

HYMN 33 Various Deities

1

THE urgings of the people have impelled me, and by,the nearest way I bring you Pusan.
The Universal Gods have brought me safely. The cry was heard, Behold, Dubsasu cometh!

2

The ribs that compass me give pain and trouble me like rival wives.
Indigence, nakedness, exhaustion press me sore: my mind is fluttering like a bird's.

3

As rats eat weavers' threads, cares are consuming me, thy singer, gatakratu, me.
Have mercy on us once, O Indra, Bounteous Lord: be thou a Father unto us.

4

I the priests' Rsi chose as prince most liberal Kurusravana,
The son of Trasadasyu's son,

5

Whose three bays harnessed to the car bear me straight onward: I will laud
The giver of a thousand meeds,

6

The sire of Upamasravas, even him whose words were passing sweet,
As a fair field is to its lord.

7

Mark, Upamasravas, his son, mark, grandson of Mitratithi:
I am thy father's eulogist.

8

If I controlled Immortal Gods, yea, even were I Lord of men,
My liberal prince were living still.

9

None lives, even had he hundred lives, beyond the statute of the Gods
So am I parted from my friend.