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Sūktam 18 — prātā (9 mantras)

Sūkta 18

9 gṛtsamada (āṅgirasaḥ śaunahotraḥ paścād) bhārgavaḥ śaunakaḥ| indraḥ| triṣṭup|

prā̱tā ratho̱ navo̍ yoji̱ sasni̱ścatu̍ryugastrika̱śaḥ sa̱ptara̍śmiḥ |

daśā̍ritro manu̱ṣya̍: sva̱rṣāḥ sa i̱ṣṭibhi̍rma̱tibhī̱ raṃhyo̍ bhūt

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sāsmā̱ ara̍ṃ pratha̱maṃ sa dvi̱tīya̍mu̱to tṛ̱tīya̱ṃ manu̍ṣa̱: sa hotā̍ |

a̱nyasyā̱ garbha̍ma̱nya ū̍ jananta̱ so a̱nyebhi̍: sacate̱ jenyo̱ vṛṣā̍

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harī̱ nu ka̱ṃ ratha̱ indra̍sya yojamā̱yai sū̱ktena̱ vaca̍sā̱ nave̍na |

mo ṣu tvāmatra̍ ba̱havo̱ hi viprā̱ ni rī̍rama̱n yaja̍mānāso a̱nye

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ā dvābhyā̱ṃ hari̍bhyāmindra yā̱hyā ca̱turbhi̱rā ṣa̱ḍbhirhū̱yamā̍naḥ |

āṣṭā̱bhirda̱śabhi̍: soma̱peya̍ma̱yaṃ su̱taḥ su̍makha̱ mā mṛdha̍skaḥ

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ā vi̍ṃśa̱tyā tri̱ṃśatā̍ yāhya̱rvāṅā ca̍tvāri̱ṃśatā̱ hari̍bhiryujā̱naḥ |

ā pa̍ñcā̱śatā̍ su̱rathe̍bhiri̱ndrā '' ṣa̱ṣṭyā sa̍pta̱tyā so̍ma̱peya̍m

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āśī̱tyā na̍va̱tyā yā̍hya̱rvāṅā śa̱tena̱ hari̍bhiru̱hyamā̍naḥ |

a̱yaṃ hi te̍ śu̱naho̍treṣu̱ soma̱ indra̍ tvā̱yā pari̍ṣikto̱ madā̍ya

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mama̱ brahme̍ndra yā̱hyacchā̱ viśvā̱ harī̍ dhu̱ri dhi̍ṣvā̱ ratha̍sya |

pu̱ru̱trā hi vi̱havyo̍ ba̱bhūthā̱smiñchū̍ra̱ sava̍ne mādayasva

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na ma̱ indre̍ṇa sa̱khyaṃ vi yo̍ṣada̱smabhya̍masya̱ dakṣi̍ṇā duhīta |

upa̱ jyeṣṭhe̱ varū̍the̱ gabha̍stau prā̱yeprā̍ye jigī̱vāṃsa̍: syāma

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nū̱naṃ sā te̱ prati̱ vara̍ṃ jari̱tre du̍hī̱yadi̍ndra̱ dakṣi̍ṇā ma̱ghonī̍ |

śikṣā̍ sto̱tṛbhyo̱ māti̍ dha̱gbhago̍ no bṛ̱had va̍dema vi̱dathe̍ su̱vīrā̍:

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