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Sūktam 23 — kathā (11 mantras)

Sūkta 23

11 vāmadevo gautamaḥ| indraḥ, 8-10 ṛtaṃ vā| triṣṭup|

ka̱thā ma̱hāma̍vṛdha̱t kasya̱ hotu̍rya̱jñaṃ ju̍ṣā̱ṇo a̱bhi soma̱mūdha̍: |

piba̍nnuśā̱no ju̱ṣamā̍ṇo̱ andho̍ vava̱kṣa ṛ̱ṣvaḥ śu̍ca̱te dhanā̍ya

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ko a̍sya vī̱raḥ sa̍dha̱māda̍māpa̱ samā̍naṃśa suma̱tibhi̱: ko a̍sya |

kada̍sya ci̱traṃ ci̍kite̱ kadū̱tī vṛ̱dhe bhu̍vacchaśamā̱nasya̱ yajyo̍:

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ka̱thā śṛ̍ṇoti hū̱yamā̍na̱mindra̍: ka̱thā śṛ̱ṇvannava̍sāmasya veda |

kā a̍sya pū̱rvīrupa̍mātayo ha ka̱thaina̍māhu̱: papu̍riṃ jari̱tre

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ka̱thā sa̱bādha̍: śaśamā̱no a̍sya̱ naśa̍da̱bhi dravi̍ṇa̱ṃ dīdhyā̍naḥ |

de̱vo bhu̍va̱nnave̍dā ma ṛ̱tānā̱ṃ namo̍ jagṛ̱bhvām̐ a̱bhi yajjujo̍ṣat

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ka̱thā kada̱syā u̱ṣaso̱ vyu̍ṣṭau de̱vo marta̍sya sa̱khyaṃ ju̍joṣa |

ka̱thā kada̍sya sa̱khyaṃ sakhi̍bhyo̱ ye a̍smi̱n kāma̍ṃ su̱yuja̍ṃ tata̱sre

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kimādama̍traṃ sa̱khyaṃ sakhi̍bhyaḥ ka̱dā nu te̍ bhrā̱traṃ pra bra̍vāma |

śri̱ye su̱dṛśo̱ vapu̍rasya̱ sargā̱: sva1rṇa ci̱trata̍mamiṣa̱ ā goḥ

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druha̱ṃ jighā̍ṃsan dhva̱rasa̍mani̱ndrāṃ teti̍kte ti̱gmā tu̱jase̱ anī̍kā |

ṛ̱ṇā ci̱d yatra̍ ṛṇa̱yā na̍ u̱gro dū̱re ajñā̍tā u̱ṣaso̍ babā̱dhe

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ṛ̱tasya̱ hi śu̱rudha̱: santi̍ pū̱rvīrṛ̱tasya̍ dhī̱tirvṛ̍ji̱nāni̍ hanti |

ṛ̱tasya̱ śloko̍ badhi̱rā ta̍tarda̱ karṇā̍ budhā̱naḥ śu̱camā̍na ā̱yoḥ

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ṛ̱tasya̍ dṛ̱l̤ahā dha̱ruṇā̍ni santi pu̱rūṇi̍ ca̱ndrā vapu̍ṣe̱ vapū̍ṃṣi |

ṛ̱tena̍ dī̱rghami̍ṣaṇanta̱ pṛkṣa̍ ṛ̱tena̱ gāva̍ ṛ̱tamā vi̍veśuḥ

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ṛ̱taṃ ye̍mā̱na ṛ̱tamid va̍notyṛ̱tasya̱ śuṣma̍stura̱yā u̍ ga̱vyuḥ |

ṛ̱tāya̍ pṛ̱thvī ba̍hu̱le ga̍bhī̱re ṛ̱tāya̍ dhe̱nū pa̍ra̱me du̍hāte

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nū ṣṭu̱ta i̍ndra̱ nū gṛ̍ṇā̱na iṣa̍ṃ jari̱tre na̱dyo̱3 na pī̍peḥ |

akā̍ri te harivo̱ brahma̱ navya̍ṃ dhi̱yā syā̍ma ra̱thya̍: sadā̱sāḥ

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