A.
1. Listen, ye folks, to this: (a song) in praise of a hero
shall be sung! Six thousand and ninety (cows) did we get (when we were) with
Kaurama among the Rusamas, -
2. Whose twice ten buffaloes move right along, touether
with their cows; the height of his chariot just misses the heaven which recedes
from its touch.
3. This one (Kaurama) presented the seer with a hundred
jewels, ten chaplets, three hundred steeds, and ten thousand cattle.
4. Disport thyself, O chanter, disport thyself as a bird
upon a flowering tree; thy tongue glides quickly over the lips as a razor over
the strop.
5. The chanters with their pious song hurry on blithely as
cows; at home are their children, and at home the cows do they attend.
6. Bring hither, O chanter, thy poem, that which earns
cattle and earns good things! Among the gods (kings) place thy voice as a manly
archer his arrow!
7. Listen ye to the high praise of the king who rules over
all peoples, the god who is above mortals, of Vaisvânara Parikshit!
8. 'Parikshit has procured for us a secure dwelling when
he, the most excellent one, weat to his seat.' (Thus) the husband in Kuru-land,
when he founds his household, converses with his wife.
9. 'What may I bring to thee, curds, stirred drink, or
liquor?' (Thus) I the wife asks her husband in the kingdom of king Parikshit.
10. Like light the ripe barley runs over beyond the mouth
(of the vessels). The people thrive merrily in the kingdom of king Parikshit.
11. Indra has awakened the poet, saying: 'Arise, move
about, and sing; of me, the strong, verily, sing the praises; full every pious
one shall offer thee (sacrificial reward)!'
12. Here, O cattle, ye shall be born, here, ye horses,
here, ye domestics! And Pûshan also, who bestows a thousand (cows) as
sacrificial reward, settles down here.
13. May these cattle, O Indra, not suffer harm, and may
their owner not suffer harm; may the hostile folk, O Indra, may the thief not
gain possession of them!
14. We shout to the hero with hymn and song we (shout) with
a pleasing song. Take delight in our songs; may we not ever suffer harm!
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