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सायण-भाष्यम्

‘एहि वाम्’ इति षड़ृचं षष्ठं सूक्तं भरद्वाजस्यार्षं गायत्रं पौष्णम् । अनुक्रम्यते च – एहि वां षट् ’ इति । गतो विनियोगः ॥

Jamison Brereton

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Pūsaṇ
Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
6 verses: gāyatrī
This little hymn is noteworthy for its structure, with a lexical chain knitting the verses together: each verse, except the last (6), contains at least one word or phrase from the preceding verse. The last verse does contain a phonological echo of the preceding one: “brother” in verse 5 (bhrā́tā) is echoed by the last word of verse 6 (“bearing” bíbhrataḥ).
It is also noteworthy for the startling, but oddly offhand and uncensorious, allu sion to incest in verses 4–5, where Pūṣan is identified as the lover of his sister and the wooer of his mother. This follows on three verses (1–3) seeking Pūṣan as chari oteer and giver of wealth, and after the incest verses the poet returns to the chariot motif to end the hymn (vs. 6). What the poet is alluding to is Pūṣan’s alleged mar riage to Sūryā, Daughter of the Sun, glancingly mentioned in nearby VI.58.4 as well as in X.26.6.

Jamison Brereton Notes

Pūṣan As noted in the published introduction, the hymn is structured by an ever-shifting lexical chain. The links are as follows: vs. 1 rathī́ḥ – 2 rathī́tamam / 2 rāyáḥ sákhā́yam – 3 rāyáḥ … sákhā / 3 ajāśva – 4 ajā́śvam / 4 svásur … jāráḥ – 5 svásur jāráh. For the last vs. which lacks a precise repetition, note bhrā́tā in 5 phonologically echoed by bíbhrataḥ ending 6, although they are of course lexically unrelated. We might also note that the verb in 1b, sacāvahai ‘let us two accompany each other’, is echoed by the ‘companion’ word sákhi- in vss. 2, 3, and 5, and ajá- ‘goat’, found in the cmpd.

ajā́śva- ‘having goats as horses’ of vss. 3-4, reappears in 6 without the horses.

01 एहि वाम् - गायत्री

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एहि॒ वां वि॑मुचो नपा॒दाघृ॑णे॒ सं स॑चावहै ।
र॒थीरृ॒तस्य॑ नो भव ॥

02 रथीतमं कपर्दिनमीशानम् - गायत्री

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र॒थीत॑मं कप॒र्दिन॒मीशा॑नं॒ राध॑सो म॒हः ।
रा॒यः सखा॑यमीमहे ॥

03 रायो धारास्याघृणे - गायत्री

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रा॒यो धारा॑स्याघृणे॒ वसो॑ रा॒शिर॑जाश्व ।
धीव॑तोधीवतः॒ सखा॑ ॥

04 पूषणं न्वट्जाश्वमुप - गायत्री

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पू॒षणं॒ न्व१॒॑जाश्व॒मुप॑ स्तोषाम वा॒जिन॑म् ।
स्वसु॒र्यो जा॒र उ॒च्यते॑ ॥

05 मातुर्दिधिषुमब्रवं स्वसुर्जारः - गायत्री

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मा॒तुर्दि॑धि॒षुम॑ब्रवं॒ स्वसु॑र्जा॒रः शृ॑णोतु नः ।
भ्रातेन्द्र॑स्य॒ सखा॒ मम॑ ॥

06 आजासः पूषणम् - गायत्री

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आजासः॑ पू॒षणं॒ रथे॑ निशृ॒म्भास्ते ज॑न॒श्रिय॑म् ।
दे॒वं व॑हन्तु॒ बिभ्र॑तः ॥