avś_20.130.01.

को॒ अर्य बहुलि॒मा इ॒षूनि ॥१॥

kó arya bahulímā íṣūni ||1||

Who carried off these stores of milk?

avś_20.130.02.

को॒ असिद्याः॒ प॒यः ॥२॥

kó asidyā́ḥ páyaḥ ||2||

Who took the dark cow's milk away?

avś_20.130.03.

को॒ अ॒र्जुन्याः प॒यः ॥३॥

kó árjunyāḥ páyaḥ ||3||

Who took away the white cow's milk?

avś_20.130.04.

कः॒ कार्ष्ण्याः॒ प॒यः ॥४॥

káḥ kārṣṇyā́ḥ páyaḥ ||4||

Who took the black
cow's milk away?

avś_20.130.05.

एतं॒ पृछ कु॒हं पृछ ॥५॥

etáṃ pr̥cha kúhaṃ pr̥cha ||5||

Question this man, Where do I ask?

avś_20.130.06.

कु॒हाकं पक्वकं॒ पृछ ॥६॥

kúhākaṃ pakvakáṃ pr̥cha ||6||

Where, whom that knoweth do I ask?

avś_20.130.07.

य॒वानो यतिष्व॒भिः कुभिः ॥७॥

yávāno yatiṣvábhiḥ kubhiḥ ||7||

Not to the belly comes the grain.

avś_20.130.08.

अ॒कुप्यन्तः कु॒पायकुः ॥८॥

ákupyantaḥ kúpāyakuḥ ||8||

The patient ones are angry now.

avś_20.130.09.

आ॒मणको म॒णत्सकः ॥९॥

ā́maṇako máṇatsakaḥ ||9||

Undecked with gems, and decked with gems:

avś_20.130.10.

दे॒व त्वप्रतिसूर्य ॥१०॥

déva tvapratisūrya ||10||

deity rivalling the Sun.

avś_20.130.11.

ए॒नश्चिपङ्क्तिका॒ हविः॒ ॥११॥

énaścipaṅktikā́ havíḥ ||11||

Dapple, Harinikā, and Bay

avś_20.130.12.

प्र॒दु॒द्रुदो म॒घाप्रति ॥१२॥

prádúdrudo mághāprati ||12||

ran forward to the liberal gifts.

avś_20.130.13.

शृ॒ङ्ग उत्पन्न ॥१३॥

śŕ̥ṅga utpanna ||13||

When the horn's blast hath sounded forth

avś_20.130.14.

मा॒ त्वाभि स॒खा नो विदन् ॥१४॥

mā́ tvābhi sákhā no vidan ||14||

let not our friend
discover thee.

avś_20.130.15.

वशा॒याः पुत्र॒म् आ॒ यन्ति ॥१५॥

vaśā́yāḥ putrám ā́ yanti ||15||

Hither to the cow's son they come.

avś_20.130.16.

इ॒रावेदुम॒यं दत ॥१६॥

írāvedumáyaṃ data ||16||

Libation hath rejoiced the God.

avś_20.130.17.

अ॒थो इय॒न्नि॒यन्न् इ॒ति ॥१७॥

átho iyánníyann íti ||17||

Then cried they. Here he is, and, Here;

avś_20.130.18.

अ॒थो इय॒न्नि॒ति ॥१८॥

átho iyánníti ||18||

again the cry was, Here is he.

avś_20.130.19.

अ॒थो श्वा॒ अ॒स्थिरो भवन् ॥१९॥

átho śvā́ ásthiro bhavan ||19||

Then not defective be our steeds!

avś_20.130.20.

उयं॒ यकां॒शलोकका॒ ॥२०॥

uyáṃ yakā́ṃśalokakā́ ||20||

A splinter so diminutive!


Translations compiled by Dr. Mārcis Gasūns.