Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 105

RV 1 105.1

चन्द्रमा अप्स्व् अ१न्तर् आ सुपर्णो धावते दिवि । न वो हिरण्यनेमयः पदꣳ विन्दन्ति विद्युतो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

candramā apsv a1ntar ā suparṇo dhāvate divi | na vo hiraṇyanemayaḥ padaṁ vindanti vidyuto vittam me asya rodasī

The moon (is) within the waters; the fine-feathered one runs in heaven. They do not find your place, O golden-rimmed lightnings. Take note of this (need) of mine, O you two worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 105.2

अर्थम् इद् वा उ अर्थिन आ जाया युवते पतिम् । तुञ्जाते वृष्ण्यम् पयः परिदाय रसꣳ दुहे वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

artham id vā u arthina ā jāyā yuvate patim | tuñjāte vṛṣṇyam payaḥ paridāya rasaṁ duhe vittam me asya rodasī

Indeed the needy (go) to their aim: the wife draws her husband to herself. The two press out the bull's milk; having handed over the sap, she milks (it). Take note of this (need) of mine, O you two worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.3

मो षु देवा अदः स्व१र् अव पादि दिवस् परि । मा सोम्यस्य शम्भुवः शूने भूम कदा चन वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

mo ṣu devā adaḥ sva1r ava pādi divas pari | mā somyasya śambhuvaḥ śūne bhūma kadā cana vittam me asya rodasī

Let that sun up there not fall down from heaven, O gods; let us never be in want of the beneficent soma. Take note of this (need) of mine, O you two worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.4

यज्ञम् पृच्छाम्य् अवमꣳ स तद् दूतो वि वोचति । क्व ऋतम् पूर्व्यꣳ गतꣳ कस् तद् बिभर्ति नूतनो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

yajñam pṛcchāmy avamaṁ sa tad dūto vi vocati | kva ṛtam pūrvyaṁ gataṁ kas tad bibharti nūtano vittam me asya rodasī

I ask the last of sacrifice. As envoy he shall tell it forth. Where is the ancient law divine? Who is its new diffuser now? Mark this my woe, ye Earth and Heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 1 105.5

अमी ये देवाः स्थन त्रिष्व् आ रोचने दिवः । कद् व ऋतꣳ कद् अनृतꣳ क्व प्रत्ना व आहुतिर् वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

amī ye devāḥ sthana triṣv ā rocane divaḥ | kad va ṛtaṁ kad anṛtaṁ kva pratnā va āhutir vittam me asya rodasī

You gods who are yonder, in the three bright realms of heaven — what is truth for you, what untruth? Where is your ancient oblation? Take note of this (plea) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

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RV 1 105.6

कद् व ऋतस्य धर्णसि कद् वरुणस्य चक्षणम् । कद् अर्यम्णो महस् पथाति क्रामेम दूढ्यो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

kad va ṛtasya dharṇasi kad varuṇasya cakṣaṇam | kad aryamṇo mahas pathāti krāmema dūḍhyo vittam me asya rodasī

What (has become) of your upholding of ṛta, what of Varuṇa's watchful eye? By the path of great Aryaman may we stride past the ill-intentioned. Take note of this (plight) of mine, O you two worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.7

अहꣳ सो अस्मि यः पुरा सुते वदामि कानि चित् । तम् मा व्यन्त्य् आध्यो३ वृको न तृष्णजम् मृगꣳ वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

ahaṁ so asmi yaḥ purā sute vadāmi kāni cit | tam mā vyanty ādhyo3 vṛko na tṛṣṇajam mṛgaṁ vittam me asya rodasī

I am that same man who formerly, at the pressing (of soma), would say all sorts of things; (yet now) cares pursue me like a wolf a thirsty deer. Take note of this (plight) of mine, O you two worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.8

सम् मा तपन्त्य् अभितः सपत्नीर् इव पर्शवः । मूषो न शिश्ना व्य् अदन्ति माध्यः स्तोतारꣳ ते शतक्रतो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

sam mā tapanty abhitaḥ sapatnīr iva parśavaḥ | mūṣo na śiśnā vy adanti mādhyaḥ stotāraṁ te śatakrato vittam me asya rodasī

The ribs scorch me from all sides like co-wives; cares gnaw at me, your praiser, as rats (gnaw) their own tails, O Śatakratu. Take note of this (plight) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 105.9

अमी ये सप्त रश्मयस् तत्रा मे नाभिर् आतता । त्रितस् तद् वेदाप्त्यः स जामित्वाय रेभति वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

amī ye sapta raśmayas tatrā me nābhir ātatā | tritas tad vedāptyaḥ sa jāmitvāya rebhati vittam me asya rodasī

Those seven rays yonder — there my navel is stretched out. Trita Āptya knows that; he calls out (for recognition) of kinship. Take note of this (plight) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 105.10

अमी ये पञ्चोक्षणो मध्ये तस्थुर् महो दिवः । देवत्रा नु प्रवाच्यꣳ सध्रीचीना नि वावृतुर् वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

amī ye pañcokṣaṇo madhye tasthur maho divaḥ | devatrā nu pravācyaṁ sadhrīcīnā ni vāvṛtur vittam me asya rodasī

Those five oxen that have taken their stand in the middle of the great heaven — that is now to be proclaimed among the gods — they have turned back, moving all toward one goal. Take note of this of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

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RV 1 105.11

सुपर्णा एत आसते मध्य आरोधने दिवः । ते सेधन्ति पथो वृकꣳ तरन्तꣳ यह्वतीर् अपो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

suparṇā eta āsate madhya ārodhane divaḥ | te sedhanti patho vṛkaṁ tarantaṁ yahvatīr apo vittam me asya rodasī

These fair-winged birds sit in the middle, on the ascent of heaven. They drive the wolf from the paths as he crosses the ever-young waters. Take note of this of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

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RV 1 105.12

नव्यꣳ तद् उक्थ्यꣳ हितꣳ देवासः सुप्रवाचनम् । ऋतम् अर्षन्ति सिन्धवः सत्यꣳ तातान सूर्यो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

navyaṁ tad ukthyaṁ hitaṁ devāsaḥ supravācanam | ṛtam arṣanti sindhavaḥ satyaṁ tātāna sūryo vittam me asya rodasī

New is that hymn-worthy (word), set in place, O gods, and well worth proclaiming. The rivers flow by ṛta; Sūrya has stretched out truth. Take note of this (plight) of mine, O you two worlds.

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RV 1 105.13

अग्ने तव त्यद् उक्थ्यꣳ देवेष्व् अस्त्य् आप्यम् । स नः सत्तो मनुष्वद् आ देवान् यक्षि विदुष्टरो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

agne tava tyad ukthyaṁ deveṣv asty āpyam | sa naḥ satto manuṣvad ā devān yakṣi viduṣṭaro vittam me asya rodasī

Agni, that hymn-worthy kinship of yours among the gods exists. So, seated (at the fire) for us as among men, sacrifice to the gods, you the more knowing one. Take note of this (plight) of mine, O you two worlds.

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RV 1 105.14

सत्तो होता मनुष्वद् आ देवाꣳ अच्छा विदुष्टरः । अग्निर् हव्या सुषूदति देवो देवेषु मेधिरो वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

satto hotā manuṣvad ā devām̐ acchā viduṣṭaraḥ | agnir havyā suṣūdati devo deveṣu medhiro vittam me asya rodasī

Seated as hotṛ, as in Manu's manner, (turned) toward the gods, the more knowing one — Agni makes the oblations savoury, a god wise among the gods. Take note of this (need) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 105.15

ब्रह्मा कृणोति वरुणो गातुविदꣳ तम् ईमहे । व्य् ऊर्णोति हृदा मतिꣳ नव्यो जायताम् ऋतꣳ वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

brahmā kṛṇoti varuṇo gātuvidaṁ tam īmahe | vy ūrṇoti hṛdā matiṁ navyo jāyatām ṛtaṁ vittam me asya rodasī

Varuṇa acts as brahman; we entreat him, the finder of the way. He uncovers the thought with the heart; let ṛta be born anew. Take note of this (need) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.16

असौ यः पन्था आदित्यो दिवि प्रवाच्यꣳ कृतः । न स देवा अतिक्रमे तम् मर्तासो न पश्यथ वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

asau yaḥ panthā ādityo divi pravācyaṁ kṛtaḥ | na sa devā atikrame tam martāso na paśyatha vittam me asya rodasī

That path yonder, belonging to Aditi (the Āditya path), made in heaven to be proclaimed — it is not to be overstepped, O gods; you mortals do not see it. Take note of this (need) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.17

त्रितः कूपे ऽवहितो देवान् हवत ऊतये । तच् छुश्राव बृहस्पतिः कृण्वन्न् अꣳहूरणाद् उरु वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

tritaḥ kūpe 'vahito devān havata ūtaye | tac chuśrāva bṛhaspatiḥ kṛṇvann aṁhūraṇād uru vittam me asya rodasī

Trita, sunk down in a well, calls upon the gods for help. Bṛhaspati heard that, making wide (room) out of the narrow strait. Take note of this (need) of mine, O Heaven and Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 105.18

अरुणो मा सकृद् वृकः पथा यन्तꣳ ददर्श हि । उज् जिहीते निचाय्या तष्टेव पृष्ट्यामयी वित्तम् मे अस्य रोदसी

aruṇo mā sakṛd vṛkaḥ pathā yantaṁ dadarśa hi | uj jihīte nicāyyā taṣṭeva pṛṣṭyāmayī vittam me asya rodasī

For a ruddy wolf once caught sight of me as I went along the path; having spied (me) he rears up, like a carpenter with an aching back. Take note of this of mine, O Heaven and Earth!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 105.19

एनाङ्गूषेण वयम् इन्द्रवन्तो ऽभि ष्याम वृजने सर्ववीराः । तन् नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्ताम् अदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः

enāṅgūṣeṇa vayam indravanto 'bhi ṣyāma vṛjane sarvavīrāḥ | tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ

By this song of praise may we, having Indra with us, prevail in the contest, with all our men intact. May Mitra, Varuṇa grant us that, and Aditi, Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition