Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 106

RV 1 106.1

इन्द्रम् मित्रꣳ वरुणम् अग्निम् ऊतये मारुतꣳ शर्धो अदितिꣳ हवामहे । रथꣳ न दुर्गाद् वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान् नो अꣳहसो निष् पिपर्तन

indram mitraṁ varuṇam agnim ūtaye mārutaṁ śardho aditiṁ havāmahe | rathaṁ na durgād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān no aṁhaso niṣ pipartana

We call on Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, Agni for help, (and) the Marut host, (and) Aditi. Like a chariot out of a hard passage, O Vasus of good gifts, carry us out of every distress.

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RV 1 106.2

त आदित्या आ गता सर्वतातये भूत देवा वृत्रतूर्येषु शम्भुवः । रथꣳ न दुर्गाद् वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान् नो अꣳहसो निष् पिपर्तन

ta ādityā ā gatā sarvatātaye bhūta devā vṛtratūryeṣu śambhuvaḥ | rathaṁ na durgād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān no aṁhaso niṣ pipartana

You Ādityas, come here for wholeness; be, O gods, benevolent in the overcomings of Vṛtra (or: in the contests). Like a chariot out of a hard passage, O Vasus of good gifts, carry us out of every distress.

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RV 1 106.3

अवन्तु नः पितरः सुप्रवाचना उत देवी देवपुत्रे ऋतावृधा । रथꣳ न दुर्गाद् वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान् नो अꣳहसो निष् पिपर्तन

avantu naḥ pitaraḥ supravācanā uta devī devaputre ṛtāvṛdhā | rathaṁ na durgād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān no aṁhaso niṣ pipartana

May the fathers help us, they who are worthy of good proclaiming, and the two goddesses whose sons are gods, who make the ṛta grow. Like a chariot out of rough ground, O Vasus, O generous givers, carry us clear of every straitness.

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RV 1 106.4

नराशꣳसꣳ वाजिनꣳ वाजयन्न् इह क्षयद्वीरम् पूषणꣳ सुम्नैर् ईमहे । रथꣳ न दुर्गाद् वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान् नो अꣳहसो निष् पिपर्तन

narāśaṁsaṁ vājinaṁ vājayann iha kṣayadvīram pūṣaṇaṁ sumnair īmahe | rathaṁ na durgād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān no aṁhaso niṣ pipartana

Urging on here Narāśaṁsa the prize-winner, we entreat with kindly words Pūṣan, who rules over heroes. Like a chariot out of rough ground, O Vasus, O generous givers, carry us clear of every straitness.

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RV 1 106.5

बृहस्पते सदम् इन् नः सुगꣳ कृधि शꣳ योर् यत् ते मनुर्हितꣳ तद् ईमहे । रथꣳ न दुर्गाद् वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान् नो अꣳहसो निष् पिपर्तन

bṛhaspate sadam in naḥ sugaṁ kṛdhi śaṁ yor yat te manurhitaṁ tad īmahe | rathaṁ na durgād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān no aṁhaso niṣ pipartana

Bṛhaspati, make (the way) ever easy for us; that well-being and safety of yours which is set out for Manu, that we beg for. Like a chariot out of a hard place, O Vasus of good gifts, carry us out beyond every distress.

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RV 1 106.6

इन्द्रꣳ कुत्सो वृत्रहणꣳ शचीपतिꣳ काटे निबाऴ्ह ऋषिर् अह्वद् ऊतये । रथꣳ न दुर्गाद् वसवः सुदानवो विश्वस्मान् नो अꣳहसो निष् पिपर्तन

indraṁ kutso vṛtrahaṇaṁ śacīpatiṁ kāṭe nibāḻha ṛṣir ahvad ūtaye | rathaṁ na durgād vasavaḥ sudānavo viśvasmān no aṁhaso niṣ pipartana

Indra, slayer of Vṛtra, lord of might, the ṛṣi Kutsa, sunk down in the pit, called for help. Like a chariot out of a hard place, O Vasus of good gifts, carry us out beyond every distress.

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RV 1 106.7

देवैर् नो देव्य् अदितिर् नि पातु देवस् त्राता त्रायताम् अप्रयुच्छन् । तन् नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्ताम् अदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः

devair no devy aditir ni pātu devas trātā trāyatām aprayucchan | tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ

May the goddess Aditi with the gods guard us; may the god the protector protect (us), not slackening. May Mitra, Varuṇa grant us that, (and) Aditi, the River, Earth and Heaven.

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