Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 116

RV 1 116.1

नासत्याभ्याम् बर्हिर् इव प्र वृञ्जे स्तोमाꣳ इयर्म्य् अभ्रियेव वातः । याव् अर्भगाय विमदाय जायाꣳ सेनाजुवा न्यूहतू रथेन

nāsatyābhyām barhir iva pra vṛñje stomām̐ iyarmy abhriyeva vātaḥ | yāv arbhagāya vimadāya jāyāṁ senājuvā nyūhatū rathena

For the Nāsatyas I pluck (praise) as one plucks the barhis; I set hymns in motion as the wind (stirs) the cloud-masses — the two who brought down a wife for young Vimada with their army-swift chariot.

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RV 1 116.2

वीऴुपत्मभिर् आशुहेमभिर् वा देवानाꣳ वा जूतिभिः शाशदाना । तद् रासभो नासत्या सहस्रम् आजा यमस्य प्रधने जिगाय

vīḻupatmabhir āśuhemabhir vā devānāṁ vā jūtibhiḥ śāśadānā | tad rāsabho nāsatyā sahasram ājā yamasya pradhane jigāya

With strong-flying, swiftly-speeding (steeds), or by the impulsions of the gods, prevailing — that ass, O Nāsatyas, won the thousand in the race, in Yama's prize-contest.

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RV 1 116.3

तुग्रो ह भुज्युम् अश्विनोदमेघे रयिꣳ न कश् चिन् ममृवाꣳ अवाहाः । तम् ऊहथुर् नौभिर् आत्मन्वतीभिर् अन्तरिक्षप्रुद्भिर् अपोदकाभिः

tugro ha bhujyum aśvinodameghe rayiṁ na kaś cin mamṛvām̐ avāhāḥ | tam ūhathur naubhir ātmanvatībhir antarikṣaprudbhir apodakābhiḥ

Tugra left Bhujyu behind in the water-cloud, as a dying man (leaves) his wealth; you two carried him with ships that had breath in them, swimming through the midspace, without water.

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RV 1 116.4

तिस्रः क्षपस् त्रिर् अहातिव्रजद्भिर् नासत्या भुज्युम् ऊहथुः पतꣳगैः । समुद्रस्य धन्वन्न् आर्द्रस्य पारे त्रिभी रथैः शतपद्भिः षऴश्वैः

tisraḥ kṣapas trir ahātivrajadbhir nāsatyā bhujyum ūhathuḥ pataṁgaiḥ | samudrasya dhanvann ārdrasya pāre tribhī rathaiḥ śatapadbhiḥ ṣaḻaśvaiḥ

Three nights and three days, O Nāsatyas, you carried Bhujyu with winged ones that flew across, to the dry land on the far shore of the moist sea, with three chariots, hundred-footed, six-horsed.

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RV 1 116.5

अनारम्भणे तद् अवीरयेथाम् अनास्थाने अग्रभणे समुद्रे । यद् अश्विना ऊहथुर् भुज्युम् अस्तꣳ शतारित्राꣳ नावम् आतस्थिवाꣳसम्

anārambhaṇe tad avīrayethām anāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre | yad aśvinā ūhathur bhujyum astaṁ śatāritrāṁ nāvam ātasthivāṁsam

There you played the heroes, in the sea that has no hold, no standing-place, no grasping, when, Aśvins, you carried Bhujyu home, who had boarded a hundred-oared ship.

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RV 1 116.6

यम् अश्विना ददथुः श्वेतम् अश्वम् अघाश्वाय शश्वद् इत् स्वस्ति । तद् वाꣳ दात्रम् महि कीर्तेन्यम् भूत् पैद्वो वाजी सदम् इद् धव्यो अर्यः

yam aśvinā dadathuḥ śvetam aśvam aghāśvāya śaśvad it svasti | tad vāṁ dātram mahi kīrtenyam bhūt paidvo vājī sadam id dhavyo aryaḥ

The white horse that you, Aśvins, gave to Aghāśva — constant well-being! — that gift of yours has been great, to be proclaimed; Pedu's prize-steed is ever to be called on by the noble man.

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RV 1 116.7

युवꣳ नरा स्तुवते पज्रियाय कक्षीवते अरदतम् पुरꣳधिम् । कारोतराच् छफाद् अश्वस्य वृष्णः शतꣳ कुम्भाꣳ असिञ्चतꣳ सुरायाः

yuvaṁ narā stuvate pajriyāya kakṣīvate aradatam puraṁdhim | kārotarāc chaphād aśvasya vṛṣṇaḥ śataṁ kumbhām̐ asiñcataṁ surāyāḥ

You two men dug out abundance for Kakṣīvat, the Pajriya, who praised you; from the hoof of the bull-horse, as from a strainer-vessel, you poured out a hundred jars of surā.

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RV 1 116.8

हिमेनाग्निꣳ घ्रꣳसम् अवारयेथाम् पितुमतीम् ऊर्जम् अस्मा अधत्तम् । ऋबीसे अत्रिम् अश्विनावनीतम् उन् निन्यथुः सर्वगणꣳ स्वस्ति

himenāgniṁ ghraṁsam avārayethām pitumatīm ūrjam asmā adhattam | ṛbīse atrim aśvināvanītam un ninyathuḥ sarvagaṇaṁ svasti

With cold you fenced off the fire, the scorching heat; you set food-bearing strength in him. Atri, cast down into the ṛbīsa-pit, you led up, O Aśvins, with all his company, into well-being.

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RV 1 116.9

परावतꣳ नासत्यानुदेथाम् उच्चाबुध्नꣳ चक्रथुर् जिह्मबारम् । क्षरन्न् आपो न पायनाय राये सहस्राय तृष्यते गोतमस्य

parāvataṁ nāsatyānudethām uccābudhnaṁ cakrathur jihmabāram | kṣarann āpo na pāyanāya rāye sahasrāya tṛṣyate gotamasya

The far-off (covering) you pushed aside, O Nāsatyas; you made (the well) with its base aloft and its mouth slanting down. The waters streamed for the drinking, for the thousandfold wealth of thirsting Gotama.

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RV 1 116.10

जुजुरुषो नासत्योत वव्रिम् प्रामुञ्चतꣳ द्रापिम् इव च्यवानात् । प्रातिरतꣳ जहितस्यायुर् दस्राद् इत् पतिम् अकृणुतꣳ कनीनाम्

jujuruṣo nāsatyota vavrim prāmuñcataṁ drāpim iva cyavānāt | prātirataṁ jahitasyāyur dasrād it patim akṛṇutaṁ kanīnām

From the aged Cyavāna, O Nāsatyas, you stripped off the husk like a mantle; you extended the lifetime of the forsaken one, and, O wondrous ones, you made him the husband of maidens.

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RV 1 116.11

तद् वाꣳ नरा शꣳस्यꣳ राध्यꣳ चाभिष्टिमन् नासत्या वरूथम् । यद् विद्वाꣳसा निधिम् इवापगूऴ्हम् उद् दर्शताद् ऊपथुर् वन्दनाय

tad vāṁ narā śaṁsyaṁ rādhyaṁ cābhiṣṭiman nāsatyā varūtham | yad vidvāṁsā nidhim ivāpagūḻham ud darśatād ūpathur vandanāya

That (deed) of yours, O men, is to be praised and to be granted, a superior shelter, O Nāsatyas: that you two, knowing, drew Vandana up out of the conspicuous place, like a treasure hidden away.

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RV 1 116.12

तद् वाꣳ नरा सनये दꣳस उग्रम् आविष् कृणोमि तन्यतुर् न वृष्टिम् । दध्यङ् ह यन् मध्व् आथर्वणो वाम् अश्वस्य शीर्ष्णा प्र यद् ईम् उवाच

tad vāṁ narā sanaye daṁsa ugram āviṣ kṛṇomi tanyatur na vṛṣṭim | dadhyaṅ ha yan madhv ātharvaṇo vām aśvasya śīrṣṇā pra yad īm uvāca

That mighty wondrous deed of yours, O men, I make manifest for gain, as the thunder (makes manifest) the rain: when Dadhyañc, son of Atharvan, declared the honey to you with a horse's head.

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RV 1 116.13

अजोहवीन् नासत्या करा वाम् महे यामन् पुरुभुजा पुरꣳधिः । श्रुतꣳ तच् छासुर् इव वध्रिमत्या हिरण्यहस्तम् अश्विनाव् अदत्तम्

ajohavīn nāsatyā karā vām mahe yāman purubhujā puraṁdhiḥ | śrutaṁ tac chāsur iva vadhrimatyā hiraṇyahastam aśvināv adattam

Puraṁdhi kept calling upon you, O Nāsatyas, O doers, on the great journey, O much-benefiting ones. You heard that (call) of Vadhrimatī as of one who commands; you gave her Hiraṇyahasta, O Aśvins.

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RV 1 116.14

आस्नो वृकस्य वर्तिकाम् अभीके युवꣳ नरा नासत्यामुमुक्तम् । उतो कविम् पुरुभुजा युवꣳ ह कृपमाणम् अकृणुतꣳ विचक्षे

āsno vṛkasya vartikām abhīke yuvaṁ narā nāsatyāmumuktam | uto kavim purubhujā yuvaṁ ha kṛpamāṇam akṛṇutaṁ vicakṣe

From the wolf's jaw, at close quarters, you set free the quail, O men, O Nāsatyas; and the seer who was lamenting, you two, much-benefiting, made able to see about him.

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RV 1 116.15

चरित्रꣳ हि वेर् इवाच्छेदि पर्णम् आजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् । सद्यो जङ्घाम् आयसीꣳ विश्पलायै धने हिते सर्तवे प्रत्य् अधत्तम्

caritraṁ hi ver ivācchedi parṇam ājā khelasya paritakmyāyām | sadyo jaṅghām āyasīṁ viśpalāyai dhane hite sartave praty adhattam

For his foot was cut off like the wing of a bird in Khela's race at the decisive moment; at once you fitted on an iron leg for Viśpalā, so that she could run when the stake was set.

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RV 1 116.16

शतम् मेषान् वृक्ये चक्षदानम् ऋज्राश्वꣳ तम् पितान्धꣳ चकार । तस्मा अक्षी नासत्या विचक्ष आधत्तꣳ दस्रा भिषजाव् अनर्वन्

śatam meṣān vṛkye cakṣadānam ṛjrāśvaṁ tam pitāndhaṁ cakāra | tasmā akṣī nāsatyā vicakṣa ādhattaṁ dasrā bhiṣajāv anarvan

Ṛjrāśva, who portioned out a hundred rams to the she-wolf — his father made him blind. For him, O Nāsatyas, you set in two eyes to see with, O wondrous physicians, O unassailable one.

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RV 1 116.17

आ वाꣳ रथꣳ दुहिता सूर्यस्य कार्ष्मेवातिष्ठद् अर्वता जयन्ती । विश्वे देवा अन्व् अमन्यन्त हृद्भिः सम् उ श्रिया नासत्या सचेथे

ā vāṁ rathaṁ duhitā sūryasya kārṣmevātiṣṭhad arvatā jayantī | viśve devā anv amanyanta hṛdbhiḥ sam u śriyā nāsatyā sacethe

The daughter of Sūrya mounted your chariot, winning with her steed as (one wins) the goal-line. All the gods approved it in their hearts; and you, O Nāsatyas, are joined with splendour.

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RV 1 116.18

यद् अयातꣳ दिवोदासाय वर्तिर् भरद्वाजायाश्विना हयन्ता । रेवद् उवाह सचनो रथो वाꣳ वृषभश् च शिꣳशुमारश् च युक्ता

yad ayātaṁ divodāsāya vartir bharadvājāyāśvinā hayantā | revad uvāha sacano ratho vāṁ vṛṣabhaś ca śiṁśumāraś ca yuktā

When you drove your circuit to Divodāsa, to Bharadvāja, O Aśvins, urging (your team) on, your attendant chariot carried wealth: a bull and a śiṁśumāra were yoked (to it).

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RV 1 116.19

रयिꣳ सुक्षत्रꣳ स्वपत्यम् आयुः सुवीर्यꣳ नासत्या वहन्ता । आ जह्नावीꣳ समनसोप वाजैस् त्रिर् अह्नो भागꣳ दधतीम् अयातम्

rayiṁ sukṣatraṁ svapatyam āyuḥ suvīryaṁ nāsatyā vahantā | ā jahnāvīṁ samanasopa vājais trir ahno bhāgaṁ dadhatīm ayātam

Bringing wealth with good rule, with good offspring, long life, manly vigour, O Nāsatyas — of one mind you came with prizes to Jahnāvī, who was taking her share three times in the day.

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RV 1 116.20

परिविष्टꣳ जाहुषꣳ विश्वतः सीꣳ सुगेभिर् नक्तम् ऊहथू रजोभिः । विभिन्दुना नासत्या रथेन वि पर्वताꣳ अजरयू अयातम्

pariviṣṭaṁ jāhuṣaṁ viśvataḥ sīṁ sugebhir naktam ūhathū rajobhiḥ | vibhindunā nāsatyā rathena vi parvatām̐ ajarayū ayātam

Jāhuṣa, hemmed in on every side, you two carried off by night along easy paths through the airy spaces; with your splitting chariot, O Nāsatyas, you drove apart the mountains, you unaging ones.

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RV 1 116.21

एकस्या वस्तोर् आवतꣳ रणाय वशम् अश्विना सनये सहस्रा । निर् अहतꣳ दुच्छुना इन्द्रवन्ता पृथुश्रवसो वृषणाव् अरातीः

ekasyā vastor āvataṁ raṇāya vaśam aśvinā sanaye sahasrā | nir ahataṁ ducchunā indravantā pṛthuśravaso vṛṣaṇāv arātīḥ

In the light of a single dawn you helped Vaśa, O Aśvins, to battle, to the winning of thousands; accompanied by Indra you beat off the calamities, the hostile powers, from Pṛthuśravas, O bulls.

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RV 1 116.22

शरस्य चिद् आर्चत्कस्यावताद् आ नीचाद् उच्चा चक्रथुः पातवे वाः । शयवे चिन् नासत्या शचीभिर् जसुरये स्तर्यम् पिप्यथुर् गाम्

śarasya cid ārcatkasyāvatād ā nīcād uccā cakrathuḥ pātave vāḥ | śayave cin nāsatyā śacībhir jasuraye staryam pipyathur gām

For Śara son of Ṛcatka too you made the water come up high from the well below, for drinking; and for Śayu, O Nāsatyas, by your powers you made the barren cow swell (with milk) for the famished one.

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RV 1 116.23

अवस्यते स्तुवते कृष्णियाय ऋजूयते नासत्या शचीभिः । पशुꣳ न नष्टम् इव दर्शनाय विष्णाप्वꣳ ददथुर् विश्वकाय

avasyate stuvate kṛṣṇiyāya ṛjūyate nāsatyā śacībhiḥ | paśuṁ na naṣṭam iva darśanāya viṣṇāpvaṁ dadathur viśvakāya

For Kṛṣṇiya, seeking help, praising, going straight, O Nāsatyas, by your powers — like a beast that was lost, (brought back) to be seen — you gave Viṣṇāpū to Viśvaka.

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RV 1 116.24

दश रात्रीर् अशिवेना नव द्यून् अवनद्धꣳ श्नथितम् अप्स्व् अ१न्तः । विप्रुतꣳ रेभम् उदनि प्रवृक्तम् उन् निन्यथुः सोमम् इव स्रुवेण

daśa rātrīr aśivenā nava dyūn avanaddhaṁ śnathitam apsv a1ntaḥ | viprutaṁ rebham udani pravṛktam un ninyathuḥ somam iva sruveṇa

Ten nights and nine days, bound down by an unkind one, pierced, within the waters, Rebha drenched, cast away in the flood — you two drew him up, like soma with a ladle.

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RV 1 116.25

प्र वाꣳ दꣳसाꣳस्य् अश्विनाव् अवोचम् अस्य पतिः स्याꣳ सुगवः सुवीरः । उत पश्यन्न् अश्नुवन् दीर्घम् आयुर् अस्तम् इवेज् जरिमाणꣳ जगम्याम्

pra vāṁ daṁsāṁsy aśvināv avocam asya patiḥ syāṁ sugavaḥ suvīraḥ | uta paśyann aśnuvan dīrgham āyur astam ivej jarimāṇaṁ jagamyām

I have proclaimed your wonders, O Aśvins; may I be the master of this (wealth), rich in cattle, rich in men; and seeing, attaining a long life-span, may I go to old age as to a home.

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