Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 126

RV 1 126.1

अमन्दान् स्तोमान् प्र भरे मनीषा सिन्धाव् अधि क्षियतो भाव्यस्य । यो मे सहस्रम् अमिमीत सवान् अतूर्तो राजा श्रव इच्छमानः

amandān stomān pra bhare manīṣā sindhāv adhi kṣiyato bhāvyasya | yo me sahasram amimīta savān atūrto rājā śrava icchamānaḥ

With inspired thought I bring forth unflagging praises of Bhāvya, who dwells upon the Sindhu — who measured out for me a thousand pressings, the unsurpassed king, desiring fame.

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RV 1 126.2

शतꣳ राज्ञो नाधमानस्य निष्काञ् छतम् अश्वान् प्रयतान् सद्य आदम् । शतꣳ कक्षीवाꣳ असुरस्य गोनाꣳ दिवि श्रवो ऽजरम् आ ततान

śataṁ rājño nādhamānasya niṣkāñ chatam aśvān prayatān sadya ādam | śataṁ kakṣīvām̐ asurasya gonāṁ divi śravo 'jaram ā tatāna

A hundred gold ornaments of the king who was beseeching, a hundred horses presented, I took at once; a hundred cows of the Asura — (so) Kakṣīvān stretched out unaging fame in heaven.

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RV 1 126.3

उप मा श्यावाः स्वनयेन दत्ता वधूमन्तो दश रथासो अस्थुः । षष्टिः सहस्रम् अनु गव्यम् आगात् सनत् कक्षीवाꣳ अभिपित्वे अह्नाम्

upa mā śyāvāḥ svanayena dattā vadhūmanto daśa rathāso asthuḥ | ṣaṣṭiḥ sahasram anu gavyam āgāt sanat kakṣīvām̐ abhipitve ahnām

Ten chariots with dark-brown horses, given by Svanaya, bearing brides, have stood beside me; and sixty thousand head of cattle came after them: Kakṣīvān won them at the closing in of the days.

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RV 1 126.4

चत्वारिꣳशद् दशरथस्य शोणाः सहस्रस्याग्रे श्रेणिꣳ नयन्ति । मदच्युतः कृशनावतो अत्यान् कक्षीवन्त उद् अमृक्षन्त पज्राः

catvāriṁśad daśarathasya śoṇāḥ sahasrasyāgre śreṇiṁ nayanti | madacyutaḥ kṛśanāvato atyān kakṣīvanta ud amṛkṣanta pajrāḥ

Forty tawny horses of Daśaratha lead the line at the head of a thousand. The Pajras, the men of Kakṣīvān, rubbed down the steeds dripping with rut, adorned with pearls.

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RV 1 126.5

पूर्वाम् अनु प्रयतिम् आ ददे वस् त्रीन् युक्ताꣳ अष्टाव् अरिधायसो गाः । सुबन्धवो ये विश्या इव व्रा अनस्वन्तः श्रव ऐषन्त पज्राः

pūrvām anu prayatim ā dade vas trīn yuktām̐ aṣṭāv aridhāyaso gāḥ | subandhavo ye viśyā iva vrā anasvantaḥ śrava aiṣanta pajrāḥ

Following the earlier presentation I received from you three yoked (teams) and eight cows that nourish the stranger(?). The Pajras, of good kinship, who like the penned (cows) of the settlement, provided with wagons, sought fame.

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RV 1 126.6

आगधिता परिगधिता या कशीकेव जङ्गहे । ददाति मह्यꣳ यादुरी याशूनाम् भोज्या शता

āgadhitā parigadhitā yā kaśīkeva jaṅgahe | dadāti mahyaṁ yādurī yāśūnām bhojyā śatā

Held fast, clasped all about, she who wriggles like a little whip — the roving woman gives me a hundred enjoyments of the swift ones.

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RV 1 126.7

उपोप मे परा मृश मा मे दभ्राणि मन्यथाः । सर्वाहम् अस्मि रोमशा गन्धारीणाम् इवाविका

upopa me parā mṛśa mā me dabhrāṇi manyathāḥ | sarvāham asmi romaśā gandhārīṇām ivāvikā

Stroke me closer and closer; do not think my (parts) scanty. I am hairy all over, like a Gandhāri ewe.

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