Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 140

RV 1 140.1

वेदिषदे प्रियधामाय सुद्युते धासिम् इव प्र भरा योनिम् अग्नये । वस्त्रेणेव वासया मन्मना शुचिꣳ ज्योतीरथꣳ शुक्रवर्णꣳ तमोहनम्

vediṣade priyadhāmāya sudyute dhāsim iva pra bharā yonim agnaye | vastreṇeva vāsayā manmanā śuciṁ jyotīrathaṁ śukravarṇaṁ tamohanam

For him who sits on the altar, of dear abode, of fair shining, bring forward the womb (the hearth) for Agni like nourishment. As with a garment, clothe with your thought the pure one, whose chariot is light, of bright colour, the slayer of darkness.

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RV 1 140.2

अभि द्विजन्मा त्रिवृद् अन्नम् ऋज्यते सꣳवत्सरे वावृधे जग्धम् ई पुनः । अन्यस्यासा जिह्वया जेन्यो वृषा न्य् अ१न्येन वनिनो मृष्ट वारणः

abhi dvijanmā trivṛd annam ṛjyate saṁvatsare vāvṛdhe jagdham ī punaḥ | anyasyāsā jihvayā jenyo vṛṣā ny a1nyena vanino mṛṣṭa vāraṇaḥ

The twice-born, threefold one moves straight upon his food; in a year he has made grow again what was devoured. With the mouth and tongue of the one he is a lordly bull, with the other the wild one has wiped down the trees.

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RV 1 140.3

कृष्णप्रुतौ वेविजे अस्य सक्षिता उभा तरेते अभि मातरा शिशुम् । प्राचाजिह्वꣳ ध्वसयन्तꣳ तृषुच्युतम् आ साच्यꣳ कुपयꣳ वर्धनम् पितुः

kṛṣṇaprutau vevije asya sakṣitā ubhā tarete abhi mātarā śiśum | prācājihvaṁ dhvasayantaṁ tṛṣucyutam ā sācyaṁ kupayaṁ vardhanam pituḥ

His two black-flowing ones, quivering, dwelling together, both the mothers, race toward the child: (toward him who is) forward-tongued, scattering (sparks), starting up in thirst, to be attended, smoking(?), the strengthener of the father.

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RV 1 140.4

मुमुक्ष्वो३ मनवे मानवस्यते रघुद्रुवः कृष्णसीतास ऊ जुवः । असमना अजिरासो रघुष्यदो वातजूता उप युज्यन्त आशवः

mumukṣvo3 manave mānavasyate raghudruvaḥ kṛṣṇasītāsa ū juvaḥ | asamanā ajirāso raghuṣyado vātajūtā upa yujyanta āśavaḥ

Eager to be loosed for Manu, who acts as Manu's kin, running lightly, leaving black furrows, speeding, not alike, nimble, swift-coursing, driven by the wind, the rapid ones are yoked.

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RV 1 140.5

आद् अस्य ते ध्वसयन्तो वृथेरते कृष्णम् अभ्वम् महि वर्पः करिक्रतः । यत् सीम् महीम् अवनिम् प्राभि मर्मृशद् अभिश्वसन् स्तनयन्न् एति नानदत्

ād asya te dhvasayanto vṛtherate kṛṣṇam abhvam mahi varpaḥ karikrataḥ | yat sīm mahīm avanim prābhi marmṛśad abhiśvasan stanayann eti nānadat

Then these (flames) of his, scattering (smoke), spread at will, making the black monstrous mass into a great shape; when he has groped over the great earth, he goes hissing, thundering, roaring.

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RV 1 140.6

भूषन् न यो ऽधि बभ्रूषु नम्नते वृषेव पत्नीर् अभ्य् एति रोरुवत् । ओजायमानस् तन्वश् च शुम्भते भीमो न शृङ्गा दविधाव दुर्गृभिः

bhūṣan na yo 'dhi babhrūṣu namnate vṛṣeva patnīr abhy eti roruvat | ojāyamānas tanvaś ca śumbhate bhīmo na śṛṅgā davidhāva durgṛbhiḥ

He who bends down over the brown (plants) like one adorning (himself); like a bull he comes to his wives, bellowing; showing his strength he makes his bodies beautiful; like a fearsome (beast) he has shaken his horns, hard to grasp.

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RV 1 140.7

स सꣳस्तिरो विष्टिरः सꣳ गृभायति जानन्न् एव जानतीर् नित्य आ शये । पुनर् वर्धन्ते अपि यन्ति देव्यम् अन्यद् वर्पः पित्रोः कृण्वते सचा

sa saṁstiro viṣṭiraḥ saṁ gṛbhāyati jānann eva jānatīr nitya ā śaye | punar vardhante api yanti devyam anyad varpaḥ pitroḥ kṛṇvate sacā

He, both gathered together and spread out, takes hold; knowing, he lies as their own with the knowing ones. They grow again, they go on to godhead; together they make another form for the two parents.

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RV 1 140.8

तम् अग्रुवः केशिनीः सꣳ हि रेभिर ऊर्ध्वास् तस्थुर् मम्रुषीः प्रायवे पुनः । तासाꣳ जराम् प्रमुञ्चन्न् एति नानदद् असुम् परꣳ जनयञ् जीवम् अस्तृतम्

tam agruvaḥ keśinīḥ saṁ hi rebhira ūrdhvās tasthur mamruṣīḥ prāyave punaḥ | tāsāṁ jarām pramuñcann eti nānadad asum paraṁ janayañ jīvam astṛtam

For the long-haired maidens have sung to him in chorus; they stood up again, though they had died, for Āyu. Releasing them from their old age he goes roaring, begetting a further breath of life, living, unbroken.

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RV 1 140.9

अधीवासम् परि मातू रिहन्न् अह तुविग्रेभिः सत्वभिर् याति वि ज्रयः । वयो दधत् पद्वते रेरिहत् सदानु श्येनी सचते वर्तनीर् अह

adhīvāsam pari mātū rihann aha tuvigrebhiḥ satvabhir yāti vi jrayaḥ | vayo dadhat padvate rerihat sadānu śyenī sacate vartanīr aha

Licking around the mother's outer garment, he goes out over the expanse with his strongly-devouring warriors; giving vigour to the footed one, licking constantly; the white one indeed follows his tracks.

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RV 1 140.10

अस्माकम् अग्ने मघवत्सु दीदिह्य् अध श्वसीवान् वृषभो दमूनाः । अवास्या शिशुमतीर् अदीदेर् वर्मेव युत्सु परिजर्भुराणः

asmākam agne maghavatsu dīdihy adha śvasīvān vṛṣabho damūnāḥ | avāsyā śiśumatīr adīder varmeva yutsu parijarbhurāṇaḥ

Shine, Agni, among our patrons—snorting bull, master of the house; having loosed them, you shone upon those with young, flickering about like armour in battles.

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RV 1 140.11

इदम् अग्ने सुधितꣳ दुर्धिताद् अधि प्रियाद् उ चिन् मन्मनः प्रेयो अस्तु ते । यत् ते शुक्रꣳ तन्वो३ रोचते शुचि तेनास्मभ्यꣳ वनसे रत्नम् आ त्वम्

idam agne sudhitaṁ durdhitād adhi priyād u cin manmanaḥ preyo astu te | yat te śukraṁ tanvo3 rocate śuci tenāsmabhyaṁ vanase ratnam ā tvam

Agni, let this well-set (hymn) be above an ill-set one, and dearer to you than even a dear thought. That bright, pure (light) of your body which shines—by that you win a treasure for us.

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RV 1 140.12

रथाय नावम् उत नो गृहाय नित्यारित्राम् पद्वतीꣳ रास्य् अग्ने । अस्माकꣳ वीराꣳ उत नो मघोनो जनाꣳश् च या पारयाच् छर्म या च

rathāya nāvam uta no gṛhāya nityāritrām padvatīṁ rāsy agne | asmākaṁ vīrām̐ uta no maghono janām̐ś ca yā pārayāc charma yā ca

Grant us, Agni, a boat for our chariot and for our house, one with its own oars, with feet, one that may carry across our heroes and our patrons and our people, and that is shelter.

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RV 1 140.13

अभी नो अग्न उक्थम् इज् जुगुर्या द्यावाक्षामा सिन्धवश् च स्वगूर्ताः । गव्यꣳ यव्यꣳ यन्तो दीर्घाहेषꣳ वरम् अरुण्यो वरन्त

abhī no agna uktham ij juguryā dyāvākṣāmā sindhavaś ca svagūrtāḥ | gavyaṁ yavyaṁ yanto dīrghāheṣaṁ varam aruṇyo varanta

Agni, do welcome our recitation—(and you,) Heaven and Earth, and the self-praised rivers. Seeking cattle, seeking grain, may the ruddy ones win the boon of long-lasting refreshment.

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