Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 158
RV 1 158.1
वसू रुद्रा पुरुमन्तू वृधन्ता दशस्यतꣳ नो वृषणाव् अभिष्टौ । दस्रा ह यद् रेक्ण औचथ्यो वाम् प्र यत् सस्राथे अकवाभिर् ऊती
vasū rudrā purumantū vṛdhantā daśasyataṁ no vṛṣaṇāv abhiṣṭau | dasrā ha yad rekṇa aucathyo vām pra yat sasrāthe akavābhir ūtī
O you two Vasus, Rudras, rich in counsel, prospering, be bountiful to us, O bulls, in (your) superior aid — since, O wondrous ones, Aucathya (declared) your riches, when you sped forth with no paltry helps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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YE Vasus Twain, ye Rudras full of counsel, grant us, Strong Strengtheners, when ye stand beside us, What wealth Aucathya craves of you, great Helpers when ye come forward with no niggard succour.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 158.2
को वाꣳ दाशत् सुमतये चिद् अस्यै वसू यद् धेथे नमसा पदे गोः । जिगृतम् अस्मे रेवतीः पुरꣳधीः कामप्रेणेव मनसा चरन्ता
ko vāṁ dāśat sumataye cid asyai vasū yad dhethe namasā pade goḥ | jigṛtam asme revatīḥ puraṁdhīḥ kāmapreṇeva manasā carantā
Who will make offering to you for even this favour of yours, O Vasus, when with reverence you two take your place in the cow's track? Awaken for us the wealthy plenitudes, you who move as with a mind filled with desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Who may give you aught, Vasus, for your favour, for what, at the Cow's place, ye grant through worship? Wake for us understanding full of riches, come with a heart that will fulfil our longing.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 158.3
युक्तो ह यद् वाꣳ तौग्र्याय पेरुर् वि मध्ये अर्णसो धायि पज्रः । उप वाम् अवः शरणꣳ गमेयꣳ शूरो नाज्म पतयद्भिर् एवैः
yukto ha yad vāṁ taugryāya perur vi madhye arṇaso dhāyi pajraḥ | upa vām avaḥ śaraṇaṁ gameyaṁ śūro nājma patayadbhir evaiḥ
When for Tugra's son your crossing-boat was yoked, the firm one was set out in the midst of the flood — may I come to your help, your shelter, as a hero (comes) to the contest with flying courses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
As erst for Tugra's son your car, sea-crossing, strong, was equipped and set amid the waters, So may I gain your shelter and protection as with winged course a hero seeks his army.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 158.4
उपस्तुतिर् औचथ्यम् उरुष्येन् मा माम् इमे पतत्रिणी वि दुग्धाम् । मा माम् एधो दशतयश् चितो धाक् प्र यद् वाम् बद्धस् त्मनि खादति क्षाम्
upastutir aucathyam uruṣyen mā mām ime patatriṇī vi dugdhām | mā mām edho daśatayaś cito dhāk pra yad vām baddhas tmani khādati kṣām
May the song of praise protect the son of Ucathya! Let not these two winged ones milk me dry; let not the piled fuel of ten layers burn me — when the bound one, for his own sake, gnaws the ground before you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
May this my praise preserve Ucathya's offispring: let not these Twain who fly with wings exhaust me. Let not the wood ten times up-piled consume me, when fixed for you it bites the ground it stands on.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 158.5
न मा गरन् नद्यो मातृतमा दासा यद् ईꣳ सुसमुब्धम् अवाधुः । शिरो यद् अस्य त्रैतनो वितक्षत् स्वयꣳ दास उरो अꣳसाव् अपि ग्ध
na mā garan nadyo mātṛtamā dāsā yad īṁ susamubdham avādhuḥ | śiro yad asya traitano vitakṣat svayaṁ dāsa uro aṁsāv api gdha
Let not the rivers, most motherly, swallow me, since the Dāsas thrust him down tightly bound up; when Traitana hewed away his head, the Dāsa himself gulped down chest and shoulders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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The most maternal streams, wherein the Dilsas cast me securely bound, have not devoured me. When Traitana would cleave my head asunder, the Dâsa wounded his own breast and shoulders.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 158.6
दीर्घतमा मामतेयो जुजुर्वान् दशमे युगे । अपाम् अर्थꣳ यतीनाम् ब्रह्मा भवति सारथिः
dīrghatamā māmateyo jujurvān daśame yuge | apām arthaṁ yatīnām brahmā bhavati sārathiḥ
Dīrghatamas, son of Mamatā, grown old in the tenth stage of life, becomes the brahman-charioteer of the waters as they go to their goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Dîrghatamas the son of Mamatâ hath come to length of days in the tenth age of human kind. He is the Brahman of the waters as they strive to reach their end and aim: their charioteer is he.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)