Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 162

RV 1 162.1

मा नो मित्रो वरुणो अर्यमायुर् इन्द्र ऋभुक्षा मरुतः परि ख्यन् । यद् वाजिनो देवजातस्य सप्तेः प्रवक्ष्यामो विदथे वीर्याणि

mā no mitro varuṇo aryamāyur indra ṛbhukṣā marutaḥ pari khyan | yad vājino devajātasya sapteḥ pravakṣyāmo vidathe vīryāṇi

Let not Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Āyu, Indra, the lord of the Ṛbhus, the Maruts overlook us, when we shall proclaim in the assembly the heroic deeds of the prize-winning, god-born steed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 162.2

यन् निर्णिजा रेक्णसा प्रावृतस्य रातिꣳ गृभीताम् मुखतो नयन्ति । सुप्राङ् अजो मेम्यद् विश्वरूप इन्द्रापूष्णोः प्रियम् अप्य् एति पाथः

yan nirṇijā rekṇasā prāvṛtasya rātiṁ gṛbhītām mukhato nayanti | suprāṅ ajo memyad viśvarūpa indrāpūṣṇoḥ priyam apy eti pāthaḥ

When they lead forward from the front the gift, taken hold of, of him who is wrapped about with ornament and with wealth — the bleating goat of all forms, going well in front, goes to the dear pasture of Indra and Pūṣan.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 162.3

एष च्छागः पुरो अश्वेन वाजिना पूष्णो भागो नीयते विश्वदेव्यः । अभिप्रियꣳ यत् पुरोऴाशम् अर्वता त्वष्टेद् एनꣳ सौश्रवसाय जिन्वति

eṣa cchāgaḥ puro aśvena vājinā pūṣṇo bhāgo nīyate viśvadevyaḥ | abhipriyaṁ yat puroḻāśam arvatā tvaṣṭed enaṁ sauśravasāya jinvati

This he-goat, the share of Pūṣan, belonging to all the gods, is led in front along with the prize-winning horse. When (they bring) the welcome offering-cake together with the courser, Tvaṣṭar indeed speeds him on to the winning of fame.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 162.4

यद् धविष्यम् ऋतुशो देवयानꣳ त्रिर् मानुषाः पर्य् अश्वꣳ नयन्ति । अत्रा पूष्णः प्रथमो भाग एति यज्ञꣳ देवेभ्यः प्रतिवेदयन्न् अजः

yad dhaviṣyam ṛtuśo devayānaṁ trir mānuṣāḥ pary aśvaṁ nayanti | atrā pūṣṇaḥ prathamo bhāga eti yajñaṁ devebhyaḥ prativedayann ajaḥ

When the men thrice lead the horse around — the oblation-material that goes to the gods according to the seasons — there Pūṣan's share goes first, the goat announcing the sacrifice to the gods.

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RV 1 162.5

होताध्वर्युर् आवया अग्निमिन्धो ग्रावग्राभ उत शꣳस्ता सुविप्रः । तेन यज्ञेन स्वरꣳकृतेन स्विष्टेन वक्षणा आ पृणध्वम्

hotādhvaryur āvayā agnimindho grāvagrābha uta śaṁstā suvipraḥ | tena yajñena svaraṁkṛtena sviṣṭena vakṣaṇā ā pṛṇadhvam

Hotṛ, adhvaryu, āvayāj, the kindler of Agni, the presser-holder and the well-inspired reciter — with this sacrifice, well arranged and well offered, fill up your bellies.

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RV 1 162.6

यूपव्रस्का उत ये यूपवाहाश् चषालꣳ ये अश्वयूपाय तक्षति । ये चार्वते पचनꣳ सम्भरन्त्य् उतो तेषाम् अभिगूर्तिर् न इन्वतु

yūpavraskā uta ye yūpavāhāś caṣālaṁ ye aśvayūpāya takṣati | ye cārvate pacanaṁ sambharanty uto teṣām abhigūrtir na invatu

Those who hew the post and those who carry the post, those who fashion the ring for the horse's post, and those who gather together the cooking-gear for the courser — let their approving praise also further us.

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RV 1 162.7

उप प्रागात् सुमन् मे ऽधायि मन्म देवानाम् आशा उप वीतपृष्ठः । अन्व् एनꣳ विप्रा ऋषयो मदन्ति देवानाम् पुष्टे चकृमा सुबन्धुम्

upa prāgāt suman me 'dhāyi manma devānām āśā upa vītapṛṣṭhaḥ | anv enaṁ viprā ṛṣayo madanti devānām puṣṭe cakṛmā subandhum

He has come forth; my thought has been well set down; he of the smoothed back (has gone) toward the expectations of the gods. After him the inspired seers rejoice; we have made him a good kinsman in the gods' prosperity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 162.8

यद् वाजिनो दाम सꣳदानम् अर्वतो या शीर्षण्या रशना रज्जुर् अस्य । यद् वा घास्य प्रभृतम् आस्ये३ तृणꣳ सर्वा ता ते अपि देवेष्व् अस्तु

yad vājino dāma saṁdānam arvato yā śīrṣaṇyā raśanā rajjur asya | yad vā ghāsya prabhṛtam āsye3 tṛṇaṁ sarvā tā te api deveṣv astu

Whatever is the tether of the prize-steed, the hobble of the courser, the head-rope, the rein, the cord of his; or the grass brought up to his mouth — let all that of yours be with the gods.

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RV 1 162.9

यद् अश्वस्य क्रविषो मक्षिकाश यद् वा स्वरौ स्वधितौ रिप्तम् अस्ति । यद् धस्तयोः शमितुर् यन् नखेषु सर्वा ता ते अपि देवेष्व् अस्तु

yad aśvasya kraviṣo makṣikāśa yad vā svarau svadhitau riptam asti | yad dhastayoḥ śamitur yan nakheṣu sarvā tā te api deveṣv astu

Whatever of the horse's raw flesh the flies (have eaten), or whatever sticks to the stake or to the axe, whatever is on the hands or the nails of the butcher — let all that of yours be with the gods.

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RV 1 162.10

यद् ऊवध्यम् उदरस्यापवाति य आमस्य क्रविषो गन्धो अस्ति । सुकृता तच् छमितारः कृण्वन्तूत मेधꣳ शृतपाकम् पचन्तु

yad ūvadhyam udarasyāpavāti ya āmasya kraviṣo gandho asti | sukṛtā tac chamitāraḥ kṛṇvantūta medhaṁ śṛtapākam pacantu

Whatever of the belly's contents blows away, whatever smell there is of the raw flesh — let the dressers (śamitāras) make that well-prepared, and let them cook the offering until it is thoroughly done.

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RV 1 162.11

यत् ते गात्राद् अग्निना पच्यमानाद् अभि शूलꣳ निहतस्यावधावति । मा तद् भूम्याम् आ श्रिषन् मा तृणेषु देवेभ्यस् तद् उशद्भ्यो रातम् अस्तु

yat te gātrād agninā pacyamānād abhi śūlaṁ nihatasyāvadhāvati | mā tad bhūmyām ā śriṣan mā tṛṇeṣu devebhyas tad uśadbhyo rātam astu

What flows down from your limb as it is being cooked by fire, from (the flesh) set upon the spit — let that not cling to the ground, nor to the grasses; let it be given to the eager gods.

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RV 1 162.12

ये वाजिनम् परिपश्यन्ति पक्वꣳ य ईम् आहुः सुरभिर् निर् हरेति । ये चार्वतो माꣳसभिक्षाम् उपासत उतो तेषाम् अभिगूर्तिर् न इन्वतु

ye vājinam paripaśyanti pakvaṁ ya īm āhuḥ surabhir nir hareti | ye cārvato māṁsabhikṣām upāsata uto teṣām abhigūrtir na invatu

Those who inspect the steed when cooked, who say of it "It is fragrant, carry it away", and those who attend upon the doling out of the courser's flesh — may their approval too urge us on.

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RV 1 162.13

यन् नीक्षणम् माꣳस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्ण आसेचनानि । ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणाम् अङ्काः सूनाः परि भूषन्त्य् अश्वम्

yan nīkṣaṇam mām̐spacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇa āsecanāni | ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇām aṅkāḥ sūnāḥ pari bhūṣanty aśvam

The testing-fork of the meat-cooking pot, the vessels that serve for pouring out the broth, the steam-lids of the pots, the hooks, the (butcher's) knives — (all these) attend upon the horse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 162.14

निक्रमणꣳ निषदनꣳ विवर्तनꣳ यच् च पड्बीशम् अर्वतः । यच् च पपौ यच् च घासिꣳ जघास सर्वा ता ते अपि देवेष्व् अस्तु

nikramaṇaṁ niṣadanaṁ vivartanaṁ yac ca paḍbīśam arvataḥ | yac ca papau yac ca ghāsiṁ jaghāsa sarvā tā te api deveṣv astu

The stepping out, the lying down, the rolling about, and the foot-fetter of the courser, and what he drank and what fodder he ate — let all that of yours be with the gods.

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RV 1 162.15

मा त्वाग्निर् ध्वनयीद् धूमगन्धिर् मोखा भ्राजन्त्य् अभि विक्त जघ्रिः । इष्टꣳ वीतम् अभिगूर्तꣳ वषट्कृतꣳ तꣳ देवासः प्रति गृभ्णन्त्य् अश्वम्

mā tvāgnir dhvanayīd dhūmagandhir mokhā bhrājanty abhi vikta jaghriḥ | iṣṭaṁ vītam abhigūrtaṁ vaṣaṭkṛtaṁ taṁ devāsaḥ prati gṛbhṇanty aśvam

Let not Agni, smelling of smoke, make you crackle; let not the glowing pot, brimming over, spill out. The horse, offered, relished, applauded, hallowed with the vaṣaṭ-call — him the gods receive.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 162.16

यद् अश्वाय वास उपस्तृणन्त्य् अधीवासꣳ या हिरण्यान्य् अस्मै । सꣳदानम् अर्वन्तम् पड्बीशम् प्रिया देवेष्व् आ यामयन्ति

yad aśvāya vāsa upastṛṇanty adhīvāsaṁ yā hiraṇyāny asmai | saṁdānam arvantam paḍbīśam priyā deveṣv ā yāmayanti

The cloth they spread beneath for the horse, the covering above, the gold ornaments for him, the halter, the tether, the foot-fetter — these, being dear, they present to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 1 162.17

यत् ते सादे महसा शूकृतस्य पार्ष्ण्या वा कशया वा तुतोद । स्रुचेव ता हविषो अध्वरेषु सर्वा ता ते ब्रह्मणा सूदयामि

yat te sāde mahasā śūkṛtasya pārṣṇyā vā kaśayā vā tutoda | sruceva tā haviṣo adhvareṣu sarvā tā te brahmaṇā sūdayāmi

Whatever of you, at the mounting, has been pricked with force by heel or by whip — all those I make sweet for you with the sacred word, as with the ladle (one makes sweet) the oblations at the rites.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 1 162.18

चतुस्त्रिꣳशद् वाजिनो देवबन्धोर् वङ्क्रीर् अश्वस्य स्वधितिः सम् एति । अच्छिद्रा गात्रा वयुना कृणोत परुष्-परुर् अनुघुष्या वि शस्त

catustriṁśad vājino devabandhor vaṅkrīr aśvasya svadhitiḥ sam eti | acchidrā gātrā vayunā kṛṇota paruṣ-parur anughuṣyā vi śasta

Thirty-four are the ribs of the swift horse, the kinsman of the gods; the axe comes upon (them). Make the limbs unbroken, according to the plan; calling out, carve apart joint by joint.

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RV 1 162.19

एकस् त्वष्टुर् अश्वस्या विशस्ता द्वा यन्तारा भवतस् तथ ऋतुः । या ते गात्राणाम् ऋतुथा कृणोमि ता-ता पिण्डानाम् प्र जुहोम्य् अग्नौ

ekas tvaṣṭur aśvasyā viśastā dvā yantārā bhavatas tatha ṛtuḥ | yā te gātrāṇām ṛtuthā kṛṇomi tā-tā piṇḍānām pra juhomy agnau

One is the carver of Tvaṣṭar's horse; two are the holders — such is the rule. Whichever of your limbs I prepare in due season, those, as balls (of flesh), I offer up in the fire.

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RV 1 162.20

मा त्वा तपत् प्रिय आत्मापियन्तम् मा स्वधितिस् तन्व१ आ तिष्ठिपत् ते । मा ते गृध्नुर् अविशस्तातिहाय छिद्रा गात्राण्य् असिना मिथू कः

mā tvā tapat priya ātmāpiyantam mā svadhitis tanva1 ā tiṣṭhipat te | mā te gṛdhnur aviśastātihāya chidrā gātrāṇy asinā mithū kaḥ

Let not your own dear self scorch you as you depart; let not the axe lodge in your body; let not a greedy, unskilled carver, overshooting, mangle your limbs wrongly with the blade.

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RV 1 162.21

न वा उ एतन् म्रियसे न रिष्यसि देवाꣳ इद् एषि पथिभिः सुगेभिः । हरी ते युञ्जा पृषती अभूताम् उपास्थाद् वाजी धुरि रासभस्य

na vā u etan mriyase na riṣyasi devām̐ id eṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiḥ | harī te yuñjā pṛṣatī abhūtām upāsthād vājī dhuri rāsabhasya

Truly by this you do not die, nor are you harmed: you go to the gods by paths easy to travel. The two bays, the two dappled mares have become your yoke-mates; the steed has taken his stand at the pole of the ass.

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RV 1 162.22

सुगव्यꣳ नो वाजी स्वश्व्यम् पुꣳसः पुत्राꣳ उत विश्वापुषꣳ रयिम् । अनागास्त्वꣳ नो अदितिः कृणोतु क्षत्रꣳ नो अश्वो वनताꣳ हविष्मान्

sugavyaṁ no vājī svaśvyam puṁsaḥ putrām̐ uta viśvāpuṣaṁ rayim | anāgāstvaṁ no aditiḥ kṛṇotu kṣatraṁ no aśvo vanatāṁ haviṣmān

May the steed win for us good cattle and good horses, male offspring, and all-sustaining wealth; may Aditi make us free of guilt; may the horse, together with the oblation, win us lordship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition