Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 164

RV 1 164.1

अस्य वामस्य पलितस्य होतुस् तस्य भ्राता मध्यमो अस्त्य् अश्नः । तृतीयो भ्राता घृतपृष्ठो अस्यात्रापश्यꣳ विश्पतिꣳ सप्तपुत्रम्

asya vāmasya palitasya hotus tasya bhrātā madhyamo asty aśnaḥ | tṛtīyo bhrātā ghṛtapṛṣṭho asyātrāpaśyaṁ viśpatiṁ saptaputram

Of this dear, grey-haired hotṛ, his middle brother is the devouring one. His third brother has ghee on his back. Here I saw the lord of the clans with seven sons.

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RV 1 164.2

सप्त युञ्जन्ति रथम् एकचक्रम् एको अश्वो वहति सप्तनामा । त्रिनाभि चक्रम् अजरम् अनर्वꣳ यत्रेमा विश्वा भुवनाधि तस्थुः

sapta yuñjanti ratham ekacakram eko aśvo vahati saptanāmā | trinābhi cakram ajaram anarvaṁ yatremā viśvā bhuvanādhi tasthuḥ

Seven yoke the one-wheeled chariot; one horse with seven names draws it. Three-naved is the wheel, unaging, unassailable, on which all these beings stand.

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RV 1 164.3

इमꣳ रथम् अधि ये सप्त तस्थुः सप्तचक्रꣳ सप्त वहन्त्य् अश्वाः । सप्त स्वसारो अभि सꣳ नवन्ते यत्र गवाꣳ निहिता सप्त नाम

imaṁ ratham adhi ye sapta tasthuḥ saptacakraṁ sapta vahanty aśvāḥ | sapta svasāro abhi saṁ navante yatra gavāṁ nihitā sapta nāma

The seven who have mounted this chariot—seven horses draw the seven-wheeled one. Seven sisters cry out together, where the seven names of the cows are deposited.

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RV 1 164.4

को ददर्श प्रथमꣳ जायमानम् अस्थन्वन्तꣳ यद् अनस्था बिभर्ति । भूम्या असुर् असृग् आत्मा क्व स्वित् को विद्वाꣳसम् उप गात् प्रष्टुम् एतत्

ko dadarśa prathamaṁ jāyamānam asthanvantaṁ yad anasthā bibharti | bhūmyā asur asṛg ātmā kva svit ko vidvāṁsam upa gāt praṣṭum etat

Who has seen the first-born, when the boneless one bears the one with bones? Where indeed is the earth's breath, blood, self? Who has gone to one who knows, to ask this?

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RV 1 164.5

पाकः पृच्छामि मनसाविजानन् देवानाम् एना निहिता पदानि । वत्से बष्कये ऽधि सप्त तन्तून् वि तत्निरे कवय ओतवा उ

pākaḥ pṛcchāmi manasāvijānan devānām enā nihitā padāni | vatse baṣkaye 'dhi sapta tantūn vi tatnire kavaya otavā u

Untrained, not understanding in my mind, I ask about these deposited tracks of the gods. Over the yearling calf the poets stretched out seven threads, to weave.

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RV 1 164.6

अचिकित्वाञ् चिकितुषश् चिद् अत्र कवीन् पृच्छामि विद्मने न विद्वान् । वि यस् तस्तम्भ षऴ् इमा रजाꣳस्य् अजस्य रूपे किम् अपि स्विद् एकम्

acikitvāñ cikituṣaś cid atra kavīn pṛcchāmi vidmane na vidvān | vi yas tastambha ṣaḻ imā rajāṁsy ajasya rūpe kim api svid ekam

Not perceiving, I ask here the poets who do perceive, in order to know, I who do not know: what one thing is it, in the form of the unborn, that propped apart these six realms?

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RV 1 164.7

इह ब्रवीतु य ईम् अङ्ग वेदास्य वामस्य निहितम् पदꣳ वेः । शीर्ष्णः क्षीरꣳ दुह्रते गावो अस्य वव्रिꣳ वसाना उदकम् पदापुः

iha bravītu ya īm aṅga vedāsya vāmasya nihitam padaṁ veḥ | śīrṣṇaḥ kṣīraṁ duhrate gāvo asya vavriṁ vasānā udakam padāpuḥ

Let him declare here, whoever indeed knows the deposited track of this dear bird. From his head the cows milk out milk; clothing themselves in a covering, they have drunk water with the foot.

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RV 1 164.8

माता पितरम् ऋत आ बभाज धीत्य् अग्रे मनसा सꣳ हि जग्मे । सा बीभत्सुर् गर्भरसा निविद्धा नमस्वन्त इद् उपवाकम् ईयुः

mātā pitaram ṛta ā babhāja dhīty agre manasā saṁ hi jagme | sā bībhatsur garbharasā nividdhā namasvanta id upavākam īyuḥ

The mother gave the father a share in the ṛta, for at the beginning she came together (with him) in thought, in mind. She, shrinking away, pierced, with the sap of the embryo—and the reverent ones came for the responsive utterance.

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RV 1 164.9

युक्ता मातासीद् धुरि दक्षिणाया अतिष्ठद् गर्भो वृजनीष्व् अन्तः । अमीमेद् वत्सो अनु गाम् अपश्यद् विश्वरूप्यꣳ त्रिषु योजनेषु

yuktā mātāsīd dhuri dakṣiṇāyā atiṣṭhad garbho vṛjanīṣv antaḥ | amīmed vatso anu gām apaśyad viśvarūpyaṁ triṣu yojaneṣu

The mother was yoked to the pole of the dakṣiṇā; the embryo stood within the enclosures. The calf bellowed, looked after the cow of all forms at the three stages.

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RV 1 164.10

तिस्रो मातॄस् त्रीन् पितॄन् बिभ्रद् एक ऊर्ध्वस् तस्थौ नेम् अव ग्लापयन्ति । मन्त्रयन्ते दिवो अमुष्य पृष्ठे विश्वविदꣳ वाचम् अविश्वमिन्वाम्

tisro mātṝs trīn pitṝn bibhrad eka ūrdhvas tasthau nem ava glāpayanti | mantrayante divo amuṣya pṛṣṭhe viśvavidaṁ vācam aviśvaminvām

Bearing three mothers and three fathers, one stood upright; they do not make him droop. On the back of yonder heaven they take counsel with speech that knows all but does not move all.

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RV 1 164.11

द्वादशारꣳ नहि तज् जराय वर्वर्ति चक्रम् परि द्याम् ऋतस्य । आ पुत्रा अग्ने मिथुनासो अत्र सप्त शतानि विꣳशतिश् च तस्थुः

dvādaśāraṁ nahi taj jarāya varvarti cakram pari dyām ṛtasya | ā putrā agne mithunāso atra sapta śatāni viṁśatiś ca tasthuḥ

Twelve-spoked—for it is not (subject) to aging—the wheel of ṛta rolls round the heaven. Here, O Agni, sons in pairs, seven hundred and twenty, have stood.

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RV 1 164.12

पञ्चपादम् पितरꣳ द्वादशाकृतिꣳ दिव आहुः परे अर्धे पुरीषिणम् । अथेमे अन्य उपरे विचक्षणꣳ सप्तचक्रे षऴर आहुर् अर्पितम्

pañcapādam pitaraṁ dvādaśākṛtiṁ diva āhuḥ pare ardhe purīṣiṇam | atheme anya upare vicakṣaṇaṁ saptacakre ṣaḻara āhur arpitam

They call the father with five feet and twelve shapes the one rich in waters, in the far half of heaven; but these others call him the far-seeing one, fixed on the seven-wheeled, six-spoked (chariot).

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RV 1 164.13

पञ्चारे चक्रे परिवर्तमाने तस्मिन्न् आ तस्थुर् भुवनानि विश्वा । तस्य नाक्षस् तप्यते भूरिभारः सनाद् एव न शीर्यते सनाभिः

pañcāre cakre parivartamāne tasminn ā tasthur bhuvanāni viśvā | tasya nākṣas tapyate bhūribhāraḥ sanād eva na śīryate sanābhiḥ

On the five-spoked wheel that turns round, upon it all the worlds stand. Its axle, bearing much load, does not grow hot; from of old it does not break along with the nave.

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RV 1 164.14

सनेमि चक्रम् अजरꣳ वि वावृत उत्तानायाꣳ दश युक्ता वहन्ति । सूर्यस्य चक्षू रजसैत्य् आवृतꣳ तस्मिन्न् आर्पिता भुवनानि विश्वा

sanemi cakram ajaraṁ vi vāvṛta uttānāyāṁ daśa yuktā vahanti | sūryasya cakṣū rajasaity āvṛtaṁ tasminn ārpitā bhuvanāni viśvā

The wheel with its felly intact, unaging, rolls forth; ten yoked (horses) draw it upon the outstretched (earth). The eye of the sun goes covered by the airy realm; upon it all the worlds are fixed.

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RV 1 164.15

साकꣳजानाꣳ सप्तथम् आहुर् एकजꣳ षऴ् इद् यमा ऋषयो देवजा इति । तेषाम् इष्टानि विहितानि धामशः स्थात्रे रेजन्ते विकृतानि रूपशः

sākaṁjānāṁ saptatham āhur ekajaṁ ṣaḻ id yamā ṛṣayo devajā iti | teṣām iṣṭāni vihitāni dhāmaśaḥ sthātre rejante vikṛtāni rūpaśaḥ

Of those born together they call the seventh the single-born; the six are twins, ṛṣis god-born, (they) say. Their appointed offerings, set out each by its domain, quiver in their varied forms for the one that stands (still).

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RV 1 164.16

स्त्रियः सतीस् ताꣳ उ मे पुꣳस आहुः पश्यद् अक्षण्वान् न वि चेतद् अन्धः । कविर् यः पुत्रः स ईम् आ चिकेत यस् ता विजानात् स पितुष् पितासत्

striyaḥ satīs tām̐ u me puṁsa āhuḥ paśyad akṣaṇvān na vi cetad andhaḥ | kavir yaḥ putraḥ sa īm ā ciketa yas tā vijānāt sa pituṣ pitāsat

Though they are women, they have told me they are men. He who has eyes sees; the blind man does not discern. The son who is a poet—he has understood this; whoever knows these apart, he shall be his father's father.

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RV 1 164.17

अवः परेण पर एनावरेण पदा वत्सम् बिभ्रती गौर् उद् अस्थात् । सा कद्रीची कꣳ स्विद् अर्धम् परागात् क्व स्वित् सूते नहि यूथे अन्तः

avaḥ pareṇa para enāvareṇa padā vatsam bibhratī gaur ud asthāt | sā kadrīcī kaṁ svid ardham parāgāt kva svit sūte nahi yūthe antaḥ

Below with the far (foot), beyond with the near foot, the cow rose up bearing her calf. Which way is she turned? To which side has she gone away? Where does she calve? Not within the herd.

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RV 1 164.18

अवः परेण पितरꣳ यो अस्यानुवेद पर एनावरेण । कवीयमानः क इह प्र वोचद् देवम् मनः कुतो अधि प्रजातम्

avaḥ pareṇa pitaraṁ yo asyānuveda para enāvareṇa | kavīyamānaḥ ka iha pra vocad devam manaḥ kuto adhi prajātam

He who knows the father of this (world) below by means of the far, beyond by means of the near—who here, playing the seer, could declare (it): whence was the divine mind born?

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RV 1 164.19

ये अर्वाञ्चस् ताꣳ उ पराच आहुर् ये पराञ्चस् ताꣳ उ अर्वाच आहुः । इन्द्रश् च या चक्रथुः सोम तानि धुरा न युक्ता रजसो वहन्ति

ye arvāñcas tām̐ u parāca āhur ye parāñcas tām̐ u arvāca āhuḥ | indraś ca yā cakrathuḥ soma tāni dhurā na yuktā rajaso vahanti

Those which are hither-turned they call turned away; those which are turned away they call hither-turned. Those things which you two, Indra and Soma, have made—they draw (them) like (steeds) yoked to the pole of the (midmost) realm.

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RV 1 164.20

द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानꣳ वृक्षम् परि षस्वजाते । तयोर् अन्यः पिप्पलꣳ स्वाद्व् अत्त्य् अनश्नन्न् अन्यो अभि चाकशीति

dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṁ vṛkṣam pari ṣasvajāte | tayor anyaḥ pippalaṁ svādv atty anaśnann anyo abhi cākaśīti

Two winged birds, yoked together, companions, have embraced one and the same tree. One of the two eats the sweet fig; the other, not eating, looks on.

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RV 1 164.21

यत्रा सुपर्णा अमृतस्य भागम् अनिमेषꣳ विदथाभिस्वरन्ति । इनो विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपाः स मा धीरः पाकम् अत्रा विवेश

yatrā suparṇā amṛtasya bhāgam animeṣaṁ vidathābhisvaranti | ino viśvasya bhuvanasya gopāḥ sa mā dhīraḥ pākam atrā viveśa

Where the winged birds, unblinking, cry out together toward the share of immortality in the assemblies—the mighty one, herdsman of the whole world, he the wise one has entered me, the simple one, here.

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RV 1 164.22

यस्मिन् वृक्षे मध्वदः सुपर्णा निविशन्ते सुवते चाधि विश्वे । तस्येद् आहुः पिप्पलꣳ स्वाद्व् अग्रे तन् नोन् नशद् यः पितरꣳ न वेद

yasmin vṛkṣe madhvadaḥ suparṇā niviśante suvate cādhi viśve | tasyed āhuḥ pippalaṁ svādv agre tan non naśad yaḥ pitaraṁ na veda

The tree in which the honey-eating winged birds all settle down and bring forth (their young)—of it they say the sweet fig is at the top; he does not reach it who does not know the father.

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RV 1 164.23

यद् गायत्रे अधि गायत्रम् आहितꣳ त्रैष्टुभाद् वा त्रैष्टुभꣳ निरतक्षत । यद् वा जगज् जगत्य् आहितम् पदꣳ य इत् तद् विदुस् ते अमृतत्वम् आनशुः

yad gāyatre adhi gāyatram āhitaṁ traiṣṭubhād vā traiṣṭubhaṁ niratakṣata | yad vā jagaj jagaty āhitam padaṁ ya it tad vidus te amṛtatvam ānaśuḥ

That the gāyatra (melody) is set upon the gāyatrī, or that from the triṣṭubh they fashioned out the traiṣṭubha, or that the jagat verse-line is set in the jagatī—just those who know that have attained immortality.

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RV 1 164.24

गायत्रेण प्रति मिमीते अर्कम् अर्केण साम त्रैष्टुभेन वाकम् । वाकेन वाकꣳ द्विपदा चतुष्पदाक्षरेण मिमते सप्त वाणीः

gāyatreṇa prati mimīte arkam arkeṇa sāma traiṣṭubhena vākam | vākena vākaṁ dvipadā catuṣpadākṣareṇa mimate sapta vāṇīḥ

With the gāyatrī he measures out the arka chant, with the arka the sāman, with the traiṣṭubha the recitation; with the recitation (of two lines) the two-lined and the four-lined recitation. With the syllable they measure the seven voices.

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RV 1 164.25

जगता सिन्धुꣳ दिव्य् अस्तभायद् रथꣳतरे सूर्यम् पर्य् अपश्यत् । गायत्रस्य समिधस् तिस्र आहुस् ततो मह्ना प्र रिरिचे महित्वा

jagatā sindhuṁ divy astabhāyad rathaṁtare sūryam pary apaśyat | gāyatrasya samidhas tisra āhus tato mahnā pra ririce mahitvā

With the jagatī he propped the river in heaven; in the rathaṁtara he surveyed the sun. Of the gāyatra they say there are three kindling-sticks: thereby it surpassed (the others) in might, in greatness.

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RV 1 164.26

उप ह्वये सुदुघाꣳ धेनुम् एताꣳ सुहस्तो गोधुग् उत दोहद् एनाम् । श्रेष्ठꣳ सवꣳ सविता साविषन् नो ऽभीद्धो घर्मस् तद् उ षु प्र वोचम्

upa hvaye sudughāṁ dhenum etāṁ suhasto godhug uta dohad enām | śreṣṭhaṁ savaṁ savitā sāviṣan no 'bhīddho gharmas tad u ṣu pra vocam

I call near this well-milking milch-cow, and let the deft-handed milker milk her. May Savitṛ impel for us the best impulse; the hot drink is kindled—that indeed I proclaim aloud.

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RV 1 164.27

हिङ्कृण्वती वसुपत्नी वसूनाꣳ वत्सम् इच्छन्ती मनसाभ्य् आगात् । दुहाम् अश्विभ्याम् पयो अघ्न्येयꣳ सा वर्धताम् महते सौभगाय

hiṅkṛṇvatī vasupatnī vasūnāṁ vatsam icchantī manasābhy āgāt | duhām aśvibhyām payo aghnyeyaṁ sā vardhatām mahate saubhagāya

Making the sound 'hiṅ', mistress of goods, seeking her calf with her mind, she has come near. Let this inviolable cow give milk for the two Aśvins; let her grow for great good fortune.

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RV 1 164.28

गौर् अमीमेद् अनु वत्सम् मिषन्तम् मूर्धानꣳ हिङ्ङ् अकृणोन् मातवा उ । सृक्वाणꣳ घर्मम् अभि वावशाना मिमाति मायुम् पयते पयोभिः

gaur amīmed anu vatsam miṣantam mūrdhānaṁ hiṅṅ akṛṇon mātavā u | sṛkvāṇaṁ gharmam abhi vāvaśānā mimāti māyum payate payobhiḥ

The cow lowed after her blinking calf; she made 'hiṅ' at its head, so as to low. Bellowing toward its muzzle (and) the hot drink, she utters her cry, she swells with milk-streams.

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RV 1 164.29

अयꣳ स शिङ्क्ते येन गौर् अभीवृता मिमाति मायुꣳ ध्वसनाव् अधि श्रिता । सा चित्तिभिर् नि हि चकार मर्त्यꣳ विद्युद् भवन्ती प्रति वव्रिम् औहत

ayaṁ sa śiṅkte yena gaur abhīvṛtā mimāti māyuṁ dhvasanāv adhi śritā | sā cittibhir ni hi cakāra martyaṁ vidyud bhavantī prati vavrim auhata

This is he who whines, by whom the cow is covered; she utters her cry, resting upon the (place of) scattering. She has by her thoughts brought down the mortal; becoming lightning she thrust away her covering.

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RV 1 164.30

अनच् छये तुरगातु जीवम् एजद् ध्रुवम् मध्य आ पस्त्यानाम् । जीवो मृतस्य चरति स्वधाभिर् अमर्त्यो मर्त्येना सयोनिः

anac chaye turagātu jīvam ejad dhruvam madhya ā pastyānām | jīvo mṛtasya carati svadhābhir amartyo martyenā sayoniḥ

The breathless lies (there) with a swift course; the living, the stirring, is firm in the midst of the dwellings. The living one of the dead moves by its own powers; the immortal is of one womb with the mortal.

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RV 1 164.31

अपश्यꣳ गोपाम् अनिपद्यमानम् आ च परा च पथिभिश् चरन्तम् । स सध्रीचीः स विषूचीर् वसान आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्व् अन्तः

apaśyaṁ gopām anipadyamānam ā ca parā ca pathibhiś carantam | sa sadhrīcīḥ sa viṣūcīr vasāna ā varīvarti bhuvaneṣv antaḥ

I saw the herdsman who does not fall down, roaming hither and away along the paths. Clothing himself in what converges and in what scatters, he keeps turning about within the worlds.

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RV 1 164.32

य ईꣳ चकार न सो अस्य वेद य ईꣳ ददर्श हिरुग् इन् नु तस्मात् । स मातुर् योना परिवीतो अन्तर् बहुप्रजा निरृतिम् आ विवेश

ya īṁ cakāra na so asya veda ya īṁ dadarśa hirug in nu tasmāt | sa mātur yonā parivīto antar bahuprajā nirṛtim ā viveśa

He who has made it does not know it; he who has seen it—from him indeed it is hidden away. He, wrapped about within the womb of the mother, rich in offspring, has entered destruction.

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RV 1 164.33

द्यौर् मे पिता जनिता नाभिर् अत्र बन्धुर् मे माता पृथिवी महीयम् । उत्तानयोश् चम्वो३र् योनिर् अन्तर् अत्रा पिता दुहितुर् गर्भम् आधात्

dyaur me pitā janitā nābhir atra bandhur me mātā pṛthivī mahīyam | uttānayoś camvo3r yonir antar atrā pitā duhitur garbham ādhāt

Heaven is my father, the begetter; here is the navel. This great earth is my mother, my kin. Within the two upturned bowls is the womb; there the father laid the daughter's embryo.

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RV 1 164.34

पृच्छामि त्वा परम् अन्तम् पृथिव्याः पृच्छामि यत्र भुवनस्य नाभिः । पृच्छामि त्वा वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतः पृच्छामि वाचः परमꣳ व्योम

pṛcchāmi tvā param antam pṛthivyāḥ pṛcchāmi yatra bhuvanasya nābhiḥ | pṛcchāmi tvā vṛṣṇo aśvasya retaḥ pṛcchāmi vācaḥ paramaṁ vyoma

I ask you about the farthest end of the earth; I ask where is the navel of the world. I ask you about the seed of the bull-stallion; I ask about the highest heaven of speech.

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RV 1 164.35

इयꣳ वेदिः परो अन्तः पृथिव्या अयꣳ यज्ञो भुवनस्य नाभिः । अयꣳ सोमो वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतो ब्रह्मायꣳ वाचः परमꣳ व्योम

iyaṁ vediḥ paro antaḥ pṛthivyā ayaṁ yajño bhuvanasya nābhiḥ | ayaṁ somo vṛṣṇo aśvasya reto brahmāyaṁ vācaḥ paramaṁ vyoma

This altar is the farthest limit of the earth; this sacrifice is the navel of the world. This Soma is the seed of the virile stallion; this brahman (formulation) is the highest vault of Speech.

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RV 1 164.36

सप्तार्धगर्भा भुवनस्य रेतो विष्णोस् तिष्ठन्ति प्रदिशा विधर्मणि । ते धीतिभिर् मनसा ते विपश्चितः परिभुवः परि भवन्ति विश्वतः

saptārdhagarbhā bhuvanasya reto viṣṇos tiṣṭhanti pradiśā vidharmaṇi | te dhītibhir manasā te vipaścitaḥ paribhuvaḥ pari bhavanti viśvataḥ

The seven half-formed germs, the seed of the world, stand by the direction of Viṣṇu in (his) wide dispensation. They by their insights, by their mind—they, discerning, encompassing—encompass (it) on every side.

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RV 1 164.37

न वि जानामि यद् इवेदम् अस्मि निण्यः सꣳनद्धो मनसा चरामि । यदा मागन् प्रथमजा ऋतस्याद् इद् वाचो अश्नुवे भागम् अस्याः

na vi jānāmi yad ivedam asmi niṇyaḥ saṁnaddho manasā carāmi | yadā māgan prathamajā ṛtasyād id vāco aśnuve bhāgam asyāḥ

I do not discern what sort of thing this is that I am; hidden, bound fast, I move with my mind. When the firstborn of ṛta has come to me, then I obtain a share of this Speech.

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RV 1 164.38

अपाङ् प्राङ् एति स्वधया गृभीतो ऽमर्त्यो मर्त्येना सयोनिः । ता शश्वन्ता विषूचीना वियन्ता न्य् अ१न्यꣳ चिक्युर् न नि चिक्युर् अन्यम्

apāṅ prāṅ eti svadhayā gṛbhīto 'martyo martyenā sayoniḥ | tā śaśvantā viṣūcīnā viyantā ny a1nyaṁ cikyur na ni cikyur anyam

Westward, eastward he goes, held by his own power; the immortal, sharing one womb with the mortal. These two, continual, going apart in opposite directions—the one they have perceived, the other they have not perceived.

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RV 1 164.39

ऋचो अक्षरे परमे व्योमन् यस्मिन् देवा अधि विश्वे निषेदुः । यस् तन् न वेद किम् ऋचा करिष्यति य इत् तद् विदुस् त इमे सम् आसते

ṛco akṣare parame vyoman yasmin devā adhi viśve niṣeduḥ | yas tan na veda kim ṛcā kariṣyati ya it tad vidus ta ime sam āsate

On the syllable of the verse, in the highest vault, upon which all the gods have sat down—he who does not know that, what will he do with the verse? Those who do know it, these sit together (here).

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RV 1 164.40

सूयवसाद् भगवती हि भूया अथो वयम् भगवन्तः स्याम । अद्धि तृणम् अघ्न्ये विश्वदानीम् पिब शुद्धम् उदकम् आचरन्ती

sūyavasād bhagavatī hi bhūyā atho vayam bhagavantaḥ syāma | addhi tṛṇam aghnye viśvadānīm piba śuddham udakam ācarantī

May you be fortunate, eating good pasture; and may we too be fortunate. Eat grass, inviolable one, at all times; drink pure water as you come along.

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RV 1 164.41

गौरीर् मिमाय सलिलानि तक्षत्य् एकपदी द्विपदी सा चतुष्पदी । अष्टापदी नवपदी बभूवुषी सहस्राक्षरा परमे व्योमन्

gaurīr mimāya salilāni takṣaty ekapadī dvipadī sā catuṣpadī | aṣṭāpadī navapadī babhūvuṣī sahasrākṣarā parame vyoman

The tawny (cow) has bellowed, fashioning the flooding waters—one-footed, two-footed she, four-footed, having become eight-footed, nine-footed, thousand-syllabled in the highest vault.

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RV 1 164.42

तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति तेन जीवन्ति प्रदिशश् चतस्रः । ततः क्षरत्य् अक्षरꣳ तद् विश्वम् उप जीवति

tasyāḥ samudrā adhi vi kṣaranti tena jīvanti pradiśaś catasraḥ | tataḥ kṣaraty akṣaraṁ tad viśvam upa jīvati

From her the seas flow forth; by that the four quarters live. Thence flows the imperishable (syllable); on that the whole world lives.

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RV 1 164.43

शकमयꣳ धूमम् आराद् अपश्यꣳ विषूवता पर एनावरेण । उक्षाणम् पृश्निम् अपचन्त वीरास् तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्य् आसन्

śakamayaṁ dhūmam ārād apaśyaṁ viṣūvatā para enāvareṇa | ukṣāṇam pṛśnim apacanta vīrās tāni dharmāṇi prathamāny āsan

I saw from afar the smoke of dung, beyond by that middle one, by this nearer one. The heroes cooked the dappled bull: those were the first ordinances.

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RV 1 164.44

त्रयः केशिन ऋतुथा वि चक्षते सꣳवत्सरे वपत एक एषाम् । विश्वम् एको अभि चष्टे शचीभिर् ध्राजिर् एकस्य ददृशे न रूपम्

trayaḥ keśina ṛtuthā vi cakṣate saṁvatsare vapata eka eṣām | viśvam eko abhi caṣṭe śacībhir dhrājir ekasya dadṛśe na rūpam

Three long-haired ones look forth in due season; in the course of the year one of them shears; one surveys the whole with his powers; of one the onrush is seen, but not the form.

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RV 1 164.45

चत्वारि वाक् परिमिता पदानि तानि विदुर् ब्राह्मणा ये मनीषिणः । गुहा त्रीणि निहिता नेङ्गयन्ति तुरीयꣳ वाचो मनुष्या वदन्ति

catvāri vāk parimitā padāni tāni vidur brāhmaṇā ye manīṣiṇaḥ | guhā trīṇi nihitā neṅgayanti turīyaṁ vāco manuṣyā vadanti

Speech is measured out in four quarters; those the brahmins who are thoughtful know. Three, laid down in secret, do not stir; the fourth of Speech men speak.

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RV 1 164.46

इन्द्रम् मित्रꣳ वरुणम् अग्निम् आहुर् अथो दिव्यः स सुपर्णो गरुत्मान् । एकꣳ सद् विप्रा बहुधा वदन्त्य् अग्निꣳ यमम् मातरिश्वानम् आहुः

indram mitraṁ varuṇam agnim āhur atho divyaḥ sa suparṇo garutmān | ekaṁ sad viprā bahudhā vadanty agniṁ yamam mātariśvānam āhuḥ

They call (him) Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, Agni; and also he is the heavenly, well-winged Garutmān. What is one the inspired poets speak of in many ways: they call (him) Agni, Yama, Mātariśvan.

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RV 1 164.47

कृष्णꣳ नियानꣳ हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवम् उत् पतन्ति । त आववृत्रन् सदनाद् ऋतस्याद् इद् घृतेन पृथिवी व्य् उद्यते

kṛṣṇaṁ niyānaṁ harayaḥ suparṇā apo vasānā divam ut patanti | ta āvavṛtran sadanād ṛtasyād id ghṛtena pṛthivī vy udyate

Black is the downward course; the tawny well-winged ones, clothing themselves in the waters, fly up to heaven. They have turned back from the seat of ṛta; then the earth is moistened with ghee.

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RV 1 164.48

द्वादश प्रधयश् चक्रम् एकꣳ त्रीणि नभ्यानि क उ तच् चिकेत । तस्मिन् साकꣳ त्रिशता न शङ्कवो ऽर्पिताः षष्टिर् न चलाचलासः

dvādaśa pradhayaś cakram ekaṁ trīṇi nabhyāni ka u tac ciketa | tasmin sākaṁ triśatā na śaṅkavo 'rpitāḥ ṣaṣṭir na calācalāsaḥ

Twelve felloes, one wheel, three naves—who indeed has understood that? In it are set together, as it were, three hundred pins, as it were sixty movable-immovable ones.

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RV 1 164.49

यस् ते स्तनः शशयो यो मयोभूर् येन विश्वा पुष्यसि वार्याणि । यो रत्नधा वसुविद् यः सुदत्रः सरस्वति तम् इह धातवे कः

yas te stanaḥ śaśayo yo mayobhūr yena viśvā puṣyasi vāryāṇi | yo ratnadhā vasuvid yaḥ sudatraḥ sarasvati tam iha dhātave kaḥ

That breast of yours which is ever-flowing, which brings refreshment, by which you make all desirable goods prosper, which bestows treasure, finds wealth, gives well—O Sarasvatī, make it (available) here for sucking.

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RV 1 164.50

यज्ञेन यज्ञम् अयजन्त देवास् तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्य् आसन् । ते ह नाकम् महिमानः सचन्त यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः

yajñena yajñam ayajanta devās tāni dharmāṇi prathamāny āsan | te ha nākam mahimānaḥ sacanta yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ

With the sacrifice the gods sacrificed the sacrifice: those were the first ordinances. Those great ones attained the vault (of heaven), where the ancient Sādhya gods are.

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RV 1 164.51

समानम् एतद् उदकम् उच् चैत्य् अव चाहभिः । भूमिम् पर्जन्या जिन्वन्ति दिवꣳ जिन्वन्त्य् अग्नयः

samānam etad udakam uc caity ava cāhabhiḥ | bhūmim parjanyā jinvanti divaṁ jinvanty agnayaḥ

This same water goes up and comes down again with the days. The rain-clouds quicken the earth; the fires quicken the heaven.

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RV 1 164.52

दिव्यꣳ सुपर्णꣳ वायसम् बृहन्तम् अपाꣳ गर्भꣳ दर्शतम् ओषधीनाम् । अभीपतो वृष्टिभिस् तर्पयन्तꣳ सरस्वन्तम् अवसे जोहवीमि

divyaṁ suparṇaṁ vāyasam bṛhantam apāṁ garbhaṁ darśatam oṣadhīnām | abhīpato vṛṣṭibhis tarpayantaṁ sarasvantam avase johavīmi

The heavenly well-winged bird, the great fowl, the embryo of the waters, the fair one of the plants, who satisfies (us) with rains from the flood—Sarasvant I call loudly for help.

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