Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 191

RV 1 191.1

कङ्कतो न कङ्कतो ऽथो सतीनकङ्कतः । द्वाव् इति प्लुषी इति न्य् अ१दृष्टा अलिप्सत

kaṅkato na kaṅkato 'tho satīnakaṅkataḥ | dvāv iti pluṣī iti ny a1dṛṣṭā alipsata

The not-stinging one is a stinger, and so too the truly-stinging one; "two," it is said, "fleas" — the unseen ones have slipped in.

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RV 1 191.2

अदृष्टान् हन्त्य् आयत्य् अथो हन्ति परायती । अथो अवघ्नती हन्त्य् अथो पिनष्टि पिꣳषती

adṛṣṭān hanty āyaty atho hanti parāyatī | atho avaghnatī hanty atho pinaṣṭi piṁṣatī

Coming on, she kills the unseen ones; and going away, she kills; and striking down, she kills; and crushing, she crushes (them).

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RV 1 191.3

शरासः कुशरासो दर्भासः सैर्या उत । मौञ्जा अदृष्टा वैरिणाः सर्वे साकꣳ न्य् अलिप्सत

śarāsaḥ kuśarāso darbhāsaḥ sairyā uta | mauñjā adṛṣṭā vairiṇāḥ sarve sākaṁ ny alipsata

The śara-reeds, the kuśara-reeds, the darbha-grasses, and the sairya ones, the muñja ones, the vairiṇa ones — the unseen have all crept in together.

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RV 1 191.4

नि गावो गोष्ठे असदन् नि मृगासो अविक्षत । नि केतवो जनानाꣳ न्य् अ१दृष्टा अलिप्सत

ni gāvo goṣṭhe asadan ni mṛgāso avikṣata | ni ketavo janānāṁ ny a1dṛṣṭā alipsata

The cows have settled down in the stall, the wild beasts have lain down, the beacons of the peoples have gone down — the unseen ones have crept in.

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RV 1 191.5

एत उ त्ये प्रत्य् अदृश्रन् प्रदोषꣳ तस्करा इव । अदृष्टा विश्वदृष्टाः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन

eta u tye praty adṛśran pradoṣaṁ taskarā iva | adṛṣṭā viśvadṛṣṭāḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana

But look, these have shown themselves at nightfall like thieves. Unseen ones, all-seen ones, you have been detected!

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RV 1 191.6

द्यौर् वः पिता पृथिवी माता सोमो भ्रातादितिः स्वसा । अदृष्टा विश्वदृष्टास् तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम्

dyaur vaḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā somo bhrātāditiḥ svasā | adṛṣṭā viśvadṛṣṭās tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam

Dyaus is your father, Pṛthivī your mother, Soma your brother, Aditi your sister. Unseen ones, all-seen ones, stand still, keep quiet!

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RV 1 191.7

ये अꣳस्या ये अङ्ग्याः सूचीका ये प्रकङ्कताः । अदृष्टाः किꣳ चनेह वः सर्वे साकꣳ नि जस्यत

ye aṁsyā ye aṅgyāḥ sūcīkā ye prakaṅkatāḥ | adṛṣṭāḥ kiṁ caneha vaḥ sarve sākaṁ ni jasyata

Those on the shoulder, those on the limbs, those with needles, those that sting forth — unseen ones, you are nothing here: all of you together, perish!

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RV 1 191.8

उत् पुरस्तात् सूर्य एति विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा । अदृष्टान् सर्वाञ् जम्भयन् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः

ut purastāt sūrya eti viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā | adṛṣṭān sarvāñ jambhayan sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ

Up from the east goes Sūrya, seen by all, slayer of the unseen, crushing all the unseen ones and all the sorceresses.

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RV 1 191.9

उद् अपप्तद् असौ सूर्यः पुरु विश्वानि जूर्वन् । आदित्यः पर्वतेभ्यो विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा

ud apaptad asau sūryaḥ puru viśvāni jūrvan | ādityaḥ parvatebhyo viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā

Up has flown yonder Sūrya, burning up many things, all things — Āditya, (up) from the mountains, seen by all, slayer of the unseen.

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RV 1 191.10

सूर्ये विषम् आ सजामि दृतिꣳ सुरावतो गृहे । सो चिन् नु न मराति नो वयम् मरामारे अस्य योजनꣳ हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार

sūrye viṣam ā sajāmi dṛtiṁ surāvato gṛhe | so cin nu na marāti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṁ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

I fasten the poison onto the sun, like a skin-bag in the house of a liquor-seller. He indeed shall not die, nor shall we die; far away is his course. "Bay-stander" — the honey-maker has made you honey.

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RV 1 191.11

इयत्तिका शकुन्तिका सका जघास ते विषम् । सो चिन् नु न मराति नो वयम् मरामारे अस्य योजनꣳ हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार

iyattikā śakuntikā sakā jaghāsa te viṣam | so cin nu na marāti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṁ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

This tiny little bird — she has swallowed your poison. She indeed shall not die, nor shall we die; far away is his course. "Bay-stander" — the honey-maker has made you honey.

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RV 1 191.12

त्रिः सप्त विष्पुलिङ्गका विषस्य पुष्यम् अक्षन् । ताश् चिन् नु न मरन्ति नो वयम् मरामारे अस्य योजनꣳ हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार

triḥ sapta viṣpuliṅgakā viṣasya puṣyam akṣan | tāś cin nu na maranti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṁ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

Thrice seven little sparks have eaten up the bloom of the poison. They indeed do not die, nor shall we die; far away is his course. "Bay-stander" — the honey-maker has made you honey.

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RV 1 191.13

नवानाꣳ नवतीनाꣳ विषस्य रोपुषीणाम् । सर्वासाम् अग्रभꣳ नामारे अस्य योजनꣳ हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार

navānāṁ navatīnāṁ viṣasya ropuṣīṇām | sarvāsām agrabhaṁ nāmāre asya yojanaṁ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

Of the nine nineties of the poison's burning ones, of all of them I have seized the name. Far away is his course. "Bay-stander" — the honey-maker has made you honey.

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RV 1 191.14

त्रिः सप्त मयूर्यः सप्त स्वसारो अग्रुवः । तास् ते विषꣳ वि जभ्रिर उदकꣳ कुम्भिनीर् इव

triḥ sapta mayūryaḥ sapta svasāro agruvaḥ | tās te viṣaṁ vi jabhrira udakaṁ kumbhinīr iva

Thrice seven peahens, seven unwed sisters — they have carried off your poison, as women with jars carry water.

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RV 1 191.15

इयत्तकः कुषुम्भकस् तकम् भिनद्म्य् अश्मना । ततो विषम् प्र वावृते पराचीर् अनु सꣳवतः

iyattakaḥ kuṣumbhakas takam bhinadmy aśmanā | tato viṣam pra vāvṛte parācīr anu saṁvataḥ

This little kuṣumbhaka — I split that one with a stone. From there the poison has turned away, off into the distant regions.

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RV 1 191.16

कुषुम्भकस् तद् अब्रवीद् गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः । वृश्चिकस्यारसꣳ विषम् अरसꣳ वृश्चिक ते विषम्

kuṣumbhakas tad abravīd gireḥ pravartamānakaḥ | vṛścikasyārasaṁ viṣam arasaṁ vṛścika te viṣam

The kuṣumbhaka said this as it came rolling down from the mountain: "Sapless is the scorpion's poison — sapless is your poison, scorpion."

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