Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 87

RV 1 87.1

प्रत्वक्षसः प्रतवसो विरप्शिनो ऽनानता अविथुरा ऋजीषिणः । जुष्टतमासो नृतमासो अञ्जिभिर् व्य् आनज्रे के चिद् उस्रा इव स्तृभिः

pratvakṣasaḥ pratavaso virapśino 'nānatā avithurā ṛjīṣiṇaḥ | juṣṭatamāso nṛtamāso añjibhir vy ānajre ke cid usrā iva stṛbhiḥ

Of surpassing vigour, of surpassing strength, exuberant, unbending, unshaken, possessors of the soma-residue — most welcome, most manly — they have anointed themselves with ornaments, some of them like the dawn-lights with the stars.

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RV 1 87.2

उपह्वरेषु यद् अचिध्वꣳ ययिꣳ वय इव मरुतः केन चित् पथा । श्चोतन्ति कोशा उप वो रथेष्व् आ घृतम् उक्षता मधुवर्णम् अर्चते

upahvareṣu yad acidhvaṁ yayiṁ vaya iva marutaḥ kena cit pathā | ścotanti kośā upa vo ratheṣv ā ghṛtam ukṣatā madhuvarṇam arcate

When on the slopes you heaped up your course, O Maruts, by whatever path, like birds — the casks drip down upon your chariots: sprinkle the honey-coloured ghee for the singer.

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RV 1 87.3

प्रैषाम् अज्मेषु विथुरेव रेजते भूमिर् यामेषु यद् ध युञ्जते शुभे । ते क्रीऴयो धुनयो भ्राजदृष्टयः स्वयम् महित्वम् पनयन्त धूतयः

praiṣām ajmeṣu vithureva rejate bhūmir yāmeṣu yad dha yuñjate śubhe | te krīḻayo dhunayo bhrājadṛṣṭayaḥ svayam mahitvam panayanta dhūtayaḥ

At their onrushes the earth trembles as though unsteady, at their drives, when indeed they yoke (the teams) for splendour. They, sportive, roaring, with flashing spears, the shakers, make their own greatness admired.

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RV 1 87.4

स हि स्वसृत् पृषदश्वो युवा गणो३ ऽया ईशानस् तविषीभिर् आवृतः । असि सत्य ऋणयावानेद्यो ऽस्या धियः प्राविताथा वृषा गणः

sa hi svasṛt pṛṣadaśvo yuvā gaṇo3 'yā īśānas taviṣībhir āvṛtaḥ | asi satya ṛṇayāvānedyo 'syā dhiyaḥ prāvitāthā vṛṣā gaṇaḥ

For that troop is self-moving, with dappled horses, youthful, impetuous, in command, encompassed by strengths. You are true, an exacter of debts, not to be blamed — so be the furtherer of this poetic thought, O bullish troop.

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RV 1 87.5

पितुः प्रत्नस्य जन्मना वदामसि सोमस्य जिह्वा प्र जिगाति चक्षसा । यद् ईम् इन्द्रꣳ शम्य् ऋक्वाण आशताद् इन् नामानि यज्ञियानि दधिरे

pituḥ pratnasya janmanā vadāmasi somasya jihvā pra jigāti cakṣasā | yad īm indraṁ śamy ṛkvāṇa āśatād in nāmāni yajñiyāni dadhire

By the lineage of the ancient father we speak; the tongue of Soma goes forth with its seeing. When the chanters reached Indra by their ritual labour, then they took on sacrificial names.

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RV 1 87.6

श्रियसे कम् भानुभिः सम् मिमिक्षिरे ते रश्मिभिस् त ऋक्वभिः सुखादयः । ते वाशीमन्त इष्मिणो अभीरवो विद्रे प्रियस्य मारुतस्य धाम्नः

śriyase kam bhānubhiḥ sam mimikṣire te raśmibhis ta ṛkvabhiḥ sukhādayaḥ | te vāśīmanta iṣmiṇo abhīravo vidre priyasya mārutasya dhāmnaḥ

For beauty's sake they have joined themselves with beams, they with rays, they with the singers, those with fair rings. They, bearing knives, arrow-armed, fearless, know the dear domain of the Marut host.

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