Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 95

RV 1 95.1

द्वे विरूपे चरतः स्वर्थे अन्यान्या वत्सम् उप धापयेते । हरिर् अन्यस्याम् भवति स्वधावाञ् छुक्रो अन्यस्याꣳ ददृशे सुवर्चाः

dve virūpe carataḥ svarthe anyānyā vatsam upa dhāpayete | harir anyasyām bhavati svadhāvāñ chukro anyasyāṁ dadṛśe suvarcāḥ

The two of unlike form move, each with her own good purpose; one after the other they let the calf suck. In the one he is tawny, possessed of his own power; in the other he is seen bright, of fair lustre.

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RV 1 95.2

दशेमꣳ त्वष्टुर् जनयन्त गर्भम् अतन्द्रासो युवतयो विभृत्रम् । तिग्मानीकꣳ स्वयशसꣳ जनेषु विरोचमानम् परि षीꣳ नयन्ति

daśemaṁ tvaṣṭur janayanta garbham atandrāso yuvatayo vibhṛtram | tigmānīkaṁ svayaśasaṁ janeṣu virocamānam pari ṣīṁ nayanti

Ten unwearying maidens begot this child of Tvaṣṭṛ, (the one) borne about; sharp-faced, self-glorious, shining out among the peoples — him they lead around.

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RV 1 95.3

त्रीणि जाना परि भूषन्त्य् अस्य समुद्र एकꣳ दिव्य् एकम् अप्सु । पूर्वाम् अनु प्र दिशम् पार्थिवानाम् ऋतून् प्रशासद् वि दधाव् अनुष्ठु

trīṇi jānā pari bhūṣanty asya samudra ekaṁ divy ekam apsu | pūrvām anu pra diśam pārthivānām ṛtūn praśāsad vi dadhāv anuṣṭhu

Three of his birth-places they adorn all about: one in the sea, one in heaven, one in the waters. Along the eastern quarter of the earthly ones, ordaining the seasons, he has arranged (them) in due order.

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RV 1 95.4

क इमꣳ वो निण्यम् आ चिकेत वत्सो मातॄर् जनयत स्वधाभिः । बह्वीनाꣳ गर्भो अपसाम् उपस्थान् महान् कविर् निश् चरति स्वधावान्

ka imaṁ vo niṇyam ā ciketa vatso mātṝr janayata svadhābhiḥ | bahvīnāṁ garbho apasām upasthān mahān kavir niś carati svadhāvān

Who among you has perceived this hidden one? The calf has begotten his own mothers by his self-powers. The embryo of many active (waters) comes forth from their lap, a great seer possessed of his own power.

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RV 1 95.5

आविष्ट्यो वर्धते चारुर् आसु जिह्मानाम् ऊर्ध्वः स्वयशा उपस्थे । उभे त्वष्टुर् बिभ्यतुर् जायमानात् प्रतीची सिꣳहम् प्रति जोषयेते

āviṣṭyo vardhate cārur āsu jihmānām ūrdhvaḥ svayaśā upasthe | ubhe tvaṣṭur bibhyatur jāyamānāt pratīcī siṁham prati joṣayete

Made manifest, he grows lovely among these, upright in the lap of the crooked ones, self-glorious. Both (worlds) of Tvaṣṭṛ were afraid of him as he was born; turning towards him, they welcome the lion.

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

RV 1 95.6

उभे भद्रे जोषयेते न मेने गावो न वाश्रा उप तस्थुर् एवैः । स दक्षाणाꣳ दक्षपतिर् बभूवाञ्जन्ति यꣳ दक्षिणतो हविर्भिः

ubhe bhadre joṣayete na mene gāvo na vāśrā upa tasthur evaiḥ | sa dakṣāṇāṁ dakṣapatir babhūvāñjanti yaṁ dakṣiṇato havirbhiḥ

Both auspicious ones welcome him, like two wives; like lowing cows they have come near by their own courses. He has become the lord of skills among the skilled — he whom they anoint from the south with oblations.

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RV 1 95.7

उद् यꣳयमीति सवितेव बाहू उभे सिचौ यतते भीम ऋञ्जन् । उच् छुक्रम् अत्कम् अजते सिमस्मान् नवा मातृभ्यो वसना जहाति

ud yaṁyamīti saviteva bāhū ubhe sicau yatate bhīma ṛñjan | uc chukram atkam ajate simasmān navā mātṛbhyo vasanā jahāti

He keeps stretching up his two arms like Savitṛ; fearsome, pressing straight on, he stretches at both hems. He drives up his bright garment out of himself; he leaves new clothes for his mothers.

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RV 1 95.8

त्वेषꣳ रूपꣳ कृणुत उत्तरꣳ यत् सम्पृञ्चानः सदने गोभिर् अद्भिः । कविर् बुध्नम् परि मर्मृज्यते धीः सा देवताता समितिर् बभूव

tveṣaṁ rūpaṁ kṛṇuta uttaraṁ yat sampṛñcānaḥ sadane gobhir adbhiḥ | kavir budhnam pari marmṛjyate dhīḥ sā devatātā samitir babhūva

He makes for himself a glittering, higher form when he mingles in his seat with the cows (milk) and the waters; the seer keeps burnishing the base — that vision became the assembly at the divine service.

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

RV 1 95.9

उरु ते ज्रयः पर्य् एति बुध्नꣳ विरोचमानम् महिषस्य धाम । विश्वेभिर् अग्ने स्वयशोभिर् इद्धो ऽदब्धेभिः पायुभिः पाह्य् अस्मान्

uru te jrayaḥ pary eti budhnaṁ virocamānam mahiṣasya dhāma | viśvebhir agne svayaśobhir iddho 'dabdhebhiḥ pāyubhiḥ pāhy asmān

Your wide expanse goes around the base, the shining abode of the buffalo. Kindled with all your self-glories, O Agni, guard us with your unfailing protections.

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RV 1 95.10

धन्वन् स्रोतः कृणुते गातुम् ऊर्मिꣳ शुक्रैर् ऊर्मिभिर् अभि नक्षति क्षाम् । विश्वा सनानि जठरेषु धत्ते ऽन्तर् नवासु चरति प्रसूषु

dhanvan srotaḥ kṛṇute gātum ūrmiṁ śukrair ūrmibhir abhi nakṣati kṣām | viśvā sanāni jaṭhareṣu dhatte 'ntar navāsu carati prasūṣu

In the dry land he makes a stream, a path, a wave; with his bright waves he reaches the earth. He holds all gains in his bellies; he moves within the new sprouting plants.

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RV 1 95.11

एवा नो अग्ने समिधा वृधानो रेवत् पावक श्रवसे वि भाहि । तन् नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्ताम् अदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः

evā no agne samidhā vṛdhāno revat pāvaka śravase vi bhāhi | tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ

Thus, O Agni, growing strong by the kindling-wood, shine out richly, O purifier, for glory. — May Mitra, Varuṇa grant us that, Aditi, Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.

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