Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 10

RV 10 10.1

ओ चित् सखायꣳ सख्या ववृत्याꣳ तिरः पुरू चिद् अर्णवꣳ जगन्वान् । पितुर् नपातम् आ दधीत वेधा अधि क्षमि प्रतरꣳ दीध्यानः

o cit sakhāyaṁ sakhyā vavṛtyāṁ tiraḥ purū cid arṇavaṁ jaganvān | pitur napātam ā dadhīta vedhā adhi kṣami prataraṁ dīdhyānaḥ

Would that I might turn the friend to friendship, having come across the wide flood! Let the wise one set down a grandson of the father, looking far ahead upon the earth.

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

RV 10 10.2

न ते सखा सख्यꣳ वष्ट्य् एतत् सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपा भवाति । महस् पुत्रासो असुरस्य वीरा दिवो धर्तार उर्विया परि ख्यन्

na te sakhā sakhyaṁ vaṣṭy etat salakṣmā yad viṣurūpā bhavāti | mahas putrāso asurasya vīrā divo dhartāra urviyā pari khyan

Your friend does not desire this friendship—that she of the same mark should become of a different form. The sons of the great Asura, the heroes, the upholders of heaven, look far and wide around.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.3

उशन्ति घा ते अमृतास एतद् एकस्य चित् त्यजसम् मर्त्यस्य । नि ते मनो मनसि धाय्य् अस्मे जन्युः पतिस् तन्व१म् आ विविश्याः

uśanti ghā te amṛtāsa etad ekasya cit tyajasam martyasya | ni te mano manasi dhāyy asme janyuḥ patis tanva1m ā viviśyāḥ

The immortals do indeed desire this: the abandoning (of offspring) by the one mortal alone. Let your mind be set in our mind; as a husband of a wife, you should enter (my) body.

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

RV 10 10.4

न यत् पुरा चकृमा कद् ध नूनम् ऋता वदन्तो अनृतꣳ रपेम । गन्धर्वो अप्स्व् अप्या च योषा सा नो नाभिः परमꣳ जामि तन् नौ

na yat purā cakṛmā kad dha nūnam ṛtā vadanto anṛtaṁ rapema | gandharvo apsv apyā ca yoṣā sā no nābhiḥ paramaṁ jāmi tan nau

What we have not done before—shall we now, while speaking truths, utter untruth? The Gandharva in the waters and the watery maiden: she is our navel, that is our highest kinship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.5

गर्भे नु नौ जनिता दम्पती कर् देवस् त्वष्टा सविता विश्वरूपः । नकिर् अस्य प्र मिनन्ति व्रतानि वेद नाव् अस्य पृथिवी उत द्यौः

garbhe nu nau janitā dampatī kar devas tvaṣṭā savitā viśvarūpaḥ | nakir asya pra minanti vratāni veda nāv asya pṛthivī uta dyauḥ

Already in the womb the begetter made us two husband and wife—the god Tvaṣṭar, Savitar, of all forms. None transgress his ordinances; earth and heaven know us as belonging to him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.6

को अस्य वेद प्रथमस्याह्नः क ईꣳ ददर्श क इह प्र वोचत् । बृहन् मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम कद् उ ब्रव आहनो वीच्या नॄन्

ko asya veda prathamasyāhnaḥ ka īṁ dadarśa ka iha pra vocat | bṛhan mitrasya varuṇasya dhāma kad u brava āhano vīcyā nṝn

Who knows of that first day? Who has seen it? Who here can declare it? Great is the dhāman of Mitra and Varuṇa. What then shall I say, O wanton one, you who assail men with your allurement?

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

RV 10 10.7

यमस्य मा यम्य१ꣳ काम आगन् समाने योनौ सहशेय्याय । जायेव पत्ये तन्वꣳ रिरिच्याꣳ वि चिद् वृहेव रथ्येव चक्रा

yamasya mā yamya1ṁ kāma āgan samāne yonau sahaśeyyāya | jāyeva patye tanvaṁ riricyāṁ vi cid vṛheva rathyeva cakrā

Desire for Yama has come upon me, Yamī, to lie together in the same womb. As a wife to a husband, I would yield up my body; let us two whirl apart like the wheels of a chariot.

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

RV 10 10.8

न तिष्ठन्ति न नि मिषन्त्य् एते देवानाꣳ स्पश इह ये चरन्ति । अन्येन मद् आहनो याहि तूयꣳ तेन वि वृह रथ्येव चक्रा

na tiṣṭhanti na ni miṣanty ete devānāṁ spaśa iha ye caranti | anyena mad āhano yāhi tūyaṁ tena vi vṛha rathyeva cakrā

These do not stand still, nor do they blink—the spies of the gods who move about here. Go quickly with another than me, wanton one, and with him whirl about like the wheels of a chariot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.9

रात्रीभिर् अस्मा अहभिर् दशस्येत् सूर्यस्य चक्षुर् मुहुर् उन् मिमीयात् । दिवा पृथिव्या मिथुना सबन्धू यमीर् यमस्य बिभृयाद् अजामि

rātrībhir asmā ahabhir daśasyet sūryasya cakṣur muhur un mimīyāt | divā pṛthivyā mithunā sabandhū yamīr yamasya bibhṛyād ajāmi

By nights, by days should (one) show her favour; the eye of the sun would blink up again and again. A pair, kin together, as heaven with earth—Yamī would bear for Yama what is not kinly.

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

RV 10 10.10

आ घा ता गच्छान् उत्तरा युगानि यत्र जामयः कृणवन्न् अजामि । उप बर्बृहि वृषभाय बाहुम् अन्यम् इच्छस्व सुभगे पतिम् मत्

ā ghā tā gacchān uttarā yugāni yatra jāmayaḥ kṛṇavann ajāmi | upa barbṛhi vṛṣabhāya bāhum anyam icchasva subhage patim mat

Those later ages will surely come, when sisters will do what is not kinly. Press your arm beneath a bull (other than me); seek another husband than me, fortunate one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.11

किम् भ्रातासद् यद् अनाथम् भवाति किम् उ स्वसा यन् निरृतिर् निगच्छात् । काममूता बह्व् ए३तद् रपामि तन्वा मे तन्व१ꣳ सम् पिपृग्धि

kim bhrātāsad yad anātham bhavāti kim u svasā yan nirṛtir nigacchāt | kāmamūtā bahv e3tad rapāmi tanvā me tanva1ṁ sam pipṛgdhi

What is a brother, if one is left without a protector? What is a sister, if destruction comes upon one? Driven by desire I babble on thus much: join your body with my body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.12

न वा उ ते तन्वा तन्व१ꣳ सम् पपृच्याम् पापम् आहुर् यः स्वसारꣳ निगच्छात् । अन्येन मत् प्रमुदः कल्पयस्व न ते भ्राता सुभगे वष्ट्य् एतत्

na vā u te tanvā tanva1ṁ sam papṛcyām pāpam āhur yaḥ svasāraṁ nigacchāt | anyena mat pramudaḥ kalpayasva na te bhrātā subhage vaṣṭy etat

I will not join my body with your body; they call him evil who comes to his sister. Arrange your pleasures with another than me: your brother does not want this, fortunate one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.13

बतो बतासि यम नैव ते मनो हृदयꣳ चाविदाम । अन्या किल त्वाꣳ कक्ष्येव युक्तम् परि ष्वजाते लिबुजेव वृक्षम्

bato batāsi yama naiva te mano hṛdayaṁ cāvidāma | anyā kila tvāṁ kakṣyeva yuktam pari ṣvajāte libujeva vṛkṣam

Wretched, wretched you are, Yama! We have not found your mind or your heart at all. Surely another woman will embrace you as a girth (embraces) a harnessed (horse), as a creeper a tree.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 10.14

अन्यम् ऊ षु त्वꣳ यम्य् अन्य उ त्वाम् परि ष्वजाते लिबुजेव वृक्षम् । तस्य वा त्वम् मन इच्छा स वा तवाधा कृणुष्व सꣳविदꣳ सुभद्राम्

anyam ū ṣu tvaṁ yamy anya u tvām pari ṣvajāte libujeva vṛkṣam | tasya vā tvam mana icchā sa vā tavādhā kṛṇuṣva saṁvidaṁ subhadrām

(Seek) another, then, Yamī, and let another embrace you as a creeper a tree. Seek his mind, or let him seek yours; then make a very happy agreement.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition