Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 101

RV 10 101.1

उद् बुध्यध्वꣳ समनसः सखायः सम् अग्निम् इन्ध्वम् बहवः सनीऴाः । दधिक्राम् अग्निम् उषसꣳ च देवीम् इन्द्रावतो ऽवसे नि ह्वये वः

ud budhyadhvaṁ samanasaḥ sakhāyaḥ sam agnim indhvam bahavaḥ sanīḻāḥ | dadhikrām agnim uṣasaṁ ca devīm indrāvato 'vase ni hvaye vaḥ

Wake up, comrades of one mind; kindle Agni, you many who share one nest. Dadhikrā, Agni, and the goddess Uṣas, attended by Indra, I call down for your help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 101.2

मन्द्रा कृणुध्वꣳ धिय आ तनुध्वꣳ नावम् अरित्रपरणीꣳ कृणुध्वम् । इष्कृणुध्वम् आयुधारꣳ कृणुध्वम् प्राञ्चꣳ यज्ञम् प्र णयता सखायः

mandrā kṛṇudhvaṁ dhiya ā tanudhvaṁ nāvam aritraparaṇīṁ kṛṇudhvam | iṣkṛṇudhvam āyudhāraṁ kṛṇudhvam prāñcaṁ yajñam pra ṇayatā sakhāyaḥ

Make (your songs) delightful, stretch out your thoughts; make a ship that carries across with oars; make your weapons ready, make them; lead the sacrifice forward, comrades.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 101.3

युनक्त सीरा वि युगा तनुध्वꣳ कृते योनौ वपतेह बीजम् । गिरा च श्रुष्टिः सभरा असन् नो नेदीय इत् सृण्यः पक्वम् एयात्

yunakta sīrā vi yugā tanudhvaṁ kṛte yonau vapateha bījam | girā ca śruṣṭiḥ sabharā asan no nedīya it sṛṇyaḥ pakvam eyāt

Yoke the plows, spread out the yokes; sow the seed here in the prepared womb. And with our song let the hearing be laden (with produce) for us; let the ripe (grain) come nearer to the sickle.

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

RV 10 101.4

सीरा युञ्जन्ति कवयो युगा वि तन्वते पृथक् । धीरा देवेषु सुम्नया

sīrā yuñjanti kavayo yugā vi tanvate pṛthak | dhīrā deveṣu sumnayā

The poets yoke the plows, they spread the yokes apart, each separately — the wise ones, seeking favour among the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 101.5

निर् आहावान् कृणोतन सꣳ वरत्रा दधातन । सिञ्चामहा अवतम् उद्रिणꣳ वयꣳ सुषेकम् अनुपक्षितम्

nir āhāvān kṛṇotana saṁ varatrā dadhātana | siñcāmahā avatam udriṇaṁ vayaṁ suṣekam anupakṣitam

Make the troughs; fasten on the straps. Let us pour out the well, full of water, easy to draw from, undiminished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 101.6

इष्कृताहावम् अवतꣳ सुवरत्रꣳ सुषेचनम् । उद्रिणꣳ सिञ्चे अक्षितम्

iṣkṛtāhāvam avataṁ suvaratraṁ suṣecanam | udriṇaṁ siñce akṣitam

The well with its trough set right, with good straps, easy to draw from — water-bearing, unexhausted — I pour it out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 101.7

प्रीणीताश्वान् हितꣳ जयाथ स्वस्तिवाहꣳ रथम् इत् कृणुध्वम् । द्रोणाहावम् अवतम् अश्मचक्रम् अꣳसत्रकोशꣳ सिञ्चता नृपाणम्

prīṇītāśvān hitaṁ jayātha svastivāhaṁ ratham it kṛṇudhvam | droṇāhāvam avatam aśmacakram aṁsatrakośaṁ siñcatā nṛpāṇam

Gratify the horses; you will win the stake that is set; make the chariot one that brings wellbeing. Pour out the well whose trough is a wooden tub, whose wheel is of stone, whose bucket is (like) armour — the drinking-place of men.

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

RV 10 101.8

व्रजꣳ कृणुध्वꣳ स हि वो नृपाणो वर्म सीव्यध्वम् बहुला पृथूनि । पुरः कृणुध्वम् आयसीर् अधृष्टा मा वः सुस्रोच् चमसो दृꣳहता तम्

vrajaṁ kṛṇudhvaṁ sa hi vo nṛpāṇo varma sīvyadhvam bahulā pṛthūni | puraḥ kṛṇudhvam āyasīr adhṛṣṭā mā vaḥ susroc camaso dṛṁhatā tam

Make a pen, for it is the drinking-place of your men; sew coats of mail, many and broad; make strongholds of metal, unassailable. Let your cup not leak — make it firm.

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

RV 10 101.9

आ वो धियꣳ यज्ञियाꣳ वर्त ऊतये देवा देवीꣳ यजताꣳ यज्ञियाम् इह । सा नो दुहीयद् यवसेव गत्वी सहस्रधारा पयसा मही गौः

ā vo dhiyaṁ yajñiyāṁ varta ūtaye devā devīṁ yajatāṁ yajñiyām iha | sā no duhīyad yavaseva gatvī sahasradhārā payasā mahī gauḥ

I turn your worship-worthy thought hither for help — O gods, (turn) the goddess, worthy of worship, here to be worshipped. May she yield milk for us, like one that has gone to pasture, a great cow with a thousand streams of milk.

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

RV 10 101.10

आ तू षिञ्च हरिम् ईꣳ द्रोर् उपस्थे वाशीभिस् तक्षताश्मन्मयीभिः । परि ष्वजध्वꣳ दश कक्ष्याभिर् उभे धुरौ प्रति वह्निꣳ युनक्त

ā tū ṣiñca harim īṁ dror upasthe vāśībhis takṣatāśmanmayībhiḥ | pari ṣvajadhvaṁ daśa kakṣyābhir ubhe dhurau prati vahniṁ yunakta

Pour out the tawny one in the lap of the wood; hew with axes made of stone. Embrace (him) with ten girths; yoke the draught-animal to both shafts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 101.11

उभे धुरौ वह्निर् आपिब्दमानो ऽन्तर् योनेव चरति द्विजानिः । वनस्पतिꣳ वन आस्थापयध्वꣳ नि षू दधिध्वम् अखनन्त उत्सम्

ubhe dhurau vahnir āpibdamāno 'ntar yoneva carati dvijāniḥ | vanaspatiṁ vana āsthāpayadhvaṁ ni ṣū dadhidhvam akhananta utsam

The draught-animal between the two shafts, stamping(?), moves about as if within a womb, having two wives. Set the tree upright in the wood; set (it) firmly down without digging the spring.

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

RV 10 101.12

कपृन् नरः कपृथम् उद् दधातन चोदयत खुदत वाजसातये । निष्टिग्र्यः पुत्रम् आ च्यावयोतय इन्द्रꣳ सबाध इह सोमपीतये

kapṛn naraḥ kapṛtham ud dadhātana codayata khudata vājasātaye | niṣṭigryaḥ putram ā cyāvayotaya indraṁ sabādha iha somapītaye

Raise up the member, men, the penis; urge it on, thrust, for the winning of the prize. Make Niṣṭigri's son come down to help — Indra, hard pressed, here for the drinking of soma.

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