Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 107

RV 10 107.1

आविर् अभून् महि माघोनम् एषाꣳ विश्वꣳ जीवꣳ तमसो निर् अमोचि । महि ज्योतिः पितृभिर् दत्तम् आगाद् उरुः पन्था दक्षिणाया अदर्शि

āvir abhūn mahi māghonam eṣāṁ viśvaṁ jīvaṁ tamaso nir amoci | mahi jyotiḥ pitṛbhir dattam āgād uruḥ panthā dakṣiṇāyā adarśi

Their great bounty has become manifest; all that lives has been freed from darkness. The great light given by the fathers has come; the broad path of the priestly gift has been seen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 107.2

उच्चा दिवि दक्षिणावन्तो अस्थुर् ये अश्वदाः सह ते सूर्येण । हिरण्यदा अमृतत्वम् भजन्ते वासोदाः सोम प्र तिरन्त आयुः

uccā divi dakṣiṇāvanto asthur ye aśvadāḥ saha te sūryeṇa | hiraṇyadā amṛtatvam bhajante vāsodāḥ soma pra tiranta āyuḥ

High in heaven have the givers of the dakṣiṇā taken their stand; those who give horses are together with the sun. Those who give gold partake of immortality; the givers of garments, O Soma, prolong their lifetime.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 107.3

दैवी पूर्तिर् दक्षिणा देवयज्या न कवारिभ्यो नहि ते पृणन्ति । अथा नरः प्रयतदक्षिणासो ऽवद्यभिया बहवः पृणन्ति

daivī pūrtir dakṣiṇā devayajyā na kavāribhyo nahi te pṛṇanti | athā naraḥ prayatadakṣiṇāso 'vadyabhiyā bahavaḥ pṛṇanti

The gift to the priests is a divine offering, a worship of the gods: not for the stingy — for they do not give. But men who proffer the dakṣiṇā, many of them, give out of fear of reproach.

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

RV 10 107.4

शतधारꣳ वायुम् अर्कꣳ स्वर्विदꣳ नृचक्षसस् ते अभि चक्षते हविः । ये पृणन्ति प्र च यच्छन्ति सꣳगमे ते दक्षिणाꣳ दुहते सप्तमातरम्

śatadhāraṁ vāyum arkaṁ svarvidaṁ nṛcakṣasas te abhi cakṣate haviḥ | ye pṛṇanti pra ca yacchanti saṁgame te dakṣiṇāṁ duhate saptamātaram

Looking upon men, they behold the oblation as hundred-streamed Vāyu, as the chant that finds the sunlight. Those who give and hold forth (gifts) at the assembly milk the dakṣiṇā that has seven mothers.

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

RV 10 107.5

दक्षिणावान् प्रथमो हूत एति दक्षिणावान् ग्रामणीर् अग्रम् एति । तम् एव मन्ये नृपतिꣳ जनानाꣳ यः प्रथमो दक्षिणाम् आविवाय

dakṣiṇāvān prathamo hūta eti dakṣiṇāvān grāmaṇīr agram eti | tam eva manye nṛpatiṁ janānāṁ yaḥ prathamo dakṣiṇām āvivāya

The man possessing the dakṣiṇā goes first when called; the man possessing the dakṣiṇā, as leader of the village, goes in front. Him alone I regard as the lord of men, who first brought forward the dakṣiṇā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 107.6

तम् एव ऋषिꣳ तम् उ ब्रह्माणम् आहुर् यज्ञन्यꣳ सामगाम् उक्थशासम् । स शुक्रस्य तन्वो वेद तिस्रो यः प्रथमो दक्षिणया रराध

tam eva ṛṣiṁ tam u brahmāṇam āhur yajñanyaṁ sāmagām ukthaśāsam | sa śukrasya tanvo veda tisro yaḥ prathamo dakṣiṇayā rarādha

Him alone they call a ṛṣi, him too a brahmán, a leader of the sacrifice, a singer of sāmans, a reciter of hymns; he knows the three bodies of the bright one, who first gained success through the dakṣiṇā.

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

RV 10 107.7

दक्षिणाश्वꣳ दक्षिणा गाꣳ ददाति दक्षिणा चन्द्रम् उत यद् धिरण्यम् । दक्षिणान्नꣳ वनुते यो न आत्मा दक्षिणाꣳ वर्म कृणुते विजानन्

dakṣiṇāśvaṁ dakṣiṇā gāṁ dadāti dakṣiṇā candram uta yad dhiraṇyam | dakṣiṇānnaṁ vanute yo na ātmā dakṣiṇāṁ varma kṛṇute vijānan

The dakṣiṇā gives a horse, the dakṣiṇā gives a cow, the dakṣiṇā (gives) the moon and what gold there is. The dakṣiṇā wins the food which is our very self; the dakṣiṇā the discerning man makes his armour.

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

RV 10 107.8

न भोजा मम्रुर् न न्यर्थम् ईयुर् न रिष्यन्ति न व्यथन्ते ह भोजाः । इदꣳ यद् विश्वम् भुवनꣳ स्वश् चैतत् सर्वꣳ दक्षिणैभ्यो ददाति

na bhojā mamrur na nyartham īyur na riṣyanti na vyathante ha bhojāḥ | idaṁ yad viśvam bhuvanaṁ svaś caitat sarvaṁ dakṣiṇaibhyo dadāti

The generous have not died, nor have they gone to ruin; the generous suffer no harm and do not waver. This whole world and the sunlight too — all this the dakṣiṇā gives to them.

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RV 10 107.9

भोजा जिग्युः सुरभिꣳ योनिम् अग्रे भोजा जिग्युर् वध्व१ꣳ या सुवासाः । भोजा जिग्युर् अन्तःपेयꣳ सुराया भोजा जिग्युर् ये अहूताः प्रयन्ति

bhojā jigyuḥ surabhiṁ yonim agre bhojā jigyur vadhva1ṁ yā suvāsāḥ | bhojā jigyur antaḥpeyaṁ surāyā bhojā jigyur ye ahūtāḥ prayanti

The bounteous ones won first the fragrant seat; the bounteous ones won the bride who is well-clad; the bounteous ones won the drinking of surā; the bounteous ones won those who come forward uninvited.

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

RV 10 107.10

भोजायाश्वꣳ सम् मृजन्त्य् आशुम् भोजायास्ते कन्या३ शुम्भमाना । भोजस्येदम् पुष्करिणीव वेश्म परिष्कृतꣳ देवमानेव चित्रम्

bhojāyāśvaṁ sam mṛjanty āśum bhojāyāste kanyā3 śumbhamānā | bhojasyedam puṣkariṇīva veśma pariṣkṛtaṁ devamāneva citram

For the bounteous man they groom the swift horse; for the bounteous man sits the maiden making herself fine; the bounteous man's dwelling here is like a lotus-pond, adorned, gleaming like the mansions of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 107.11

भोजम् अश्वाः सुष्ठुवाहो वहन्ति सुवृद् रथो वर्तते दक्षिणायाः । भोजꣳ देवासो ऽवता भरेषु भोजः शत्रून् समनीकेषु जेता

bhojam aśvāḥ suṣṭhuvāho vahanti suvṛd ratho vartate dakṣiṇāyāḥ | bhojaṁ devāso 'vatā bhareṣu bhojaḥ śatrūn samanīkeṣu jetā

Horses that draw well carry the bounteous man; the well-rolling chariot of the sacrificial gift rolls on. O gods, help the bounteous man in the contests; the bounteous man is a conqueror of foes in the clashes of ranks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition