Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 108

RV 10 108.1

किम् इच्छन्ती सरमा प्रेदम् आनड् दूरे ह्य् अध्वा जगुरिः पराचैः । कास्मेहितिः का परितक्म्यासीत् कथꣳ रसाया अतरः पयाꣳसि

kim icchantī saramā predam ānaḍ dūre hy adhvā jaguriḥ parācaiḥ | kāsmehitiḥ kā paritakmyāsīt kathaṁ rasāyā ataraḥ payāṁsi

Seeking what has Saramā come here? For the road is far, wearying, leading off into the distance. What was the errand to us? What was the turn of the night? How did you cross the waters of the Rasā?

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RV 10 108.2

इन्द्रस्य दूतीर् इषिता चरामि मह इच्छन्ती पणयो निधीन् वः । अतिष्कदो भियसा तन् न आवत् तथा रसाया अतरम् पयाꣳसि

indrasya dūtīr iṣitā carāmi maha icchantī paṇayo nidhīn vaḥ | atiṣkado bhiyasā tan na āvat tathā rasāyā ataram payāṁsi

As Indra's messenger, sent forth, I go, seeking your great hoards, O Paṇis. Out of fear of the overleaping (of the water) it helped us so; thus I crossed the waters of the Rasā.

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RV 10 108.3

कीदृङ्ङ् इन्द्रः सरमे का दृशीका यस्येदꣳ दूतीर् असरः पराकात् । आ च गच्छान् मित्रम् एना दधामाथा गवाꣳ गोपतिर् नो भवाति

kīdṛṅṅ indraḥ sarame kā dṛśīkā yasyedaṁ dūtīr asaraḥ parākāt | ā ca gacchān mitram enā dadhāmāthā gavāṁ gopatir no bhavāti

What sort is Indra, Saramā? What is his look, as whose messenger you ran here from afar? Let him come, and we will make friendship with him, and he shall become the cow-lord of our cows.

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RV 10 108.4

नाहꣳ तꣳ वेद दभ्यꣳ दभत् स यस्येदꣳ दूतीर् असरम् पराकात् । न तꣳ गूहन्ति स्रवतो गभीरा हता इन्द्रेण पणयः शयध्वे

nāhaṁ taṁ veda dabhyaṁ dabhat sa yasyedaṁ dūtīr asaram parākāt | na taṁ gūhanti sravato gabhīrā hatā indreṇa paṇayaḥ śayadhve

I do not know him as one to be cheated: he is the cheater—he whose messenger I ran here from afar. Deep streams do not hide him. Struck down by Indra, Paṇis, you will lie.

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RV 10 108.5

इमा गावः सरमे या ऐच्छः परि दिवो अन्तान् सुभगे पतन्ती । कस् त एना अव सृजाद् अयुध्व्य् उतास्माकम् आयुधा सन्ति तिग्मा

imā gāvaḥ sarame yā aicchaḥ pari divo antān subhage patantī | kas ta enā ava sṛjād ayudhvy utāsmākam āyudhā santi tigmā

These cows, Saramā, which you sought, flying about the ends of heaven, O fortunate one—who will let them loose for you without fighting? And our weapons are sharp.

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RV 10 108.6

असेन्या वः पणयो वचाꣳस्य् अनिषव्यास् तन्वः सन्तु पापीः । अधृष्टो व एतवा अस्तु पन्था बृहस्पतिर् व उभया न मृऴात्

asenyā vaḥ paṇayo vacāṁsy aniṣavyās tanvaḥ santu pāpīḥ | adhṛṣṭo va etavā astu panthā bṛhaspatir va ubhayā na mṛḻāt

Your words, Paṇis, are not fit for an army; may your wretched bodies be proof against arrows; may the path for coming at you be unassailable—either way Bṛhaspati will show you no mercy.

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RV 10 108.7

अयꣳ निधिः सरमे अद्रिबुध्नो गोभिर् अश्वेभिर् वसुभिर् न्यृष्टः । रक्षन्ति तम् पणयो ये सुगोपा रेकु पदम् अलकम् आ जगन्थ

ayaṁ nidhiḥ sarame adribudhno gobhir aśvebhir vasubhir nyṛṣṭaḥ | rakṣanti tam paṇayo ye sugopā reku padam alakam ā jagantha

This hoard, Saramā, has the rock for its floor, crammed with cows, with horses, with goods. The Paṇis who are good guardians guard it. To an empty place you have come in vain.

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RV 10 108.8

एह गमन्न् ऋषयः सोमशिता अयास्यो अङ्गिरसो नवग्वाः । त एतम् ऊर्वꣳ वि भजन्त गोनाम् अथैतद् वचः पणयो वमन्न् इत्

eha gamann ṛṣayaḥ somaśitā ayāsyo aṅgiraso navagvāḥ | ta etam ūrvaṁ vi bhajanta gonām athaitad vacaḥ paṇayo vamann it

Hither shall come the ṛṣis sharpened by soma, Ayāsya, the Aṅgirases, the Navagvas; they will divide up among themselves this pen of cows; then the Paṇis will just spew out this speech.

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RV 10 108.9

एवा च त्वꣳ सरम आजगन्थ प्रबाधिता सहसा दैव्येन । स्वसारꣳ त्वा कृणवै मा पुनर् गा अप ते गवाꣳ सुभगे भजाम

evā ca tvaṁ sarama ājagantha prabādhitā sahasā daivyena | svasāraṁ tvā kṛṇavai mā punar gā apa te gavāṁ subhage bhajāma

And so you have come, Saramā, driven here by divine force. I would make you our sister—do not go back again; we will share with you of the cows, fortunate one.

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RV 10 108.10

नाहꣳ वेद भ्रातृत्वꣳ नो स्वसृत्वम् इन्द्रो विदुर् अङ्गिरसश् च घोराः । गोकामा मे अच्छदयन् यद् आयम् अपात इत पणयो वरीयः

nāhaṁ veda bhrātṛtvaṁ no svasṛtvam indro vidur aṅgirasaś ca ghorāḥ | gokāmā me acchadayan yad āyam apāta ita paṇayo varīyaḥ

I know no brotherhood nor sisterhood; Indra knows it, and the dread Aṅgirases. They seemed to me desirous of the cows when I came. Get away from here, Paṇis, farther off.

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RV 10 108.11

दूरम् इत पणयो वरीय उद् गावो यन्तु मिनतीर् ऋतेन । बृहस्पतिर् या अविन्दन् निगूऴ्हाः सोमो ग्रावाण ऋषयश् च विप्राः

dūram ita paṇayo varīya ud gāvo yantu minatīr ṛtena | bṛhaspatir yā avindan nigūḻhāḥ somo grāvāṇa ṛṣayaś ca viprāḥ

Go far away, Paṇis, farther off; let the cows come up, breaking out by the ṛta—(the cows) which Bṛhaspati found hidden, and Soma, the pressing-stones, and the inspired ṛṣis.

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