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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 110

RV 10 110.1

समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः । आ च वह मित्रमहश् चिकित्वान् त्वꣳ दूतः कविर् असि प्रचेताः

samiddho adya manuṣo duroṇe devo devān yajasi jātavedaḥ | ā ca vaha mitramahaś cikitvān tvaṁ dūtaḥ kavir asi pracetāḥ

Kindled today in the dwelling of man, a god, you sacrifice to the gods, O Jātavedas; and bring (them) here, you of Mitra's greatness, discerning: you are the messenger, the seer, the far-perceiving one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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THOU in the house of man this day enkindled worshippest Gods as God, O Jâtavedas. Observant, bright as Mitra, bring them hither: thou art a sapient and foreknowing envoy.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.2

तनूनपात् पथ ऋतस्य यानान् मध्वा समञ्जन् स्वदया सुजिह्व । मन्मानि धीभिर् उत यज्ञम् ऋन्धन् देवत्रा च कृणुह्य् अध्वरꣳ नः

tanūnapāt patha ṛtasya yānān madhvā samañjan svadayā sujihva | manmāni dhībhir uta yajñam ṛndhan devatrā ca kṛṇuhy adhvaraṁ naḥ

O Tanūnapāt, anointing with honey the paths of ṛta that are to be travelled, make (them) sweet, O fair-tongued one; and furthering our thoughts with insights and the sacrifice, direct our rite toward the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Tanûnapât, fair-tongued, with sweet meath balming the paths and waysof Order, make them pleasant. Convey our sacrifice to heaven, exalting with holy thoughts ourhymns of praise and worship.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.3

आजुह्वान ईड्यो वन्द्यश् चा याह्य् अग्ने वसुभिः सजोषाः । त्वꣳ देवानाम् असि यह्व होता स एनान् यक्षीषितो यजीयान्

ājuhvāna īḍyo vandyaś cā yāhy agne vasubhiḥ sajoṣāḥ | tvaṁ devānām asi yahva hotā sa enān yakṣīṣito yajīyān

Being invoked with libations, to be praised and to be extolled, come, Agni, of one accord with the Vasus. You, O mighty one, are the hotṛ of the gods; so, urged on, sacrifice to them as the better sacrificer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Invoked, deserving prayer and adoration, O Agni, come accordant with the Vasus. Thou art, O Youthful Lord, the Gods' Invoker, so, best of Sacrificers, bring them quickly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.4

प्राचीनम् बर्हिः प्रदिशा पृथिव्या वस्तोर् अस्या वृज्यते अग्रे अह्नाम् । व्य् उ प्रथते वितरꣳ वरीयो देवेभ्यो अदितये स्योनम्

prācīnam barhiḥ pradiśā pṛthivyā vastor asyā vṛjyate agre ahnām | vy u prathate vitaraṁ varīyo devebhyo aditaye syonam

The eastward-turned barhis is twisted (into place) by the direction of the earth, at the shining of this morning, at the beginning of the days; and it spreads out further, wider still, a soft seat for the gods, for Aditi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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By rule the Sacred Grass is scattered eastward, a robe to clothe this earth when dawns are breaking. Widely it spreads around and far-extended, fair for the Gods and bringing peace and freedom.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.5

व्यचस्वतीर् उर्विया वि श्रयन्ताम् पतिभ्यो न जनयः शुम्भमानाः । देवीर् द्वारो बृहतीर् विश्वमिन्वा देवेभ्यो भवत सुप्रायणाः

vyacasvatīr urviyā vi śrayantām patibhyo na janayaḥ śumbhamānāḥ | devīr dvāro bṛhatīr viśvaminvā devebhyo bhavata suprāyaṇāḥ

Let them open wide, roomy, like wives adorning themselves for their husbands. O divine doors, lofty, all-impelling, be easy of passage for the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let the expansive Doors be widely opened, like wives who deck their beauty for their husbands. Lofty, celestial, all-impelling Portals, admit the Gods and give them easy entrance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.6

आ सुष्वयन्ती यजते उपाके उषासानक्ता सदताꣳ नि योनौ । दिव्ये योषणे बृहती सुरुक्मे अधि श्रियꣳ शुक्रपिशꣳ दधाने

ā suṣvayantī yajate upāke uṣāsānaktā sadatāṁ ni yonau | divye yoṣaṇe bṛhatī surukme adhi śriyaṁ śukrapiśaṁ dadhāne

The two who are to be worshipped, side by side, let them come and sit down in (their) place, Dawn and Night, (stirring things into motion?); the two heavenly maidens, lofty, of fair gleam, wearing splendour of bright hue upon (themselves).

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

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Pouring sweet dews let holy Night and Morning, each close to each, he seated at their station, Lofty, celestial Dames with gold to deck them. assuming all their fair and radiant beauty.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.7

दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा सुवाचा मिमाना यज्ञम् मनुषो यजध्यै । प्रचोदयन्ता विदथेषु कारू प्राचीनꣳ ज्योतिः प्रदिशा दिशन्ता

daivyā hotārā prathamā suvācā mimānā yajñam manuṣo yajadhyai | pracodayantā vidatheṣu kārū prācīnaṁ jyotiḥ pradiśā diśantā

The two divine hotṛs, the first, of good speech, measuring out the sacrifice so as to sacrifice for man, urging on (the rite), as the two craftsmen in the councils, pointing out the eastern light by (its) quarter.

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

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Come the two first celestial sweet-voiced Hotars, arranging sacrifice for man to worship As singers who inspire us in assemblies, showing the eastward light with their direction.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.8

आ नो यज्ञम् भारती तूयम् एत्व् इऴा मनुष्वद् इह चेतयन्ती । तिस्रो देवीर् बर्हिर् एदꣳ स्योनꣳ सरस्वती स्वपसः सदन्तु

ā no yajñam bhāratī tūyam etv iḻā manuṣvad iha cetayantī | tisro devīr barhir edaṁ syonaṁ sarasvatī svapasaḥ sadantu

Let Bhāratī come swiftly to our sacrifice, and Iḷā, taking notice here as with Manu; let the three goddesses, (with) Sarasvatī, skilled in work, sit down on this soft barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let Bhâratî come quickly to our worship, and Iḷâ showing like a human being. So let Sarasvatî and both her fellows, deft Goddesses, on this fair grass be seated.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.9

य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जनित्री रूपैर् अपिꣳशद् भुवनानि विश्वा । तम् अद्य होतर् इषितो यजीयान् देवꣳ त्वष्टारम् इह यक्षि विद्वान्

ya ime dyāvāpṛthivī janitrī rūpair apiṁśad bhuvanāni viśvā | tam adya hotar iṣito yajīyān devaṁ tvaṣṭāram iha yakṣi vidvān

He who carved out with forms these two parents, Heaven and Earth, and all the beings—to him today, O hotṛ, urged on, the better sacrificer, knowing, sacrifice here: to the god Tvaṣṭar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Hotar more skilled in sacrifice, bring hither with speed to-day God Tvashṭar, thou who knowest. Even him who formed these two, the Earth and Heaven the Parents, with their forms, and every creature.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.10

उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन् देवानाम् पाथ ऋतुथा हवीꣳषि । वनस्पतिः शमिता देवो अग्निः स्वदन्तु हव्यम् मधुना घृतेन

upāvasṛja tmanyā samañjan devānām pātha ṛtuthā havīṁṣi | vanaspatiḥ śamitā devo agniḥ svadantu havyam madhunā ghṛtena

Release (the offerings), anointing (them) by your own self, to the path of the gods, the oblations in their (proper) season. Let Vanaspati, the preparer, the god Agni, make the offering sweet with honey and ghee.

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

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Send to our offerings which thyself thou balmest the Companies of Gods in ordered season. Agni, Vanaspati the Immolator sweeten our offered gift with meath and butter.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 110.11

सद्यो जातो व्य् अमिमीत यज्ञम् अग्निर् देवानाम् अभवत् पुरोगाः । अस्य होतुः प्रदिश्य् ऋतस्य वाचि स्वाहाकृतꣳ हविर् अदन्तु देवाः

sadyo jāto vy amimīta yajñam agnir devānām abhavat purogāḥ | asya hotuḥ pradiśy ṛtasya vāci svāhākṛtaṁ havir adantu devāḥ

Born that very day, he measured out the sacrifice; Agni became the one who goes before the gods. At the direction of this hotṛ, in the speech of ṛta, let the gods eat the oblation made with 'Svāhā'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Agni, as soon as he was born, made ready the sacrifice, and was the Gods' preceder. May the Gods cat our offering consecrated according to this true Priest's voice and guidance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)