Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 121

RV 10 121.1

हिरण्यगर्भः सम् अवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिर् एक आसीत् । स दाधार पृथिवीꣳ द्याम् उतेमाꣳ कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

hiraṇyagarbhaḥ sam avartatāgre bhūtasya jātaḥ patir eka āsīt | sa dādhāra pṛthivīṁ dyām utemāṁ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

The Golden Germ arose in the beginning; born, he was the one lord of what has come to be. He upheld the earth and this sky here. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.2

य आत्मदा बलदा यस्य विश्व उपासते प्रशिषꣳ यस्य देवाः । यस्य छायामृतꣳ यस्य मृत्युः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

ya ātmadā baladā yasya viśva upāsate praśiṣaṁ yasya devāḥ | yasya chāyāmṛtaṁ yasya mṛtyuḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

He who is the giver of breath, the giver of strength, whose command all attend upon, whose command the gods (attend upon); whose shadow is immortality, whose (shadow) is death. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.3

यः प्राणतो निमिषतो महित्वैक इद् राजा जगतो बभूव । य ईशे अस्य द्विपदश् चतुष्पदः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yaḥ prāṇato nimiṣato mahitvaika id rājā jagato babhūva | ya īśe asya dvipadaś catuṣpadaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

He who by his greatness became the one king of the breathing and blinking world; he who rules over this two-footed and four-footed (creation). To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.4

यस्येमे हिमवन्तो महित्वा यस्य समुद्रꣳ रसया सहाहुः । यस्येमाः प्रदिशो यस्य बाहू कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yasyeme himavanto mahitvā yasya samudraṁ rasayā sahāhuḥ | yasyemāḥ pradiśo yasya bāhū kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

He by whose greatness these snowy (mountains are), whose, they say, is the sea together with the Rasā; he whose are these regions, whose are the two arms. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.5

येन द्यौर् उग्रा पृथिवी च दृऴ्हा येन स्वः स्तभितꣳ येन नाकः । यो अन्तरिक्षे रजसो विमानः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yena dyaur ugrā pṛthivī ca dṛḻhā yena svaḥ stabhitaṁ yena nākaḥ | yo antarikṣe rajaso vimānaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

By whom the mighty sky and the earth were made firm, by whom the sun was propped up, by whom the vault; who is the measurer of the airy space in the midspace. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.6

यꣳ क्रन्दसी अवसा तस्तभाने अभ्य् ऐक्षेताम् मनसा रेजमाने । यत्राधि सूर उदितो विभाति कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yaṁ krandasī avasā tastabhāne abhy aikṣetām manasā rejamāne | yatrādhi sūra udito vibhāti kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

Whom the two roaring (worlds), propped up by (his) help, looked to with their mind, trembling; over whom the risen sun shines forth. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

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

RV 10 121.7

आपो ह यद् बृहतीर् विश्वम् आयन् गर्भꣳ दधाना जनयन्तीर् अग्निम् । ततो देवानाꣳ सम् अवर्ततासुर् एकः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

āpo ha yad bṛhatīr viśvam āyan garbhaṁ dadhānā janayantīr agnim | tato devānāṁ sam avartatāsur ekaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

When the lofty waters went (over) all, bearing the germ and generating Agni — from that arose the one life-breath of the gods. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.8

यश् चिद् आपो महिना पर्यपश्यद् दक्षꣳ दधाना जनयन्तीर् यज्ञम् । यो देवेष्व् अधि देव एक आसीत् कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

yaś cid āpo mahinā paryapaśyad dakṣaṁ dadhānā janayantīr yajñam | yo deveṣv adhi deva eka āsīt kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

He who in his greatness looked out over the waters, (the waters) bearing skill and generating the sacrifice; he who was the one god above the gods. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.9

मा नो हिꣳसीज् जनिता यः पृथिव्या यो वा दिवꣳ सत्यधर्मा जजान । यश् चापश् चन्द्रा बृहतीर् जजान कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम

mā no hiṁsīj janitā yaḥ pṛthivyā yo vā divaṁ satyadharmā jajāna | yaś cāpaś candrā bṛhatīr jajāna kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema

Let him not harm us, he who is the begetter of the earth, or who, of true ordinances, begot the sky; and who begot the gleaming lofty waters. To which god shall we do homage with the oblation?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 121.10

प्रजापते न त्वद् एतान्य् अन्यो विश्वा जातानि परि ता बभूव । यत्कामास् ते जुहुमस् तन् नो अस्तु वयꣳ स्याम पतयो रयीणाम्

prajāpate na tvad etāny anyo viśvā jātāni pari tā babhūva | yatkāmās te juhumas tan no astu vayaṁ syāma patayo rayīṇām

Prajāpati, no other than you has encompassed all these things that have been born. With whatever desire we make offering to you, let that be ours; may we be lords of riches.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition