Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 128

RV 10 128.1

ममाग्ने वर्चो विहवेष्व् अस्तु वयꣳ त्वेन्धानास् तन्वम् पुषेम । मह्यꣳ नमन्ताम् प्रदिशश् चतस्रस् त्वयाध्यक्षेण पृतना जयेम

mamāgne varco vihaveṣv astu vayaṁ tvendhānās tanvam puṣema | mahyaṁ namantām pradiśaś catasras tvayādhyakṣeṇa pṛtanā jayema

Let the splendour be mine, O Agni, in the rival invocations; kindling you, may we make our body thrive. Let the four quarters bow to me; with you as overseer may we win the battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 128.2

मम देवा विहवे सन्तु सर्व इन्द्रवन्तो मरुतो विष्णुर् अग्निः । ममान्तरिक्षम् उरुलोकम् अस्तु मह्यꣳ वातः पवताꣳ कामे अस्मिन्

mama devā vihave santu sarva indravanto maruto viṣṇur agniḥ | mamāntarikṣam urulokam astu mahyaṁ vātaḥ pavatāṁ kāme asmin

Let all the gods be mine at the rival invocation: the Maruts with Indra, Viṣṇu, Agni. Let the midspace, the wide realm, be mine; let the wind blow for me in this desire.

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RV 10 128.3

मयि देवा द्रविणम् आ यजन्ताम् मय्य् आशीर् अस्तु मयि देवहूतिः । दैव्या होतारो वनुषन्त पूर्वे ऽरिष्टाः स्याम तन्वा सुवीराः

mayi devā draviṇam ā yajantām mayy āśīr astu mayi devahūtiḥ | daivyā hotāro vanuṣanta pūrve 'riṣṭāḥ syāma tanvā suvīrāḥ

Let the gods bestow wealth on me by sacrifice; in me let there be the blessing, in me the call of the gods. Let the divine hotṛs of old strive (for me); may we be unharmed in body, rich in strong sons.

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RV 10 128.4

मह्यꣳ यजन्तु मम यानि हव्याकूतिः सत्या मनसो मे अस्तु । एनो मा नि गाꣳ कतमच् चनाहꣳ विश्वे देवासो अधि वोचता नः

mahyaṁ yajantu mama yāni havyākūtiḥ satyā manaso me astu | eno mā ni gāṁ katamac canāhaṁ viśve devāso adhi vocatā naḥ

Let them sacrifice for me; what oblations are mine—let the intention of my mind come true. May I not fall into any guilt whatever; O All-Gods, speak for us.

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RV 10 128.5

देवीः षऴ् उर्वीर् उरु नः कृणोत विश्वे देवास इह वीरयध्वम् । मा हास्महि प्रजया मा तनूभिर् मा रधाम द्विषते सोम राजन्

devīḥ ṣaḻ urvīr uru naḥ kṛṇota viśve devāsa iha vīrayadhvam | mā hāsmahi prajayā mā tanūbhir mā radhāma dviṣate soma rājan

O six wide goddesses, make wide room for us; O All-Gods, show your manly power here. May we not be bereft of offspring, nor of our bodies; may we not be delivered over to the hater, O King Soma.

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RV 10 128.6

अग्ने मन्युम् प्रतिनुदन् परेषाम् अदब्धो गोपाः परि पाहि नस् त्वम् । प्रत्यञ्चो यन्तु निगुतः पुनस् ते३ ऽमैषाꣳ चित्तम् प्रबुधाꣳ वि नेशत्

agne manyum pratinudan pareṣām adabdho gopāḥ pari pāhi nas tvam | pratyañco yantu nigutaḥ punas te3 'maiṣāṁ cittam prabudhāṁ vi neśat

O Agni, thrusting back the fury of the strangers, do you as undeceivable herdsman guard us all around. Let those who attack turn back again; may their thought, as they awake, vanish away here.

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

RV 10 128.7

धाता धातॄणाम् भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् देवꣳ त्रातारम् अभिमातिषाहम् । इमꣳ यज्ञम् अश्विनोभा बृहस्पतिर् देवाः पान्तु यजमानꣳ न्यर्थात्

dhātā dhātṝṇām bhuvanasya yas patir devaṁ trātāram abhimātiṣāham | imaṁ yajñam aśvinobhā bṛhaspatir devāḥ pāntu yajamānaṁ nyarthāt

The Establisher, establisher of establishers, who is lord of the world, (and) the god the Protector, overcomer of plots—let both Aśvins, Bṛhaspati, (and) the gods guard this sacrifice and the sacrificer from ruin.

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

RV 10 128.8

उरुव्यचा नो महिषः शर्म यꣳसद् अस्मिन् हवे पुरुहूतः पुरुक्षुः । स नः प्रजायै हर्यश्व मृऴयेन्द्र मा नो रीरिषो मा परा दाः

uruvyacā no mahiṣaḥ śarma yaṁsad asmin have puruhūtaḥ purukṣuḥ | sa naḥ prajāyai haryaśva mṛḻayendra mā no rīriṣo mā parā dāḥ

May the wide-spanning buffalo (Indra), much-invoked, rich in cattle, hold out shelter to us at this invocation. Be gracious to our offspring, O lord of tawny horses; O Indra, do not injure us, do not give us away.

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RV 10 128.9

ये नः सपत्ना अप ते भवन्त्व् इन्द्राग्निभ्याम् अव बाधामहे तान् । वसवो रुद्रा आदित्या उपरिस्पृशम् मोग्रꣳ चेत्तारम् अधिराजम् अक्रन्

ye naḥ sapatnā apa te bhavantv indrāgnibhyām ava bādhāmahe tān | vasavo rudrā ādityā uparispṛśam mograṁ cettāram adhirājam akran

Those who are our rivals—let them be gone; with Indra and Agni we thrust them down. The Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas have made me a superior, a fierce discerner, an overlord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition