Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 15

RV 10 15.1

उद् ईरताम् अवर उत् परास उन् मध्यमाः पितरः सोम्यासः । असुꣳ य ईयुर् अवृका ऋतज्ञास् ते नो ऽवन्तु पितरो हवेषु

ud īratām avara ut parāsa un madhyamāḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ | asuṁ ya īyur avṛkā ṛtajñās te no 'vantu pitaro haveṣu

Let them rise up, the lower ones, up the higher, up the middle ones — the fathers who love soma. Those who have gone to the life-breath, harmless and knowing the ṛta — may those fathers help us at our invocations.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.2

इदम् पितृभ्यो नमो अस्त्व् अद्य ये पूर्वासो य उपरास ईयुः । ये पार्थिवे रजस्य् आ निषत्ता ये वा नूनꣳ सुवृजनासु विक्षु

idam pitṛbhyo namo astv adya ye pūrvāso ya uparāsa īyuḥ | ye pārthive rajasy ā niṣattā ye vā nūnaṁ suvṛjanāsu vikṣu

Let this homage be today to the fathers, to those who went before and those who went after, whether they are settled in the earthly realm or now among peoples of good dwellings.

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RV 10 15.3

आहम् पितॄन् सुविदत्राꣳ अवित्सि नपातꣳ च विक्रमणꣳ च विष्णोः । बर्हिषदो ये स्वधया सुतस्य भजन्त पित्वस् त इहागमिष्ठाः

āham pitṝn suvidatrām̐ avitsi napātaṁ ca vikramaṇaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ | barhiṣado ye svadhayā sutasya bhajanta pitvas ta ihāgamiṣṭhāḥ

I have found the fathers, easy to find, and the descendant and the wide stride of Viṣṇu. Those who, sitting on the barhis, share by their own power in the pressed drink and in the food — they come most readily here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.4

बर्हिषदः पितर ऊत्य् अ१र्वाग् इमा वो हव्या चकृमा जुषध्वम् । त आ गतावसा शꣳतमेनाथा नः शꣳ योर् अरपो दधात

barhiṣadaḥ pitara ūty a1rvāg imā vo havyā cakṛmā juṣadhvam | ta ā gatāvasā śaṁtamenāthā naḥ śaṁ yor arapo dadhāta

You Fathers seated on the barhis, (come) here with help; these oblations we have made for you — enjoy them. So come with most beneficent aid, and grant us well-being and health, free of harm.

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RV 10 15.5

उपहूताः पितरः सोम्यासो बर्हिष्येषु निधिषु प्रियेषु । त आ गमन्तु त इह श्रुवन्त्व् अधि ब्रुवन्तु ते ऽवन्त्व् अस्मान्

upahūtāḥ pitaraḥ somyāso barhiṣyeṣu nidhiṣu priyeṣu | ta ā gamantu ta iha śruvantv adhi bruvantu te 'vantv asmān

The soma-loving Fathers have been summoned to the dear treasures (laid) upon the barhis. Let them come, let them listen here, let them speak for (us), let them help us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.6

आच्या जानु दक्षिणतो निषद्येमꣳ यज्ञम् अभि गृणीत विश्वे । मा हिꣳसिष्ट पितरः केन चिन् नो यद् व आगः पुरुषता कराम

ācyā jānu dakṣiṇato niṣadyemaṁ yajñam abhi gṛṇīta viśve | mā hiṁsiṣṭa pitaraḥ kena cin no yad va āgaḥ puruṣatā karāma

Bending the knee, sitting down on the south side, sing your approval of this sacrifice, all of you. Do not harm us, Fathers, for anything — for whatever offence we may commit against you in human fashion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.7

आसीनासो अरुणीनाम् उपस्थे रयिꣳ धत्त दाशुषे मर्त्याय । पुत्रेभ्यः पितरस् तस्य वस्वः प्र यच्छत त इहोर्जꣳ दधात

āsīnāso aruṇīnām upasthe rayiṁ dhatta dāśuṣe martyāya | putrebhyaḥ pitaras tasya vasvaḥ pra yacchata ta ihorjaṁ dadhāta

Seated in the lap of the ruddy (dawns / ruddy cows), bestow wealth on the mortal worshipper. Fathers, grant to (your) sons a share of that good; and here confer vigour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.8

ये नः पूर्वे पितरः सोम्यासो ऽनूहिरे सोमपीथꣳ वसिष्ठाः । तेभिर् यमः सꣳरराणो हवीꣳष्य् उशन्न् उशद्भिः प्रतिकामम् अत्तु

ye naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ somyāso 'nūhire somapīthaṁ vasiṣṭhāḥ | tebhir yamaḥ saṁrarāṇo havīṁṣy uśann uśadbhiḥ pratikāmam attu

Our earlier Fathers, soma-loving, most excellent, who followed after the soma-drink — with them let Yama, sharing gladly, eager with the eager, eat the oblations to his desire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.9

ये तातृषुर् देवत्रा जेहमाना होत्राविदः स्तोमतष्टासो अर्कैः । आग्ने याहि सुविदत्रेभिर् अर्वाङ् सत्यैः कव्यैः पितृभिर् घर्मसद्भिः

ye tātṛṣur devatrā jehamānā hotrāvidaḥ stomataṣṭāso arkaiḥ | āgne yāhi suvidatrebhir arvāṅ satyaiḥ kavyaiḥ pitṛbhir gharmasadbhiḥ

Those who thirsted, panting, among the gods, knowing the hotṛ's office, fashioned into praise by chants — come here, Agni, with those bountiful ones, with the true seers, the Fathers who sit at the gharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.10

ये सत्यासो हविरदो हविष्पा इन्द्रेण देवैः सरथꣳ दधानाः । आग्ने याहि सहस्रꣳ देववन्दैः परैः पूर्वैः पितृभिर् घर्मसद्भिः

ye satyāso havirado haviṣpā indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṁ dadhānāḥ | āgne yāhi sahasraṁ devavandaiḥ paraiḥ pūrvaiḥ pitṛbhir gharmasadbhiḥ

Those who are true, eaters of the oblation, drinkers of the oblation, who share the same chariot with Indra and the gods — come, Agni, with a thousand, with the god-praising, far-off, ancient Fathers who sit at the gharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.11

अग्निष्वात्ताः पितर एह गच्छत सदः-सदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः । अत्ता हवीꣳषि प्रयतानि बर्हिष्य् अथा रयिꣳ सर्ववीरꣳ दधातन

agniṣvāttāḥ pitara eha gacchata sadaḥ-sadaḥ sadata supraṇītayaḥ | attā havīṁṣi prayatāni barhiṣy athā rayiṁ sarvavīraṁ dadhātana

O Fathers consumed by Agni, come here; sit down, each in his seat, you of good guidance. Eat the oblations offered on the barhis, and then bestow wealth with all (its) men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 15.12

त्वम् अग्न ईऴितो जातवेदो ऽवाड् ढव्यानि सुरभीणि कृत्वी । प्रादाः पितृभ्यः स्वधया ते अक्षन्न् अद्धि त्वꣳ देव प्रयता हवीꣳषि

tvam agna īḻito jātavedo 'vāḍ ḍhavyāni surabhīṇi kṛtvī | prādāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhayā te akṣann addhi tvaṁ deva prayatā havīṁṣi

You, Agni, invoked, Jātavedas, have conveyed the oblations, having made them fragrant. You gave (them) to the Fathers; with svadhā they have eaten. Eat, you too, god, the oblations set forth.

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RV 10 15.13

ये चेह पितरो ये च नेह याꣳश् च विद्म याꣳ उ च न प्रविद्म । त्वꣳ वेत्थ यति ते जातवेदः स्वधाभिर् यज्ञꣳ सुकृतꣳ जुषस्व

ye ceha pitaro ye ca neha yām̐ś ca vidma yām̐ u ca na pravidma | tvaṁ vettha yati te jātavedaḥ svadhābhir yajñaṁ sukṛtaṁ juṣasva

Both the Fathers who are here and those who are not here, those whom we know and those whom we do not know — you know how many they are, Jātavedas; enjoy the well-made sacrifice with the svadhā offerings.

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RV 10 15.14

ये अग्निदग्धा ये अनग्निदग्धा मध्ये दिवः स्वधया मादयन्ते । तेभिः स्वराऴ् असुनीतिम् एताꣳ यथावशꣳ तन्वꣳ कल्पयस्व

ye agnidagdhā ye anagnidagdhā madhye divaḥ svadhayā mādayante | tebhiḥ svarāḻ asunītim etāṁ yathāvaśaṁ tanvaṁ kalpayasva

Those burnt by fire and those not burnt by fire, who rejoice in the midst of heaven by svadhā — with them, as self-ruler, order this leading-away of the life-breath, and the body, as you will.

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