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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 158

RV 10 158.1

सूर्यो नो दिवस् पातु वातो अन्तरिक्षात् । अग्निर् नः पार्थिवेभ्यः

sūryo no divas pātu vāto antarikṣāt | agnir naḥ pārthivebhyaḥ

May Sūrya guard us from the sky, Vāta from the mid-air, Agni from the earthly (powers).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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MAY Sûrya guard us out of heaven, and Vâta from the firmament, And Agni from terrestrial spots.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 158.2

जोषा सवितर् यस्य ते हरः शतꣳ सवाꣳ अर्हति । पाहि नो दिद्युतः पतन्त्याः

joṣā savitar yasya te haraḥ śataṁ savām̐ arhati | pāhi no didyutaḥ patantyāḥ

With favor, O Savitar — you whose blaze is worth a hundred impulsions — protect us from the flying missile.

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

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Thou Savitar whose flame deserves hundred libations, be thou pleased: From failing lightning keep us safe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 158.3

चक्षुर् नो देवः सविता चक्षुर् न उत पर्वतः । चक्षुर् धाता दधातु नः

cakṣur no devaḥ savitā cakṣur na uta parvataḥ | cakṣur dhātā dadhātu naḥ

May the god Savitṛ (grant) us sight, and sight to us also Parvata; may Dhātṛ set sight in us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May Savitar the God, and may Parvata also give us sight; May the Creator give us sight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 158.4

चक्षुर् नो धेहि चक्षुषे चक्षुर् विख्यै तनूभ्यः । सꣳ चेदꣳ वि च पश्येम

cakṣur no dhehi cakṣuṣe cakṣur vikhyai tanūbhyaḥ | saṁ cedaṁ vi ca paśyema

Set sight in us, sight for the eye, sight for our bodies to look abroad with; and may we see this both together and apart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Give sight unto our eye, give thou our bodies sight that they may see: May we survey, discern this world.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 158.5

सुसꣳदृशꣳ त्वा वयम् प्रति पश्येम सूर्य । वि पश्येम नृचक्षसः

susaṁdṛśaṁ tvā vayam prati paśyema sūrya | vi paśyema nṛcakṣasaḥ

Thus, Sûrya, may we look on thee, on thee most lovely to behold, See clearly with the eyes of men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)