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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 164

RV 10 164.1

अपेहि मनसस् पते ऽप क्राम परश् चर । परो निरृत्या आ चक्ष्व बहुधा जीवतो मनः

apehi manasas pate 'pa krāma paraś cara | paro nirṛtyā ā cakṣva bahudhā jīvato manaḥ

Go away, lord of the mind! Depart, travel far off! Look hither from beyond Nirṛti: the mind of the living one is manifold.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

AVAUNT, thou Master of the mind Depart, and vanish far away. Look on Destruction far from hence. The live man's mind is manifold.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 164.2

भद्रꣳ वै वरꣳ वृणते भद्रꣳ युञ्जन्ति दक्षिणम् । भद्रꣳ वैवस्वते चक्षुर् बहुत्रा जीवतो मनः

bhadraṁ vai varaṁ vṛṇate bhadraṁ yuñjanti dakṣiṇam | bhadraṁ vaivasvate cakṣur bahutrā jīvato manaḥ

Indeed, they choose a favourable boon; they yoke a favourable right(-hand horse); a favourable eye (they turn) upon the son of Vivasvan: the mind of the living one is in many places.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

A happy boon do men elect, a mighty blessing they obtain. Bliss with Vaivasvata they see. The live man's mind seeks many a place.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 164.3

यद् आशसा निःशसाभिशसोपारिम जाग्रतो यत् स्वपन्तः । अग्निर् विश्वान्य् अप दुष्कृतान्य् अजुष्टान्य् आरे अस्मद् दधातु

yad āśasā niḥśasābhiśasopārima jāgrato yat svapantaḥ | agnir viśvāny apa duṣkṛtāny ajuṣṭāny āre asmad dadhātu

Whatever wrong we have committed by wishing, by cursing, by imprecation, waking or sleeping — may Agni set all those misdeeds, the unpleasing ones, far away from us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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If by address, by blame, by imprecation we have committed sin, awake or sleeping, All hateful acts of ours, all evil doings may Agni bear away to distant places.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 164.4

यद् इन्द्र ब्रह्मणस् पते ऽभिद्रोहꣳ चरामसि । प्रचेता न आङ्गिरसो द्विषताम् पात्व् अꣳहसः

yad indra brahmaṇas pate 'bhidrohaṁ carāmasi | pracetā na āṅgiraso dviṣatām pātv aṁhasaḥ

When, O Indra, O Brahmaṇaspati, we commit an offence, may the wise Āṅgirasa protect us from the distress (caused) by those who hate (us).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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When, Indra, Brahmaṇaspati, our deeds are wrongful and unjust, May provident Ângirasa prevent our foes from troubling, us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 164.5

अजैष्माद्यासनाम चाभूमानागसो वयम् । जाग्रत्स्वप्नः सꣳकल्पः पापो यꣳ द्विष्मस् तꣳ स ऋच्छतु यो नो द्वेष्टि तम् ऋच्छतु

ajaiṣmādyāsanāma cābhūmānāgaso vayam | jāgratsvapnaḥ saṁkalpaḥ pāpo yaṁ dviṣmas taṁ sa ṛcchatu yo no dveṣṭi tam ṛcchatu

Today we have conquered and we have won, and we have become free of guilt. Evil dream in waking, evil intent — let it reach him whom we hate, let it reach the one who hates us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We have prevailed this day and won: we are made free from sin and guilt. Ill thoughts, that visit us awake or sleeping, seize the man we hate, yea, seize the man who hateth us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)