Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 165

RV 10 165.1

देवाः कपोत इषितो यद् इच्छन् दूतो निरृत्या इदम् आजगाम । तस्मा अर्चाम कृणवाम निष्कृतिꣳ शꣳ नो अस्तु द्विपदे शꣳ चतुष्पदे

devāḥ kapota iṣito yad icchan dūto nirṛtyā idam ājagāma | tasmā arcāma kṛṇavāma niṣkṛtiṁ śaṁ no astu dvipade śaṁ catuṣpade

O gods, whatever the dove, sent as messenger of Nirṛti, seeking (something), has come here for — for that let us chant, let us make expiation. Let there be welfare for our two-footed, welfare for our four-footed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 165.2

शिवः कपोत इषितो नो अस्त्व् अनागा देवाः शकुनो गृहेषु । अग्निर् हि विप्रो जुषताꣳ हविर् नः परि हेतिः पक्षिणी नो वृणक्तु

śivaḥ kapota iṣito no astv anāgā devāḥ śakuno gṛheṣu | agnir hi vipro juṣatāṁ havir naḥ pari hetiḥ pakṣiṇī no vṛṇaktu

Let the dove sent (to us) be auspicious for us; harmless, O gods, be the bird in (our) houses. Let inspired Agni take pleasure in our oblation; let the winged missile spare us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 165.3

हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्य् अस्मान् आष्ट्र्याम् पदꣳ कृणुते अग्निधाने । शꣳ नो गोभ्यश् च पुरुषेभ्यश् चास्तु मा नो हिꣳसीद् इह देवाः कपोतः

hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhāty asmān āṣṭryām padaṁ kṛṇute agnidhāne | śaṁ no gobhyaś ca puruṣebhyaś cāstu mā no hiṁsīd iha devāḥ kapotaḥ

Let the winged missile not harm us; it makes its footprint on the hearth, at the fire-place. Let there be welfare for our cattle and for our men; let not the dove injure us here, O gods.

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

RV 10 165.4

यद् उलूको वदति मोघम् एतद् यत् कपोतः पदम् अग्नौ कृणोति । यस्य दूतः प्रहित एष एतत् तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे

yad ulūko vadati mogham etad yat kapotaḥ padam agnau kṛṇoti | yasya dūtaḥ prahita eṣa etat tasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave

What the owl utters is in vain, and (in vain) that the dove makes its footprint in the fire. To him whose messenger this one is, sent forth — to that Yama, to Death, let there be homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 165.5

ऋचा कपोतꣳ नुदत प्रणोदम् इषम् मदन्तः परि गाꣳ नयध्वम् । सꣳयोपयन्तो दुरितानि विश्वा हित्वा न ऊर्जम् प्र पतात् पतिष्ठः

ṛcā kapotaṁ nudata praṇodam iṣam madantaḥ pari gāṁ nayadhvam | saṁyopayanto duritāni viśvā hitvā na ūrjam pra patāt patiṣṭhaḥ

With a verse drive away the dove, drive it off; rejoicing in food, lead the cow around. Wiping out all evils, let the best flier fly forth, leaving our vigour behind for us.

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