Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 166

RV 10 166.1

ऋषभम् मा समानानाꣳ सपत्नानाꣳ विषासहिम् । हन्तारꣳ शत्रूणाꣳ कृधि विराजꣳ गोपतिꣳ गवाम्

ṛṣabham mā samānānāṁ sapatnānāṁ viṣāsahim | hantāraṁ śatrūṇāṁ kṛdhi virājaṁ gopatiṁ gavām

Make me a bull among my equals, a subduer of rivals, a slayer of enemies, a ruler, a lord of cattle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 166.2

अहम् अस्मि सपत्नहेन्द्र इवारिष्टो अक्षतः । अधः सपत्ना मे पदोर् इमे सर्वे अभिष्ठिताः

aham asmi sapatnahendra ivāriṣṭo akṣataḥ | adhaḥ sapatnā me pador ime sarve abhiṣṭhitāḥ

I am the slayer of rivals, unharmed, uninjured like Indra. All these my rivals are trodden down beneath my feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 166.3

अत्रैव वो ऽपि नह्याम्य् उभे आर्त्नी इव ज्यया । वाचस् पते नि षेधेमान् यथा मद् अधरꣳ वदान्

atraiva vo 'pi nahyāmy ubhe ārtnī iva jyayā | vācas pate ni ṣedhemān yathā mad adharaṁ vadān

Right here I bind you up, like both bow-ends with the bowstring. O lord of speech, hold these down, so that they may speak lower than I.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 166.4

अभिभूर् अहम् आगमꣳ विश्वकर्मेण धाम्ना । आ वश् चित्तम् आ वो व्रतम् आ वो ऽहꣳ समितिꣳ ददे

abhibhūr aham āgamaṁ viśvakarmeṇa dhāmnā | ā vaś cittam ā vo vratam ā vo 'haṁ samitiṁ dade

I have come as overpowerer, with all-working form. I take to myself your thought, your observance, your assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 166.5

योगक्षेमꣳ व आदायाहम् भूयासम् उत्तम आ वो मूर्धानम् अक्रमीम् । अधस्पदान् म उद् वदत मण्डूका इवोदकान् मण्डूका उदकाद् इव

yogakṣemaṁ va ādāyāham bhūyāsam uttama ā vo mūrdhānam akramīm | adhaspadān ma ud vadata maṇḍūkā ivodakān maṇḍūkā udakād iva

Having taken your gain and security, may I be the highest; I have stepped upon your head. Speak up to me from beneath my feet, like frogs from the water, like frogs from the water.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition