Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 173

RV 10 173.1

आ त्वाहार्षम् अन्तर् एधि ध्रुवस् तिष्ठाविचाचलिः । विशस् त्वा सर्वा वाञ्छन्तु मा त्वद् राष्ट्रम् अधि भ्रशत्

ā tvāhārṣam antar edhi dhruvas tiṣṭhāvicācaliḥ | viśas tvā sarvā vāñchantu mā tvad rāṣṭram adhi bhraśat

I have brought you here; be (one of us) within. Stand firm, unwavering. Let all the clans desire you; let the kingship not fall away from you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 173.2

इहैवैधि माप च्योष्ठाः पर्वत इवाविचाचलिः । इन्द्र इवेह ध्रुवस् तिष्ठेह राष्ट्रम् उ धारय

ihaivaidhi māpa cyoṣṭhāḥ parvata ivāvicācaliḥ | indra iveha dhruvas tiṣṭheha rāṣṭram u dhāraya

Be right here; do not move away, unwavering like a mountain. Stand firm here like Indra, and hold the kingship here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 173.3

इमम् इन्द्रो अदीधरद् ध्रुवꣳ ध्रुवेण हविषा । तस्मै सोमो अधि ब्रवत् तस्मा उ ब्रह्मणस् पतिः

imam indro adīdharad dhruvaṁ dhruveṇa haviṣā | tasmai somo adhi bravat tasmā u brahmaṇas patiḥ

Indra has held this man firm with the firm oblation; for him let Soma speak up, and for him Brahmaṇaspati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 173.4

ध्रुवा द्यौर् ध्रुवा पृथिवी ध्रुवासः पर्वता इमे । ध्रुवꣳ विश्वम् इदꣳ जगद् ध्रुवो राजा विशाम् अयम्

dhruvā dyaur dhruvā pṛthivī dhruvāsaḥ parvatā ime | dhruvaṁ viśvam idaṁ jagad dhruvo rājā viśām ayam

Firm is the sky, firm the earth, firm are these mountains, firm is all this moving world, firm is this king of the clans.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 173.5

ध्रुवꣳ ते राजा वरुणो ध्रुवꣳ देवो बृहस्पतिः । ध्रुवꣳ त इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च राष्ट्रꣳ धारयताꣳ ध्रुवम्

dhruvaṁ te rājā varuṇo dhruvaṁ devo bṛhaspatiḥ | dhruvaṁ ta indraś cāgniś ca rāṣṭraṁ dhārayatāṁ dhruvam

Firm for you is king Varuṇa, firm the god Bṛhaspati, firm for you are Indra and Agni: let them hold your kingship firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 173.6

ध्रुवꣳ ध्रुवेण हविषाभि सोमम् मृशामसि । अथो त इन्द्रः केवलीर् विशो बलिहृतस् करत्

dhruvaṁ dhruveṇa haviṣābhi somam mṛśāmasi | atho ta indraḥ kevalīr viśo balihṛtas karat

With the firm oblation we touch the firm Soma; and so let Indra make the clans yours alone, bringers of tribute.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition