Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 18

RV 10 18.1

परम् मृत्यो अनु परेहि पन्थाꣳ यस् ते स्व इतरो देवयानात् । चक्षुष्मते शृण्वते ते ब्रवीमि मा नः प्रजाꣳ रीरिषो मोत वीरान्

param mṛtyo anu parehi panthāṁ yas te sva itaro devayānāt | cakṣuṣmate śṛṇvate te bravīmi mā naḥ prajāṁ rīriṣo mota vīrān

O Death, go away along the farther path, the one that is your own, other than the path travelled by the gods. To you who have eyes and who hear I speak: do not harm our offspring, nor our men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.2

मृत्योः पदꣳ योपयन्तो यद् ऐत द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरꣳ दधानाः । आप्यायमानाः प्रजया धनेन शुद्धाः पूता भवत यज्ञियासः

mṛtyoḥ padaṁ yopayanto yad aita drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṁ dadhānāḥ | āpyāyamānāḥ prajayā dhanena śuddhāḥ pūtā bhavata yajñiyāsaḥ

Since you went effacing the footprint of death, taking to yourselves a longer, further-reaching life — swelling with offspring and with wealth, become clean and purified, you who are fit for the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.3

इमे जीवा वि मृतैर् आववृत्रन्न् अभूद् भद्रा देवहूतिर् नो अद्य । प्राञ्चो अगाम नृतये हसाय द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरꣳ दधानाः

ime jīvā vi mṛtair āvavṛtrann abhūd bhadrā devahūtir no adya | prāñco agāma nṛtaye hasāya drāghīya āyuḥ prataraṁ dadhānāḥ

These living ones have turned away from the dead; our calling of the gods has become auspicious today. We have gone forward to dancing and laughter, taking to ourselves a longer, further-reaching life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.4

इमꣳ जीवेभ्यः परिधिꣳ दधामि मैषाꣳ नु गाद् अपरो अर्थम् एतम् । शतꣳ जीवन्तु शरदः पुरूचीर् अन्तर् मृत्युꣳ दधताम् पर्वतेन

imaṁ jīvebhyaḥ paridhiṁ dadhāmi maiṣāṁ nu gād aparo artham etam | śataṁ jīvantu śaradaḥ purūcīr antar mṛtyuṁ dadhatām parvatena

This enclosing boundary I set down for the living: let no other of them go on to this goal. Let them live a hundred plentiful autumns; let them shut death away with a mountain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.5

यथाहान्य् अनुपूर्वम् भवन्ति यथ ऋतव ऋतुभिर् यन्ति साधु । यथा न पूर्वम् अपरो जहात्य् एवा धातर् आयूꣳषि कल्पयैषाम्

yathāhāny anupūrvam bhavanti yatha ṛtava ṛtubhir yanti sādhu | yathā na pūrvam aparo jahāty evā dhātar āyūṁṣi kalpayaiṣām

As the days come one after another, as the seasons go rightly with the seasons, so that the later does not forsake the earlier — so, Dhātṛ, apportion their lifetimes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.6

आ रोहतायुर् जरसꣳ वृणाना अनुपूर्वꣳ यतमाना यति ष्ठ । इह त्वष्टा सुजनिमा सजोषा दीर्घम् आयुः करति जीवसे वः

ā rohatāyur jarasaṁ vṛṇānā anupūrvaṁ yatamānā yati ṣṭha | iha tvaṣṭā sujanimā sajoṣā dīrgham āyuḥ karati jīvase vaḥ

Climb up to life, choosing old age, striving in order, as many as you are. Here let Tvaṣṭṛ of good begettings, in concord, make a long life for you to live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.7

इमा नारीर् अविधवाः सुपत्नीर् आञ्जनेन सर्पिषा सꣳ विशन्तु । अनश्रवो ऽनमीवाः सुरत्ना आ रोहन्तु जनयो योनिम् अग्रे

imā nārīr avidhavāḥ supatnīr āñjanena sarpiṣā saṁ viśantu | anaśravo 'namīvāḥ suratnā ā rohantu janayo yonim agre

Let these women, not widowed, having good husbands, enter together with ointment, with ghee. Tearless, free of sickness, richly jewelled, let the wives climb up to the (ritual) seat first.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.8

उद् ईर्ष्व नार्य् अभि जीवलोकꣳ गतासुम् एतम् उप शेष एहि । हस्तग्राभस्य दिधिषोस् तवेदम् पत्युर् जनित्वम् अभि सम् बभूथ

ud īrṣva nāry abhi jīvalokaṁ gatāsum etam upa śeṣa ehi | hastagrābhasya didhiṣos tavedam patyur janitvam abhi sam babhūtha

Rise up, woman, toward the world of the living; you lie beside this one whose breath has gone — come here. You have come into this wifehood with the husband who took your hand and desired you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.9

धनुर् हस्ताद् आददानो मृतस्यास्मे क्षत्राय वर्चसे बलाय । अत्रैव त्वम् इह वयꣳ सुवीरा विश्वाः स्पृधो अभिमातीर् जयेम

dhanur hastād ādadāno mṛtasyāsme kṣatrāya varcase balāya | atraiva tvam iha vayaṁ suvīrā viśvāḥ spṛdho abhimātīr jayema

Taking the bow from the hand of the dead man, for our lordly power, splendour, and strength — (I say:) you (remain) just there; here may we, with good men, conquer all rivals and hostile designs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.10

उप सर्प मातरम् भूमिम् एताम् उरुव्यचसम् पृथिवीꣳ सुशेवाम् । ऊर्णम्रदा युवतिर् दक्षिणावत एषा त्वा पातु निरृतेर् उपस्थात्

upa sarpa mātaram bhūmim etām uruvyacasam pṛthivīṁ suśevām | ūrṇamradā yuvatir dakṣiṇāvata eṣā tvā pātu nirṛter upasthāt

Creep up to this mother, the earth, the broad-extending, kindly ground. She is a maiden soft as wool to the one who gives the priestly gift; let her guard you from the lap of Nirṛti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.11

उच् छ्वञ्चस्व पृथिवि मा नि बाधथाः सूपायनास्मै भव सूपवञ्चना । माता पुत्रꣳ यथा सिचाभ्य् एनम् भूम ऊर्णुहि

uc chvañcasva pṛthivi mā ni bādhathāḥ sūpāyanāsmai bhava sūpavañcanā | mātā putraṁ yathā sicābhy enam bhūma ūrṇuhi

Arch yourself up, Earth; do not press (him) down. Be easy of access to him, easy to sink into. As a mother (covers) her son with the hem (of her garment), cover him, Earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.12

उच्छ्वञ्चमाना पृथिवी सु तिष्ठतु सहस्रम् मित उप हि श्रयन्ताम् । ते गृहासो घृतश्चुतो भवन्तु विश्वाहास्मै शरणाः सन्त्व् अत्र

ucchvañcamānā pṛthivī su tiṣṭhatu sahasram mita upa hi śrayantām | te gṛhāso ghṛtaścuto bhavantu viśvāhāsmai śaraṇāḥ santv atra

Let the earth stand firm, arching up; let a thousand posts be propped up (there). Let those houses be dripping with ghee; let them be shelters for him here, all his days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.13

उत् ते स्तभ्नामि पृथिवीꣳ त्वत् परीमꣳ लोगꣳ निदधन् मो अहꣳ रिषम् । एताꣳ स्थूणाम् पितरो धारयन्तु ते ऽत्रा यमः सादना ते मिनोतु

ut te stabhnāmi pṛthivīṁ tvat parīmaṁ logaṁ nidadhan mo ahaṁ riṣam | etāṁ sthūṇām pitaro dhārayantu te 'trā yamaḥ sādanā te minotu

I prop up the earth away from you; as I lay down this clod, may I not come to harm. Let the Fathers hold this post firm for you; let Yama there build your dwellings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 18.14

प्रतीचीने माम् अहनीष्वाः पर्णम् इवा दधुः । प्रतीचीꣳ जग्रभा वाचम् अश्वꣳ रशनया यथा

pratīcīne mām ahanīṣvāḥ parṇam ivā dadhuḥ | pratīcīṁ jagrabhā vācam aśvaṁ raśanayā yathā

On a day turned backward they set me, as one sets a feather (on an arrow). I have seized back my speech, as (one holds) a horse with a rein.

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