Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 182
RV 10 182.1
बृहस्पतिर् नयतु दुर्गहा तिरः पुनर् नेषद् अघशꣳसाय मन्म । क्षिपद् अशस्तिम् अप दुर्मतिꣳ हन्न् अथा करद् यजमानाय शꣳ योः
bṛhaspatir nayatu durgahā tiraḥ punar neṣad aghaśaṁsāya manma | kṣipad aśastim apa durmatiṁ hann athā karad yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ
May Bṛhaspati lead (us) across the hard passages; may he lead the (hostile) thought back upon the one who speaks evil. May he hurl away censure, striking down ill-will, and so make well-being and health for the sacrificer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Br̥ihaspati lead us safely over troubless and turn his evil thought against the sinner; Repel the curse, and drive away ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and cornfort!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 182.2
नराशꣳसो नो ऽवतु प्रयाजे शꣳ नो अस्त्व् अनुयाजो हवेषु । क्षिपद् अशस्तिम् अप दुर्मतिꣳ हन्न् अथा करद् यजमानाय शꣳ योः
narāśaṁso no 'vatu prayāje śaṁ no astv anuyājo haveṣu | kṣipad aśastim apa durmatiṁ hann athā karad yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ
May Narāśaṁsa help us at the fore-offering; may the after-offering be a blessing for us at the oblations. May he hurl away censure, striking down ill-will, and so make well-being and health for the sacrificer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
May Narâṣansa aid us at Prayâja: blest be our Anuyâja at invokings. May he repel the curse, and chase ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and comfort.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 182.3
तपुर्मूर्धा तपतु रक्षसो ये ब्रह्मद्विषः शरवे हन्तवा उ । क्षिपद् अशस्तिम् अप दुर्मतिꣳ हन्न् अथा करद् यजमानाय शꣳ योः
tapurmūrdhā tapatu rakṣaso ye brahmadviṣaḥ śarave hantavā u | kṣipad aśastim apa durmatiṁ hann athā karad yajamānāya śaṁ yoḥ
Let him of the burning head scorch those rakṣases who hate the sacred word — (they are) for the arrow, to be slain. May he cast off malediction, strike away ill-will, and then make well-being and safety for the sacrificer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
May he whose head is flaming burn the demons, haters of prayer, so that the arrow slay them. May he repel the curse and chase ill-feeling, and give the sacrificer peace and comfort.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)