Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 19

RV 10 19.1

नि वर्तध्वम् मानु गातास्मान् सिषक्त रेवतीः । अग्नीषोमा पुनर्वसू अस्मे धारयतꣳ रयिम्

ni vartadhvam mānu gātāsmān siṣakta revatīḥ | agnīṣomā punarvasū asme dhārayataṁ rayim

Turn back; do not follow after (him). Attend on us, rich ones. Agni and Soma, restorers of goods, hold fast wealth for us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 19.2

पुनर् एना नि वर्तय पुनर् एना न्य् आ कुरु । इन्द्र एणा नि यच्छत्व् अग्निर् एना उपाजतु

punar enā ni vartaya punar enā ny ā kuru | indra eṇā ni yacchatv agnir enā upājatu

Turn them back again, bring them back down again. Let Indra hold them in, let Agni drive them near.

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RV 10 19.3

पुनर् एता नि वर्तन्ताम् अस्मिन् पुष्यन्तु गोपतौ । इहैवाग्ने नि धारयेह तिष्ठतु या रयिः

punar etā ni vartantām asmin puṣyantu gopatau | ihaivāgne ni dhārayeha tiṣṭhatu yā rayiḥ

Let these turn back again; let them thrive with this lord of cattle. Right here, Agni, hold (them) fast; let what wealth there is stand here.

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RV 10 19.4

यन् नियानꣳ न्ययनꣳ सꣳज्ञानꣳ यत् परायणम् । आवर्तनꣳ निवर्तनꣳ यो गोपा अपि तꣳ हुवे

yan niyānaṁ nyayanaṁ saṁjñānaṁ yat parāyaṇam | āvartanaṁ nivartanaṁ yo gopā api taṁ huve

What is the way in, the going down, the meeting-place, what is the way out, the turning-hither, the turning-back — and the herdsman: him too I invoke.

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RV 10 19.5

य उदानड् व्ययनꣳ य उदानट् परायणम् । आवर्तनꣳ निवर्तनम् अपि गोपा नि वर्तताम्

ya udānaḍ vyayanaṁ ya udānaṭ parāyaṇam | āvartanaṁ nivartanam api gopā ni vartatām

He who has mastered the way out, he who has mastered the way off, the turning-hither, the turning-back — the herdsman too, let him turn back.

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RV 10 19.6

आ निवर्त नि वर्तय पुनर् न इन्द्र गा देहि । जीवाभिर् भुनजामहै

ā nivarta ni vartaya punar na indra gā dehi | jīvābhir bhunajāmahai

O turner-back, turn (them) back; give us our cows again, Indra. Let us enjoy them with the living ones.

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RV 10 19.7

परि वो विश्वतो दध ऊर्जा घृतेन पयसा । ये देवाः के च यज्ञियास् ते रय्या सꣳ सृजन्तु नः

pari vo viśvato dadha ūrjā ghṛtena payasā | ye devāḥ ke ca yajñiyās te rayyā saṁ sṛjantu naḥ

I surround you on all sides with vigour, with ghee, with milk. Whatever gods there are, fit for sacrifice — let them unite us with wealth.

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RV 10 19.8

आ निवर्तन वर्तय नि निवर्तन वर्तय । भूम्याश् चतस्रः प्रदिशस् ताभ्य एना नि वर्तय

ā nivartana vartaya ni nivartana vartaya | bhūmyāś catasraḥ pradiśas tābhya enā ni vartaya

O (power of) return, turn (them) hither; O (power of) return, turn (them) back. Four are the earth's directions: from them turn these (cattle) back here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition