Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 36

RV 10 36.1

उषासानक्ता बृहती सुपेशसा द्यावाक्षामा वरुणो मित्रो अर्यमा । इन्द्रꣳ हुवे मरुतः पर्वताꣳ अप आदित्यान् द्यावापृथिवी अपः स्वः

uṣāsānaktā bṛhatī supeśasā dyāvākṣāmā varuṇo mitro aryamā | indraṁ huve marutaḥ parvatām̐ apa ādityān dyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ svaḥ

Dawn and Night, the two lofty, well-adorned ones, Heaven and Earth, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman — I call Indra, the Maruts, the mountains, the waters, the Ādityas, Heaven and Earth, the waters, the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.2

द्यौश् च नः पृथिवी च प्रचेतस ऋतावरी रक्षताम् अꣳहसो रिषः । मा दुर्विदत्रा निरृतिर् न ईशत तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

dyauś ca naḥ pṛthivī ca pracetasa ṛtāvarī rakṣatām aṁhaso riṣaḥ | mā durvidatrā nirṛtir na īśata tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

May Heaven and Earth, the two far-seeing ones, holding to ṛta, guard us from distress and harm; let not Nirṛti of evil counsel have power over us — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.3

विश्वस्मान् नो अदितिः पात्व् अꣳहसो माता मित्रस्य वरुणस्य रेवतः । स्वर्वज् ज्योतिर् अवृकꣳ नशीमहि तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

viśvasmān no aditiḥ pātv aṁhaso mātā mitrasya varuṇasya revataḥ | svarvaj jyotir avṛkaṁ naśīmahi tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

May Aditi guard us from every distress, the mother of Mitra and of rich Varuṇa; may we attain light that contains the sun, free of the wolf — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.4

ग्रावा वदन्न् अप रक्षाꣳसि सेधतु दुष्ष्वप्न्यꣳ निरृतिꣳ विश्वम् अत्रिणम् । आदित्यꣳ शर्म मरुताम् अशीमहि तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

grāvā vadann apa rakṣāṁsi sedhatu duṣṣvapnyaṁ nirṛtiṁ viśvam atriṇam | ādityaṁ śarma marutām aśīmahi tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

Let the speaking pressing-stone drive away the demons, the evil dream, Nirṛti, every devourer; may we obtain the Āditya shelter, (the shelter) of the Maruts — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.5

एन्द्रो बर्हिः सीदतु पिन्वताम् इऴा बृहस्पतिः सामभिर् ऋक्वो अर्चतु । सुप्रकेतꣳ जीवसे मन्म धीमहि तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

endro barhiḥ sīdatu pinvatām iḻā bṛhaspatiḥ sāmabhir ṛkvo arcatu | supraketaṁ jīvase manma dhīmahi tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

Let Indra sit down on the barhis, let Iḻā swell, let Bṛhaspati, the singer, chant with sāman-songs; may we frame a well-marked thought, that (we may) live — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.6

दिविस्पृशꣳ यज्ञम् अस्माकम् अश्विना जीराध्वरꣳ कृणुतꣳ सुम्नम् इष्टये । प्राचीनरश्मिम् आहुतꣳ घृतेन तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

divispṛśaṁ yajñam asmākam aśvinā jīrādhvaraṁ kṛṇutaṁ sumnam iṣṭaye | prācīnaraśmim āhutaṁ ghṛtena tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

O Aśvins, make our sacrifice heaven-touching, its rite swift, (make it) a favour for (our) seeking — (the sacrifice) whose reins are turned forward, poured over with ghee — that aid of the gods we choose today.

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

RV 10 36.7

उप ह्वये सुहवम् मारुतꣳ गणम् पावकम् ऋष्वꣳ सख्याय शम्भुवम् । रायस् पोषꣳ सौश्रवसाय धीमहि तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

upa hvaye suhavam mārutaṁ gaṇam pāvakam ṛṣvaṁ sakhyāya śambhuvam | rāyas poṣaṁ sauśravasāya dhīmahi tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

I call near the Marut troop, easy to invoke, purifying, lofty, kindly for friendship; may we set (our minds on) the increase of wealth, for good renown — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.8

अपाम् पेरुꣳ जीवधन्यम् भरामहे देवाव्यꣳ सुहवम् अध्वरश्रियम् । सुरश्मिꣳ सोमम् इन्द्रियꣳ यमीमहि तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

apām peruṁ jīvadhanyam bharāmahe devāvyaṁ suhavam adhvaraśriyam | suraśmiṁ somam indriyaṁ yamīmahi tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

We carry the swelling one of the waters, the bringer of gain for the living, god-favouring, easy to invoke, the glory of the rite; may we guide Soma of fine rays, belonging to Indra — that aid of the gods we choose today.

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

RV 10 36.9

सनेम तत् सुसनिता सनित्वभिर् वयꣳ जीवा जीवपुत्रा अनागसः । ब्रह्मद्विषो विष्वग् एनो भरेरत तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

sanema tat susanitā sanitvabhir vayaṁ jīvā jīvaputrā anāgasaḥ | brahmadviṣo viṣvag eno bharerata tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

May we win that, a good winner with winnings, we, living, with living sons, guiltless; may the haters of the sacred word bear the guilt off in all directions — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.10

ये स्था मनोर् यज्ञियास् ते शृणोतन यद् वो देवा ईमहे तद् ददातन । जैत्रꣳ क्रतुꣳ रयिमद् वीरवद् यशस् तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

ye sthā manor yajñiyās te śṛṇotana yad vo devā īmahe tad dadātana | jaitraṁ kratuṁ rayimad vīravad yaśas tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

You who are of Manu, worthy of the sacrifice — hear, you; what we beg of you, O gods, that give; (give) victorious resolve, glory rich in wealth and in men — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.11

महद् अद्य महताम् आ वृणीमहे ऽवो देवानाम् बृहताम् अनर्वणाम् । यथा वसु वीरजातꣳ नशामहै तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

mahad adya mahatām ā vṛṇīmahe 'vo devānām bṛhatām anarvaṇām | yathā vasu vīrajātaṁ naśāmahai tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

Great today we choose the great aid of the gods, the lofty, unassailable ones, so that we may attain the good that is born of heroes — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.12

महो अग्नेः समिधानस्य शर्मण्य् अनागा मित्रे वरुणे स्वस्तये । श्रेष्ठे स्याम सवितुः सवीमनि तद् देवानाम् अवो अद्या वृणीमहे

maho agneḥ samidhānasya śarmaṇy anāgā mitre varuṇe svastaye | śreṣṭhe syāma savituḥ savīmani tad devānām avo adyā vṛṇīmahe

In the shelter of great Agni as he is kindled, guiltless before Mitra and Varuṇa, for well-being — may we be in the best impelling of Savitṛ — that aid of the gods we choose today.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.13

ये सवितुः सत्यसवस्य विश्वे मित्रस्य व्रते वरुणस्य देवाः । ते सौभगꣳ वीरवद् गोमद् अप्नो दधातन द्रविणꣳ चित्रम् अस्मे

ye savituḥ satyasavasya viśve mitrasya vrate varuṇasya devāḥ | te saubhagaṁ vīravad gomad apno dadhātana draviṇaṁ citram asme

You gods, all of you who are in the ordinance of Savitṛ of true impulsion, of Mitra, of Varuṇa — set upon us good fortune, gain rich in heroes and in cattle, bright wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 36.14

सविता पश्चातात् सविता पुरस्तात् सवितोत्तरात्तात् सविताधरात्तात् । सविता नः सुवतु सर्वतातिꣳ सविता नो रासताꣳ दीर्घम् आयुः

savitā paścātāt savitā purastāt savitottarāttāt savitādharāttāt | savitā naḥ suvatu sarvatātiṁ savitā no rāsatāṁ dīrgham āyuḥ

Savitṛ from behind, Savitṛ from in front, Savitṛ from above, Savitṛ from below — let Savitṛ impel wholeness to us, let Savitṛ grant us long life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition