Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 52

RV 10 52.1

विश्वे देवाः शास्तन मा यथेह होता वृतो मनवै यन् निषद्य । प्र मे ब्रूत भागधेयꣳ यथा वो येन पथा हव्यम् आ वो वहानि

viśve devāḥ śāstana mā yatheha hotā vṛto manavai yan niṣadya | pra me brūta bhāgadheyaṁ yathā vo yena pathā havyam ā vo vahāni

All you gods, instruct me how, chosen here as hotṛ, I am to think, having taken my seat. Tell me my due share, in what manner it belongs to you, and by what path I am to carry the oblation to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 52.2

अहꣳ होता न्य् असीदꣳ यजीयान् विश्वे देवा मरुतो मा जुनन्ति । अहर्-अहर् अश्विनाध्वर्यवꣳ वाम् ब्रह्मा समिद् भवति साहुतिर् वाम्

ahaṁ hotā ny asīdaṁ yajīyān viśve devā maruto mā junanti | ahar-ahar aśvinādhvaryavaṁ vām brahmā samid bhavati sāhutir vām

I, the hotṛ, have sat down, the better sacrificer; all the gods and the Maruts urge me on. Day after day, Aśvins, the adhvaryu's office is yours; the brahman-priest becomes the kindling-stick, and that is your oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 52.3

अयꣳ यो होता किर् उ स यमस्य कम् अप्य् ऊहे यत् समञ्जन्ति देवाः । अहर्-अहर् जायते मासि-मास्य् अथा देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहम्

ayaṁ yo hotā kir u sa yamasya kam apy ūhe yat samañjanti devāḥ | ahar-ahar jāyate māsi-māsy athā devā dadhire havyavāham

This one who is the hotṛ — what is he of Yama? Whom have they had in view, when the gods anoint (him)? Day after day, month after month he is born; and so the gods have made (him) the carrier of oblations.

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

RV 10 52.4

माꣳ देवा दधिरे हव्यवाहम् अपम्लुक्तम् बहु कृच्छ्रा चरन्तम् । अग्निर् विद्वान् यज्ञꣳ नः कल्पयाति पञ्चयामꣳ त्रिवृतꣳ सप्ततन्तुम्

māṁ devā dadhire havyavāham apamluktam bahu kṛcchrā carantam | agnir vidvān yajñaṁ naḥ kalpayāti pañcayāmaṁ trivṛtaṁ saptatantum

The gods made me the carrier of oblations, (me) who had slipped away and wandered through many hardships. Let Agni, who knows, arrange our sacrifice for us, the one with five courses, threefold, with seven threads.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 52.5

आ वो यक्ष्य् अमृतत्वꣳ सुवीरꣳ यथा वो देवा वरिवः कराणि । आ बाह्वोर् वज्रम् इन्द्रस्य धेयाम् अथेमा विश्वाः पृतना जयाति

ā vo yakṣy amṛtatvaṁ suvīraṁ yathā vo devā varivaḥ karāṇi | ā bāhvor vajram indrasya dheyām athemā viśvāḥ pṛtanā jayāti

I will win for you by sacrifice immortality rich in heroes, so that, O gods, I may make wide space for you. May I place the vajra in Indra's two arms; then he will conquer all these battles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 52.6

त्रीणि शता त्री सहस्राण्य् अग्निꣳ त्रिꣳशच् च देवा नव चासपर्यन् । औक्षन् घृतैर् अस्तृणन् बर्हिर् अस्मा आद् इद् धोतारꣳ न्य् असादयन्त

trīṇi śatā trī sahasrāṇy agniṁ triṁśac ca devā nava cāsaparyan | aukṣan ghṛtair astṛṇan barhir asmā ād id dhotāraṁ ny asādayanta

Three hundred, three thousand, and thirty-nine gods served Agni; they anointed him with ghee, they spread out the barhis for him, and then they seated him as hotṛ.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition