Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 61

RV 10 61.1

इदम् इत्था रौद्रꣳ गूर्तवचा ब्रह्म क्रत्वा शच्याम् अन्तर् आजौ । क्राणा यद् अस्य पितरा मꣳहनेष्ठाः पर्षत् पक्थे अहन्न् आ सप्त होतॄन्

idam itthā raudraṁ gūrtavacā brahma kratvā śacyām antar ājau | krāṇā yad asya pitarā maṁhaneṣṭhāḥ parṣat pakthe ahann ā sapta hotṝn

This here, truly, is the Rudra-born formulation, made with praised speech, with resolve (kratu) and with skill in the midst of the contest — (the formulation) by which, when his two parents were acting, standing foremost in liberality, the unassailable one might carry the seven hotṛs across on the day, among the Pakthas.

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RV 10 61.2

स इद् दानाय दभ्याय वन्वञ् च्यवानः सूदैर् अमिमीत वेदिम् । तूर्वयाणो गूर्तवचस्तमः क्षोदो न रेत इतऊति सिञ्चत्

sa id dānāya dabhyāya vanvañ cyavānaḥ sūdair amimīta vedim | tūrvayāṇo gūrtavacastamaḥ kṣodo na reta itaūti siñcat

He indeed, winning for the giving that cannot be cheated — Cyavāna — measured out the altar with (his) helpers; Tūrvayāṇa, foremost in praised speech, poured out the seed like a flood, bringing help from here.

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RV 10 61.3

मनो न येषु हवनेषु तिग्मꣳ विपः शच्या वनुथो द्रवन्ता । आ यः शर्याभिस् तुविनृम्णो अस्याश्रीणीतादिशꣳ गभस्तौ

mano na yeṣu havaneṣu tigmaṁ vipaḥ śacyā vanutho dravantā | ā yaḥ śaryābhis tuvinṛmṇo asyāśrīṇītādiśaṁ gabhastau

In which invocations, (sharp) as a sharpened thought, you two win the inspired speech by your skill, running on — he who, mighty in manly power, with (his) arrows mixed the appointed portion in his hand.

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RV 10 61.4

कृष्णा यद् गोष्व् अरुणीषु सीदद् दिवो नपाताश्विना हुवे वाम् । वीतम् मे यज्ञम् आ गतम् मे अन्नꣳ ववन्वाꣳसा नेषम् अस्मृतध्रू

kṛṣṇā yad goṣv aruṇīṣu sīdad divo napātāśvinā huve vām | vītam me yajñam ā gatam me annaṁ vavanvāṁsā neṣam asmṛtadhrū

When the black (night?) settles among the ruddy cows — you two Sons of Heaven, Aśvins, I call you; enjoy my sacrifice, come to my food, you two who have won it, (and bring) refreshment, you whose treachery is not remembered.

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RV 10 61.5

प्रथिष्ट यस्य वीरकर्मम् इष्णद् अनुष्ठितꣳ नु नर्यो अपौहत् । पुनस् तद् आ वृहति यत् कनाया दुहितुर् आ अनुभृतम् अनर्वा

prathiṣṭa yasya vīrakarmam iṣṇad anuṣṭhitaṁ nu naryo apauhat | punas tad ā vṛhati yat kanāyā duhitur ā anubhṛtam anarvā

He whose hero-work spread wide as he sped it on — the manly one straightway thrust aside what had been set in place; again he tears away that which, borne after, (came) from the maiden, from the daughter — he, the unassailable one.

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RV 10 61.6

मध्या यत् कर्त्वम् अभवद् अभीके कामꣳ कृण्वाने पितरि युवत्याम् । मनानग् रेतो जहतुर् वियन्ता सानौ निषिक्तꣳ सुकृतस्य योनौ

madhyā yat kartvam abhavad abhīke kāmaṁ kṛṇvāne pitari yuvatyām | manānag reto jahatur viyantā sānau niṣiktaṁ sukṛtasya yonau

When in the middle, at the encounter, the deed-to-be-done came about, the father working his desire upon the young woman, the two, going apart, left behind a small seed, poured out upon the back, in the womb of the well-performed (rite).

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RV 10 61.7

पिता यत् स्वाꣳ दुहितरम् अधिष्कन् क्ष्मया रेतः सꣳजग्मानो नि षिञ्चत् । स्वाध्यो ऽजनयन् ब्रह्म देवा वास्तोष् पतिꣳ व्रतपाꣳ निर् अतक्षन्

pitā yat svāṁ duhitaram adhiṣkan kṣmayā retaḥ saṁjagmāno ni ṣiñcat | svādhyo 'janayan brahma devā vāstoṣ patiṁ vratapāṁ nir atakṣan

When the father mounted his own daughter, coming together with her he poured his seed down upon the earth. The gods of good intent begot the sacred formulation; they fashioned out Vāstoṣpati, guardian of the vows.

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RV 10 61.8

स ईꣳ वृषा न फेनम् अस्यद् आजौ स्मद् आ परैद् अप दभ्रचेताः । सरत् पदा न दक्षिणा परावृङ् न ता नु मे पृशन्यो जगृभ्रे

sa īṁ vṛṣā na phenam asyad ājau smad ā paraid apa dabhracetāḥ | sarat padā na dakṣiṇā parāvṛṅ na tā nu me pṛśanyo jagṛbhre

He, like a bull, cast foam in the contest; he went right off away, of scant understanding. She ran with her foot like one turned aside from the priestly gift — 'These caressing ones have not now taken hold of me.'

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RV 10 61.9

मक्षू न वह्निः प्रजाया उपब्दिर् अग्निꣳ न नग्न उप सीदद् ऊधः । सनितेध्मꣳ सनितोत वाजꣳ स धर्ता जज्ञे सहसा यवीयुत्

makṣū na vahniḥ prajāyā upabdir agniṁ na nagna upa sīdad ūdhaḥ | sanitedhmaṁ sanitota vājaṁ sa dhartā jajñe sahasā yavīyut

Swiftly, like a draft-horse, (came) the footfall of the offspring; like a naked man to the fire he approached the udder. Winner of firewood and winner too of the prize, he was born as the upholder, warding (it) off by force.

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RV 10 61.10

मक्षू कनायाः सख्यꣳ नवग्वा ऋतꣳ वदन्त ऋतयुक्तिम् अग्मन् । द्विबर्हसो य उप गोपम् आगुर् अदक्षिणासो अच्युता दुदुक्षन्

makṣū kanāyāḥ sakhyaṁ navagvā ṛtaṁ vadanta ṛtayuktim agman | dvibarhaso ya upa gopam āgur adakṣiṇāso acyutā dudukṣan

Swiftly the Navagvas, speaking truth (ṛta), came to the friendship of the maiden, to the harnessing of ṛta — they of double strength who came to the herdsman, without priestly gifts, wishing to milk the unshakable ones.

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RV 10 61.11

मक्षू कनायाः सख्यꣳ नवीयो राधो न रेत ऋतम् इत् तुरण्यन् । शुचि यत् ते रेक्ण आयजन्त सबर्दुघायाः पय उस्रियायाः

makṣū kanāyāḥ sakhyaṁ navīyo rādho na reta ṛtam it turaṇyan | śuci yat te rekṇa āyajanta sabardughāyāḥ paya usriyāyāḥ

Swiftly, once more, the friendship of the maiden — the seed like a bounty, hastening ṛta indeed — when they won by sacrifice that bright wealth of yours, the milk of the ever-milking ruddy cow.

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RV 10 61.12

पश्वा यत् पश्चा वियुता बुधन्तेति ब्रवीति वक्तरी रराणः । वसोर् वसुत्वा कारवो ऽनेहा विश्वꣳ विवेष्टि द्रविणम् उप क्षु

paśvā yat paścā viyutā budhanteti bravīti vaktarī rarāṇaḥ | vasor vasutvā kāravo 'nehā viśvaṁ viveṣṭi draviṇam upa kṣu

When behind, separated along with the cattle, they awaken — so speaks the speaker, giving freely. By the goodness of the good one the bards are without fault; he obtains all wealth, and cattle besides.

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RV 10 61.13

तद् इन् न्व् अस्य परिषद्वानो अग्मन् पुरू सदन्तो नार्षदम् बिभित्सन् । वि शुष्णस्य सꣳग्रथितम् अनर्वा विदत् पुरुप्रजातस्य गुहा यत्

tad in nv asya pariṣadvāno agman purū sadanto nārṣadam bibhitsan | vi śuṣṇasya saṁgrathitam anarvā vidat puruprajātasya guhā yat

That indeed of his the sitters-around now came upon, many of them sitting, wishing to split open the son of Nṛṣad; the unassailable one found what had been knotted together by Śuṣṇa of many offspring, what was in hiding.

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RV 10 61.14

भर्गो ह नामोत यस्य देवाः स्व१र् ण ये त्रिषधस्थे निषेदुः । अग्निर् ह नामोत जातवेदाः श्रुधी नो होतर् ऋतस्य होताध्रुक्

bhargo ha nāmota yasya devāḥ sva1r ṇa ye triṣadhasthe niṣeduḥ | agnir ha nāmota jātavedāḥ śrudhī no hotar ṛtasya hotādhruk

And 'Radiance' (Bhargas) indeed is the name of him whose gods sat down in the threefold seat like the sun; and 'Agni Jātavedas' is the name. Hear us, hotṛ, hotṛ of ṛta, you who do not deceive.

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RV 10 61.15

उत त्या मे रौद्राव् अर्चिमन्ता नासत्याव् इन्द्र गूर्तये यजध्यै । मनुष्वद् वृक्तबर्हिषे रराणा मन्दू हितप्रयसा विक्षु यज्यू

uta tyā me raudrāv arcimantā nāsatyāv indra gūrtaye yajadhyai | manuṣvad vṛktabarhiṣe rarāṇā mandū hitaprayasā vikṣu yajyū

And those two of mine, of Rudra's kind, radiant, the Nāsatyas — O Indra, (they are) to be worshipped for praise; giving freely, as for Manu, to him whose barhis is stripped, the two joyous ones with refreshment set out, worthy of worship among the clans.

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RV 10 61.16

अयꣳ स्तुतो राजा वन्दि वेधा अपश् च विप्रस् तरति स्वसेतुः । स कक्षीवन्तꣳ रेजयत् सो अग्निꣳ नेमिꣳ न चक्रम् अर्वतो रघुद्रु

ayaṁ stuto rājā vandi vedhā apaś ca vipras tarati svasetuḥ | sa kakṣīvantaṁ rejayat so agniṁ nemiṁ na cakram arvato raghudru

This king, praised, is lauded as the ordainer; and the inspired one crosses the waters, his own bridge. He made Kakṣīvant tremble, he Agni, as the rim (makes tremble) the swift-running wheel of a steed.

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RV 10 61.17

स द्विबन्धुर् वैतरणो यष्टा सबर्धुꣳ धेनुम् अस्वꣳ दुहध्यै । सꣳ यन् मित्रावरुणा वृञ्ज उक्थैर् ज्येष्ठेभिर् अर्यमणꣳ वरूथैः

sa dvibandhur vaitaraṇo yaṣṭā sabardhuṁ dhenum asvaṁ duhadhyai | saṁ yan mitrāvaruṇā vṛñja ukthair jyeṣṭhebhir aryamaṇaṁ varūthaiḥ

He, of double kinship, the Vaitaraṇa, the sacrificer, (is) to milk the sap-yielding cow that is not (his) own — when with hymns I draw Mitra and Varuṇa together to me, and Aryaman with the highest shelters.

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RV 10 61.18

तद्बन्धुः सूरिर् दिवि ते धियꣳधा नाभानेदिष्ठो रपति प्र वेनन् । सा नो नाभिः परमास्य वा घाहꣳ तत् पश्चा कतिथश् चिद् आस

tadbandhuḥ sūrir divi te dhiyaṁdhā nābhānediṣṭho rapati pra venan | sā no nābhiḥ paramāsya vā ghāhaṁ tat paścā katithaś cid āsa

Kin to that, the patron in heaven, holder of the vision — Nābhānediṣṭha speaks forth, yearning: "That is our navel(-bond), or (the bond) of the highest; or indeed I came afterwards as who-knows-how-manieth."

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RV 10 61.19

इयम् मे नाभिर् इह मे सधस्थम् इमे मे देवा अयम् अस्मि सर्वः । द्विजा अह प्रथमजा ऋतस्येदꣳ धेनुर् अदुहज् जायमाना

iyam me nābhir iha me sadhastham ime me devā ayam asmi sarvaḥ | dvijā aha prathamajā ṛtasyedaṁ dhenur aduhaj jāyamānā

This is my kinship-bond, here is my seat, these are my gods, I am this whole (of it). Twice-born indeed, and firstborn of ṛta — this the cow, as she was being born, milked forth.

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RV 10 61.20

अधासु मन्द्रो अरतिर् विभावाव स्यति द्विवर्तनिर् वनेषाट् । ऊर्ध्वा यच् छ्रेणिर् न शिशुर् दन् मक्षू स्थिरꣳ शेवृधꣳ सूत माता

adhāsu mandro aratir vibhāvāva syati dvivartanir vaneṣāṭ | ūrdhvā yac chreṇir na śiśur dan makṣū sthiraṁ śevṛdhaṁ sūta mātā

Then among these the gladdening one, the swift-wheeling, the far-shining, looses (himself) down, turning two ways, conquering in the woods; when, standing upright like a row, like a child (biting?) — quickly the mother brought forth the firm, joy-increasing one.

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RV 10 61.21

अधा गाव उपमातिꣳ कनाया अनु श्वान्तस्य कस्य चित् परेयुः । श्रुधि त्वꣳ सुद्रविणो नस् त्वꣳ याऴ् आश्वघ्नस्य वावृधे सूनृताभिः

adhā gāva upamātiṁ kanāyā anu śvāntasya kasya cit pareyuḥ | śrudhi tvaṁ sudraviṇo nas tvaṁ yāḻ āśvaghnasya vāvṛdhe sūnṛtābhiḥ

Then the cows went after the maiden's offering-gift, after (that) of some panting one. Hear us, you rich in wealth, you the mover, who has grown strong through the generous gifts of Āśvaghna.

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RV 10 61.22

अध त्वम् इन्द्र विद्ध्य् अ१स्मान् महो राये नृपते वज्रबाहुः । रक्षा च नो मघोनः पाहि सूरीन् अनेहसस् ते हरिवो अभिष्टौ

adha tvam indra viddhy a1smān maho rāye nṛpate vajrabāhuḥ | rakṣā ca no maghonaḥ pāhi sūrīn anehasas te harivo abhiṣṭau

Then, Indra, take note of us for great wealth, O lord of men, with the mace in your arm; and protect our liberal patrons, guard the generous ones — free from harm are they in your aid, O lord of bay horses.

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RV 10 61.23

अध यद् राजाना गविष्टौ सरत् सरण्युः कारवे जरण्युः । विप्रः प्रेष्ठः स ह्य् एषाम् बभूव परा च वक्षद् उत पर्षद् एनान्

adha yad rājānā gaviṣṭau sarat saraṇyuḥ kārave jaraṇyuḥ | vipraḥ preṣṭhaḥ sa hy eṣām babhūva parā ca vakṣad uta parṣad enān

Then, O you two kings, when in the quest for cattle the running one ran, the singing one for the bard's sake — for he became the dearest inspired singer of these — may he both carry (them) forth and bring them safely through.

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RV 10 61.24

अधा न्व् अस्य जेन्यस्य पुष्टौ वृथा रेभन्त ईमहे तद् ऊ नु । सरण्युर् अस्य सूनुर् अश्वो विप्रश् चासि श्रवसश् च सातौ

adhā nv asya jenyasya puṣṭau vṛthā rebhanta īmahe tad ū nu | saraṇyur asya sūnur aśvo vipraś cāsi śravasaś ca sātau

Then indeed, at the thriving of this noble one, freely singing we approach that (prize) now: Saraṇyu is his son, a horse — and you are the inspired singer in the winning of fame.

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RV 10 61.25

युवोर् यदि सख्यायास्मे शर्धाय स्तोमꣳ जुजुषे नमस्वान् । विश्वत्र यस्मिन्न् आ गिरः समीचीः पूर्वीव गातुर् दाशत् सूनृतायै

yuvor yadi sakhyāyāsme śardhāya stomaṁ jujuṣe namasvān | viśvatra yasminn ā giraḥ samīcīḥ pūrvīva gātur dāśat sūnṛtāyai

If, for our strength, the priest with adoration to win your friendship made the laud accepted, That laud shall be a branching road to virtue for every one to whom the songs are suited.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 10 61.26

स गृणानो अद्भिर् देववान् इति सुबन्धुर् नमसा सूक्तैः । वर्धद् उक्थैर् वचोभिर् आ हि नूनꣳ व्य् अध्वैति पयस उस्रियायाः

sa gṛṇāno adbhir devavān iti subandhur namasā sūktaiḥ | vardhad ukthair vacobhir ā hi nūnaṁ vy adhvaiti payasa usriyāyāḥ

He, being praised — "attended by gods through the waters," so (they say) — a good kinsman, (praised) with homage and with well-made hymns, may he wax with recitations and with words; for now indeed the road runs apart from the milk of the ruddy cow.

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RV 10 61.27

त ऊ षु णो महो यजत्रा भूत देवास ऊतये सजोषाः । ये वाजाꣳ अनयता वियन्तो ये स्था निचेतारो अमूराः

ta ū ṣu ṇo maho yajatrā bhūta devāsa ūtaye sajoṣāḥ | ye vājām̐ anayatā viyanto ye sthā nicetāro amūrāḥ

You, then, O great ones worthy of worship, O gods, be of one accord for our help — you who, going forth, led the prizes onward, you who are discerning observers, not deluded.

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