Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 66

RV 10 66.1

देवान् हुवे बृहच्छ्रवसः स्वस्तये ज्योतिष्कृतो अध्वरस्य प्रचेतसः । ये वावृधुः प्रतरꣳ विश्ववेदस इन्द्रज्येष्ठासो अमृता ऋतावृधः

devān huve bṛhacchravasaḥ svastaye jyotiṣkṛto adhvarasya pracetasaḥ | ye vāvṛdhuḥ prataraṁ viśvavedasa indrajyeṣṭhāso amṛtā ṛtāvṛdhaḥ

I call the gods of lofty fame for well-being, the makers of light, the knowing ones of the rite, who have grown ever further, possessing all knowledge, having Indra as their chief, immortal, strengthened by ṛta.

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RV 10 66.2

इन्द्रप्रसूता वरुणप्रशिष्टा ये सूर्यस्य ज्योतिषो भागम् आनशुः । मरुद्गणे वृजने मन्म धीमहि माघोने यज्ञꣳ जनयन्त सूरयः

indraprasūtā varuṇapraśiṣṭā ye sūryasya jyotiṣo bhāgam ānaśuḥ | marudgaṇe vṛjane manma dhīmahi māghone yajñaṁ janayanta sūrayaḥ

Those impelled by Indra, instructed by Varuṇa, who have attained a share of the sun's light — in the troop of the Maruts, in the settlement, let us set our thought; the patrons begot the sacrifice for the bounteous one.

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

RV 10 66.3

इन्द्रो वसुभिः परि पातु नो गयम् आदित्यैर् नो अदितिः शर्म यच्छतु । रुद्रो रुद्रेभिर् देवो मृऴयाति नस् त्वष्टा नो ग्नाभिः सुविताय जिन्वतु

indro vasubhiḥ pari pātu no gayam ādityair no aditiḥ śarma yacchatu | rudro rudrebhir devo mṛḻayāti nas tvaṣṭā no gnābhiḥ suvitāya jinvatu

May Indra with the Vasus guard our household round about; may Aditi with the Ādityas grant us shelter; may god Rudra with the Rudras be merciful to us; may Tvaṣṭṛ with the divine wives quicken us to good passage.

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RV 10 66.4

अदितिर् द्यावापृथिवी ऋतम् महद् इन्द्राविष्णू मरुतः स्वर् बृहत् । देवाꣳ आदित्याꣳ अवसे हवामहे वसून् रुद्रान् सवितारꣳ सुदꣳससम्

aditir dyāvāpṛthivī ṛtam mahad indrāviṣṇū marutaḥ svar bṛhat | devām̐ ādityām̐ avase havāmahe vasūn rudrān savitāraṁ sudaṁsasam

Aditi, Heaven and Earth, the great ṛta, Indra and Viṣṇu, the Maruts, the lofty sunlight — we call the gods, the Ādityas, for help, the Vasus, the Rudras, Savitṛ of good works.

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RV 10 66.5

सरस्वान् धीभिर् वरुणो धृतव्रतः पूषा विष्णुर् महिमा वायुर् अश्विना । ब्रह्मकृतो अमृता विश्ववेदसः शर्म नो यꣳसन् त्रिवरूथम् अꣳहसः

sarasvān dhībhir varuṇo dhṛtavrataḥ pūṣā viṣṇur mahimā vāyur aśvinā | brahmakṛto amṛtā viśvavedasaḥ śarma no yaṁsan trivarūtham aṁhasaḥ

Sarasvant with the insights, Varuṇa whose ordinance holds firm, Pūṣan, Viṣṇu, Mahiman, Vāyu, the Aśvins — makers of the brahman, immortal, possessing all knowledge: may they extend to us threefold shelter from distress.

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RV 10 66.6

वृषा यज्ञो वृषणः सन्तु यज्ञिया वृषणो देवा वृषणो हविष्कृतः । वृषणा द्यावापृथिवी ऋतावरी वृषा पर्जन्यो वृषणो वृषस्तुभः

vṛṣā yajño vṛṣaṇaḥ santu yajñiyā vṛṣaṇo devā vṛṣaṇo haviṣkṛtaḥ | vṛṣaṇā dyāvāpṛthivī ṛtāvarī vṛṣā parjanyo vṛṣaṇo vṛṣastubhaḥ

A bull is the sacrifice; bulls be those worthy of worship; bulls the gods, bulls the preparers of the oblation; bulls are Heaven and Earth, possessed of ṛta; a bull is Parjanya, bulls those who roar like bulls.

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RV 10 66.7

अग्नीषोमा वृषणा वाजसातये पुरुप्रशस्ता वृषणा उप ब्रुवे । याव् ईजिरे वृषणो देवयज्यया ता नः शर्म त्रिवरूथꣳ वि यꣳसतः

agnīṣomā vṛṣaṇā vājasātaye purupraśastā vṛṣaṇā upa bruve | yāv ījire vṛṣaṇo devayajyayā tā naḥ śarma trivarūthaṁ vi yaṁsataḥ

Agni and Soma, the two bulls, for the winning of the prize — the much-praised bulls — I address; the two whom the bulls worshipped with worship of the gods: may they extend to us threefold shelter.

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RV 10 66.8

धृतव्रताः क्षत्रिया यज्ञनिष्कृतो बृहद्दिवा अध्वराणाम् अभिश्रियः । अग्निहोतार ऋतसापो अद्रुहो ऽपो असृजन्न् अनु वृत्रतूर्ये

dhṛtavratāḥ kṣatriyā yajñaniṣkṛto bṛhaddivā adhvarāṇām abhiśriyaḥ | agnihotāra ṛtasāpo adruho 'po asṛjann anu vṛtratūrye

Holding to their ordinances, of ruling power, preparers of the sacrifice, belonging to lofty heaven, the crowning glory of the rites, having Agni as hotṛ, serving ṛta, free of deceit — they released the waters in the overcoming of Vṛtra.

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RV 10 66.9

द्यावापृथिवी जनयन्न् अभि व्रताप ओषधीर् वनिनानि यज्ञिया । अन्तरिक्षꣳ स्व१र् आ पप्रुर् ऊतये वशꣳ देवासस् तन्वी३ नि मामृजुः

dyāvāpṛthivī janayann abhi vratāpa oṣadhīr vanināni yajñiyā | antarikṣaṁ sva1r ā paprur ūtaye vaśaṁ devāsas tanvī3 ni māmṛjuḥ

Begetting Heaven and Earth in accordance with (their) ordinances, the waters, the plants, the trees, worthy of worship — they filled the midspace and the sunlight, for help; the gods groomed the willing one into (their) body.

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

RV 10 66.10

धर्तारो दिव ऋभवः सुहस्ता वातापर्जन्या महिषस्य तन्यतोः । आप ओषधीः प्र तिरन्तु नो गिरो भगो रातिर् वाजिनो यन्तु मे हवम्

dhartāro diva ṛbhavaḥ suhastā vātāparjanyā mahiṣasya tanyatoḥ | āpa oṣadhīḥ pra tirantu no giro bhago rātir vājino yantu me havam

The upholders of heaven, the Ṛbhus with deft hands, Vāta and Parjanya, (the two) of the thundering buffalo — let the waters and the plants advance our songs; let Bhaga, Rāti and the prize-winners come to my call.

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

RV 10 66.11

समुद्रः सिन्धू रजो अन्तरिक्षम् अज एकपात् तनयित्नुर् अर्णवः । अहिर् बुध्न्यः शृणवद् वचाꣳसि मे विश्वे देवास उत सूरयो मम

samudraḥ sindhū rajo antarikṣam aja ekapāt tanayitnur arṇavaḥ | ahir budhnyaḥ śṛṇavad vacāṁsi me viśve devāsa uta sūrayo mama

The sea, the river, the dusty space, the mid-air; Aja Ekapād, the thunderer, the flood; Ahi Budhnya — may (they) hear my words, all the gods and my patrons.

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RV 10 66.12

स्याम वो मनवो देववीतये प्राञ्चꣳ नो यज्ञम् प्र णयत साधुया । आदित्या रुद्रा वसवः सुदानव इमा ब्रह्म शस्यमानानि जिन्वत

syāma vo manavo devavītaye prāñcaṁ no yajñam pra ṇayata sādhuyā | ādityā rudrā vasavaḥ sudānava imā brahma śasyamānāni jinvata

May we be your Manus for the gods' feasting; lead our sacrifice forward straight to its goal. Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus of good gifts, quicken these formulas that are being recited.

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RV 10 66.13

दैव्या होतारा प्रथमा पुरोहित ऋतस्य पन्थाम् अन्व् एमि साधुया । क्षेत्रस्य पतिम् प्रतिवेशम् ईमहे विश्वान् देवाꣳ अमृताꣳ अप्रयुच्छतः

daivyā hotārā prathamā purohita ṛtasya panthām anv emi sādhuyā | kṣetrasya patim prativeśam īmahe viśvān devām̐ amṛtām̐ aprayucchataḥ

The two divine hotṛs, the first, set in front — I follow along the path of ṛta duly. We entreat the lord of the field, the neighbour, and all the immortal gods who do not fail us.

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RV 10 66.14

वसिष्ठासः पितृवद् वाचम् अक्रत देवाꣳ ईऴाना ऋषिवत् स्वस्तये । प्रीता इव ज्ञातयः कामम् एत्यास्मे देवासो ऽव धूनुता वसु

vasiṣṭhāsaḥ pitṛvad vācam akrata devām̐ īḻānā ṛṣivat svastaye | prītā iva jñātayaḥ kāmam etyāsme devāso 'va dhūnutā vasu

The Vasiṣṭhas have fashioned speech in the manner of a father, invoking the gods in the manner of a ṛṣi, for well-being. Like pleased kinsmen, having come to (our) desire, shake down wealth upon us, O gods.

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

RV 10 66.15

देवान् वसिष्ठो अमृतान् ववन्दे ये विश्वा भुवनाभि प्रतस्थुः । ते नो रासन्ताम् उरुगायम् अद्य यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

devān vasiṣṭho amṛtān vavande ye viśvā bhuvanābhi pratasthuḥ | te no rāsantām urugāyam adya yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

Vasiṣṭha has paid homage to the immortal gods, who stand out over all the worlds. Let them bestow on us wide-ranging (room) today — do you protect us always with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition