Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 68

RV 10 68.1

उदप्रुतो न वयो रक्षमाणा वावदतो अभ्रियस्येव घोषाः । गिरिभ्रजो नोर्मयो मदन्तो बृहस्पतिम् अभ्य् अ१र्का अनावन्

udapruto na vayo rakṣamāṇā vāvadato abhriyasyeva ghoṣāḥ | giribhrajo normayo madanto bṛhaspatim abhy a1rkā anāvan

Like birds swimming in water, keeping watch, like the clamouring roars of a thundercloud, like exulting waves breaking from a mountain — the chants have roared out toward Bṛhaspati.

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RV 10 68.2

सꣳ गोभिर् आङ्गिरसो नक्षमाणो भग इवेद् अर्यमणꣳ निनाय । जने मित्रो न दम्पती अनक्ति बृहस्पते वाजयाशूꣳर् इवाजौ

saṁ gobhir āṅgiraso nakṣamāṇo bhaga ived aryamaṇaṁ nināya | jane mitro na dampatī anakti bṛhaspate vājayāśūm̐r ivājau

The Āṅgirasa, coming together with the cows, led (them) home, as Bhaga leads Aryaman; like Mitra among the people, he anoints husband and wife. O Bṛhaspati, drive (them) to the prize like swift horses in a race.

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RV 10 68.3

साध्वर्या अतिथिनीर् इषिराः स्पार्हाः सुवर्णा अनवद्यरूपाः । बृहस्पतिः पर्वतेभ्यो वितूर्या निर् गा ऊपे यवम् इव स्थिविभ्यः

sādhvaryā atithinīr iṣirāḥ spārhāḥ suvarṇā anavadyarūpāḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ parvatebhyo vitūryā nir gā ūpe yavam iva sthivibhyaḥ

Going well, coming as guests, eager, longed for, fair-coloured, of blameless form — Bṛhaspati, having split (them) open, drove the cows out from the mountains, as barley from sacks.

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RV 10 68.4

आप्रुषायन् मधुन ऋतस्य योनिम् अवक्षिपन्न् अर्क उल्काम् इव द्योः । बृहस्पतिर् उद्धरन्न् अश्मनो गा भूम्या उद्नेव वि त्वचम् बिभेद

āpruṣāyan madhuna ṛtasya yonim avakṣipann arka ulkām iva dyoḥ | bṛhaspatir uddharann aśmano gā bhūmyā udneva vi tvacam bibheda

Sprinkling around the womb of ṛta with honey, hurling down (his weapon) like a firebrand from heaven — Bṛhaspati, lifting the cows out of the rock, split apart the skin of the earth as if with water.

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RV 10 68.5

अप ज्योतिषा तमो अन्तरिक्षाद् उद्नः शीपालम् इव वात आजत् । बृहस्पतिर् अनुमृश्या वलस्याभ्रम् इव वात आ चक्र आ गाः

apa jyotiṣā tamo antarikṣād udnaḥ śīpālam iva vāta ājat | bṛhaspatir anumṛśyā valasyābhram iva vāta ā cakra ā gāḥ

He drove the darkness away from the midspace with light, as the wind (drives) the śīpāla weed from the water. Bṛhaspati, having felt after Vala's (cows), drew the cows hither, as the wind a cloud.

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RV 10 68.6

यदा वलस्य पीयतो जसुम् भेद् बृहस्पतिर् अग्नितपोभिर् अर्कैः । दद्भिर् न जिह्वा परिविष्टम् आदद् आविर् निधीꣳर् अकृणोद् उस्रियाणाम्

yadā valasya pīyato jasum bhed bṛhaspatir agnitapobhir arkaiḥ | dadbhir na jihvā pariviṣṭam ādad āvir nidhīm̐r akṛṇod usriyāṇām

When Bṛhaspati broke the weak spot of the reviling Vala with his fire-hot chants — as the tongue with the teeth takes what is hemmed in, he took (them), and made visible the hidden hoards of the ruddy cows.

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RV 10 68.7

बृहस्पतिर् अमत हि त्यद् आसाꣳ नाम स्वरीणाꣳ सदने गुहा यत् । आण्डेव भित्त्वा शकुनस्य गर्भम् उद् उस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत्

bṛhaspatir amata hi tyad āsāṁ nāma svarīṇāṁ sadane guhā yat | āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbham ud usriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat

For Bṛhaspati thought out that name of these resounding ones, which was hidden away in their dwelling; splitting (the rock) as one splits the eggs, the brood of a bird, he drove the ruddy cows up out of the mountain by his own power.

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RV 10 68.8

अश्नापिनद्धम् मधु पर्य् अपश्यन् मत्स्यꣳ न दीन उदनि क्षियन्तम् । निष् टज् जभार चमसꣳ न वृक्षाद् बृहस्पतिर् विरवेणा विकृत्य

aśnāpinaddham madhu pary apaśyan matsyaṁ na dīna udani kṣiyantam | niṣ ṭaj jabhāra camasaṁ na vṛkṣād bṛhaspatir viraveṇā vikṛtya

They caught sight of the honey shut in by the stone, like a fish living in scanty water; Bṛhaspati carried it out from there, as a cup from a tree, cutting it out with a loud roar.

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RV 10 68.9

सोषाम् अविन्दत् स स्व१ः सो अग्निꣳ सो अर्केण वि बबाधे तमाꣳसि । बृहस्पतिर् गोवपुषो वलस्य निर् मज्जानꣳ न पर्वणो जभार

soṣām avindat sa sva1ḥ so agniṁ so arkeṇa vi babādhe tamāṁsi | bṛhaspatir govapuṣo valasya nir majjānaṁ na parvaṇo jabhāra

He found the dawn, he the sunlight, he the fire; he drove the darknesses apart with the chant. Bṛhaspati carried off out of cow-shaped Vala (his goods), as marrow out of a joint.

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RV 10 68.10

हिमेव पर्णा मुषिता वनानि बृहस्पतिनाकृपयद् वलो गाः । अनानुकृत्यम् अपुनश् चकार यात् सूर्यामासा मिथ उच्चरातः

himeva parṇā muṣitā vanāni bṛhaspatinākṛpayad valo gāḥ | anānukṛtyam apunaś cakāra yāt sūryāmāsā mitha uccarātaḥ

Like woods whose leaves are stolen by frost, Vala wailed for his cows (taken) by Bṛhaspati. He did what is not to be imitated, and not to be done again, so that sun and moon rise alternately.

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RV 10 68.11

अभि श्यावꣳ न कृशनेभिर् अश्वꣳ नक्षत्रेभिः पितरो द्याम् अपिꣳशन् । रात्र्याꣳ तमो अदधुर् ज्योतिर् अहन् बृहस्पतिर् भिनद् अद्रिꣳ विदद् गाः

abhi śyāvaṁ na kṛśanebhir aśvaṁ nakṣatrebhiḥ pitaro dyām apiṁśan | rātryāṁ tamo adadhur jyotir ahan bṛhaspatir bhinad adriṁ vidad gāḥ

As (one adorns) a dark horse with pearls, the fathers decked out the sky with stars; they set the darkness in the night, the light in the day. Bṛhaspati split the rock and found the cows.

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RV 10 68.12

इदम् अकर्म नमो अभ्रियाय यः पूर्वीर् अन्व् आनोनवीति । बृहस्पतिः स हि गोभिः सो अश्वैः स वीरेभिः स नृभिर् नो वयो धात्

idam akarma namo abhriyāya yaḥ pūrvīr anv ānonavīti | bṛhaspatiḥ sa hi gobhiḥ so aśvaiḥ sa vīrebhiḥ sa nṛbhir no vayo dhāt

This homage we have made to him of the rain-cloud, who roars again and again after the many (waters). That Bṛhaspati — may he set vital force in us with cows, with horses, with heroes, with men.

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