Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 71

RV 10 71.1

बृहस्पते प्रथमꣳ वाचो अग्रꣳ यत् प्रैरत नामधेयꣳ दधानाः । यद् एषाꣳ श्रेष्ठꣳ यद् अरिप्रम् आसीत् प्रेणा तद् एषाꣳ निहितꣳ गुहाविः

bṛhaspate prathamaṁ vāco agraṁ yat prairata nāmadheyaṁ dadhānāḥ | yad eṣāṁ śreṣṭhaṁ yad aripram āsīt preṇā tad eṣāṁ nihitaṁ guhāviḥ

O Bṛhaspati, this was the first beginning of Speech, when they came forth bestowing names. What was the best of them, what was without stain, that, set hidden within them, was made manifest through love.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 71.2

सक्तुम् इव तितüना पुनन्तो यत्र धीरा मनसा वाचम् अक्रत । अत्रा सखायः सख्यानि जानते भद्रैषाꣳ लक्ष्मीर् निहिताधि वाचि

saktum iva titaünā punanto yatra dhīrā manasā vācam akrata | atrā sakhāyaḥ sakhyāni jānate bhadraiṣāṁ lakṣmīr nihitādhi vāci

Where the wise ones, purifying it with the mind as one purifies grain with a sieve, fashioned Speech — there the companions recognise their companionships; their auspicious mark is set upon their speech.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 71.3

यज्ञेन वाचः पदवीयम् आयन् ताम् अन्व् अविन्दन्न् ऋषिषु प्रविष्टाम् । ताम् आभृत्या व्य् अदधुः पुरुत्रा ताꣳ सप्त रेभा अभि सꣳ नवन्ते

yajñena vācaḥ padavīyam āyan tām anv avindann ṛṣiṣu praviṣṭām | tām ābhṛtyā vy adadhuḥ purutrā tāṁ sapta rebhā abhi saṁ navante

By the sacrifice they went upon the track of Speech; they found her entered into the seers. Having brought her, they distributed her in many places; the seven singers together cry out to her.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 71.4

उत त्वः पश्यन् न ददर्श वाचम् उत त्वः शृण्वन् न शृणोत्य् एनाम् । उतो त्वस्मै तन्व१ꣳ वि सस्रे जायेव पत्य उशती सुवासाः

uta tvaḥ paśyan na dadarśa vācam uta tvaḥ śṛṇvan na śṛṇoty enām | uto tvasmai tanva1ṁ vi sasre jāyeva patya uśatī suvāsāḥ

And one, though looking, has not seen Speech; and one, though listening, does not hear her. But to another she has opened up her body, like a wife, desirous and well-clothed, to her husband.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 71.5

उत त्वꣳ सख्ये स्थिरपीतम् आहुर् नैनꣳ हिन्वन्त्य् अपि वाजिनेषु । अधेन्वा चरति माययैष वाचꣳ शुश्रुवाꣳ अफलाम् अपुष्पाम्

uta tvaṁ sakhye sthirapītam āhur nainaṁ hinvanty api vājineṣu | adhenvā carati māyayaiṣa vācaṁ śuśruvām̐ aphalām apuṣpām

And of one they say that he is firmly fixed in the friendship; they do not urge him on even in the contests. He goes about with an illusion that is a cow without milk; the Speech he has heard bears no fruit, no flower.

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

RV 10 71.6

यस् तित्याज सचिविदꣳ सखायꣳ न तस्य वाच्य् अपि भागो अस्ति । यद् ईꣳ शृणोत्य् अलकꣳ शृणोति नहि प्रवेद सुकृतस्य पन्थाम्

yas tityāja sacividaṁ sakhāyaṁ na tasya vācy api bhāgo asti | yad īṁ śṛṇoty alakaṁ śṛṇoti nahi praveda sukṛtasya panthām

He who has abandoned a companion who knows together with him — for him there is no share in Speech. What he hears, he hears in vain, for he has not known the path of good action.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 71.7

अक्षण्वन्तः कर्णवन्तः सखायो मनोजवेष्व् असमा बभूवुः । आदघ्नास उपकक्षास उ त्वे ह्रदा इव स्नात्वा उ त्वे ददृश्रे

akṣaṇvantaḥ karṇavantaḥ sakhāyo manojaveṣv asamā babhūvuḥ | ādaghnāsa upakakṣāsa u tve hradā iva snātvā u tve dadṛśre

Companions possessed of eyes, possessed of ears, have become unequal in the swiftnesses of mind. Some are like pools reaching to the mouth, some to the armpit; and some are seen like pools fit for bathing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 71.8

हृदा तष्टेषु मनसो जवेषु यद् ब्राह्मणाः सꣳयजन्ते सखायः । अत्राह त्वꣳ वि जहुर् वेद्याभिर् ओहब्रह्माणो वि चरन्त्य् उ त्वे

hṛdā taṣṭeṣu manaso javeṣu yad brāhmaṇāḥ saṁyajante sakhāyaḥ | atrāha tvaṁ vi jahur vedyābhir ohabrahmāṇo vi caranty u tve

Among (the hymns) fashioned by the heart, among the swift impulses of the mind, when the brahmins sacrifice together as companions — there indeed some are left behind by their (own) knowings, while others, having brahman-power at their call, range abroad.

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

RV 10 71.9

इमे ये नार्वाङ् न परश् चरन्ति न ब्राह्मणासो न सुतेकरासः । त एते वाचम् अभिपद्य पापया सिरीस् तन्त्रꣳ तन्वते अप्रजज्ञयः

ime ye nārvāṅ na paraś caranti na brāhmaṇāso na sutekarāsaḥ | ta ete vācam abhipadya pāpayā sirīs tantraṁ tanvate aprajajñayaḥ

These who move neither nearer nor further, who are neither brahmins nor soma-pressers — they, having got hold of speech in a bad way, stretch out the warp like weaving-women, without understanding.

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

RV 10 71.10

सर्वे नन्दन्ति यशसागतेन सभासाहेन सख्या सखायः । किल्बिषस्पृत् पितुषणिर् ह्य् एषाम् अरꣳ हितो भवति वाजिनाय

sarve nandanti yaśasāgatena sabhāsāhena sakhyā sakhāyaḥ | kilbiṣaspṛt pituṣaṇir hy eṣām araṁ hito bhavati vājināya

All the companions rejoice at the glorious one who has come, at the friend who prevails in the assembly. For he is a remover of fault, a winner of nourishment for them; being duly set (to the task), he is fit for the contest.

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

RV 10 71.11

ऋचाꣳ त्वः पोषम् आस्ते पुपुष्वान् गायत्रꣳ त्वो गायति शक्वरीषु । ब्रह्मा त्वो वदति जातविद्याꣳ यज्ञस्य मात्राꣳ वि मिमीत उ त्वः

ṛcāṁ tvaḥ poṣam āste pupuṣvān gāyatraṁ tvo gāyati śakvarīṣu | brahmā tvo vadati jātavidyāṁ yajñasya mātrāṁ vi mimīta u tvaḥ

One sits over the increase of the verses, having made it increase; another sings a gāyatra chant among the śakvarī (metres); another, the brahman, declares the knowledge as it has arisen; and another measures out the measure of the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition