Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 79

RV 10 79.1

अपश्यम् अस्य महतो महित्वम् अमर्त्यस्य मर्त्यासु विक्षु । नाना हनू विभृते सम् भरेते असिन्वती बप्सती भूर्य् अत्तः

apaśyam asya mahato mahitvam amartyasya martyāsu vikṣu | nānā hanū vibhṛte sam bharete asinvatī bapsatī bhūry attaḥ

I have seen the greatness of this great one, of the immortal one, among mortal clans. His two jaws, held apart separately, close together: insatiable, chewing, they devour much.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 79.2

गुहा शिरो निहितम् ऋधग् अक्षी असिन्वन्न् अत्ति जिह्वया वनानि । अत्राण्य् अस्मै पड्भिः सम् भरन्त्य् उत्तानहस्ता नमसाधि विक्षु

guhā śiro nihitam ṛdhag akṣī asinvann atti jihvayā vanāni | atrāṇy asmai paḍbhiḥ sam bharanty uttānahastā namasādhi vikṣu

His head is set down in hiding, his eyes apart; insatiable, he eats the woods with his tongue. For him they gather food together with their feet, with hands upraised, with homage, among the clans.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 79.3

प्र मातुः प्रतरꣳ गुह्यम् इच्छन् कुमारो न वीरुधः सर्पद् उर्वीः । ससꣳ न पक्वम् अविदच् छुचन्तꣳ रिरिह्वाꣳसꣳ रिप उपस्थे अन्तः

pra mātuḥ prataraṁ guhyam icchan kumāro na vīrudhaḥ sarpad urvīḥ | sasaṁ na pakvam avidac chucantaṁ ririhvāṁsaṁ ripa upasthe antaḥ

Seeking further the hidden thing of the mother, like a boy he crept over the broad plants. He found (it) like ripe sap, glowing, licking within, in the lap of the earth.

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

RV 10 79.4

तद् वाम् ऋतꣳ रोदसी प्र ब्रवीमि जायमानो मातरा गर्भो अत्ति । नाहꣳ देवस्य मर्त्यश् चिकेताग्निर् अङ्ग विचेताः स प्रचेताः

tad vām ṛtaṁ rodasī pra bravīmi jāyamāno mātarā garbho atti | nāhaṁ devasya martyaś ciketāgnir aṅga vicetāḥ sa pracetāḥ

That truth of you two I proclaim, O Rodasī: being born, the embryo devours his two mothers. I, a mortal, do not understand the god; Agni indeed is the discerning one, he is the wise one.

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RV 10 79.5

यो अस्मा अन्नꣳ तृष्व् आ३दधात्य् आज्यैर् घृतैर् जुहोति पुष्यति । तस्मै सहस्रम् अक्षभिर् वि चक्षे ऽग्ने विश्वतः प्रत्यङ्ङ् असि त्वम्

yo asmā annaṁ tṛṣv ā3dadhāty ājyair ghṛtair juhoti puṣyati | tasmai sahasram akṣabhir vi cakṣe 'gne viśvataḥ pratyaṅṅ asi tvam

Whoever eagerly sets food before him, pours offerings with butter, with ghee, and prospers — for him (Agni is there) a thousandfold, to look out with (his) eyes; O Agni, you face toward (him) from every side.

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

RV 10 79.6

किꣳ देवेषु त्यज एनश् चकर्थाग्ने पृच्छामि नु त्वाम् अविद्वान् । अक्रीऴन् क्रीऴन् हरिर् अत्तवे ऽदन् वि पर्वशश् चकर्त गाम् इवासिः

kiṁ deveṣu tyaja enaś cakarthāgne pṛcchāmi nu tvām avidvān | akrīḻan krīḻan harir attave 'dan vi parvaśaś cakarta gām ivāsiḥ

What breach, what offence have you committed among the gods, Agni? I ask you, not knowing. Not playing, (yet) playing, the tawny one, eating to eat, has cut (it) apart joint by joint, as a knife (cuts up) a cow.

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

RV 10 79.7

विषूचो अश्वान् युयुजे वनेजा ऋजीतिभी रशनाभिर् गृभीतान् । चक्षदे मित्रो वसुभिः सुजातः सम् आनृधे पर्वभिर् वावृधानः

viṣūco aśvān yuyuje vanejā ṛjītibhī raśanābhir gṛbhītān | cakṣade mitro vasubhiḥ sujātaḥ sam ānṛdhe parvabhir vāvṛdhānaḥ

The wood-born one has yoked his horses that run in all directions, held by taut reins. Mitra, the well-born, has appeared with the Vasus; he has grown full, increasing by his limbs.

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