Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 8

RV 10 8.1

प्र केतुना बृहता यात्य् अग्निर् आ रोदसी वृषभो रोरवीति । दिवश् चिद् अन्ताꣳ उपमाꣳ उद् आनऴ् अपाम् उपस्थे महिषो ववर्ध

pra ketunā bṛhatā yāty agnir ā rodasī vṛṣabho roravīti | divaś cid antām̐ upamām̐ ud ānaḻ apām upasthe mahiṣo vavardha

Agni goes forth with lofty beacon; the bull bellows toward the two worlds. He has reached even to the uppermost limits of heaven; in the lap of the waters the buffalo has grown.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 8.2

मुमोद गर्भो वृषभः ककुद्मान् अस्रेमा वत्सः शिमीवाꣳ अरावीत् । स देवतात्य् उद्यतानि कृण्वन् स्वेषु क्षयेषु प्रथमो जिगाति

mumoda garbho vṛṣabhaḥ kakudmān asremā vatsaḥ śimīvām̐ arāvīt | sa devatāty udyatāni kṛṇvan sveṣu kṣayeṣu prathamo jigāti

The embryo rejoiced, the humped bull; the unfailing calf, the vigorous one, roared. He, performing the offerings raised up toward divinity, goes first in his own dwellings.

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

RV 10 8.3

आ यो मूर्धानम् पित्रोर् अरब्ध न्य् अध्वरे दधिरे सूरो अर्णः । अस्य पत्मन्न् अरुषीर् अश्वबुध्ना ऋतस्य योनौ तन्वो जुषन्त

ā yo mūrdhānam pitror arabdha ny adhvare dadhire sūro arṇaḥ | asya patmann aruṣīr aśvabudhnā ṛtasya yonau tanvo juṣanta

He who has taken hold of the head of his two parents — (in him) they set down at the rite the flood of the sun. In his flight the ruddy (mares), horse-based, have taken pleasure in (their) bodies in the womb of rta.

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

RV 10 8.4

उष-उषो हि वसो अग्रम् एषि त्वꣳ यमयोर् अभवो विभावा । ऋताय सप्त दधिषे पदानि जनयन् मित्रꣳ तन्वे३ स्वायै

uṣa-uṣo hi vaso agram eṣi tvaṁ yamayor abhavo vibhāvā | ṛtāya sapta dadhiṣe padāni janayan mitraṁ tanve3 svāyai

For at each dawn, o good one, you come to the front; you became the illuminator of the two twins. For rta you have taken on seven stations, begetting Mitra for your own body.

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

RV 10 8.5

भुवश् चक्षुर् मह ऋतस्य गोपा भुवो वरुणो यद् ऋताय वेषि । भुवो अपाꣳ नपाज् जातवेदो भुवो दूतो यस्य हव्यꣳ जुजोषः

bhuvaś cakṣur maha ṛtasya gopā bhuvo varuṇo yad ṛtāya veṣi | bhuvo apāṁ napāj jātavedo bhuvo dūto yasya havyaṁ jujoṣaḥ

You became the eye, the guardian of great rta; you became Varuṇa, since you serve rta. You became the child of the waters, o Jātavedas; you became the messenger of him whose oblation you have enjoyed.

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RV 10 8.6

भुवो यज्ञस्य रजसश् च नेता यत्रा नियुद्भिः सचसे शिवाभिः । दिवि मूर्धानꣳ दधिषे स्वर्षाꣳ जिह्वाम् अग्ने चकृषे हव्यवाहम्

bhuvo yajñasya rajasaś ca netā yatrā niyudbhiḥ sacase śivābhiḥ | divi mūrdhānaṁ dadhiṣe svarṣāṁ jihvām agne cakṛṣe havyavāham

You became the leader of the sacrifice and of the airy space, where you accompany (them) with your kindly team. In heaven you have set your head, which wins the sun; your tongue, Agni, you have made the carrier of oblations.

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RV 10 8.7

अस्य त्रितः क्रतुना वव्रे अन्तर् इच्छन् धीतिम् पितुर् एवैः परस्य । सचस्यमानः पित्रोर् उपस्थे जामि ब्रुवाण आयुधानि वेति

asya tritaḥ kratunā vavre antar icchan dhītim pitur evaiḥ parasya | sacasyamānaḥ pitror upasthe jāmi bruvāṇa āyudhāni veti

By his power Trita (entered) into the cavern, seeking the insight of the distant father by his ways. Being cherished in the lap of the two parents, calling (them) kindred, he pursues the weapons.

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

RV 10 8.8

स पित्र्याण्य् आयुधानि विद्वान् इन्द्रेषित आप्त्यो अभ्य् अयुध्यत् । त्रिशीर्षाणꣳ सप्तरश्मिꣳ जघन्वान् त्वाष्ट्रस्य चिन् निः ससृजे त्रितो गाः

sa pitryāṇy āyudhāni vidvān indreṣita āptyo abhy ayudhyat | triśīrṣāṇaṁ saptaraśmiṁ jaghanvān tvāṣṭrasya cin niḥ sasṛje trito gāḥ

He, knowing the paternal weapons, urged on by Indra, the Āptya, fought forth; having slain the three-headed, seven-reined one, Trita released the cows of Tvaṣṭṛ's son as well.

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RV 10 8.9

भूरीद् इन्द्र उदिनक्षन्तम् ओजो ऽवाभिनत् सत्पतिर् मन्यमानम् । त्वाष्ट्रस्य चिद् विश्वरूपस्य गोनाम् आचक्राणस् त्रीणि शीर्षा परा वर्क्

bhūrīd indra udinakṣantam ojo 'vābhinat satpatir manyamānam | tvāṣṭrasya cid viśvarūpasya gonām ācakrāṇas trīṇi śīrṣā parā vark

Indra struck down the great force of him who was reaching upward, thinking himself (great) — he, the lord of the true. He, taking possession of the cows of Tvaṣṭṛ's son Viśvarūpa, twisted off his three heads.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition