Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 81

RV 10 81.1

य इमा विश्वा भुवनानि जुह्वद् ऋषिर् होता न्य् असीदत् पिता नः । स आशिषा द्रविणम् इच्छमानः प्रथमच्छद् अवराꣳ आ विवेश

ya imā viśvā bhuvanāni juhvad ṛṣir hotā ny asīdat pitā naḥ | sa āśiṣā draviṇam icchamānaḥ prathamacchad avarām̐ ā viveśa

He who, offering all these worlds in oblation, sat down as ṛṣi, as hotṛ, our father — he, seeking wealth by his prayer, concealing the first ones, entered among the later ones.

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

RV 10 81.2

किꣳ स्विद् आसीद् अधिष्ठानम् आरम्भणꣳ कतमत् स्वित् कथासीत् । यतो भूमिꣳ जनयन् विश्वकर्मा वि द्याम् और्णोन् महिना विश्वचक्षाः

kiṁ svid āsīd adhiṣṭhānam ārambhaṇaṁ katamat svit kathāsīt | yato bhūmiṁ janayan viśvakarmā vi dyām aurṇon mahinā viśvacakṣāḥ

What, then, was the standing-place? Which was the starting-point, and how was it? — from which Viśvakarman, the all-seeing, begetting the earth, uncovered the sky by his greatness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 81.3

विश्वतश्चक्षुर् उत विश्वतोमुखो विश्वतोबाहुर् उत विश्वतस्पात् । सम् बाहुभ्याꣳ धमति सम् पतत्रैर् द्यावाभूमी जनयन् देव एकः

viśvataścakṣur uta viśvatomukho viśvatobāhur uta viśvataspāt | sam bāhubhyāṁ dhamati sam patatrair dyāvābhūmī janayan deva ekaḥ

Eye on every side and mouth on every side, arms on every side and feet on every side — with his two arms he blows (it) together, together with his wings, begetting heaven and earth, the one god.

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RV 10 81.4

किꣳ स्विद् वनꣳ क उ स वृक्ष आस यतो द्यावापृथिवी निष्टतक्षुः । मनीषिणो मनसा पृच्छतेद् उ तद् यद् अध्यतिष्ठद् भुवनानि धारयन्

kiṁ svid vanaṁ ka u sa vṛkṣa āsa yato dyāvāpṛthivī niṣṭatakṣuḥ | manīṣiṇo manasā pṛcchated u tad yad adhyatiṣṭhad bhuvanāni dhārayan

What then was the wood, and which was that tree, from which they fashioned out heaven and earth? You thoughtful ones, ask with your mind about that: on what did he stand when he propped up the worlds?

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RV 10 81.5

या ते धामानि परमाणि यावमा या मध्यमा विश्वकर्मन्न् उतेमा । शिक्षा सखिभ्यो हविषि स्वधावः स्वयꣳ यजस्व तन्वꣳ वृधानः

yā te dhāmāni paramāṇi yāvamā yā madhyamā viśvakarmann utemā | śikṣā sakhibhyo haviṣi svadhāvaḥ svayaṁ yajasva tanvaṁ vṛdhānaḥ

Those abodes of yours that are highest, and those that are lowest, and those that are midmost, O Viśvakarman—these too: instruct your comrades in the oblation, O self-powered one; sacrifice yourself, making your own body grow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 81.6

विश्वकर्मन् हविषा वावृधानः स्वयꣳ यजस्व पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् । मुह्यन्त्व् अन्ये अभितो जनास इहास्माकम् मघवा सूरिर् अस्तु

viśvakarman haviṣā vāvṛdhānaḥ svayaṁ yajasva pṛthivīm uta dyām | muhyantv anye abhito janāsa ihāsmākam maghavā sūrir astu

O Viśvakarman, grown strong by the oblation, sacrifice yourself the earth and the heaven. Let other people all around be confounded; here let our patron be a generous lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 10 81.7

वाचस् पतिꣳ विश्वकर्माणम् ऊतये मनोजुवꣳ वाजे अद्या हुवेम । स नो विश्वानि हवनानि जोषद् विश्वशम्भूर् अवसे साधुकर्मा

vācas patiṁ viśvakarmāṇam ūtaye manojuvaṁ vāje adyā huvema | sa no viśvāni havanāni joṣad viśvaśambhūr avase sādhukarmā

The lord of speech, Viśvakarman, swift as thought, we would call today for aid in the contest for prizes. May he take pleasure in all our invocations, he who is a blessing to all, of good works, (calling him) for help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition