Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 85
RV 10 85.1
सत्येनोत्तभिता भूमिः सूर्येणोत्तभिता द्यौः । ऋतेनादित्यास् तिष्ठन्ति दिवि सोमो अधि श्रितः
satyenottabhitā bhūmiḥ sūryeṇottabhitā dyauḥ | ṛtenādityās tiṣṭhanti divi somo adhi śritaḥ
By truth the earth is propped up, by the sun the heaven is propped up; by ṛta the Ādityas stand firm, and Soma is set in heaven.
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TRUTH is the base that bears the earth; by Sûrya are the heavens sustained. By Law the Âdityas stand secure, and Soma holds his place in heaven.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.2
सोमेनादित्या बलिनः सोमेन पृथिवी मही । अथो नक्षत्राणाम् एषाम् उपस्थे सोम आहितः
somenādityā balinaḥ somena pṛthivī mahī | atho nakṣatrāṇām eṣām upasthe soma āhitaḥ
Through Soma the Ādityas are strong, through Soma the great earth (stands); and Soma has been placed in the lap of these stars.
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By Soma are the Âdityas strong, by Soma mighty is the earth. Thus Soma in the midst of all these constellations hath his place.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.3
सोमम् मन्यते पपिवान् यत् सम्पिꣳषन्त्य् ओषधिम् । सोमꣳ यम् ब्रह्माणो विदुर् न तस्याश्नाति कश् चन
somam manyate papivān yat sampiṁṣanty oṣadhim | somaṁ yam brahmāṇo vidur na tasyāśnāti kaś cana
One who has drunk thinks it is Soma, when they crush the plant; but of the Soma that the brahmins know, no one whatever eats.
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One thinks, when they have brayed the plant, that he hath drunk the Soma's juice; Of him whom Brahmans truly know as Soma no one ever tastes.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.4
आच्छद्विधानैर् गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः । ग्राव्णाम् इच् छृण्वन् तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः
ācchadvidhānair gupito bārhataiḥ soma rakṣitaḥ | grāvṇām ic chṛṇvan tiṣṭhasi na te aśnāti pārthivaḥ
Guarded by your covering arrangements, protected, O Soma, by the Bārhata (songs), you stand hearing the pressing-stones; no earthly one eats of you.
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Soma, secured by sheltering rules, guarded by hymns in Br̥ihatî, Thou standest listening to the stones none tastes of thee who dwells on earth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.5
यत् त्वा देव प्रपिबन्ति तत आ प्यायसे पुनः । वायुः सोमस्य रक्षिता समानाम् मास आकृतिः
yat tvā deva prapibanti tata ā pyāyase punaḥ | vāyuḥ somasya rakṣitā samānām māsa ākṛtiḥ
When they drink you up, O god, from that you swell again. Vāyu is the guardian of Soma; the moon is the shaper of the years.
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When they begin to drink thee then, O God, thou swellest out again. Vâyu is Soma's guardian God. The Moon is that which shapes the years.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.6
रैभ्य् आसीद् अनुदेयी नाराशꣳसी न्योचनी । सूर्याया भद्रम् इद् वासो गाथयैति परिष्कृतम्
raibhy āsīd anudeyī nārāśaṁsī nyocanī | sūryāyā bhadram id vāso gāthayaiti pariṣkṛtam
The Raibhī (verse) was the gift that followed, the Nārāśaṁsī the one that settles her in; Sūryā's fair garment goes decked out with the song.
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Raibhî was her dear bridal friend, and Nârâṣansî led her home. Lovely was Sûryâ's robe: she came to that which Gâthâ had adorned.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.7
चित्तिर् आ उपबर्हणꣳ चक्षुर् आ अभ्यञ्जनम् । द्यौर् भूमिः कोश आसीद् यद् अयात् सूर्या पतिम्
cittir ā upabarhaṇaṁ cakṣur ā abhyañjanam | dyaur bhūmiḥ kośa āsīd yad ayāt sūryā patim
Thought was her pillow, sight her ointment; heaven and earth were the chest, when Sūryā went to her husband.
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Thought was the pillow of her couch, sight was the unguent for her eyes: Her treasury was earth and heaven..when Sûryâ went unto her Lord.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.8
स्तोमा आसन् प्रतिधयः कुरीरꣳ छन्द ओपशः । सूर्याया अश्विना वराग्निर् आसीत् पुरोगवः
stomā āsan pratidhayaḥ kurīraṁ chanda opaśaḥ | sūryāyā aśvinā varāgnir āsīt purogavaḥ
The praises were the fore-straps, the metre the head-dress and the hair-ornament; the two Aśvins were Sūryā's wooers, Agni was the one who went in front.
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Hymns were the cross-bars of the pole, Kurîra-metre decked the car: The bridesmen were the Aṣvin Pair Agni was leader of the train.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.9
सोमो वधूयुर् अभवद् अश्विनास्ताम् उभा वरा । सूर्याꣳ यत् पत्ये शꣳसन्तीम् मनसा सविताददात्
somo vadhūyur abhavad aśvināstām ubhā varā | sūryāṁ yat patye śaṁsantīm manasā savitādadāt
Soma became the bridegroom, the two Aśvins were both the wooers, when Savitṛ gave Sūryā, consenting in her mind, to her husband.
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Soma was he who wooed the maid: the groomsmen were both Aṣvins, when The Sun-God Savitar bestowed his willing Sûryâ on her Lord.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.10
मनो अस्या अन आसीद् द्यौर् आसीद् उत च्छदिः । शुक्राव् अनड्वाहाव् आस्ताꣳ यद् अयात् सूर्या गृहम्
mano asyā ana āsīd dyaur āsīd uta cchadiḥ | śukrāv anaḍvāhāv āstāṁ yad ayāt sūryā gṛham
Her mind was the cart, heaven was the canopy; the two bright ones were the draught-oxen, when Sūryā went to the house.
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Her spirit was the bridal car; the covering thereof was heaven: Bright were both Steers that drew it when Sûryâ approached her husband's, home.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.11
ऋक्सामाभ्याम् अभिहितौ गावौ ते सामनाव् इतः । श्रोत्रꣳ ते चक्रे आस्ताꣳ दिवि पन्थाश् चराचारः
ṛksāmābhyām abhihitau gāvau te sāmanāv itaḥ | śrotraṁ te cakre āstāṁ divi panthāś carācāraḥ
Yoked by Ṛk and Sāman, your two oxen go in unison; hearing were your two wheels, and in heaven was the moving path.
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Thy Steers were steady, kept in place by holy verse and Sâma-hymn: All car were thy two chariot wheels: thy path was tremulous in the sky,
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.12
शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः । अनो मनस्मयꣳ सूर्यारोहत् प्रयती पतिम्
śucī te cakre yātyā vyāno akṣa āhataḥ | ano manasmayaṁ sūryārohat prayatī patim
Pure were your two wheels as you journeyed; the breath was fixed as the axle. Sūryā mounted the cart made of mind, going forth to her husband.
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Clean, as thou wentest, were thy wheels wind, was the axle fastened there. Sûryâ, proceeding to her Lord, mounted a spirit-fashioried car.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.13
सूर्याया वहतुः प्रागात् सविता यम् अवासृजत् । अघासु हन्यन्ते गावो ऽर्जुन्योः पर्य् उह्यते
sūryāyā vahatuḥ prāgāt savitā yam avāsṛjat | aghāsu hanyante gāvo 'rjunyoḥ pary uhyate
Sūryā's bridal procession went forth, which Savitṛ sent off. In the Aghās the cattle are slain, in the two Arjunīs she is brought home.
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The bridal pomp of Sûryâ, which Savitar started, moved along. In Maghâ days are oxen slain, in Arjunîs they wed the bride.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.14
यद् अश्विना पृच्छमानाव् अयातꣳ त्रिचक्रेण वहतुꣳ सूर्यायाः । विश्वे देवा अनु तद् वाम् अजानन् पुत्रः पितराव् अवृणीत पूषा
yad aśvinā pṛcchamānāv ayātaṁ tricakreṇa vahatuṁ sūryāyāḥ | viśve devā anu tad vām ajānan putraḥ pitarāv avṛṇīta pūṣā
When, O Aśvins, asking (for her), you went with the three-wheeled (car) to Sūryā's wedding, all the gods approved that of you; Pūṣan as son chose you as his parents.
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When on your three-wheeled chariot, O Aṣvins, ye came as wooers unto Sûryâ's bridal, Then all the Gods agreed to your proposal Pûshan as Son elected you as Fathers.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.15
यद् अयातꣳ शुभस् पती वरेयꣳ सूर्याम् उप । क्वैकꣳ चक्रꣳ वाम् आसीत् क्व देष्ट्राय तस्थथुः
yad ayātaṁ śubhas patī vareyaṁ sūryām upa | kvaikaṁ cakraṁ vām āsīt kva deṣṭrāya tasthathuḥ
When, O lords of splendour, you went to Sūryā to woo her — where was your one wheel, where did you two stand for the pointing out (of the way)?
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O ye Two Lords of lustre, then when ye to Sûryâ's wooing came, Where was one chariot wheel of yours? Where stood ye for die Sire's command?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.16
द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः । अथैकꣳ चक्रꣳ यद् गुहा तद् अद्धातय इद् विदुः
dve te cakre sūrye brahmāṇa ṛtuthā viduḥ | athaikaṁ cakraṁ yad guhā tad addhātaya id viduḥ
Two wheels of yours, O Sūryā, the brahmins know in their due season; but the one wheel that is hidden — only the knowers of truth know that.
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The Brahmans, by their seasons, know, O Sûryâ, those two wheels of thine: One kept concealed, those only who are skilled in highest truths have learned.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.17
सूर्यायै देवेभ्यो मित्राय वरुणाय च । ये भूतस्य प्रचेतस इदꣳ तेभ्यो ऽकरꣳ नमः
sūryāyai devebhyo mitrāya varuṇāya ca | ye bhūtasya pracetasa idaṁ tebhyo 'karaṁ namaḥ
To Sūryā, to the gods, to Mitra and to Varuṇa, who are the knowing ones of what exists — to them I have made this homage.
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To Sûryâ and the Deities, to Mitra and to Varuṇa. Who know aright the thing that is, this adoration have I paid.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.18
पूर्वापरꣳ चरतो माययैतौ शिशू क्रीऴन्तौ परि यातो अध्वरम् । विश्वान्य् अन्यो भुवनाभिचष्ट ऋतूꣳर् अन्यो विदधज् जायते पुनः
pūrvāparaṁ carato māyayaitau śiśū krīḻantau pari yāto adhvaram | viśvāny anyo bhuvanābhicaṣṭa ṛtūm̐r anyo vidadhaj jāyate punaḥ
These two move, the one behind the other, by magic power; two children at play, they go around the sacrificial course. The one looks out over all beings, the other, apportioning the seasons, is born again.
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By their own power these Twain in close succession move; They go as playing children round the sacrifice. One of the Pair beholdeth all existing things; the other ordereth seasons and is born again.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.19
नवो-नवो भवति जायमानो ऽह्नाꣳ केतुर् उषसाम् एत्य् अग्रम् । भागꣳ देवेभ्यो वि दधात्य् आयन् प्र चन्द्रमास् तिरते दीर्घम् आयुः
navo-navo bhavati jāyamāno 'hnāṁ ketur uṣasām ety agram | bhāgaṁ devebhyo vi dadhāty āyan pra candramās tirate dīrgham āyuḥ
Ever new he becomes as he is born; as the banner of the days he goes at the head of the dawns; coming, he apportions their share to the gods; the moon extends long life.
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He, born afresh, is new and new for ever ensign of days he goes before the Mornings Coming, he orders f6r the Gods their portion. The Moon prolongs the days of our existence.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.20
सुकिꣳशुकꣳ शल्मलिꣳ विश्वरूपꣳ हिरण्यवर्णꣳ सुवृतꣳ सुचक्रम् । आ रोह सूर्ये अमृतस्य लोकꣳ स्योनम् पत्ये वहतुꣳ कृणुष्व
sukiṁśukaṁ śalmaliṁ viśvarūpaṁ hiraṇyavarṇaṁ suvṛtaṁ sucakram | ā roha sūrye amṛtasya lokaṁ syonam patye vahatuṁ kṛṇuṣva
(The car) of good kiṁśuka wood, of śalmali, of all forms, gold-coloured, rolling well, with good wheels — mount it, O Sūryā, (mount) the world of immortality; make the bridal journey pleasant for your husband.
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Mount this, all-shaped, gold-hued, with strong wheels, fashioned of Kinṣuka and Ṣalmali, lightrolling, Bound for the world of life immortal, Sûryâ: make for thy lord a happy bridal journey.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.21
उद् ईर्ष्वातः पतिवती ह्य् ए३षा विश्वावसुꣳ नमसा गीर्भिर् ईऴे । अन्याम् इच्छ पितृषदꣳ व्यक्ताꣳ स ते भागो जनुषा तस्य विद्धि
ud īrṣvātaḥ pativatī hy e3ṣā viśvāvasuṁ namasā gīrbhir īḻe | anyām iccha pitṛṣadaṁ vyaktāṁ sa te bhāgo januṣā tasya viddhi
Rise up from here — for this woman has a husband; with homage and with songs I invoke Viśvāvasu. Seek another, one still sitting at her father's, adorned; that is your portion by birth — know that.
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Rise up from hence: this maiden hath a husband. I laud Viṣvâvasu with hymns and homage. Seek in her father's home another fair one, and find the portion from of old assigned thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.22
उद् ईर्ष्वातो विश्वावसो नमसेऴा महे त्वा । अन्याम् इच्छ प्रफर्व्य१ꣳ सꣳ जायाम् पत्या सृज
ud īrṣvāto viśvāvaso namaseḻā mahe tvā | anyām iccha prapharvya1ṁ saṁ jāyām patyā sṛja
Rise up from here, Viśvāvasu; with homage we invoke you. Seek another, a budding girl; unite the wife with her husband.
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Rise up from hence, Viṣvâvasu: with reverence we worship thee. Seek thou another willing maid, and with her husband leave the bride.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.23
अनृक्षरा ऋजवः सन्तु पन्था येभिः सखायो यन्ति नो वरेयम् । सम् अर्यमा सम् भगो नो निनीयात् सꣳ जास्पत्यꣳ सुयमम् अस्तु देवाः
anṛkṣarā ṛjavaḥ santu panthā yebhiḥ sakhāyo yanti no vareyam | sam aryamā sam bhago no ninīyāt saṁ jāspatyaṁ suyamam astu devāḥ
Thornless and straight be the paths by which our friends go a-wooing; may Aryaman and Bhaga lead us together; may the wedded state be well-ordered, O gods.
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Straight in direction be the path:s, and thornless, whereon our fellows travel to the wooing. Let Aryaman and Bhaga lead us: perfect, O Gods, the union of the wife and husband.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.24
प्र त्वा मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशाद् येन त्वाबध्नात् सविता सुशेवः । ऋतस्य योनौ सुकृतस्य लोके ऽरिष्टाꣳ त्वा सह पत्या दधामि
pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśād yena tvābadhnāt savitā suśevaḥ | ṛtasya yonau sukṛtasya loke 'riṣṭāṁ tvā saha patyā dadhāmi
I release you from the fetter of Varuṇa with which the very kindly Savitā bound you; in the womb of ṛta, in the world of good deeds, I set you unharmed together with your husband.
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Now from the noose of Varuṇa I free thee, wherewith Most Blessed Savitar hath bound thee. In Law's seat, to the world of virtuous action, I give thee up uninjured with thy consort.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.25
प्रेतो मुञ्चामि नामुतः सुबद्धाम् अमुतस् करम् । यथेयम् इन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्रा सुभगासति
preto muñcāmi nāmutaḥ subaddhām amutas karam | yatheyam indra mīḍhvaḥ suputrā subhagāsati
I release her from here, not from there; I have made her well bound over there, so that she, O bountiful Indra, may be rich in sons and fortunate.
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Hence, and not thence, I send these free. I make thee softly fettered there. That, Bounteous Indra, she may live blest in her fortune and her sons.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.26
पूषा त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्याश्विना त्वा प्र वहताꣳ रथेन । गृहान् गच्छ गृहपत्नी यथासो वशिनी त्वꣳ विदथम् आ वदासि
pūṣā tveto nayatu hastagṛhyāśvinā tvā pra vahatāṁ rathena | gṛhān gaccha gṛhapatnī yathāso vaśinī tvaṁ vidatham ā vadāsi
Let Pūṣan lead you from here, taking you by the hand; let the Aśvins carry you forth with their chariot. Go to the house, so that you may be mistress of the house; being in command, you shall speak out at the assembly.
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Let Pûshan take thy hand and hence conduct thee; may the two Aṣvins on their car transport thee. Go to the house to be the household's mistress and speak as lady ito thy gathered people.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.27
इह प्रियम् प्रजया ते सम् ऋध्यताम् अस्मिन् गृहे गार्हपत्याय जागृहि । एना पत्या तन्व१ꣳ सꣳ सृजस्वाधा जिव्री विदथम् आ वदाथः
iha priyam prajayā te sam ṛdhyatām asmin gṛhe gārhapatyāya jāgṛhi | enā patyā tanva1ṁ saṁ sṛjasvādhā jivrī vidatham ā vadāthaḥ
Here let what is dear prosper for you through offspring; in this house be watchful for the householder's duty; unite your body with this husband, and then, grown old, you two shall speak at the assembly.
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Happy be thou and prosper with thy children here: be vigilant to rule thy household in this home. Closely unite thy body with this; man, thy lord. So shall ye, full of years, address your company.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.28
नीललोहितम् भवति कृत्यासक्तिर् व्य् अज्यते । एधन्ते अस्या ज्ञातयः पतिर् बन्धेषु बध्यते
nīlalohitam bhavati kṛtyāsaktir vy ajyate | edhante asyā jñātayaḥ patir bandheṣu badhyate
It becomes dark-red; the clinging witchcraft is smeared away. Her kinsmen thrive; the husband is bound in bonds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Her hue is blue and red: the fienod who clingeth close is driven off. Well thrive the kinsmen of this bride the husband is bourid fast in bonds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.29
परा देहि शामुल्यम् ब्रह्मभ्यो वि भजा वसु । कृत्यैषा पद्वती भूत्व्य् आ जाया विशते पतिम्
parā dehi śāmulyam brahmabhyo vi bhajā vasu | kṛtyaiṣā padvatī bhūtvy ā jāyā viśate patim
Give away the shift; distribute goods to the brahmins; this witchcraft, having got feet, enters the husband as a wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Give thou the woollen robe away: deal treasure to the Brahman priests. This female fiend hath got her feet, and as a wife attends her lord.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.30
अश्रीरा तनूर् भवति रुशती पापयामुया । पतिर् यद् वध्वो३ वाससा स्वम् अङ्गम् अभिधित्सते
aśrīrā tanūr bhavati ruśatī pāpayāmuyā | patir yad vadhvo3 vāsasā svam aṅgam abhidhitsate
The body becomes unlovely, glaringly pale by that evil (garment), when the husband seeks to cover his own limb with the bride's robe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Unlovely is his body when it glistens with this wicked fiend, What time the husband wraps about his limbs the garment of his wife.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.31
ये वध्वश् चन्द्रꣳ वहतुꣳ यक्ष्मा यन्ति जनाद् अनु । पुनस् तान् यज्ञिया देवा नयन्तु यत आगताः
ye vadhvaś candraṁ vahatuṁ yakṣmā yanti janād anu | punas tān yajñiyā devā nayantu yata āgatāḥ
The diseases that go out from the people after the bride's shining bridal train — let the gods worthy of sacrifice lead them back whence they came.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Consumptions, from her people, which follow the bride's resplendent train,– These let the Holy Gods again bear to the place from which they came.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.32
मा विदन् परिपन्थिनो य आसीदन्ति दम्पती । सुगेभिर् दुर्गम् अतीताम् अप द्रान्त्व् अरातयः
mā vidan paripanthino ya āsīdanti dampatī | sugebhir durgam atītām apa drāntv arātayaḥ
Let the highwaymen who lie in wait not find the wedded pair; let the two pass the hard road by easy ways; let hostile powers run away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Let not the highway thieves who lie in ambush find the wedded pair. By pleasant ways let them escape the danger, and let foes depart.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.33
सुमङ्गलीर् इयꣳ वधूर् इमाꣳ समेत पश्यत । सौभाग्यम् अस्यै दत्त्वायाथास्तꣳ वि परेतन
sumaṅgalīr iyaṁ vadhūr imāṁ sameta paśyata | saubhāgyam asyai dattvāyāthāstaṁ vi paretana
Of good omen is this bride; come together and look at her; having given her good fortune, then go away, each to his home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Signs of good fortune mark the bride come all of you and look at her. Wish her prosperity, and then return unto your homes again.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.34
तृष्टम् एतत् कटुकम् एतद् अपाष्ठवद् विषवन् नैतद् अत्तवे । सूर्याꣳ यो ब्रह्मा विद्यात् स इद् वाधूयम् अर्हति
tṛṣṭam etat kaṭukam etad apāṣṭhavad viṣavan naitad attave | sūryāṁ yo brahmā vidyāt sa id vādhūyam arhati
This is harsh, this is bitter, barbed, full of poison, not to be eaten. The brahmin who knows Sūryā — he alone deserves the bride's garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Pungent is this, and bitter this, filled, as it were, with arrow-barbs, Empoisoned and not fit for use. The Brahman who knows Sûryâ well deserves the garment of the bride.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.35
आशसनꣳ विशसनम् अथो अधिविकर्तनम् । सूर्यायाः पश्य रूपाणि तानि ब्रह्मा तु शुन्धति
āśasanaṁ viśasanam atho adhivikartanam | sūryāyāḥ paśya rūpāṇi tāni brahmā tu śundhati
The cutting up, the dismembering, and also the cutting apart — behold the forms of Sūryā; but the brahmin purifies them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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The fringe, the cloth that decks her head, and then the triply parted robe,– Behold the hues which Sûryâ wears these doth the Brahman purify.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.36
गृभ्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तम् मया पत्या जरदष्टिर् यथासः । भगो अर्यमा सविता पुरꣳधिर् मह्यꣳ त्वादुर् गार्हपत्याय देवाः
gṛbhṇāmi te saubhagatvāya hastam mayā patyā jaradaṣṭir yathāsaḥ | bhago aryamā savitā puraṁdhir mahyaṁ tvādur gārhapatyāya devāḥ
I take your hand for good fortune, that you may reach old age with me as husband. Bhaga, Aryaman, Savitṛ, Purandhi — the gods have given you to me for household life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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I take thy hand in mine for happy fortune that thou mayst reach old age with me thy husband. Gods, Aryaman, Bhaga, Savitar, Purandhi, have given thee to be my household's mistress.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.37
ताम् पूषञ् छिवतमाम् एरयस्व यस्याम् बीजम् मनुष्या३ वपन्ति । या न ऊरू उशती विश्रयाते यस्याम् उशन्तः प्रहराम शेपम्
tām pūṣañ chivatamām erayasva yasyām bījam manuṣyā3 vapanti | yā na ūrū uśatī viśrayāte yasyām uśantaḥ praharāma śepam
Pūṣan, send her forth, the most kindly one, in whom men sow the seed, who, willing, will spread her thighs apart for us, in whom, willing, we shall thrust the member.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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O Pûshan, send her on as most auspicious, her who shall be the sharer of my pleasures; Her who shall twine her loving arms about me, and welcome all my love and mine embraces.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.38
तुभ्यम् अग्रे पर्य् अवहन् सूर्याꣳ वहतुना सह । पुनः पतिभ्यो जायाꣳ दा अग्ने प्रजया सह
tubhyam agre pary avahan sūryāṁ vahatunā saha | punaḥ patibhyo jāyāṁ dā agne prajayā saha
For you, in the beginning, they drove Sūryā round along with the bridal train. Give the wife back to husbands, Agni, together with offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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For thee, with bridal train, they, first, escorted Sûryâ to her home. Give to the husband in return, Agni, the wife with progeny.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.39
पुनः पत्नीम् अग्निर् अदाद् आयुषा सह वर्चसा । दीर्घायुर् अस्या यः पतिर् जीवाति शरदः शतम्
punaḥ patnīm agnir adād āyuṣā saha varcasā | dīrghāyur asyā yaḥ patir jīvāti śaradaḥ śatam
Agni has given the wife back, along with lifetime and with lustre. Long-lived be he who is her husband; may he live a hundred autumns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Agni hath given the bride again with splendour and with ample life. Long lived be he who is her lord; a hundred autumns let him live.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.40
सोमः प्रथमो विविदे गन्धर्वो विविद उत्तरः । तृतीयो अग्निष् टे पतिस् तुरीयस् ते मनुष्यजाः
somaḥ prathamo vivide gandharvo vivida uttaraḥ | tṛtīyo agniṣ ṭe patis turīyas te manuṣyajāḥ
Soma got (her) first; the Gandharva got (her) next; third, Agni was your husband; the fourth is the human-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Soma obtained her first of all; next the Gandharva was her lord. Agai was thy third husband: now one bornof woman is thy fourth.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.41
सोमो ददद् गन्धर्वाय गन्धर्वो ददद् अग्नये । रयिꣳ च पुत्राꣳश् चादाद् अग्निर् मह्यम् अथो इमाम्
somo dadad gandharvāya gandharvo dadad agnaye | rayiṁ ca putrām̐ś cādād agnir mahyam atho imām
Soma gave (her) to the Gandharva, the Gandharva gave (her) to Agni; and Agni gave to me wealth and sons, and also this woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Soma to the Gandharva, and to Agni the Gandharva gave: And Agni hath bestowed on me riches and sons and this my spouse.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.42
इहैव स्तम् मा वि यौष्टꣳ विश्वम् आयुर् व्य् अश्नुतम् । क्रीऴन्तौ पुत्रैर् नप्तृभिर् मोदमानौ स्वे गृहे
ihaiva stam mā vi yauṣṭaṁ viśvam āyur vy aśnutam | krīḻantau putrair naptṛbhir modamānau sve gṛhe
Stay just here, do not part from one another; attain your full lifetime, playing with sons and grandsons, rejoicing in your own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Be ye not parted; dwell ye here reach the full time of human life. With sons and grandsons sport and play, rejoicing in your own abode.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.43
आ नः प्रजाꣳ जनयतु प्रजापतिर् आजरसाय सम् अनक्त्व् अर्यमा । अदुर्मङ्गलीः पतिलोकम् आ विश शꣳ नो भव द्विपदे शꣳ चतुष्पदे
ā naḥ prajāṁ janayatu prajāpatir ājarasāya sam anaktv aryamā | adurmaṅgalīḥ patilokam ā viśa śaṁ no bhava dvipade śaṁ catuṣpade
May Prajāpati beget offspring for us; may Aryaman anoint (us) together on into old age. Not bringing ill luck, enter the husband's world; be weal to our two-footed, weal to the four-footed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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So may Prajâpati bring children forth to us; may Aryaman adorn us till old age come nigh. Not inauspicious enter thou thy husband's house: bring blessing to our bipeds and our quadrupeds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.44
अघोरचक्षुर् अपतिघ्न्य् एधि शिवा पशुभ्यः सुमनाः सुवर्चाः । वीरसूर् देवकामा स्योना शꣳ नो भव द्विपदे शꣳ चतुष्पदे
aghoracakṣur apatighny edhi śivā paśubhyaḥ sumanāḥ suvarcāḥ | vīrasūr devakāmā syonā śaṁ no bhava dvipade śaṁ catuṣpade
Be not grim of eye, not husband-slaying; be kindly to the animals, good-minded, of fair lustre, bearing heroes, loving the gods, gentle: be weal to our two-footed, weal to the four-footed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Not evil-eyed, no slayer of thy husband, bring weal to cattle, radiant, gentlehearted; Loving the Gods, delightful, bearing heroes, bring blessing to our quadrupeds and bipeds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.45
इमाꣳ त्वम् इन्द्र मीढ्वः सुपुत्राꣳ सुभगाꣳ कृणु । दशास्याम् पुत्रान् आ धेहि पतिम् एकादशꣳ कृधि
imāṁ tvam indra mīḍhvaḥ suputrāṁ subhagāṁ kṛṇu | daśāsyām putrān ā dhehi patim ekādaśaṁ kṛdhi
Make this woman, Indra, bounteous one, rich in sons and fortunate; set ten sons in her, and make the husband the eleventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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O Bounteous Indra, make this bride blest in her sons and fortunate. Vouchsafe to her ten sons, and make her husband the eleventh man.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.46
सम्राज्ञी श्वशुरे भव सम्राज्ञी श्वश्र्वाम् भव । ननान्दरि सम्राज्ञी भव सम्राज्ञी अधि देवृषु
samrājñī śvaśure bhava samrājñī śvaśrvām bhava | nanāndari samrājñī bhava samrājñī adhi devṛṣu
Be sovereign over your father-in-law, be sovereign over your mother-in-law; be sovereign over your husband's sister, sovereign over your husband's brothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Over thy husband's father and thy husband's mother bear full sway. Over the sister of thy lord, over his brothers rule supreme.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 85.47
सम् अञ्जन्तु विश्वे देवाः सम् आपो हृदयानि नौ । सम् मातरिश्वा सꣳ धाता सम् उ देष्ट्री दधातु नौ
sam añjantu viśve devāḥ sam āpo hṛdayāni nau | sam mātariśvā saṁ dhātā sam u deṣṭrī dadhātu nau
Let all the gods anoint together, let the waters anoint together, our two hearts; let Mātariśvan, let Dhātṛ, and let Deṣṭrī set us two together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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So may the Universal Gods, so may the Waters join our hearts. May Mâtariṣvan, Dhatar, and Destri together bind us close.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)