Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 87

RV 10 87.1

रक्षोहणꣳ वाजिनम् आ जिघर्मि मित्रम् प्रथिष्ठम् उप यामि शर्म । शिशानो अग्निः क्रतुभिः समिद्धः स नो दिवा स रिषः पातु नक्तम्

rakṣohaṇaṁ vājinam ā jigharmi mitram prathiṣṭham upa yāmi śarma | śiśāno agniḥ kratubhiḥ samiddhaḥ sa no divā sa riṣaḥ pātu naktam

I sprinkle (with ghee) the demon-slaying, prize-winning one; I go to the widest shelter, to Mitra. Agni, sharpened, kindled with resolve — may he protect us by day, may he protect (us) from harm by night.

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RV 10 87.2

अयोदꣳष्ट्रो अर्चिषा यातुधानान् उप स्पृश जातवेदः समिद्धः । आ जिह्वया मूरदेवान् रभस्व क्रव्यादो वृक्त्व्य् अपि धत्स्वासन्

ayodaṁṣṭro arciṣā yātudhānān upa spṛśa jātavedaḥ samiddhaḥ | ā jihvayā mūradevān rabhasva kravyādo vṛktvy api dhatsvāsan

With iron tusks, touch the sorcerers with your flame, O Jātavedas, when kindled; seize the foolish-godded ones with your tongue, and having crushed them, flesh-eater, place them in your mouth.

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RV 10 87.3

उभोभयाविन्न् उप धेहि दꣳष्ट्रा हिꣳस्रः शिशानो ऽवरम् परꣳ च । उतान्तरिक्षे परि याहि राजञ् जम्भैः सꣳ धेह्य् अभि यातुधानान्

ubhobhayāvinn upa dhehi daṁṣṭrā hiṁsraḥ śiśāno 'varam paraṁ ca | utāntarikṣe pari yāhi rājañ jambhaiḥ saṁ dhehy abhi yātudhānān

O you who have both (kinds), apply your two tusks, sharpened as a destroyer, the nearer and the farther; and range about in the midspace, O king, and close (them) with your jaws upon the sorcerers.

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RV 10 87.4

यज्ञैर् इषूः सꣳनममानो अग्ने वाचा शल्याꣳ अशनिभिर् दिहानः । ताभिर् विध्य हृदये यातुधानान् प्रतीचो बाहून् प्रति भङ्ध्य् एषाम्

yajñair iṣūḥ saṁnamamāno agne vācā śalyām̐ aśanibhir dihānaḥ | tābhir vidhya hṛdaye yātudhānān pratīco bāhūn prati bhaṅdhy eṣām

Bending your arrows with sacrifices, Agni, smearing the shafts with your voice, with thunderbolts — pierce with them the sorcerers in the heart; break their arms backwards.

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RV 10 87.5

अग्ने त्वचꣳ यातुधानस्य भिन्धि हिꣳस्राशनिर् हरसा हन्त्व् एनम् । प्र पर्वाणि जातवेदः शृणीहि क्रव्यात् क्रविष्णुर् वि चिनोतु वृक्णम्

agne tvacaṁ yātudhānasya bhindhi hiṁsrāśanir harasā hantv enam | pra parvāṇi jātavedaḥ śṛṇīhi kravyāt kraviṣṇur vi cinotu vṛkṇam

Agni, split the skin of the sorcerer; let the destructive thunderbolt slay him with its blaze; tear apart his joints, O Jātavedas; let the flesh-eating, flesh-craving one pick out what is cut up.

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RV 10 87.6

यत्रेदानीम् पश्यसि जातवेदस् तिष्ठन्तम् अग्न उत वा चरन्तम् । यद् वान्तरिक्षे पथिभिः पतन्तꣳ तम् अस्ता विध्य शर्वा शिशानः

yatredānīm paśyasi jātavedas tiṣṭhantam agna uta vā carantam | yad vāntarikṣe pathibhiḥ patantaṁ tam astā vidhya śarvā śiśānaḥ

Wherever now you see him, Jātavedas — standing, O Agni, or walking about, or flying through the midspace along (his) paths — pierce him as an archer, whetting (him) with your shaft.

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RV 10 87.7

उतालब्धꣳ स्पृणुहि जातवेद आलेभानाद् ऋष्टिभिर् यातुधानात् । अग्ने पूर्वो नि जहि शोशुचान आमादः क्ष्विङ्कास् तम् अदन्त्व् एनीः

utālabdhaṁ spṛṇuhi jātaveda ālebhānād ṛṣṭibhir yātudhānāt | agne pūrvo ni jahi śośucāna āmādaḥ kṣviṅkās tam adantv enīḥ

And rescue the one seized, Jātavedas, from the yātudhāna who seizes (him) with spears. Agne, blazing forth, strike (him) down first; let the flesh-eating dappled jays devour him.

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RV 10 87.8

इह प्र ब्रूहि यतमः सो अग्ने यो यातुधानो य इदꣳ कृणोति । तम् आ रभस्व समिधा यविष्ठ नृचक्षसश् चक्षुषे रन्धयैनम्

iha pra brūhi yatamaḥ so agne yo yātudhāno ya idaṁ kṛṇoti | tam ā rabhasva samidhā yaviṣṭha nṛcakṣasaś cakṣuṣe randhayainam

Declare here, Agni, which one he is, who is the yātudhāna, who does this. Seize him with the kindling-wood, O youngest; deliver him up to the eye of the one who watches men.

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RV 10 87.9

तीक्ष्णेनाग्ने चक्षुषा रक्ष यज्ञम् प्राञ्चꣳ वसुभ्यः प्र णय प्रचेतः । हिꣳस्रꣳ रक्षाꣳस्य् अभि शोशुचानम् मा त्वा दभन् यातुधाना नृचक्षः

tīkṣṇenāgne cakṣuṣā rakṣa yajñam prāñcaṁ vasubhyaḥ pra ṇaya pracetaḥ | hiṁsraṁ rakṣāṁsy abhi śośucānam mā tvā dabhan yātudhānā nṛcakṣaḥ

With sharp eye, Agni, guard the sacrifice; lead it forward, eastward, to the Vasus, O far-seeing one. Let the yātudhānas not harm you, the harmful one blazing against the rakṣases, O watcher of men.

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RV 10 87.10

नृचक्षा रक्षः परि पश्य विक्षु तस्य त्रीणि प्रति शृणीह्य् अग्रा । तस्याग्ने पृष्टीर् हरसा शृणीहि त्रेधा मूलꣳ यातुधानस्य वृश्च

nṛcakṣā rakṣaḥ pari paśya vikṣu tasya trīṇi prati śṛṇīhy agrā | tasyāgne pṛṣṭīr harasā śṛṇīhi tredhā mūlaṁ yātudhānasya vṛśca

Watcher of men, look around at the rakṣas among the clans; break off in return its three points. Break its ribs, Agni, with your flame; cut through the root of the yātudhāna threefold.

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RV 10 87.11

त्रिर् यातुधानः प्रसितिꣳ त एत्व् ऋतꣳ यो अग्ने अनृतेन हन्ति । तम् अर्चिषा स्फूर्जयञ् जातवेदः समक्षम् एनꣳ गृणते नि वृङ्धि

trir yātudhānaḥ prasitiṁ ta etv ṛtaṁ yo agne anṛtena hanti | tam arciṣā sphūrjayañ jātavedaḥ samakṣam enaṁ gṛṇate ni vṛṅdhi

Three times let the yātudhāna come into your snare, he who, Agni, slays ṛta with untruth. Crackling against him with your flame, Jātavedas, subdue him before the eyes of the singer.

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RV 10 87.12

तद् अग्ने चक्षुः प्रति धेहि रेभे शफारुजꣳ येन पश्यसि यातुधानम् । अथर्ववज् ज्योतिषा दैव्येन सत्यꣳ धूर्वन्तम् अचितꣳ न्य् ओष

tad agne cakṣuḥ prati dhehi rebhe śaphārujaṁ yena paśyasi yātudhānam | atharvavaj jyotiṣā daivyena satyaṁ dhūrvantam acitaṁ ny oṣa

Set that eye in the singer, Agni, the hoof-shattering (eye) by which you see the yātudhāna. Like Atharvan, with divine light burn down the unperceived one who harms the truth.

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RV 10 87.13

यद् अग्ने अद्य मिथुना शपातो यद् वाचस् तृष्टꣳ जनयन्त रेभाः । मन्योर् मनसः शरव्या३ जायते या तया विध्य हृदये यातुधानान्

yad agne adya mithunā śapāto yad vācas tṛṣṭaṁ janayanta rebhāḥ | manyor manasaḥ śaravyā3 jāyate yā tayā vidhya hṛdaye yātudhānān

When today, Agni, a pair curse (each other), when the singers generate what is harsh in speech — the arrow that is born of wrath, of the mind: with that pierce the yātudhānas in the heart.

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RV 10 87.14

परा शृणीहि तपसा यातुधानान् पराग्ने रक्षो हरसा शृणीहि । परार्चिषा मूरदेवाञ् छृणीहि परासुतृपो अभि शोशुचानः

parā śṛṇīhi tapasā yātudhānān parāgne rakṣo harasā śṛṇīhi | parārciṣā mūradevāñ chṛṇīhi parāsutṛpo abhi śośucānaḥ

Shatter away the yātudhānas with your heat; away, Agni, shatter the rakṣas with your flame; away with your flame shatter the worshippers of false gods; away (shatter) the devourers of life, blazing against (them).

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RV 10 87.15

पराद्य देवा वृजिनꣳ शृणन्तु प्रत्यग् एनꣳ शपथा यन्तु तृष्टाः । वाचास्तेनꣳ शरव ऋच्छन्तु मर्मन् विश्वस्यैतु प्रसितिꣳ यातुधानः

parādya devā vṛjinaṁ śṛṇantu pratyag enaṁ śapathā yantu tṛṣṭāḥ | vācāstenaṁ śarava ṛcchantu marman viśvasyaitu prasitiṁ yātudhānaḥ

Let the gods today shatter away the crooked one; let harsh curses come back upon him; let arrows strike the thief of speech in the vital spot; let the yātudhāna come into the snare of All.

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RV 10 87.16

यः पौरुषेयेण क्रविषा समङ्क्ते यो अश्व्येन पशुना यातुधानः । यो अघ्न्याया भरति क्षीरम् अग्ने तेषाꣳ शीर्षाणि हरसापि वृश्च

yaḥ pauruṣeyeṇa kraviṣā samaṅkte yo aśvyena paśunā yātudhānaḥ | yo aghnyāyā bharati kṣīram agne teṣāṁ śīrṣāṇi harasāpi vṛśca

He who smears himself with human flesh, the yātudhāna who (does so) with the flesh of the horse, of the beast, who carries off the milk of the cow — Agni, cut off their heads with your flame.

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RV 10 87.17

सꣳवत्सरीणम् पय उस्रियायास् तस्य माशीद् यातुधानो नृचक्षः । पीयूषम् अग्ने यतमस् तितृप्सात् तम् प्रत्यञ्चम् अर्चिषा विध्य मर्मन्

saṁvatsarīṇam paya usriyāyās tasya māśīd yātudhāno nṛcakṣaḥ | pīyūṣam agne yatamas titṛpsāt tam pratyañcam arciṣā vidhya marman

The year-old milk of the cow — let no yātudhāna partake of it, O watcher of men. Whichever one would sate himself on the first milk, Agni, pierce him, turned back, in the vital spot with your flame.

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RV 10 87.18

विषꣳ गवाꣳ यातुधानाः पिबन्त्व् आ वृश्च्यन्ताम् अदितये दुरेवाः । परैनान् देवः सविता ददातु परा भागम् ओषधीनाꣳ जयन्ताम्

viṣaṁ gavāṁ yātudhānāḥ pibantv ā vṛścyantām aditaye durevāḥ | parainān devaḥ savitā dadātu parā bhāgam oṣadhīnāṁ jayantām

Let the yātudhānas drink the poison of the cows; let the ill-behaved be cut apart for Aditi; let god Savitṛ give them away; let them be deprived of their share of the plants.

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RV 10 87.19

सनाद् अग्ने मृणसि यातुधानान् न त्वा रक्षाꣳसि पृतनासु जिग्युः । अनु दह सहमूरान् क्रव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षत दैव्यायाः

sanād agne mṛṇasi yātudhānān na tvā rakṣāṁsi pṛtanāsu jigyuḥ | anu daha sahamūrān kravyādo mā te hetyā mukṣata daivyāyāḥ

From of old, Agni, you crush the yātudhānas; the rakṣases have not conquered you in battles. Burn down the flesh-eaters together with their roots; let them not escape your divine weapon.

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RV 10 87.20

त्वꣳ नो अग्ने अधराद् उदक्तात् त्वम् पश्चाद् उत रक्षा पुरस्तात् । प्रति ते ते अजरासस् तपिष्ठा अघशꣳसꣳ शोशुचतो दहन्तु

tvaṁ no agne adharād udaktāt tvam paścād uta rakṣā purastāt | prati te te ajarāsas tapiṣṭhā aghaśaṁsaṁ śośucato dahantu

Guard us, Agni, from below, from above; guard (us) from behind and from in front. Let those unaging, most burning (flames) of yours, blazing, burn up the one who speaks evil.

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RV 10 87.21

पश्चात् पुरस्ताद् अधराद् उदक्तात् कविः काव्येन परि पाहि राजन् । सखे सखायम् अजरो जरिम्णे ऽग्ने मर्ताꣳ अमर्त्यस् त्वꣳ नः

paścāt purastād adharād udaktāt kaviḥ kāvyena pari pāhi rājan | sakhe sakhāyam ajaro jarimṇe 'gne martām̐ amartyas tvaṁ naḥ

From behind, from in front, from below, from above — as a seer, protect (us) all around with seer-power, O king. As a friend the friend, unaging, protect us mortals to (ripe) old age, O Agni, you the immortal.

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RV 10 87.22

परि त्वाग्ने पुरꣳ वयꣳ विप्रꣳ सहस्य धीमहि । धृषद्वर्णꣳ दिवे-दिवे हन्तारम् भङ्गुरावताम्

pari tvāgne puraṁ vayaṁ vipraṁ sahasya dhīmahi | dhṛṣadvarṇaṁ dive-dive hantāram bhaṅgurāvatām

You, Agni, the inspired one, would we set all around as a fortress, O mighty one — you of bold hue, day by day, the slayer of the treacherous.

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RV 10 87.23

विषेण भङ्गुरावतः प्रति ष्म रक्षसो दह । अग्ने तिग्मेन शोचिषा तपुरग्राभिर् ऋष्टिभिः

viṣeṇa bhaṅgurāvataḥ prati ṣma rakṣaso daha | agne tigmena śociṣā tapuragrābhir ṛṣṭibhiḥ

With poison burn back the treacherous rakṣases, Agni, with sharp flame, with spears whose points are fire.

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RV 10 87.24

प्रत्य् अग्ने मिथुना दह यातुधाना किमीदिना । सꣳ त्वा शिशामि जागृह्य् अदब्धꣳ विप्र मन्मभिः

praty agne mithunā daha yātudhānā kimīdinā | saṁ tvā śiśāmi jāgṛhy adabdhaṁ vipra manmabhiḥ

Burn back, Agni, the paired yātudhānas and kimīdins. I whet you — be awake, undeceivable, inspired one — with my thoughts.

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RV 10 87.25

प्रत्य् अग्ने हरसा हरः शृणीहि विश्वतः प्रति । यातुधानस्य रक्षसो बलꣳ वि रुज वीर्यम्

praty agne harasā haraḥ śṛṇīhi viśvataḥ prati | yātudhānasya rakṣaso balaṁ vi ruja vīryam

With your flame, Agni, break back (his) flame, back from every side. Break asunder the strength, the manly power of the rakṣas, the yātudhāna.

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