Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 97

RV 10 97.1

या ओषधीः पूर्वा जाता देवेभ्यस् त्रियुगम् पुरा । मनै नु बभ्रूणाम् अहꣳ शतꣳ धामानि सप्त च

yā oṣadhīḥ pūrvā jātā devebhyas triyugam purā | manai nu babhrūṇām ahaṁ śataṁ dhāmāni sapta ca

The plants that were born first, three ages before the gods — of these brown ones I will now think upon the hundred and seven forms.

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RV 10 97.2

शतꣳ वो अम्ब धामानि सहस्रम् उत वो रुहः । अधा शतक्रत्वो यूयम् इमम् मे अगदꣳ कृत

śataṁ vo amba dhāmāni sahasram uta vo ruhaḥ | adhā śatakratvo yūyam imam me agadaṁ kṛta

A hundred are your forms, mother, and a thousand your shoots. Now, you of a hundred powers, make this (man) of mine free of disease.

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RV 10 97.3

ओषधीः प्रति मोदध्वम् पुष्पवतीः प्रसूवरीः । अश्वा इव सजित्वरीर् वीरुधः पारयिष्ण्वः

oṣadhīḥ prati modadhvam puṣpavatīḥ prasūvarīḥ | aśvā iva sajitvarīr vīrudhaḥ pārayiṣṇvaḥ

Rejoice, you plants, flowering and fruit-bearing; like mares winning the race together, you herbs that bring (one) across.

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RV 10 97.4

ओषधीर् इति मातरस् तद् वो देवीर् उप ब्रुवे । सनेयम् अश्वꣳ गाꣳ वास आत्मानꣳ तव पूरुष

oṣadhīr iti mātaras tad vo devīr upa bruve | saneyam aśvaṁ gāṁ vāsa ātmānaṁ tava pūruṣa

"Plants" — so (I call you), mothers; that (word) I speak to you, goddesses. May I win a horse, a cow, a garment — and your life, O man.

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

RV 10 97.5

अश्वत्थे वो निषदनम् पर्णे वो वसतिष् कृता । गोभाज इत् किलासथ यत् सनवथ पूरुषम्

aśvatthe vo niṣadanam parṇe vo vasatiṣ kṛtā | gobhāja it kilāsatha yat sanavatha pūruṣam

On the aśvattha tree is your seat, on the parṇa tree your dwelling is made. You shall surely be sharers in a cow, when you win the man (back).

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RV 10 97.6

यत्रौषधीः समग्मत राजानः समिताव् इव । विप्रः स उच्यते भिषग् रक्षोहामीवचातनः

yatrauṣadhīḥ samagmata rājānaḥ samitāv iva | vipraḥ sa ucyate bhiṣag rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ

Where the plants have come together like kings in an assembly, that inspired one is called the healer, slayer of demons, driver-away of sickness.

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RV 10 97.7

अश्वावतीꣳ सोमावतीम् ऊर्जयन्तीम् उदोजसम् । आवित्सि सर्वा ओषधीर् अस्मा अरिष्टतातये

aśvāvatīṁ somāvatīm ūrjayantīm udojasam | āvitsi sarvā oṣadhīr asmā ariṣṭatātaye

(The plant) rich in horses, rich in soma, giving strength, of surpassing force — I have found all the plants for him, for his soundness.

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RV 10 97.8

उच् छुष्मा ओषधीनाꣳ गावो गोष्ठाद् इवेरते । धनꣳ सनिष्यन्तीनाम् आत्मानꣳ तव पूरुष

uc chuṣmā oṣadhīnāṁ gāvo goṣṭhād iverate | dhanaṁ saniṣyantīnām ātmānaṁ tava pūruṣa

The vigours of the plants stream up like cows from the cowpen — (the plants) that are about to win wealth, and your life, O man.

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RV 10 97.9

इष्कृतिर् नाम वो माताथो यूयꣳ स्थ निष्कृतीः । सीराः पतत्रिणीः स्थन यद् आमयति निष् कृथ

iṣkṛtir nāma vo mātātho yūyaṁ stha niṣkṛtīḥ | sīrāḥ patatriṇīḥ sthana yad āmayati niṣ kṛtha

"Restorer" is your mother's name, and you yourselves are the restorers. You are winged streams: whatever ails (a man), you set it right.

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

RV 10 97.10

अति विश्वाः परिष्ठाः स्तेन इव व्रजम् अक्रमुः । ओषधीः प्राचुच्यवुर् यत् किꣳ च तन्वो३ रपः

ati viśvāḥ pariṣṭhāḥ stena iva vrajam akramuḥ | oṣadhīḥ prācucyavur yat kiṁ ca tanvo3 rapaḥ

They have strode past all barriers as a thief (past) a pen. The plants have shaken away whatever bodily blemish there was.

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RV 10 97.11

यद् इमा वाजयन्न् अहम् ओषधीर् हस्त आदधे । आत्मा यक्ष्मस्य नश्यति पुरा जीवगृभो यथा

yad imā vājayann aham oṣadhīr hasta ādadhe | ātmā yakṣmasya naśyati purā jīvagṛbho yathā

When, urging them on, I take these plants in my hand, the life of the consumption perishes, as before one who seizes (him) alive.

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

RV 10 97.12

यस्यौषधीः प्रसर्पथाङ्गम्-अङ्गम् परुष्-परुः । ततो यक्ष्मꣳ वि बाधध्व उग्रो मध्यमशीर् इव

yasyauṣadhīḥ prasarpathāṅgam-aṅgam paruṣ-paruḥ | tato yakṣmaṁ vi bādhadhva ugro madhyamaśīr iva

The man into whom, O plants, you creep, limb by limb, joint by joint — from him drive out the consumption, like a fierce (chief) seated in the middle.

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RV 10 97.13

साकꣳ यक्ष्म प्र पत चाषेण किकिदीविना । साकꣳ वातस्य ध्राज्या साकꣳ नश्य निहाकया

sākaṁ yakṣma pra pata cāṣeṇa kikidīvinā | sākaṁ vātasya dhrājyā sākaṁ naśya nihākayā

Fly forth, consumption, together with the blue jay, with the kikidīvi bird; vanish together with the rush of the wind, together with the driving storm.

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RV 10 97.14

अन्या वो अन्याम् अवत्व् अन्यान्यस्या उपावत । ताः सर्वाः सꣳविदाना इदम् मे प्रावता वचः

anyā vo anyām avatv anyānyasyā upāvata | tāḥ sarvāḥ saṁvidānā idam me prāvatā vacaḥ

Let one of you help another, one give aid to another; being all of one mind, further this word of mine.

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RV 10 97.15

याः फलिनीर् या अफला अपुष्पा याश् च पुष्पिणीः । बृहस्पतिप्रसूतास् ता नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अꣳहसः

yāḥ phalinīr yā aphalā apuṣpā yāś ca puṣpiṇīḥ | bṛhaspatiprasūtās tā no muñcantv aṁhasaḥ

Those that bear fruit, those without fruit, those without flowers and those that flower — sent forth by Bṛhaspati, let them release us from distress.

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RV 10 97.16

मुञ्चन्तु मा शपथ्या३द् अथो वरुण्याद् उत । अथो यमस्य पड्बीशात् सर्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात्

muñcantu mā śapathyā3d atho varuṇyād uta | atho yamasya paḍbīśāt sarvasmād devakilbiṣāt

Let them release me from what comes of a curse, and also from what comes of Varuṇa, and from the fetter of Yama, and from every offence against the gods.

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RV 10 97.17

अवपतन्तीर् अवदन् दिव ओषधयस् परि । यꣳ जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः

avapatantīr avadan diva oṣadhayas pari | yaṁ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ

The plants, flying down from heaven, spoke: "The man whom we reach while he lives, that man shall not come to harm."

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RV 10 97.18

या ओषधीः सोमराज्ञीर् बह्वीः शतविचक्षणाः । तासाꣳ त्वम् अस्य् उत्तमारꣳ कामाय शꣳ हृदे

yā oṣadhīḥ somarājñīr bahvīḥ śatavicakṣaṇāḥ | tāsāṁ tvam asy uttamāraṁ kāmāya śaṁ hṛde

The plants that have Soma as king, many, with a hundred (ways of) seeing — of these you are the highest, granting what is wished, a balm to the heart.

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RV 10 97.19

या ओषधीः सोमराज्ञीर् विष्ठिताः पृथिवीम् अनु । बृहस्पतिप्रसूता अस्यै सꣳ दत्त वीर्यम्

yā oṣadhīḥ somarājñīr viṣṭhitāḥ pṛthivīm anu | bṛhaspatiprasūtā asyai saṁ datta vīryam

The plants that have Soma as king, spread out over the earth — impelled forth by Bṛhaspati, give together your power to this (plant).

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RV 10 97.20

मा वो रिषत् खनिता यस्मै चाहꣳ खनामि वः । द्विपच् चतुष्पद् अस्माकꣳ सर्वम् अस्त्व् अनातुरम्

mā vo riṣat khanitā yasmai cāhaṁ khanāmi vaḥ | dvipac catuṣpad asmākaṁ sarvam astv anāturam

Let not the digger who digs you come to harm, nor the one for whom I dig you; let all that is ours, two-footed and four-footed, be free of sickness.

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RV 10 97.21

याश् चेदम् उपशृण्वन्ति याश् च दूरम् परागताः । सर्वाः सꣳगत्य वीरुधो ऽस्यै सꣳ दत्त वीर्यम्

yāś cedam upaśṛṇvanti yāś ca dūram parāgatāḥ | sarvāḥ saṁgatya vīrudho 'syai saṁ datta vīryam

Both those (plants) that are listening to this here and those that have gone far away — all you herbs, coming together, give your power to this (one).

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RV 10 97.22

ओषधयः सꣳ वदन्ते सोमेन सह राज्ञा । यस्मै कृणोति ब्राह्मणस् तꣳ राजन् पारयामसि

oṣadhayaḥ saṁ vadante somena saha rājñā | yasmai kṛṇoti brāhmaṇas taṁ rājan pārayāmasi

The plants confer together with King Soma: he for whom the brahman acts — that man, O king, we bring across.

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RV 10 97.23

त्वम् उत्तमास्य् ओषधे तव वृक्षा उपस्तयः । उपस्तिर् अस्तु सो३ ऽस्माकꣳ यो अस्माꣳ अभिदासति

tvam uttamāsy oṣadhe tava vṛkṣā upastayaḥ | upastir astu so3 'smākaṁ yo asmām̐ abhidāsati

You are the highest, O plant; the trees are your subordinates. Let him be subordinate to us who acts hostilely against us.

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