Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 98

RV 10 98.1

बृहस्पते प्रति मे देवताम् इहि मित्रो वा यद् वरुणो वासि पूषा । आदित्यैर् वा यद् वसुभिर् मरुत्वान् स पर्जन्यꣳ शꣳतनवे वृषाय

bṛhaspate prati me devatām ihi mitro vā yad varuṇo vāsi pūṣā | ādityair vā yad vasubhir marutvān sa parjanyaṁ śaṁtanave vṛṣāya

Bṛhaspati, come to me for the divinity('s sake), whether you are Mitra or Varuṇa or Pūṣan; or whether with the Ādityas, with the Vasus, accompanied by the Maruts — make Parjanya rain for Śaṁtanu.

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RV 10 98.2

आ देवो दूतो अजिरश् चिकित्वान् त्वद् देवापे अभि माम् अगच्छत् । प्रतीचीनः प्रति माम् आ ववृत्स्व दधामि ते द्युमतीꣳ वाचम् आसन्

ā devo dūto ajiraś cikitvān tvad devāpe abhi mām agacchat | pratīcīnaḥ prati mām ā vavṛtsva dadhāmi te dyumatīṁ vācam āsan

The god, the swift, discerning messenger has come from you to me, O Devāpi; turn back, turned toward me: I will place a brilliant speech in your mouth.

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RV 10 98.3

अस्मे धेहि द्युमतीꣳ वाचम् आसन् बृहस्पते अनमीवाम् इषिराम् । यया वृष्टिꣳ शꣳतनवे वनाव दिवो द्रप्सो मधुमाꣳ आ विवेश

asme dhehi dyumatīṁ vācam āsan bṛhaspate anamīvām iṣirām | yayā vṛṣṭiṁ śaṁtanave vanāva divo drapso madhumām̐ ā viveśa

Place in our mouth, Bṛhaspati, a brilliant speech, free of sickness, vigorous, by which we two may win rain for Śaṁtanu — the honeyed drop of heaven has entered (it).

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RV 10 98.4

आ नो द्रप्सा मधुमन्तो विशन्त्व् इन्द्र देह्य् अधिरथꣳ सहस्रम् । नि षीद होत्रम् ऋतुथा यजस्व देवान् देवापे हविषा सपर्य

ā no drapsā madhumanto viśantv indra dehy adhirathaṁ sahasram | ni ṣīda hotram ṛtuthā yajasva devān devāpe haviṣā saparya

Let the honey-rich drops enter into us; Indra, give a thousand (cattle) with a chariot atop. Sit down to the hotṛ's office, sacrifice according to the seasons, honour the gods, O Devāpi, with the oblation.

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RV 10 98.5

आर्ष्टिषेणो होत्रम् ऋषिर् निषीदन् देवापिर् देवसुमतिꣳ चिकित्वान् । स उत्तरस्माद् अधरꣳ समुद्रम् अपो दिव्या असृजद् वर्ष्या अभि

ārṣṭiṣeṇo hotram ṛṣir niṣīdan devāpir devasumatiṁ cikitvān | sa uttarasmād adharaṁ samudram apo divyā asṛjad varṣyā abhi

Ārṣṭiṣeṇa Devāpi, the ṛṣi, seating himself to the hotṛ's office, discerning the gods' favour, released the heavenly rain-waters from the upper sea toward the lower.

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RV 10 98.6

अस्मिन् समुद्रे अध्य् उत्तरस्मिन्न् आपो देवेभिर् निवृता अतिष्ठन् । ता अद्रवन्न् आर्ष्टिषेणेन सृष्टा देवापिना प्रेषिता मृक्षिणीषु

asmin samudre adhy uttarasminn āpo devebhir nivṛtā atiṣṭhan | tā adravann ārṣṭiṣeṇena sṛṣṭā devāpinā preṣitā mṛkṣiṇīṣu

In this upper sea the waters stood held back by the gods; they ran, set loose by Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, sent forth by Devāpi into the runnels.

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RV 10 98.7

यद् देवापिः शꣳतनवे पुरोहितो होत्राय वृतः कृपयन्न् अदीधेत् । देवश्रुतꣳ वृष्टिवनिꣳ रराणो बृहस्पतिर् वाचम् अस्मा अयच्छत्

yad devāpiḥ śaṁtanave purohito hotrāya vṛtaḥ kṛpayann adīdhet | devaśrutaṁ vṛṣṭivaniṁ rarāṇo bṛhaspatir vācam asmā ayacchat

When Devāpi, appointed chief priest for Śaṁtanu, chosen for the hotṛ's office, meditated imploringly, Bṛhaspati, granting favour, held out to him a speech heard by the gods, winning rain.

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RV 10 98.8

यꣳ त्वा देवापिः शुशुचानो अग्न आर्ष्टिषेणो मनुष्यः समीधे । विश्वेभिर् देवैर् अनुमद्यमानः प्र पर्जन्यम् ईरया वृष्टिमन्तम्

yaṁ tvā devāpiḥ śuśucāno agna ārṣṭiṣeṇo manuṣyaḥ samīdhe | viśvebhir devair anumadyamānaḥ pra parjanyam īrayā vṛṣṭimantam

You, Agni, whom Devāpi Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, the man, blazing, has kindled — being rejoiced in by all the gods, drive forth Parjanya who holds the rain.

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RV 10 98.9

त्वाम् पूर्व ऋषयो गीर्भिर् आयन् त्वाम् अध्वरेषु पुरुहूत विश्वे । सहस्राण्य् अधिरथान्य् अस्मे आ नो यज्ञꣳ रोहिदश्वोप याहि

tvām pūrva ṛṣayo gīrbhir āyan tvām adhvareṣu puruhūta viśve | sahasrāṇy adhirathāny asme ā no yajñaṁ rohidaśvopa yāhi

To you the former ṛṣis came with songs, to you at the rites, O much-invoked one, all (of them). (Give) us thousands (of cattle) with chariots atop; come to our sacrifice, you of ruddy horses.

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RV 10 98.10

एतान्य् अग्ने नवतिर् नव त्वे आहुतान्य् अधिरथा सहस्रा । तेभिर् वर्धस्व तन्वः शूर पूर्वीर् दिवो नो वृष्टिम् इषितो रिरीहि

etāny agne navatir nava tve āhutāny adhirathā sahasrā | tebhir vardhasva tanvaḥ śūra pūrvīr divo no vṛṣṭim iṣito rirīhi

These ninety-nine oblations, Agni, are poured into you, thousands with chariots atop; with them grow strong in your many bodies, O hero, and, urged on, grant us rain from heaven.

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RV 10 98.11

एतान्य् अग्ने नवतिꣳ सहस्रा सम् प्र यच्छ वृष्ण इन्द्राय भागम् । विद्वान् पथ ऋतुशो देवयानान् अप्य् औलानꣳ दिवि देवेषु धेहि

etāny agne navatiṁ sahasrā sam pra yaccha vṛṣṇa indrāya bhāgam | vidvān patha ṛtuśo devayānān apy aulānaṁ divi deveṣu dhehi

These ninety thousands, Agni, offer forth as a portion to the bull Indra; knowing the paths that lead to the gods, season by season, set Aulāna too in heaven among the gods.

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RV 10 98.12

अग्ने बाधस्व वि मृधो वि दुर्गहापामीवाम् अप रक्षाꣳसि सेध । अस्मात् समुद्राद् बृहतो दिवो नो ऽपाम् भूमानम् उप नः सृजेह

agne bādhasva vi mṛdho vi durgahāpāmīvām apa rakṣāṁsi sedha | asmāt samudrād bṛhato divo no 'pām bhūmānam upa naḥ sṛjeha

Agni, drive away the assailants, away the pitfalls, drive off sickness, off the demons; from this great sea, from heaven, release here for us an abundance of waters.

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