Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 26

RV 2 26.1

ऋजुर् इच् छꣳसो वनवद् वनुष्यतो देवयन्न् इद् अदेवयन्तम् अभ्य् असत् । सुप्रावीर् इद् वनवत् पृत्सु दुष्टरꣳ यज्वेद् अयज्योर् वि भजाति भोजनम्

ṛjur ic chaṁso vanavad vanuṣyato devayann id adevayantam abhy asat | suprāvīr id vanavat pṛtsu duṣṭaraṁ yajved ayajyor vi bhajāti bhojanam

Only the upright praiser shall overcome the envious; the god-serving man shall prevail over the one who serves no god; only he who tends (the gods) well shall overcome in battles the hard-to-overcome; only the sacrificer shall apportion to himself the food of the non-sacrificer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 26.2

यजस्व वीर प्र विहि मनायतो भद्रम् मनः कृणुष्व वृत्रतूर्ये । हविष् कृणुष्व सुभगो यथाससि ब्रह्मणस् पतेर् अव आ वृणीमहे

yajasva vīra pra vihi manāyato bhadram manaḥ kṛṇuṣva vṛtratūrye | haviṣ kṛṇuṣva subhago yathāsasi brahmaṇas pater ava ā vṛṇīmahe

Sacrifice, O hero; seek out the devout; make your mind auspicious for the overcoming of Vṛtra. Prepare the oblation, so that you may be fortunate. We choose for ourselves the aid of Brahmaṇaspati.

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

RV 2 26.3

स इज् जनेन स विशा स जन्मना स पुत्रैर् वाजम् भरते धना नृभिः । देवानाꣳ यः पितरम् आविवासति श्रद्धामना हविषा ब्रह्मणस् पतिम्

sa ij janena sa viśā sa janmanā sa putrair vājam bharate dhanā nṛbhiḥ | devānāṁ yaḥ pitaram āvivāsati śraddhāmanā haviṣā brahmaṇas patim

He indeed, with his people, with his clan, with his kin, with his sons, carries off the prize, and wealth with his men — he who, with faith in his mind, with an oblation, seeks to win over the father of the gods, Brahmaṇas Pati.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 26.4

यो अस्मै हव्यैर् घृतवद्भिर् अविधत् प्र तम् प्राचा नयति ब्रह्मणस् पतिः । उरुष्यतीम् अꣳहसो रक्षती रिषो३ ऽꣳहोश् चिद् अस्मा उरुचक्रिर् अद्भुतः

yo asmai havyair ghṛtavadbhir avidhat pra tam prācā nayati brahmaṇas patiḥ | uruṣyatīm aṁhaso rakṣatī riṣo3 'ṁhoś cid asmā urucakrir adbhutaḥ

Whoever has served him with ghee-rich oblations, him Brahmaṇas Pati leads forward on the forward path; he delivers him from straits, guards (him) from injury, even from distress — the wondrous one who makes wide room for him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition