Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 35

RV 2 35.1

उपेम् असृक्षि वाजयुर् वचस्याꣳ चनो दधीत नाद्यो गिरो मे । अपाꣳ नपाद् आशुहेमा कुवित् स सुपेशसस् करति जोषिषद् धि

upem asṛkṣi vājayur vacasyāṁ cano dadhīta nādyo giro me | apāṁ napād āśuhemā kuvit sa supeśasas karati joṣiṣad dhi

Seeking the prize, I have poured out my eloquence (toward him); may the river's son take delight in my songs. Apāṃ Napāt, the swift-driver — will he not make them well-adorned? For he will take pleasure (in them).

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RV 2 35.2

इमꣳ स्व् अस्मै हृद आ सुतष्टम् मन्त्रꣳ वोचेम कुविद् अस्य वेदत् । अपाꣳ नपाद् असुर्यस्य मह्ना विश्वान्य् अर्यो भुवना जजान

imaṁ sv asmai hṛda ā sutaṣṭam mantraṁ vocema kuvid asya vedat | apāṁ napād asuryasya mahnā viśvāny aryo bhuvanā jajāna

Let us speak well to him this mantra, fashioned out of the heart; surely he will take note of it. Apāṃ Napāt, the lord, by the greatness of his asura-power, has begotten all the worlds.

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RV 2 35.3

सम् अन्या यन्त्य् उप यन्त्य् अन्याः समानम् ऊर्वꣳ नद्यः पृणन्ति । तम् ऊ शुचिꣳ शुचयो दीदिवाꣳसम् अपाꣳ नपातम् परि तस्थुर् आपः

sam anyā yanty upa yanty anyāḥ samānam ūrvaṁ nadyaḥ pṛṇanti | tam ū śuciṁ śucayo dīdivāṁsam apāṁ napātam pari tasthur āpaḥ

Some (waters) flow together, others come up; the rivers fill a common basin. Him, the pure one, shining, Apāṃ Napāt, the pure waters have stood about.

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RV 2 35.4

तम् अस्मेरा युवतयो युवानम् मर्मृज्यमानाः परि यन्त्य् आपः । स शुक्रेभिः शिक्वभी रेवद् अस्मे दीदायानिध्मो घृतनिर्णिग् अप्सु

tam asmerā yuvatayo yuvānam marmṛjyamānāḥ pari yanty āpaḥ | sa śukrebhiḥ śikvabhī revad asme dīdāyānidhmo ghṛtanirṇig apsu

Him, the youth, the unsmiling young women, the waters, polishing him, go around. With his bright, skilful (flames) he has shone richly for us, fuel-less, ghee-robed, within the waters.

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RV 2 35.5

अस्मै तिस्रो अव्यथ्याय नारीर् देवाय देवीर् दिधिषन्त्य् अन्नम् । कृता इवोप हि प्रसर्स्रे अप्सु स पीयूषꣳ धयति पूर्वसूनाम्

asmai tisro avyathyāya nārīr devāya devīr didhiṣanty annam | kṛtā ivopa hi prasarsre apsu sa pīyūṣaṁ dhayati pūrvasūnām

For him, the unswerving god, three divine women seek to set down food; as though made (for him) he has crept out among the waters, and he drinks the first milk of these first-flowing ones.

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RV 2 35.6

अश्वस्यात्र जनिमास्य च स्वर् द्रुहो रिषः सम्पृचः पाहि सूरीन् । आमासु पूर्षु परो अप्रमृष्यꣳ नारातयो वि नशन् नानृतानि

aśvasyātra janimāsya ca svar druho riṣaḥ sampṛcaḥ pāhi sūrīn | āmāsu pūrṣu paro apramṛṣyaṁ nārātayo vi naśan nānṛtāni

Here is the birth of the horse and his sunlight (svar). Guard the patrons from deceit, from injury, from (evil) contact. In the unbaked strongholds, far off, he is not to be forgotten: neither hostilities nor untruths shall reach (him).

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RV 2 35.7

स्व आ दमे सुदुघा यस्य धेनुः स्वधाम् पीपाय सुभ्व् अन्नम् अत्ति । सो अपाꣳ नपाद् ऊर्जयन्न् अप्स्व् अ१न्तर् वसुदेयाय विधते वि भाति

sva ā dame sudughā yasya dhenuḥ svadhām pīpāya subhv annam atti | so apāṁ napād ūrjayann apsv a1ntar vasudeyāya vidhate vi bhāti

He in whose own house is the well-milking cow — he has made his own nature swell, he eats good food. That Apāṃ Napāt, gathering strength within the waters, shines out for the giving of goods to the one who worships.

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RV 2 35.8

यो अप्स्व् आ शुचिना दैव्येन ऋतावाजस्र उर्विया विभाति । वया इद् अन्या भुवनान्य् अस्य प्र जायन्ते वीरुधश् च प्रजाभिः

yo apsv ā śucinā daivyena ṛtāvājasra urviyā vibhāti | vayā id anyā bhuvanāny asya pra jāyante vīrudhaś ca prajābhiḥ

He who within the waters with pure, divine (light), truth-possessing, unaging, shines out widely — the other beings are but branches of him, and the plants are born with their offspring.

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RV 2 35.9

अपाꣳ नपाद् आ ह्य् अस्थाद् उपस्थꣳ जिह्मानाम् ऊर्ध्वो विद्युतꣳ वसानः । तस्य ज्येष्ठम् महिमानꣳ वहन्तीर् हिरण्यवर्णाः परि यन्ति यह्वीः

apāṁ napād ā hy asthād upasthaṁ jihmānām ūrdhvo vidyutaṁ vasānaḥ | tasya jyeṣṭham mahimānaṁ vahantīr hiraṇyavarṇāḥ pari yanti yahvīḥ

For Apāṃ Napāt has mounted the lap of the slanting (waters), erect, clothing himself in lightning. Carrying his highest greatness, the golden-coloured young (waters) move about him.

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RV 2 35.10

हिरण्यरूपः स हिरण्यसꣳदृग् अपाꣳ नपात् सेद् उ हिरण्यवर्णः । हिरण्ययात् परि योनेर् निषद्या हिरण्यदा ददत्य् अन्नम् अस्मै

hiraṇyarūpaḥ sa hiraṇyasaṁdṛg apāṁ napāt sed u hiraṇyavarṇaḥ | hiraṇyayāt pari yoner niṣadyā hiraṇyadā dadaty annam asmai

Golden in form is he, golden to look upon, Apāṃ Napāt, and he is golden-coloured. Having sat down (come) from a golden womb, the givers of gold give him food.

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RV 2 35.11

तद् अस्यानीकम् उत चारु नामापीच्यꣳ वर्धते नप्तुर् अपाम् । यम् इन्धते युवतयः सम् इत्था हिरण्यवर्णꣳ घृतम् अन्नम् अस्य

tad asyānīkam uta cāru nāmāpīcyaṁ vardhate naptur apām | yam indhate yuvatayaḥ sam itthā hiraṇyavarṇaṁ ghṛtam annam asya

That face of his and the dear hidden name of Apāṃ Napāt grow, (the face) which the young women thus kindle together; golden-coloured ghee is his food.

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RV 2 35.12

अस्मै बहूनाम् अवमाय सख्ये यज्ञैर् विधेम नमसा हविर्भिः । सꣳ सानु मार्ज्मि दिधिषामि बिल्मैर् दधाम्य् अन्नैः परि वन्द ऋग्भिः

asmai bahūnām avamāya sakhye yajñair vidhema namasā havirbhiḥ | saṁ sānu mārjmi didhiṣāmi bilmair dadhāmy annaiḥ pari vanda ṛgbhiḥ

To him, the nearest friend of many, let us do service with sacrifices, with homage, with oblations. I rub his ridge smooth, I fit him out with shavings, I supply him with foods, I extol him with verses.

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RV 2 35.13

स ईꣳ वृषाजनयत् तासु गर्भꣳ स ईꣳ शिशुर् धयति तꣳ रिहन्ति । सो अपाꣳ नपाद् अनभिम्लातवर्णो ऽन्यस्येवेह तन्वा विवेष

sa īṁ vṛṣājanayat tāsu garbhaṁ sa īṁ śiśur dhayati taṁ rihanti | so apāṁ napād anabhimlātavarṇo 'nyasyeveha tanvā viveṣa

He, the bull, begot the embryo in them; he, as a child, sucks, and they lick him. He, Apāṃ Napāt, of colour that does not fade, has here been active with a body as though of another.

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RV 2 35.14

अस्मिन् पदे परमे तस्थिवाꣳसम् अध्वस्मभिर् विश्वहा दीदिवाꣳसम् । आपो नप्त्रे घृतम् अन्नꣳ वहन्तीः स्वयम् अत्कैः परि दीयन्ति यह्वीः

asmin pade parame tasthivāṁsam adhvasmabhir viśvahā dīdivāṁsam | āpo naptre ghṛtam annaṁ vahantīḥ svayam atkaiḥ pari dīyanti yahvīḥ

Him who stands in this highest station, shining always with undimmed (flames) — the waters, carrying ghee as food to the son, themselves fly about him, the young ones, in their garments.

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RV 2 35.15

अयाꣳसम् अग्ने सुक्षितिꣳ जनायायाꣳसम् उ मघवद्भ्यः सुवृक्तिम् । विश्वꣳ तद् भद्रꣳ यद् अवन्ति देवा बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

ayāṁsam agne sukṣitiṁ janāyāyāṁsam u maghavadbhyaḥ suvṛktim | viśvaṁ tad bhadraṁ yad avanti devā bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

I have secured, O Agni, a good dwelling-place for the people, and I have secured a well-turned hymn for the liberal patrons. All that is good which the gods favour. May we, having good heroes, speak loudly at the ritual assembly.

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