Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 42

RV 2 42.1

कनिक्रदज् जनुषम् प्रब्रुवाण इयर्ति वाचम् अरितेव नावम् । सुमङ्गलश् च शकुने भवासि मा त्वा का चिद् अभिभा विश्व्या विदत्

kanikradaj januṣam prabruvāṇa iyarti vācam ariteva nāvam | sumaṅgalaś ca śakune bhavāsi mā tvā kā cid abhibhā viśvyā vidat

Crying out again and again, proclaiming its own kind, it sets its voice in motion as a rower (sets in motion) a boat. O bird, be of good omen: may no apparition at all from anywhere find you.

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

RV 2 42.2

मा त्वा श्येन उद् वधीन् मा सुपर्णो मा त्वा विदद् इषुमान् वीरो अस्ता । पित्र्याम् अनु प्रदिशꣳ कनिक्रदत् सुमङ्गलो भद्रवादी वदेह

mā tvā śyena ud vadhīn mā suparṇo mā tvā vidad iṣumān vīro astā | pitryām anu pradiśaṁ kanikradat sumaṅgalo bhadravādī vadeha

May the hawk not strike you down, nor the eagle; may the arrow-bearing hero, the archer, not find you. Crying out again and again towards the fathers' quarter, of good omen, speaking what is auspicious, speak here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 2 42.3

अव क्रन्द दक्षिणतो गृहाणाꣳ सुमङ्गलो भद्रवादी शकुन्ते । मा नः स्तेन ईशत माघशꣳसो बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

ava kranda dakṣiṇato gṛhāṇāṁ sumaṅgalo bhadravādī śakunte | mā naḥ stena īśata māghaśaṁso bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

Cry down from the south of the houses, of good omen, speaking what is auspicious, O bird. Let no thief have power over us, nor any speaker of evil: may we speak loftily at the ritual assembly, with good men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition