Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 43

RV 2 43.1

प्रदक्षिणिद् अभि गृणन्ति कारवो वयो वदन्त ऋतुथा शकुन्तयः । उभे वाचौ वदति सामगा इव गायत्रꣳ च त्रैष्टुभꣳ चानु राजति

pradakṣiṇid abhi gṛṇanti kāravo vayo vadanta ṛtuthā śakuntayaḥ | ubhe vācau vadati sāmagā iva gāyatraṁ ca traiṣṭubhaṁ cānu rājati

Moving to the right, the poets sing out (their praise); the birds cry, the winged ones, each in its season. It utters both utterances, like a singer of sāmans, and it rules over the gāyatra and the traiṣṭubha (measures).

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

RV 2 43.2

उद्गातेव शकुने साम गायसि ब्रह्मपुत्र इव सवनेषु शꣳससि । वृषेव वाजी शिशुमतीर् अपीत्या सर्वतो नः शकुने भद्रम् आ वद विश्वतो नः शकुने पुण्यम् आ वद

udgāteva śakune sāma gāyasi brahmaputra iva savaneṣu śaṁsasi | vṛṣeva vājī śiśumatīr apītyā sarvato naḥ śakune bhadram ā vada viśvato naḥ śakune puṇyam ā vada

Like an udgātṛ, O bird, you sing the sāman; like a brahman's son at the pressings you recite. Like a prize-winning bull approaching the mares with foals — proclaim good fortune to us from every side, O bird; proclaim what is auspicious to us from all sides, O bird.

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

RV 2 43.3

आवदꣳस् त्वꣳ शकुने भद्रम् आ वद तूष्णीम् आसीनः सुमतिꣳ चिकिद्धि नः । यद् उत्पतन् वदसि कर्करिर् यथा बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

āvadam̐s tvaṁ śakune bhadram ā vada tūṣṇīm āsīnaḥ sumatiṁ cikiddhi naḥ | yad utpatan vadasi karkarir yathā bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

When you speak, O bird, proclaim good fortune; when you sit silent, make known to us your favour. When you cry as you fly up, like a karkari (lute) — may we speak loftily at the ritual assembly, with good men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition