Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 31

RV 3 31.1

शासद् वह्निर् दुहितुर् नप्त्यꣳ गाद् विद्वाꣳ ऋतस्य दीधितिꣳ सपर्यन् । पिता यत्र दुहितुः सेकम् ऋञ्जन् सꣳ शग्म्येन मनसा दधन्वे

śāsad vahnir duhitur naptyaṁ gād vidvām̐ ṛtasya dīdhitiṁ saparyan | pitā yatra duhituḥ sekam ṛñjan saṁ śagmyena manasā dadhanve

Instructing, the conveyor (of the oblation) came to the daughter's grandchild, knowing, honouring the insight of ṛta — there where the father, directing the impregnation of the daughter, sped on with capable mind.

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RV 3 31.2

न जामये तान्वो रिक्थम् आरैक् चकार गर्भꣳ सनितुर् निधानम् । यदी मातरो जनयन्त वह्निम् अन्यः कर्ता सुकृतोर् अन्य ऋन्धन्

na jāmaye tānvo riktham āraik cakāra garbhaṁ sanitur nidhānam | yadī mātaro janayanta vahnim anyaḥ kartā sukṛtor anya ṛndhan

He did not leave the bodily inheritance to the sister; he made the embryo a deposit for the winner. When the mothers generate the conveyor, of the two well-doers one is the maker, the other profits.

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RV 3 31.3

अग्निर् जज्ञे जुह्वा३ रेजमानो महस् पुत्राꣳ अरुषस्य प्रयक्षे । महान् गर्भो मह्य् आ जातम् एषाम् मही प्रवृद् धर्यश्वस्य यज्ञैः

agnir jajñe juhvā3 rejamāno mahas putrām̐ aruṣasya prayakṣe | mahān garbho mahy ā jātam eṣām mahī pravṛd dharyaśvasya yajñaiḥ

Agni was born, quivering with his tongue, for the display of the great sons of the ruddy one. Great is the embryo, greatly is he born of them, great is the growth of the one with bay horses through the sacrifices.

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RV 3 31.4

अभि जैत्रीर् असचन्त स्पृधानम् महि ज्योतिस् तमसो निर् अजानन् । तꣳ जानतीः प्रत्य् उद् आयन्न् उषासः पतिर् गवाम् अभवद् एक इन्द्रः

abhi jaitrīr asacanta spṛdhānam mahi jyotis tamaso nir ajānan | taṁ jānatīḥ praty ud āyann uṣāsaḥ patir gavām abhavad eka indraḥ

The victorious ones attached themselves to the contender; they discerned the great light out of the darkness. Knowing him, the dawns rose up toward him: Indra alone became the lord of the cows.

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RV 3 31.5

वीऴौ सतीर् अभि धीरा अतृन्दन् प्राचाहिन्वन् मनसा सप्त विप्राः । विश्वाम् अविन्दन् पथ्याम् ऋतस्य प्रजानन्न् इत् ता नमसा विवेश

vīḻau satīr abhi dhīrā atṛndan prācāhinvan manasā sapta viprāḥ | viśvām avindan pathyām ṛtasya prajānann it tā namasā viveśa

The wise ones bored through (the cows) that were in the stronghold; the seven inspired singers urged (them) forward with their mind. They found every path of ṛta; knowing them, he entered them with homage.

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RV 3 31.6

विदद् यदी सरमा रुग्णम् अद्रेर् महि पाथः पूर्व्यꣳ सध्र्यक् कः । अग्रꣳ नयत् सुपद्य् अक्षराणाम् अच्छा रवम् प्रथमा जानती गात्

vidad yadī saramā rugṇam adrer mahi pāthaḥ pūrvyaṁ sadhryak kaḥ | agraṁ nayat supady akṣarāṇām acchā ravam prathamā jānatī gāt

When Saramā found the breach of the rock, he made the great ancient refuge conjoint. She of good feet led the front of the imperishable ones; knowing, she went first toward the roaring.

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RV 3 31.7

अगच्छद् उ विप्रतमः सखीयन्न् असूदयत् सुकृते गर्भम् अद्रिः । ससान मर्यो युवभिर् मखस्यन्न् अथाभवद् अङ्गिराः सद्यो अर्चन्

agacchad u vipratamaḥ sakhīyann asūdayat sukṛte garbham adriḥ | sasāna maryo yuvabhir makhasyann athābhavad aṅgirāḥ sadyo arcan

The most inspired one came, seeking friendship; the rock made the embryo ripe for the well-doer. The young man won (it), showing his mettle with the young ones; and then, singing, he at once became an Aṅgiras.

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RV 3 31.8

सतः-सतः प्रतिमानम् पुरोभूर् विश्वा वेद जनिमा हन्ति शुष्णम् । प्र णो दिवः पदवीर् गव्युर् अर्चन् सखा सखीꣳर् अमुञ्चन् निर् अवद्यात्

sataḥ-sataḥ pratimānam purobhūr viśvā veda janimā hanti śuṣṇam | pra ṇo divaḥ padavīr gavyur arcan sakhā sakhīm̐r amuñcan nir avadyāt

Standing in front, the counterpart of each thing that exists, he knows all the births, he slays Śuṣṇa. Singing, the path-finder of heaven for us, seeking cows, the friend released his friends from disgrace.

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RV 3 31.9

नि गव्यता मनसा सेदुर् अर्कैः कृण्वानासो अमृतत्वाय गातुम् । इदꣳ चिन् नु सदनम् भूर्य् एषाꣳ येन मासाꣳ असिषासन्न् ऋतेन

ni gavyatā manasā sedur arkaiḥ kṛṇvānāso amṛtatvāya gātum | idaṁ cin nu sadanam bhūry eṣāṁ yena māsām̐ asiṣāsann ṛtena

With cow-seeking mind they sat down with their chants, making a way to immortality. This very seat of theirs is abundant, by which, with ṛta, they sought to win the months.

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RV 3 31.10

सम्पश्यमाना अमदन्न् अभि स्वम् पयः प्रत्नस्य रेतसो दुघानाः । वि रोदसी अतपद् घोष एषाꣳ जाते निष्ठाम् अदधुर् गोषु वीरान्

sampaśyamānā amadann abhi svam payaḥ pratnasya retaso dughānāḥ | vi rodasī atapad ghoṣa eṣāṁ jāte niṣṭhām adadhur goṣu vīrān

Looking upon (it) together, they rejoiced at what was their own, milking the milk of the ancient seed. Their shouting scorched the two worlds apart; upon the newborn they set a firm station, among the cows they set the heroes.

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RV 3 31.11

स जातेभिर् वृत्रहा सेद् उ हव्यैर् उद् उस्रिया असृजद् इन्द्रो अर्कैः । उरूच्य् अस्मै घृतवद् भरन्ती मधु स्वाद्म दुदुहे जेन्या गौः

sa jātebhir vṛtrahā sed u havyair ud usriyā asṛjad indro arkaiḥ | urūcy asmai ghṛtavad bharantī madhu svādma duduhe jenyā gauḥ

He, the Vṛtra-slayer, with those born and with the oblations — he indeed, Indra, released the ruddy cows upward with his chants. Broad-reaching, bearing ghee for him, the noble cow was milked of the sweet savour of honey.

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RV 3 31.12

पित्रे चिच् चक्रुः सदनꣳ सम् अस्मै महि त्विषीमत् सुकृतो वि हि ख्यन् । विष्कभ्नन्तः स्कम्भनेना जनित्री आसीना ऊर्ध्वꣳ रभसꣳ वि मिन्वन्

pitre cic cakruḥ sadanaṁ sam asmai mahi tviṣīmat sukṛto vi hi khyan | viṣkabhnantaḥ skambhanenā janitrī āsīnā ūrdhvaṁ rabhasaṁ vi minvan

For the father too they made a seat; the well-doers looked out upon the great sparkling (thing) for him. Propping apart the two parents with a prop, sitting, they set the impetuous one upright.

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RV 3 31.13

मही यदि धिषणा शिश्नथे धात् सद्योवृधꣳ विभ्व१ꣳ रोदस्योः । गिरो यस्मिन्न् अनवद्याः समीचीर् विश्वा इन्द्राय तविषीर् अनुत्ताः

mahī yadi dhiṣaṇā śiśnathe dhāt sadyovṛdhaṁ vibhva1ṁ rodasyoḥ | giro yasminn anavadyāḥ samīcīr viśvā indrāya taviṣīr anuttāḥ

When the great Dhiṣaṇā set (him) to the thrusting, him who grew in a day, expansive over the two worlds — in whom the faultless songs converge, all powers were conceded to Indra.

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RV 3 31.14

मह्य् आ ते सख्यꣳ वश्मि शक्तीर् आ वृत्रघ्ने नियुतो यन्ति पूर्वीः । महि स्तोत्रम् अव आगन्म सूरेर् अस्माकꣳ सु मघवन् बोधि गोपाः

mahy ā te sakhyaṁ vaśmi śaktīr ā vṛtraghne niyuto yanti pūrvīḥ | mahi stotram ava āganma sūrer asmākaṁ su maghavan bodhi gopāḥ

Greatly do I desire your friendship, your powers; many teams go to the Vṛtra-slayer. Great is the praise; we have come to the patron's help. O bounteous one, be indeed our herdsman.

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RV 3 31.15

महि क्षेत्रम् पुरु श्चन्द्रꣳ विविद्वान् आद् इत् सखिभ्यश् चरथꣳ सम् ऐरत् । इन्द्रो नृभिर् अजनद् दीद्यानः साकꣳ सूर्यम् उषसꣳ गातुम् अग्निम्

mahi kṣetram puru ścandraṁ vividvān ād it sakhibhyaś carathaṁ sam airat | indro nṛbhir ajanad dīdyānaḥ sākaṁ sūryam uṣasaṁ gātum agnim

Having found the great field, rich in gleaming, he then set in motion the moving (herds) for his friends. Indra, shining, with the men begot together the sun, the dawn, the path, Agni.

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RV 3 31.16

अपश् चिद् एष विभ्वो३ दमूनाः प्र सध्रीचीर् असृजद् विश्वश्चन्द्राः । मध्वः पुनानाः कविभिः पवित्रैर् द्युभिर् हिन्वन्त्य् अक्तुभिर् धनुत्रीः

apaś cid eṣa vibhvo3 damūnāḥ pra sadhrīcīr asṛjad viśvaścandrāḥ | madhvaḥ punānāḥ kavibhiḥ pavitrair dyubhir hinvanty aktubhir dhanutrīḥ

This expansive house-lord released even the waters forward, flowing in one direction, all-gleaming. Being purified of their honey by the sages with the filters, they, the running ones, speed on through days and nights.

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RV 3 31.17

अनु कृष्णे वसुधिती जिहाते उभे सूर्यस्य मꣳहना यजत्रे । परि यत् ते महिमानꣳ वृजध्यै सखाय इन्द्र काम्या ऋजिप्याः

anu kṛṣṇe vasudhitī jihāte ubhe sūryasya maṁhanā yajatre | pari yat te mahimānaṁ vṛjadhyai sakhāya indra kāmyā ṛjipyāḥ

The two black treasure-holders give way after (him), both worthy of sacrifice, by the bounty of the sun, when your friends, dear and swift, (come) around to encompass your greatness, O Indra.

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RV 3 31.18

पतिर् भव वृत्रहन् सूनृतानाꣳ गिराꣳ विश्वायुर् वृषभो वयोधाः । आ नो गहि सख्येभिः शिवेभिर् महान् महीभिर् ऊतिभिः सरण्यन्

patir bhava vṛtrahan sūnṛtānāṁ girāṁ viśvāyur vṛṣabho vayodhāḥ | ā no gahi sakhyebhiḥ śivebhir mahān mahībhir ūtibhiḥ saraṇyan

Be the lord, O Vṛtra-slayer, of the generous songs, a bull of full lifetime, a bestower of vigour. Come to us with kindly friendships, great, hastening with your great aids.

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RV 3 31.19

तम् अङ्गिरस्वन् नमसा सपर्यन् नव्यꣳ कृणोमि सन्यसे पुराजाम् । द्रुहो वि याहि बहुला अदेवीः स्वश् च नो मघवन् सातये धाः

tam aṅgirasvan namasā saparyan navyaṁ kṛṇomi sanyase purājām | druho vi yāhi bahulā adevīḥ svaś ca no maghavan sātaye dhāḥ

Honouring him with homage in the manner of the Aṅgirases, I make new the ancient-born (song) for the winner. Drive far away the many godless deceits, and set the sun for us to win, O bounteous one.

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RV 3 31.20

मिहः पावकाः प्रतता अभूवन् स्वस्ति नः पिपृहि पारम् आसाम् । इन्द्र त्वꣳ रथिरः पाहि नो रिषो मक्षू-मक्षू कृणुहि गोजितो नः

mihaḥ pāvakāḥ pratatā abhūvan svasti naḥ pipṛhi pāram āsām | indra tvaṁ rathiraḥ pāhi no riṣo makṣū-makṣū kṛṇuhi gojito naḥ

The purifying mists have spread out; carry us safely across to the far shore of them. Indra, you the charioteer, protect us from harm; quickly, quickly make us winners of cows.

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RV 3 31.21

अदेदिष्ट वृत्रहा गोपतिर् गा अन्तः कृष्णाꣳ अरुषैर् धामभिर् गात् । प्र सूनृता दिशमान ऋतेन दुरश् च विश्वा अवृणोद् अप स्वाः

adediṣṭa vṛtrahā gopatir gā antaḥ kṛṣṇām̐ aruṣair dhāmabhir gāt | pra sūnṛtā diśamāna ṛtena duraś ca viśvā avṛṇod apa svāḥ

The Vṛtra-slayer, the lord of cows, pointed out the cows; he went in among the black (ones) with his ruddy forms. Apportioning generous gifts in accord with ṛta, he threw open all his own doors.

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RV 3 31.22

शुनꣳ हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमꣳ वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तꣳ वृत्राणि सꣳजितꣳ धनानाम्

śunaṁ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṁ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṁ vṛtrāṇi saṁjitaṁ dhanānām

For good fortune let us call on bountiful Indra, most manly, in this contest, in the winning of prizes — the listening, formidable one, for help in battles, smashing obstacles, conqueror of riches.

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