Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 38

RV 3 38.1

अभि तष्टेव दीधया मनीषाम् अत्यो न वाजी सुधुरो जिहानः । अभि प्रियाणि मर्मृशत् पराणि कवीꣳर् इच्छामि सꣳदृशे सुमेधाः

abhi taṣṭeva dīdhayā manīṣām atyo na vājī sudhuro jihānaḥ | abhi priyāṇi marmṛśat parāṇi kavīm̐r icchāmi saṁdṛśe sumedhāḥ

Like a carpenter I have shaped my thought with care, like a prize-winning steed well-harnessed, setting out; touching upon the dear and the far-off things, I, of good insight, wish to behold the seers.

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RV 3 38.2

इनोत पृच्छ जनिमा कवीनाम् मनोधृतः सुकृतस् तक्षत द्याम् । इमा उ ते प्रण्यो३ वर्धमाना मनोवाता अध नु धर्मणि ग्मन्

inota pṛccha janimā kavīnām manodhṛtaḥ sukṛtas takṣata dyām | imā u te praṇyo3 vardhamānā manovātā adha nu dharmaṇi gman

Ask indeed about the births of the seers: holding fast in mind, doing well, they fashioned heaven. And these your guiding (thoughts), growing, swift as the mind's wind, have now come into the ordinance.

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RV 3 38.3

नि षीम् इद् अत्र गुह्या दधाना उत क्षत्राय रोदसी सम् अञ्जन् । सम् मात्राभिर् ममिरे येमुर् उर्वी अन्तर् मही समृते धायसे धुः

ni ṣīm id atra guhyā dadhānā uta kṣatrāya rodasī sam añjan | sam mātrābhir mamire yemur urvī antar mahī samṛte dhāyase dhuḥ

Here indeed, holding the hidden things, they anointed the two worlds for lordship. With measures they measured them out, they held fast the two wide ones; the two great ones, come together, they set apart for sustenance.

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RV 3 38.4

आतिष्ठन्तम् परि विश्वे अभूषञ् छ्रियो वसानश् चरति स्वरोचिः । महत् तद् वृष्णो असुरस्य नामा विश्वरूपो अमृतानि तस्थौ

ātiṣṭhantam pari viśve abhūṣañ chriyo vasānaś carati svarociḥ | mahat tad vṛṣṇo asurasya nāmā viśvarūpo amṛtāni tasthau

As he mounted, all (the powers) waited upon him; clothing himself in glories, self-radiant, he moves. Great is that name of the bull, the Asura; of all forms, he has attained the immortal (states).

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RV 3 38.5

असूत पूर्वो वृषभो ज्यायान् इमा अस्य शुरुधः सन्ति पूर्वीः । दिवो नपाता विदथस्य धीभिः क्षत्रꣳ राजाना प्रदिवो दधाथे

asūta pūrvo vṛṣabho jyāyān imā asya śurudhaḥ santi pūrvīḥ | divo napātā vidathasya dhībhiḥ kṣatraṁ rājānā pradivo dadhāthe

The earlier bull, the greater one, begot (them); these are his many gains. You two kings, grandsons of heaven, by the insights of the council have held sovereignty from of old.

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RV 3 38.6

त्रीणि राजाना विदथे पुरूणि परि विश्वानि भूषथः सदाꣳसि । अपश्यम् अत्र मनसा जगन्वान् व्रते गन्धर्वाꣳ अपि वायुकेशान्

trīṇi rājānā vidathe purūṇi pari viśvāni bhūṣathaḥ sadāṁsi | apaśyam atra manasā jaganvān vrate gandharvām̐ api vāyukeśān

You two kings adorn, at the council, the three (seats), the many, all the seats. There, having gone with my mind, I saw the Gandharvas with wind-hair within (your) domain.

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RV 3 38.7

तद् इन् न्व् अस्य वृषभस्य धेनोर् आ नामभिर् ममिरे सक्म्यꣳ गोः । अन्यद्-अन्यद् असुर्य१ꣳ वसाना नि मायिनो ममिरे रूपम् अस्मिन्

tad in nv asya vṛṣabhasya dhenor ā nāmabhir mamire sakmyaṁ goḥ | anyad-anyad asurya1ṁ vasānā ni māyino mamire rūpam asmin

This indeed, of this bull who is (also) a milk-cow, they have measured out with names the companionship of the cow; clothing themselves in one Asura-form after another, the possessors of magic have measured a form into him.

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RV 3 38.8

तद् इन् न्व् अस्य सवितुर् नकिर् मे हिरण्ययीम् अमतिꣳ याम् अशिश्रेत् । आ सुष्टुती रोदसी विश्वमिन्वे अपीव योषा जनिमानि वव्रे

tad in nv asya savitur nakir me hiraṇyayīm amatiṁ yām aśiśret | ā suṣṭutī rodasī viśvaminve apīva yoṣā janimāni vavre

This indeed of this Savitar—there is no one for me (to match) the golden image which he has set up. With good praise (he encompasses) the two all-moving worlds; like a maiden he has covered over the generations.

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RV 3 38.9

युवम् प्रत्नस्य साधथो महो यद् दैवी स्वस्तिः परि णः स्यातम् । गोपाजिह्वस्य तस्थुषो विरूपा विश्वे पश्यन्ति मायिनः कृतानि

yuvam pratnasya sādhatho maho yad daivī svastiḥ pari ṇaḥ syātam | gopājihvasya tasthuṣo virūpā viśve paśyanti māyinaḥ kṛtāni

You two bring to success (the work) of the ancient great one; may the divine well-being be around us. The possessors of magic, of various forms, all behold the deeds of the cow-tongued one that stands (still).

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RV 3 38.10

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 we would call Indra the bountiful, the most manly in this contest, at the winning of the prize—him who hears, the fierce one, for aid in the battles, who slays obstacles and wins riches.

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