Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 54

RV 3 54.1

इमम् महे विदथ्याय शूषꣳ शश्वत् कृत्व ईड्याय प्र जभ्रुः । शृणोतु नो दम्येभिर् अनीकैः शृणोत्व् अग्निर् दिव्यैर् अजस्रः

imam mahe vidathyāya śūṣaṁ śaśvat kṛtva īḍyāya pra jabhruḥ | śṛṇotu no damyebhir anīkaiḥ śṛṇotv agnir divyair ajasraḥ

They have brought forth this song of might to the great one, fit for the vidatha, ever-active, to be invoked. Let him hear us with his household faces; let Agni, the unaging, hear with his heavenly ones.

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RV 3 54.2

महि महे दिवे अर्चा पृथिव्यै कामो म इच्छञ् चरति प्रजानन् । ययोर् ह स्तोमे विदथेषु देवाः सपर्यवो मादयन्ते सचायोः

mahi mahe dive arcā pṛthivyai kāmo ma icchañ carati prajānan | yayor ha stome vidatheṣu devāḥ saparyavo mādayante sacāyoḥ

Greatly will I sing to the great Heaven and to Earth; my desire goes about seeking, with knowledge — in praise of the two of whom, at the vidathas, the reverent gods rejoice, being together (with them).

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RV 3 54.3

युवोर् ऋतꣳ रोदसी सत्यम् अस्तु महे षु णः सुविताय प्र भूतम् । इदꣳ दिवे नमो अग्ने पृथिव्यै सपर्यामि प्रयसा यामि रत्नम्

yuvor ṛtaṁ rodasī satyam astu mahe ṣu ṇaḥ suvitāya pra bhūtam | idaṁ dive namo agne pṛthivyai saparyāmi prayasā yāmi ratnam

Let your ṛta, O two worlds, be truth; be ready for our great good going. This homage to Heaven, O Agni, and to Earth I render; with an offering I approach for treasure.

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RV 3 54.4

उतो हि वाम् पूर्व्या आविविद्र ऋतावरी रोदसी सत्यवाचः । नरश् चिद् वाꣳ समिथे शूरसातौ ववन्दिरे पृथिवि वेविदानाः

uto hi vām pūrvyā āvividra ṛtāvarī rodasī satyavācaḥ | naraś cid vāṁ samithe śūrasātau vavandire pṛthivi vevidānāḥ

For the men of old too found you, O ṛta-possessing, truth-speaking two worlds; and men in the clash, in the winning of heroes, have praised you, O Earth, recognizing you again and again.

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RV 3 54.5

को अद्धा वेद क इह प्र वोचद् देवाꣳ अच्छा पथ्या३ का सम् एति । ददृश्र एषाम् अवमा सदाꣳसि परेषु या गुह्येषु व्रतेषु

ko addhā veda ka iha pra vocad devām̐ acchā pathyā3 kā sam eti | dadṛśra eṣām avamā sadāṁsi pareṣu yā guhyeṣu vrateṣu

Who truly knows, who here could declare it: which path goes together toward the gods? Their lowest seats have been seen, which are in the far, hidden observances.

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RV 3 54.6

कविर् नृचक्षा अभि षीम् अचष्ट ऋतस्य योना विघृते मदन्ती । नाना चक्राते सदनꣳ यथा वेः समानेन क्रतुना सꣳविदाने

kavir nṛcakṣā abhi ṣīm acaṣṭa ṛtasya yonā vighṛte madantī | nānā cakrāte sadanaṁ yathā veḥ samānena kratunā saṁvidāne

The seer with the eye for men has looked upon them, the two rejoicing, held apart in the womb of ṛta. They have made their seat separately, as a bird does, being of one accord through a common kratu.

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RV 3 54.7

समान्या वियुते दूरेअन्ते ध्रुवे पदे तस्थतुर् जागरूके । उत स्वसारा युवती भवन्ती आद् उ ब्रुवाते मिथुनानि नाम

samānyā viyute dūreante dhruve pade tasthatur jāgarūke | uta svasārā yuvatī bhavantī ād u bruvāte mithunāni nāma

Separated from a common (origin), with their ends far apart, the two stood on a fixed place, wakeful; and being young sisters, they then speak paired names.

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RV 3 54.8

विश्वेद् एते जनिमा सꣳ विविक्तो महो देवान् बिभ्रती न व्यथेते । एजद् ध्रुवम् पत्यते विश्वम् एकꣳ चरत् पतत्रि विषुणꣳ वि जातम्

viśved ete janimā saṁ vivikto maho devān bibhratī na vyathete | ejad dhruvam patyate viśvam ekaṁ carat patatri viṣuṇaṁ vi jātam

These two hold apart all births; bearing the great gods, they do not waver. The one All rules over the moving and the fixed, over what walks and what flies, variously born.

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RV 3 54.9

सना पुराणम् अध्य् एम्य् आरान् महः पितुर् जनितुर् जामि तन् नः । देवासो यत्र पनितार एवैर् उरौ पथि व्युते तस्थुर् अन्तः

sanā purāṇam adhy emy ārān mahaḥ pitur janitur jāmi tan naḥ | devāso yatra panitāra evair urau pathi vyute tasthur antaḥ

With ancient (words) I approach from afar the ancient one; that kinship of ours is from the great father, the begetter — where the gods, the praisers, by their courses stood within on the wide, parted path.

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RV 3 54.10

इमꣳ स्तोमꣳ रोदसी प्र ब्रवीम्य् ऋदूदराः शृणवन्न् अग्निजिह्वाः । मित्रः सम्राजो वरुणो युवान आदित्यासः कवयः पप्रथानाः

imaṁ stomaṁ rodasī pra bravīmy ṛdūdarāḥ śṛṇavann agnijihvāḥ | mitraḥ samrājo varuṇo yuvāna ādityāsaḥ kavayaḥ paprathānāḥ

This praise I proclaim, O two worlds; let the soft-bellied ones, whose tongue is Agni, hear it — Mitra and Varuṇa, the sovereign kings, the youthful Ādityas, the seers, spreading wide.

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RV 3 54.11

हिरण्यपाणिः सविता सुजिह्वस् त्रिर् आ दिवो विदथे पत्यमानः । देवेषु च सवितः श्लोकम् अश्रेर् आद् अस्मभ्यम् आ सुव सर्वतातिम्

hiraṇyapāṇiḥ savitā sujihvas trir ā divo vidathe patyamānaḥ | deveṣu ca savitaḥ ślokam aśrer ād asmabhyam ā suva sarvatātim

Golden-handed Savitṛ, of fair tongue, holding sway three times a day in the vidatha: O Savitṛ, you have set your call among the gods; then impel completeness to us.

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RV 3 54.12

सुकृत् सुपाणिः स्ववाꣳ ऋतावा देवस् त्वष्टावसे तानि नो धात् । पूषण्वन्त ऋभवो मादयध्वम् ऊर्ध्वग्रावाणो अध्वरम् अतष्ट

sukṛt supāṇiḥ svavām̐ ṛtāvā devas tvaṣṭāvase tāni no dhāt | pūṣaṇvanta ṛbhavo mādayadhvam ūrdhvagrāvāṇo adhvaram ataṣṭa

The doer of good deeds, fair-handed, of good possessions, holding to ṛta — the god Tvaṣṭar: may he grant us those (helps) for aid. Ṛbhus, accompanied by Pūṣan, take your joy; with the pressing-stones raised aloft you have fashioned the rite.

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RV 3 54.13

विद्युद्रथा मरुत ऋष्टिमन्तो दिवो मर्या ऋतजाता अयासः । सरस्वती शृणवन् यज्ञियासो धाता रयिꣳ सहवीरꣳ तुरासः

vidyudrathā maruta ṛṣṭimanto divo maryā ṛtajātā ayāsaḥ | sarasvatī śṛṇavan yajñiyāso dhātā rayiṁ sahavīraṁ turāsaḥ

The Maruts with lightning as their chariots, bearing spears, the young men of heaven, born of ṛta, untiring; and Sarasvatī — let them hear, the ones worthy of sacrifice; grant (us) wealth together with heroes, you swift ones.

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RV 3 54.14

विष्णुꣳ स्तोमासः पुरुदस्मम् अर्का भगस्येव कारिणो यामनि ग्मन् । उरुक्रमः ककुहो यस्य पूर्वीर् न मर्धन्ति युवतयो जनित्रीः

viṣṇuṁ stomāsaḥ purudasmam arkā bhagasyeva kāriṇo yāmani gman | urukramaḥ kakuho yasya pūrvīr na mardhanti yuvatayo janitrīḥ

Let the praises and the chants go to Viṣṇu of many wondrous deeds, like workers for Bhaga on a journey. The wide-striding, the towering one, whose many young mothers do not neglect (him).

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RV 3 54.15

इन्द्रो विश्वैर् वीर्यै३ः पत्यमान उभे आ पप्रौ रोदसी महित्वा । पुरꣳदरो वृत्रहा धृष्णुषेणः सꣳगृभ्या न आ भरा भूरि पश्वः

indro viśvair vīryai3ḥ patyamāna ubhe ā paprau rodasī mahitvā | puraṁdaro vṛtrahā dhṛṣṇuṣeṇaḥ saṁgṛbhyā na ā bharā bhūri paśvaḥ

Indra, ruling with all his heroic powers, has filled both world-halves with his greatness. Breaker of strongholds, slayer of Vṛtra, with a daring army — gather together and bring us abundance of cattle.

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RV 3 54.16

नासत्या मे पितरा बन्धुपृच्छा सजात्यम् अश्विनोश् चारु नाम । युवꣳ हि स्थो रयिदौ नो रयीणाꣳ दात्रꣳ रक्षेथे अकवैर् अदब्धा

nāsatyā me pitarā bandhupṛcchā sajātyam aśvinoś cāru nāma | yuvaṁ hi stho rayidau no rayīṇāṁ dātraṁ rakṣethe akavair adabdhā

The Nāsatyas are my fathers, who ask after kinship; dear is the kindred-name of the two Aśvins. For you two are givers of riches to us; you guard the gift, undeceived by the ungenerous.

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RV 3 54.17

महत् तद् वः कवयश् चारु नाम यद् ध देवा भवथ विश्व इन्द्रे । सख ऋभुभिः पुरुहूत प्रियेभिर् इमाꣳ धियꣳ सातये तक्षता नः

mahat tad vaḥ kavayaś cāru nāma yad dha devā bhavatha viśva indre | sakha ṛbhubhiḥ puruhūta priyebhir imāṁ dhiyaṁ sātaye takṣatā naḥ

Great is that dear name of yours, O sage-poets, that you, all you gods, come to be in Indra. As a friend with the dear Ṛbhus, O much-invoked one, fashion this prayer of ours so that it may win.

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RV 3 54.18

अर्यमा णो अदितिर् यज्ञियासो ऽदब्धानि वरुणस्य व्रतानि । युयोत नो अनपत्यानि गन्तोः प्रजावान् नः पशुमाꣳ अस्तु गातुः

aryamā ṇo aditir yajñiyāso 'dabdhāni varuṇasya vratāni | yuyota no anapatyāni gantoḥ prajāvān naḥ paśumām̐ astu gātuḥ

Aryaman for us, Aditi, the ones worthy of sacrifice, the undeceivable ordinances of Varuṇa: keep us from going to childlessness; let our course be rich in offspring and rich in cattle.

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RV 3 54.19

देवानाꣳ दूतः पुरुध प्रसूतो ऽनागान् नो वोचतु सर्वताता । शृणोतु नः पृथिवी द्यौर् उतापः सूर्यो नक्षत्रैर् उर्व् अ१न्तरिक्षम्

devānāṁ dūtaḥ purudha prasūto 'nāgān no vocatu sarvatātā | śṛṇotu naḥ pṛthivī dyaur utāpaḥ sūryo nakṣatrair urv a1ntarikṣam

Let the messenger of the gods, impelled in many ways, declare us sinless in the whole (assembly). Let the Earth hear us, and Heaven and the Waters, the Sun with the stars, the wide midspace.

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RV 3 54.20

शृण्वन्तु नो वृषणः पर्वतासो ध्रुवक्षेमास इऴया मदन्तः । आदित्यैर् नो अदितिः शृणोतु यच्छन्तु नो मरुतः शर्म भद्रम्

śṛṇvantu no vṛṣaṇaḥ parvatāso dhruvakṣemāsa iḻayā madantaḥ | ādityair no aditiḥ śṛṇotu yacchantu no marutaḥ śarma bhadram

Let the bullish mountains hear us, they of firm repose, taking their joy in the refreshing draught. Let Aditi with the Ādityas hear us; let the Maruts extend to us auspicious shelter.

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RV 3 54.21

सदा सुगः पितुमाꣳ अस्तु पन्था मध्वा देवा ओषधीः सम् पिपृक्त । भगो मे अग्ने सख्ये न मृध्या उद् रायो अश्याꣳ सदनम् पुरुक्षोः

sadā sugaḥ pitumām̐ astu panthā madhvā devā oṣadhīḥ sam pipṛkta | bhago me agne sakhye na mṛdhyā ud rāyo aśyāṁ sadanam purukṣoḥ

Let the path always be easy to travel and full of nourishment; you gods, saturate the plants with honey. Let my Bhaga not fail in friendship, O Agni; may I attain the seat of wealth abounding in cattle.

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RV 3 54.22

स्वदस्व हव्या सम् इषो दिदीह्य् अस्मद्र्य१क् सम् मिमीहि श्रवाꣳसि । विश्वाꣳ अग्ने पृत्सु ताञ् जेषि शत्रून् अहा विश्वा सुमना दीदिही नः

svadasva havyā sam iṣo didīhy asmadrya1k sam mimīhi śravāṁsi | viśvām̐ agne pṛtsu tāñ jeṣi śatrūn ahā viśvā sumanā dīdihī naḥ

Make the oblations savory for yourself; shine out refreshments; measure out fame in our direction. O Agni, conquer all those rivals in the battles; shine for us, well-disposed, through all the days.

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