Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 8

RV 3 8.1

अञ्जन्ति त्वाम् अध्वरे देवयन्तो वनस्पते मधुना दैव्येन । यद् ऊर्ध्वस् तिष्ठा द्रविणेह धत्ताद् यद् वा क्षयो मातुर् अस्या उपस्थे

añjanti tvām adhvare devayanto vanaspate madhunā daivyena | yad ūrdhvas tiṣṭhā draviṇeha dhattād yad vā kṣayo mātur asyā upasthe

The god-seeking ones anoint thee at the rite, O lord of the forest, with divine honey. When thou standest upright, set down wealth here, or when (thou art) a dwelling in the lap of this mother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 8.2

समिद्धस्य श्रयमाणः पुरस्ताद् ब्रह्म वन्वानो अजरꣳ सुवीरम् । आरे अस्मद् अमतिम् बाधमान उच् छ्रयस्व महते सौभगाय

samiddhasya śrayamāṇaḥ purastād brahma vanvāno ajaraṁ suvīram | āre asmad amatim bādhamāna uc chrayasva mahate saubhagāya

Standing in front of the kindled one, winning a formulation that is unaging and rich in men, thrusting far from us want, raise thyself up for great good fortune.

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RV 3 8.3

उच् छ्रयस्व वनस्पते वर्ष्मन् पृथिव्या अधि । सुमिती मीयमानो वर्चो धा यज्ञवाहसे

uc chrayasva vanaspate varṣman pṛthivyā adhi | sumitī mīyamāno varco dhā yajñavāhase

Raise thyself up, O lord of the forest, upon the height of the earth. Being set in place with good measure, grant splendour to him who conducts the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 3 8.4

युवा सुवासाः परिवीत आगात् स उ श्रेयान् भवति जायमानः । तꣳ धीरासः कवय उन् नयन्ति स्वाध्यो३ मनसा देवयन्तः

yuvā suvāsāḥ parivīta āgāt sa u śreyān bhavati jāyamānaḥ | taṁ dhīrāsaḥ kavaya un nayanti svādhyo3 manasā devayantaḥ

A youth, well-clad, wrapped about, he has come; and as he is born he becomes the more excellent. Him the steadfast sage-poets lead up, of good intent, god-seeking with their mind.

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RV 3 8.5

जातो जायते सुदिनत्वे अह्नाꣳ समर्य आ विदथे वर्धमानः । पुनन्ति धीरा अपसो मनीषा देवया विप्र उद् इयर्ति वाचम्

jāto jāyate sudinatve ahnāṁ samarya ā vidathe vardhamānaḥ | punanti dhīrā apaso manīṣā devayā vipra ud iyarti vācam

Born, he is (again) born in the fair daylight of the days, growing at the contest, at the vidatha. The steadfast, skilled ones purify (him) with their thought; the god-seeking inspired one sends forth his voice.

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RV 3 8.6

यान् वो नरो देवयन्तो निमिम्युर् वनस्पते स्वधितिर् वा ततक्ष । ते देवासः स्वरवस् तस्थिवाꣳसः प्रजावद् अस्मे दिधिषन्तु रत्नम्

yān vo naro devayanto nimimyur vanaspate svadhitir vā tatakṣa | te devāsaḥ svaravas tasthivāṁsaḥ prajāvad asme didhiṣantu ratnam

Those that the god-seeking men have set up for you, O lord of the forest, or that the axe has fashioned — may those divine posts, standing there, seek to grant us a treasure with offspring.

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RV 3 8.7

ये वृक्णासो अधि क्षमि निमितासो यतस्रुचः । ते नो व्यन्तु वार्यꣳ देवत्रा क्षेत्रसाधसः

ye vṛkṇāso adhi kṣami nimitāso yatasrucaḥ | te no vyantu vāryaṁ devatrā kṣetrasādhasaḥ

Those that, hewn, are set up upon the ground, holding out the ladles — may they pursue for us what is choice among the gods, they that bring success to the field.

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

RV 3 8.8

आदित्या रुद्रा वसवः सुनीथा द्यावाक्षामा पृथिवी अन्तरिक्षम् । सजोषसो यज्ञम् अवन्तु देवा ऊर्ध्वꣳ कृण्वन्त्व् अध्वरस्य केतुम्

ādityā rudrā vasavaḥ sunīthā dyāvākṣāmā pṛthivī antarikṣam | sajoṣaso yajñam avantu devā ūrdhvaṁ kṛṇvantv adhvarasya ketum

Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus of good leading, Heaven-and-Earth, the Earth, the midspace — let the gods, of one accord, favour the sacrifice and raise up high the banner of the rite.

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RV 3 8.9

हꣳसा इव श्रेणिशो यतानाः शुक्रा वसानाः स्वरवो न आगुः । उन्नीयमानाः कविभिः पुरस्ताद् देवा देवानाम् अपि यन्ति पाथः

haṁsā iva śreṇiśo yatānāḥ śukrā vasānāḥ svaravo na āguḥ | unnīyamānāḥ kavibhiḥ purastād devā devānām api yanti pāthaḥ

Like geese ranged in a row, clad in bright (garments), the sacrificial posts have come to us; led up in front by the sage poets, the gods go to the gods' shelter.

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RV 3 8.10

शृङ्गाणीवेच् छृङ्गिणाꣳ सꣳ ददृश्रे चषालवन्तः स्वरवः पृथिव्याम् । वाघद्भिर् वा विहवे श्रोषमाणा अस्माꣳ अवन्तु पृतनाज्येषु

śṛṅgāṇīvec chṛṅgiṇāṁ saṁ dadṛśre caṣālavantaḥ svaravaḥ pṛthivyām | vāghadbhir vā vihave śroṣamāṇā asmām̐ avantu pṛtanājyeṣu

Like the horns of horned (beasts) they have appeared together — the posts with their rings, on the earth. Or, listening to the reciters at the invocation-contest, let them help us in the clashes of armies.

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

RV 3 8.11

वनस्पते शतवल्शो वि रोह सहस्रवल्शा वि वयꣳ रुहेम । यꣳ त्वाम् अयꣳ स्वधितिस् तेजमानः प्रणिनाय महते सौभगाय

vanaspate śatavalśo vi roha sahasravalśā vi vayaṁ ruhema | yaṁ tvām ayaṁ svadhitis tejamānaḥ praṇināya mahate saubhagāya

Lord of the forest, grow out with a hundred shoots; may we grow out with a thousand shoots — you whom this whetted axe has led forth for great good fortune.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition