Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 33

RV 4 33.1

प्र ऋभुभ्यो दूतम् इव वाचम् इष्य उपस्तिरे श्वैतरीꣳ धेनुम् ईऴे । ये वातजूतास् तरणिभिर् एवैः परि द्याꣳ सद्यो अपसो बभूवुः

pra ṛbhubhyo dūtam iva vācam iṣya upastire śvaitarīṁ dhenum īḻe | ye vātajūtās taraṇibhir evaiḥ pari dyāṁ sadyo apaso babhūvuḥ

I send forth speech to the Ṛbhus like a messenger; I call the white milk-cow for the spread (of the strew) — they who, wind-sped, with swift courses, being workers, went round the sky in a single day.

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RV 4 33.2

यदारम् अक्रन्न् ऋभवः पितृभ्याम् परिविष्टी वेषणा दꣳसनाभिः । आद् इद् देवानाम् उप सख्यम् आयन् धीरासः पुष्टिम् अवहन् मनायै

yadāram akrann ṛbhavaḥ pitṛbhyām pariviṣṭī veṣaṇā daṁsanābhiḥ | ād id devānām upa sakhyam āyan dhīrāsaḥ puṣṭim avahan manāyai

When the Ṛbhus made ready service for the two parents, tending them with skilled acts, then indeed they came to the friendship of the gods; the wise ones brought thriving to (pious) thought.

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RV 4 33.3

पुनर् ये चक्रुः पितरा युवाना सना यूपेव जरणा शयाना । ते वाजो विभ्वाꣳ ऋभुर् इन्द्रवन्तो मधुप्सरसो नो ऽवन्तु यज्ञम्

punar ye cakruḥ pitarā yuvānā sanā yūpeva jaraṇā śayānā | te vājo vibhvām̐ ṛbhur indravanto madhupsaraso no 'vantu yajñam

They who made the two parents young again — the old ones lying worn out like (sacrificial) posts — they, Vāja, Vibhvan, Ṛbhu, accompanied by Indra, taking pleasure in honey, let them favour our sacrifice.

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RV 4 33.4

यत् सꣳवत्सम् ऋभवो गाम् अरक्षन् यत् सꣳवत्सम् ऋभवो मा अपिꣳशन् । यत् सꣳवत्सम् अभरन् भासो अस्यास् ताभिः शमीभिर् अमृतत्वम् आशुः

yat saṁvatsam ṛbhavo gām arakṣan yat saṁvatsam ṛbhavo mā apiṁśan | yat saṁvatsam abharan bhāso asyās tābhiḥ śamībhir amṛtatvam āśuḥ

When for a year the Ṛbhus guarded the cow, when for a year the Ṛbhus shaped the measures(?), when for a year they carried her radiances — by these labours they attained immortality.

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RV 4 33.5

ज्येष्ठ आह चमसा द्वा करेति कनीयान् त्रीन् कृणवामेत्य् आह । कनिष्ठ आह चतुरस् करेति त्वष्ट ऋभवस् तत् पनयद् वचो वः

jyeṣṭha āha camasā dvā kareti kanīyān trīn kṛṇavāmety āha | kaniṣṭha āha caturas kareti tvaṣṭa ṛbhavas tat panayad vaco vaḥ

The eldest said: "I shall make two cups"; the younger said: "Let us make three"; the youngest said: "I shall make four" — Tvaṣṭṛ, O Ṛbhus, approved that word of yours.

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RV 4 33.6

सत्यम् ऊचुर् नर एवा हि चक्रुर् अनु स्वधाम् ऋभवो जग्मुर् एताम् । विभ्राजमानाꣳश् चमसाꣳ अहेवावेनत् त्वष्टा चतुरो ददृश्वान्

satyam ūcur nara evā hi cakrur anu svadhām ṛbhavo jagmur etām | vibhrājamānām̐ś camasām̐ ahevāvenat tvaṣṭā caturo dadṛśvān

The men spoke truth, and so indeed they acted; the Ṛbhus went after this their own nature. Tvaṣṭṛ, having seen the four cups shining like days, looked on (them) with favour.

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RV 4 33.7

द्वादश द्यून् यद् अगोह्यस्यातिथ्ये रणन्न् ऋभवः ससन्तः । सुक्षेत्राकृण्वन्न् अनयन्त सिन्धून् धन्वातिष्ठन्न् ओषधीर् निम्नम् आपः

dvādaśa dyūn yad agohyasyātithye raṇann ṛbhavaḥ sasantaḥ | sukṣetrākṛṇvann anayanta sindhūn dhanvātiṣṭhann oṣadhīr nimnam āpaḥ

When for twelve days the Ṛbhus took delight in the hospitality of Agohya, resting, they made the fields good, they led the rivers; plants stood up on the barren ground, waters in the hollow.

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RV 4 33.8

रथꣳ ये चक्रुः सुवृतꣳ नरेष्ठाꣳ ये धेनुꣳ विश्वजुवꣳ विश्वरूपाम् । त आ तक्षन्त्व् ऋभवो रयिꣳ नः स्ववसः स्वपसः सुहस्ताः

rathaṁ ye cakruḥ suvṛtaṁ nareṣṭhāṁ ye dhenuṁ viśvajuvaṁ viśvarūpām | ta ā takṣantv ṛbhavo rayiṁ naḥ svavasaḥ svapasaḥ suhastāḥ

Those who made the well-rolling chariot in which men stand, who (made) the all-speeding, all-formed milk-cow — let those Ṛbhus fashion wealth for us, they of good help, of good work, of deft hands.

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RV 4 33.9

अपो ह्य् एषाम् अजुषन्त देवा अभि क्रत्वा मनसा दीध्यानाः । वाजो देवानाम् अभवत् सुकर्मेन्द्रस्य ऋभुक्षा वरुणस्य विभ्वा

apo hy eṣām ajuṣanta devā abhi kratvā manasā dīdhyānāḥ | vājo devānām abhavat sukarmendrasya ṛbhukṣā varuṇasya vibhvā

For the gods took pleasure in their works, contemplating (them) with resolve and with mind. Vāja became the good craftsman of the gods, Ṛbhukṣan of Indra, Vibhvan of Varuṇa.

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RV 4 33.10

ये हरी मेधयोक्था मदन्त इन्द्राय चक्रुः सुयुजा ये अश्वा । ते रायस् पोषꣳ द्रविणान्य् अस्मे धत्त ऋभवः क्षेमयन्तो न मित्रम्

ye harī medhayokthā madanta indrāya cakruḥ suyujā ye aśvā | te rāyas poṣaṁ draviṇāny asme dhatta ṛbhavaḥ kṣemayanto na mitram

Those who, rejoicing in the hymns through insight, made the two bay horses for Indra, the well-yoked steeds — do you, O Ṛbhus, set in us increase of riches, possessions, as those who secure a friend in safety.

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RV 4 33.11

इदाह्नः पीतिम् उत वो मदꣳ धुर् न ऋते श्रान्तस्य सख्याय देवाः । ते नूनम् अस्मे ऋभवो वसूनि तृतीये अस्मिन् सवने दधात

idāhnaḥ pītim uta vo madaṁ dhur na ṛte śrāntasya sakhyāya devāḥ | te nūnam asme ṛbhavo vasūni tṛtīye asmin savane dadhāta

Now at (the turn of) the day they have set the drink and the exhilaration for you; not without the toil-worn one (do you come) to us for friendship, O gods. Do you now, O Ṛbhus, place goods in us at this third pressing.

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