Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 4 — Chapter 56

RV 4 56.1

मही द्यावापृथिवी इह ज्येष्ठे रुचा भवताꣳ शुचयद्भिर् अर्कैः । यत् सीꣳ वरिष्ठे बृहती विमिन्वन् रुवद् धोक्षा पप्रथानेभिर् एवैः

mahī dyāvāpṛthivī iha jyeṣṭhe rucā bhavatāṁ śucayadbhir arkaiḥ | yat sīṁ variṣṭhe bṛhatī viminvan ruvad dhokṣā paprathānebhir evaiḥ

Let the two great ones, Heaven and Earth, the eldest here, be (present) with radiance, with gleaming chants — when the two widest, lofty ones they set apart, and the bull bellowed with his spreading courses.

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RV 4 56.2

देवी देवेभिर् यजते यजत्रैर् अमिनती तस्थतुर् उक्षमाणे । ऋतावरी अद्रुहा देवपुत्रे यज्ञस्य नेत्री शुचयद्भिर् अर्कैः

devī devebhir yajate yajatrair aminatī tasthatur ukṣamāṇe | ṛtāvarī adruhā devaputre yajñasya netrī śucayadbhir arkaiḥ

The two goddesses, worshipped along with the gods who deserve worship, stand undiminishing, sprinkling; possessed of ṛta, free of deceit, having gods for sons, the two guides of the sacrifice, with gleaming chants.

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RV 4 56.3

स इत् स्वपा भुवनेष्व् आस य इमे द्यावापृथिवी जजान । उर्वी गभीरे रजसी सुमेके अवꣳशे धीरः शच्या सम् ऐरत्

sa it svapā bhuvaneṣv āsa ya ime dyāvāpṛthivī jajāna | urvī gabhīre rajasī sumeke avaṁśe dhīraḥ śacyā sam airat

He indeed was the skilled craftsman among the worlds, who begot these two, Heaven and Earth; the two wide, deep, well-fixed realms the wise one, by his skill, set up together without a beam.

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RV 4 56.4

नू रोदसी बृहद्भिर् नो वरूथैः पत्नीवद्भिर् इषयन्ती सजोषाः । उरूची विश्वे यजते नि पातꣳ धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः

nū rodasī bṛhadbhir no varūthaiḥ patnīvadbhir iṣayantī sajoṣāḥ | urūcī viśve yajate ni pātaṁ dhiyā syāma rathyaḥ sadāsāḥ

Now, O you two world-halves, with your lofty shelters that include the wives (of the gods), bringing refreshment, of one accord, you wide-reaching two, worshipful by all — protect (us); through our insight may we be charioteers who always win.

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RV 4 56.5

प्र वाम् महि द्यवी अभ्य् उपस्तुतिम् भरामहे । शुची उप प्रशस्तये

pra vām mahi dyavī abhy upastutim bharāmahe | śucī upa praśastaye

Forth to you two, great heavens, we bring our praise; to you two bright ones, for glorification.

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RV 4 56.6

पुनाने तन्वा मिथः स्वेन दक्षेण राजथः । ऊह्याथे सनाद् ऋतम्

punāne tanvā mithaḥ svena dakṣeṇa rājathaḥ | ūhyāthe sanād ṛtam

Purifying each other with your own body, by your own skill you two rule; from of old you convey ṛta.

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RV 4 56.7

मही मित्रस्य साधथस् तरन्ती पिप्रती ऋतम् । परि यज्ञꣳ नि षेदथुः

mahī mitrasya sādhathas tarantī pipratī ṛtam | pari yajñaṁ ni ṣedathuḥ

You two great ones bring to fulfilment (the work) of Mitra, crossing over, carrying ṛta forward; you have seated yourselves around the sacrifice.

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