Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 42

RV 5 42.1

प्र शꣳतमा वरुणꣳ दीधिती गीर् मित्रम् भगम् अदितिꣳ नूनम् अश्याः । पृषद्योनिः पञ्चहोता शृणोत्व् अतूर्तपन्था असुरो मयोभुः

pra śaṁtamā varuṇaṁ dīdhitī gīr mitram bhagam aditiṁ nūnam aśyāḥ | pṛṣadyoniḥ pañcahotā śṛṇotv atūrtapanthā asuro mayobhuḥ

Let the most beneficent song with its contemplation now reach Varuṇa, Mitra, Bhaga, Aditi. Let him whose womb is dappled, he of the five hotṛs, hear — the Asura whose path is unobstructed, the bringer of comfort.

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RV 5 42.2

प्रति मे स्तोमम् अदितिर् जगृभ्यात् सूनुꣳ न माता हृद्यꣳ सुशेवम् । ब्रह्म प्रियꣳ देवहितꣳ यद् अस्त्य् अहम् मित्रे वरुणे यन् मयोभु

prati me stomam aditir jagṛbhyāt sūnuṁ na mātā hṛdyaṁ suśevam | brahma priyaṁ devahitaṁ yad asty aham mitre varuṇe yan mayobhu

Let Aditi take up my praise-song, as a mother her dear and kindly son. The prayer which is beloved and god-appointed, that which is comfort-giving in Mitra and in Varuṇa — that is mine.

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RV 5 42.3

उद् ईरय कवितमꣳ कवीनाम् उनत्तैनम् अभि मध्वा घृतेन । स नो वसूनि प्रयता हितानि चन्द्राणि देवः सविता सुवाति

ud īraya kavitamaṁ kavīnām unattainam abhi madhvā ghṛtena | sa no vasūni prayatā hitāni candrāṇi devaḥ savitā suvāti

Rouse up the most inspired of the inspired poets; anoint him with honey, with ghee. Let god Savitar impel for us the goods that are presented, laid ready, gleaming.

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RV 5 42.4

सम् इन्द्र णो मनसा नेषि गोभिः सꣳ सूरिभिर् हरिवः सꣳ स्वस्ति । सम् ब्रह्मणा देवहितꣳ यद् अस्ति सꣳ देवानाꣳ सुमत्या यज्ञियानाम्

sam indra ṇo manasā neṣi gobhiḥ saṁ sūribhir harivaḥ saṁ svasti | sam brahmaṇā devahitaṁ yad asti saṁ devānāṁ sumatyā yajñiyānām

Together with (good) mind lead us, O Indra, together with cows, together with patrons, O lord of the bay horses, together with well-being; together with the prayer, that which is god-appointed; together with the favour of the gods who deserve sacrifice.

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RV 5 42.5

देवो भगः सविता रायो अꣳश इन्द्रो वृत्रस्य सꣳजितो धनानाम् । ऋभुक्षा वाज उत वा पुरꣳधिर् अवन्तु नो अमृतासस् तुरासः

devo bhagaḥ savitā rāyo aṁśa indro vṛtrasya saṁjito dhanānām | ṛbhukṣā vāja uta vā puraṁdhir avantu no amṛtāsas turāsaḥ

The god Bhaga, Savitṛ, Aṁśa of riches, Indra the conqueror of Vṛtra and of prizes, Ṛbhukṣan, Vāja, or Puraṁdhi — may they, the immortal, the swift ones, help us.

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RV 5 42.6

मरुत्वतो अप्रतीतस्य जिष्णोर् अजूर्यतः प्र ब्रवामा कृतानि । न ते पूर्वे मघवन् नापरासो न वीर्य१ꣳ नूतनः कश् चनाप

marutvato apratītasya jiṣṇor ajūryataḥ pra bravāmā kṛtāni | na te pūrve maghavan nāparāso na vīrya1ṁ nūtanaḥ kaś canāpa

Let us proclaim the deeds of him who is accompanied by the Maruts, unopposed, victorious, unaging. Neither those before you, O bounteous one, nor those after, nor any present one has attained your heroic power.

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RV 5 42.7

उप स्तुहि प्रथमꣳ रत्नधेयम् बृहस्पतिꣳ सनितारꣳ धनानाम् । यः शꣳसते स्तुवते शम्भविष्ठः पुरूवसुर् आगमज् जोहुवानम्

upa stuhi prathamaṁ ratnadheyam bṛhaspatiṁ sanitāraṁ dhanānām | yaḥ śaṁsate stuvate śambhaviṣṭhaḥ purūvasur āgamaj johuvānam

Praise as first the bestower of treasure, Bṛhaspati, the winner of riches, who is most beneficent to the reciter and the praiser, who, rich in goods, has come to the one who calls loudly.

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RV 5 42.8

तवोतिभिः सचमाना अरिष्टा बृहस्पते मघवानः सुवीराः । ये अश्वदा उत वा सन्ति गोदा ये वस्त्रदाः सुभगास् तेषु रायः

tavotibhiḥ sacamānā ariṣṭā bṛhaspate maghavānaḥ suvīrāḥ | ye aśvadā uta vā santi godā ye vastradāḥ subhagās teṣu rāyaḥ

Attended by your aids, O Bṛhaspati, the liberal patrons are unharmed and rich in heroes; those who are givers of horses and givers of cattle, those who are givers of garments — among them are fortunate riches.

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RV 5 42.9

विसर्माणꣳ कृणुहि वित्तम् एषाꣳ ये भुञ्जते अपृणन्तो न उक्थैः । अपव्रतान् प्रसवे वावृधानान् ब्रह्मद्विषः सूर्याद् यावयस्व

visarmāṇaṁ kṛṇuhi vittam eṣāṁ ye bhuñjate apṛṇanto na ukthaiḥ | apavratān prasave vāvṛdhānān brahmadviṣaḥ sūryād yāvayasva

Make their acquired wealth to scatter away, (the wealth) of those who enjoy without filling us with our hymns; drive far from the sun those without vows, grown strong under (their own) impulse, the haters of sacred formulation.

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RV 5 42.10

य ओहते रक्षसो देववीताव् अचक्रेभिस् तम् मरुतो नि यात । यो वः शमीꣳ शशमानस्य निन्दात् तुच्छ्यान् कामान् करते सिष्विदानः

ya ohate rakṣaso devavītāv acakrebhis tam maruto ni yāta | yo vaḥ śamīṁ śaśamānasya nindāt tucchyān kāmān karate siṣvidānaḥ

Whoever of the demons boasts at the gods' feast, O Maruts, bring him down with your wheelless (weapons); whoever would revile the ritual labour of one who has laboured, let him, sweating, achieve only empty desires.

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RV 5 42.11

तम् उ ष्टुहि यः स्विषुः सुधन्वा यो विश्वस्य क्षयति भेषजस्य । यक्ष्वा महे सौमनसाय रुद्रꣳ नमोभिर् देवम् असुरꣳ दुवस्य

tam u ṣṭuhi yaḥ sviṣuḥ sudhanvā yo viśvasya kṣayati bheṣajasya | yakṣvā mahe saumanasāya rudraṁ namobhir devam asuraṁ duvasya

Praise him who has the good arrow and the good bow, who rules over every remedy; sacrifice to Rudra for great goodwill, honour the divine lord with acts of reverence.

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RV 5 42.12

दमूनसो अपसो ये सुहस्ता वृष्णः पत्नीर् नद्यो विभ्वतष्टाः । सरस्वती बृहद्दिवोत राका दशस्यन्तीर् वरिवस्यन्तु शुभ्राः

damūnaso apaso ye suhastā vṛṣṇaḥ patnīr nadyo vibhvataṣṭāḥ | sarasvatī bṛhaddivota rākā daśasyantīr varivasyantu śubhrāḥ

Those who are household lords, active, deft of hand — the wives of the bull, the rivers fashioned by Vibhvan — Sarasvatī, Bṛhaddivā, and Rākā, gracious and radiant, let them grant us free space.

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RV 5 42.13

प्र सू महे सुशरणाय मेधाꣳ गिरम् भरे नव्यसीꣳ जायमानाम् । य आहना दुहितुर् वक्षणासु रूपा मिनानो अकृणोद् इदꣳ नः

pra sū mahe suśaraṇāya medhāṁ giram bhare navyasīṁ jāyamānām | ya āhanā duhitur vakṣaṇāsu rūpā mināno akṛṇod idaṁ naḥ

Well do I bring forth to the great one, the good shelterer, my insight, a new song being born, (to him) who in his impetuousness, altering the forms in the daughter's womb, made this for us.

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RV 5 42.14

प्र सुष्टुतिः स्तनयन्तꣳ रुवन्तम् इऴस् पतिꣳ जरितर् नूनम् अश्याः । यो अब्दिमाꣳ उदनिमाꣳ इयर्ति प्र विद्युता रोदसी उक्षमाणः

pra suṣṭutiḥ stanayantaṁ ruvantam iḻas patiṁ jaritar nūnam aśyāḥ | yo abdimām̐ udanimām̐ iyarti pra vidyutā rodasī ukṣamāṇaḥ

May the good praise now reach, O singer, the thundering, roaring lord of nourishment, who, possessing clouds and possessing waters, stirs forth, drenching the two worlds with lightning.

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RV 5 42.15

एष स्तोमो मारुतꣳ शर्धो अच्छा रुद्रस्य सूनूꣳर् युवन्यूꣳर् उद् अश्याः । कामो राये हवते मा स्वस्त्य् उप स्तुहि पृषदश्वाꣳ अयासः

eṣa stomo mārutaṁ śardho acchā rudrasya sūnūm̐r yuvanyūm̐r ud aśyāḥ | kāmo rāye havate mā svasty upa stuhi pṛṣadaśvām̐ ayāsaḥ

May this hymn of praise reach up to the Marut host, to the youthful sons of Rudra; desire calls me to wealth, to well-being: praise the tireless ones with dappled horses.

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RV 5 42.16

प्रैष स्तोमः पृथिवीम् अन्तरिक्षꣳ वनस्पतीꣳर् ओषधी राये अश्याः । देवो-देवः सुहवो भूतु मह्यम् मा नो माता पृथिवी दुर्मतौ धात्

praiṣa stomaḥ pṛthivīm antarikṣaṁ vanaspatīm̐r oṣadhī rāye aśyāḥ | devo-devaḥ suhavo bhūtu mahyam mā no mātā pṛthivī durmatau dhāt

May this hymn reach earth, the midspace, the trees and plants, for wealth; may each and every god be readily invoked for me; may our mother Earth not place us in disfavour.

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RV 5 42.17

उरौ देवा अनिबाधे स्याम

urau devā anibādhe syāma

May we be, O gods, in wide space without constraint.

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RV 5 42.18

सम् अश्विनोर् अवसा नूतनेन मयोभुवा सुप्रणीती गमेम । आ नो रयिꣳ वहतम् ओत वीरान् आ विश्वान्य् अमृता सौभगानि

sam aśvinor avasā nūtanena mayobhuvā supraṇītī gamema | ā no rayiṁ vahatam ota vīrān ā viśvāny amṛtā saubhagāni

May we come together with the Aśvins' newest help, refreshing and of good guidance. Bring to us wealth and also heroes, and all good fortunes, O immortal ones.

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