Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 43
RV 5 43.1
आ धेनवः पयसा तूर्ण्यर्था अमर्धन्तीर् उप नो यन्तु मध्वा । महो राये बृहतीः सप्त विप्रो मयोभुवो जरिता जोहवीति
ā dhenavaḥ payasā tūrṇyarthā amardhantīr upa no yantu madhvā | maho rāye bṛhatīḥ sapta vipro mayobhuvo jaritā johavīti
Let the milk-cows, swift-coursing, unfailing, come to us with their milk, with honey; for great wealth the inspired singer, the praiser, calls again and again upon the seven lofty refreshing ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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MAY the Milch-cows who hasten to their object come harmless unto us with liquid sweetness. The Singer, lauding, calls, for ample riches, the Seven Mighty Ones who bring enjoyment.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.2
आ सुष्टुती नमसा वर्तयध्यै द्यावा वाजाय पृथिवी अमृध्रे । पिता माता मधुवचाः सुहस्ता भरे-भरे नो यशसाव् अविष्टाम्
ā suṣṭutī namasā vartayadhyai dyāvā vājāya pṛthivī amṛdhre | pitā mātā madhuvacāḥ suhastā bhare-bhare no yaśasāv aviṣṭām
With good praise and reverence (I seek) to turn hither Heaven and Earth, the two unfailing ones, for the prize; father and mother, sweet of speech, deft of hand — may the two glorious ones help us in fight after fight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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With reverence and fair praise will I bring hither, for sake of strength, exhaustless Earth and Heaven. Father and Mother, sweetof speech, fairhanded, may they, far-famed, in every fight protect us.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.3
अध्वर्यवश् चकृवाꣳसो मधूनि प्र वायवे भरत चारु शुक्रम् । होतेव नः प्रथमः पाह्य् अस्य देव मध्वो ररिमा ते मदाय
adhvaryavaś cakṛvāṁso madhūni pra vāyave bharata cāru śukram | hoteva naḥ prathamaḥ pāhy asya deva madhvo rarimā te madāya
O adhvaryus, having prepared the sweet draughts, bring forth to Vāyu the dear bright (soma); as our first hotṛ, drink of this, O god: we have given of the honey for your exhilaration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Adhvaryus, make the sweet libations ready, and bring the beautiful bright juice to Vâyu. God, as our Priest, be thou the first to drink it: we give thee of the mead to make thee joyful.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.4
दश क्षिपो युञ्जते बाहू अद्रिꣳ सोमस्य या शमितारा सुहस्ता । मध्वो रसꣳ सुगभस्तिर् गिरिष्ठाꣳ चनिश्चदद् दुदुहे शुक्रम् अꣳशुः
daśa kṣipo yuñjate bāhū adriṁ somasya yā śamitārā suhastā | madhvo rasaṁ sugabhastir giriṣṭhāṁ caniścadad duduhe śukram aṁśuḥ
The ten fingers and the two arms yoke the pressing-stone — they that are soma's deft-handed dressers; the fair-handed (stone/priest) has milked out the mountain-grown sap of the honey: the glittering stalk has yielded the bright (juice).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Two arms-the Soma's dexterous immo. lators-and the ten fingers set and fix the press-stone. The stalk hath poured, fair with its spreading branches, the mead's bright glittering juice that dwells on mountains.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.5
असावि ते जुजुषाणाय सोमः क्रत्वे दक्षाय बृहते मदाय । हरी रथे सुधुरा योगे अर्वाग् इन्द्र प्रिया कृणुहि हूयमानः
asāvi te jujuṣāṇāya somaḥ kratve dakṣāya bṛhate madāya | harī rathe sudhurā yoge arvāg indra priyā kṛṇuhi hūyamānaḥ
The soma has been pressed for you who delight in it, for resolve, for skill, for great exhilaration. (Your) two bays, well-yoked at the chariot, turn hitherward at the harnessing, O Indra; being invoked, do what is dear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The Soma hath been pressed for thee, its lover, to give thee power and might and high enjoyment. Invoked, turn hither in thy car, O Indra, at need, thy two well-trained and dear Bay Horses.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.6
आ नो महीम् अरमतिꣳ सजोषा ग्नाꣳ देवीꣳ नमसा रातहव्याम् । मधोर् मदाय बृहतीम् ऋतज्ञाम् आग्ने वह पथिभिर् देवयानैः
ā no mahīm aramatiṁ sajoṣā gnāṁ devīṁ namasā rātahavyām | madhor madāya bṛhatīm ṛtajñām āgne vaha pathibhir devayānaiḥ
In accord (with the gods), O Agni, convey to us with reverence great Aramati, the divine woman to whom oblation is given, the lofty one who knows the ṛta, for exhilaration from the honey — bring her by the paths travelled by gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Bring by God-traversed paths, accordant, Agni, the great Aramati, Celestial Lady, Exalted, worshipped with our gifts and homage, who knoweth holy Law, to drink sweet Soma.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.7
अञ्जन्ति यम् प्रथयन्तो न विप्रा वपावन्तꣳ नाग्निना तपन्तः । पितुर् न पुत्र उपसि प्रेष्ठ आ घर्मो अग्निम् ऋतयन्न् असादि
añjanti yam prathayanto na viprā vapāvantaṁ nāgninā tapantaḥ | pitur na putra upasi preṣṭha ā gharmo agnim ṛtayann asādi
Whom, as if spreading (him) wide, the inspired priests anoint, as they heat with fire (the beast) rich in omentum — like a dearest son in the father's lap, the hot draught has seated itself by Agni, following ṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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As on his father's lap the son, the darling, so on the fire is set the sacred caldron, Which holy singers deck, as if extending and heating that which holds the fatty membrane.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.8
अच्छा मही बृहती शꣳतमा गीर् दूतो न गन्त्व् अश्विना हुवध्यै । मयोभुवा सरथा यातम् अर्वाग् गन्तꣳ निधिꣳ धुरम् आणिर् न नाभिम्
acchā mahī bṛhatī śaṁtamā gīr dūto na gantv aśvinā huvadhyai | mayobhuvā sarathā yātam arvāg gantaṁ nidhiṁ dhuram āṇir na nābhim
Let the great, lofty, most beneficent song go forth like a messenger, to invoke the Aśvins. Come near, you two bringers of comfort, on one chariot; come to the treasure-store, as the axle-pin (comes) to the hub of the shaft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Hither, as herald to invite the Aṣvins, come the great lofty song, most sweet and pleasant! Come in one car, joy-givers! to the banquet, like the bolt binding pole and nave, come hither.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.9
प्र तव्यसो नमüक्तिꣳ तुरस्याहम् पूष्ण उत वायोर् अदिक्षि । या राधसा चोदितारा मतीनाꣳ या वाजस्य द्रविणोदा उत त्मन्
pra tavyaso namaüktiṁ turasyāham pūṣṇa uta vāyor adikṣi | yā rādhasā coditārā matīnāṁ yā vājasya draviṇodā uta tman
I have directed an utterance of homage to the stronger, swifter Pūṣan and to Vāyu, who by their bounty are the two impellers of thoughts, and who of themselves are the givers of the wealth of prize-strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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I have declared this speech of adoration to mightiest Pûshan and victorious Vâyu, Who by their bounty are the hymns' inspirers, and of themselves give power as a possession.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.10
आ नामभिर् मरुतो वक्षि विश्वान् आ रूपेभिर् जातवेदो हुवानः । यज्ञꣳ गिरो जरितुः सुष्टुतिꣳ च विश्वे गन्त मरुतो विश्व ऊती
ā nāmabhir maruto vakṣi viśvān ā rūpebhir jātavedo huvānaḥ | yajñaṁ giro jarituḥ suṣṭutiṁ ca viśve ganta maruto viśva ūtī
Convey here all the Maruts by their names, here by their forms, O Jātavedas, when invoked; (come to) the sacrifice, the songs and the fair praise of the singer — come, all you Maruts, all with (your) aid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Invoked by us bring hither, Jâtavedas the Maruts all under their names and figures. Come to the sacrifice with aid all Maruts, all to the songs and praises of the singer!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.11
आ नो दिवो बृहतः पर्वताद् आ सरस्वती यजता गन्तु यज्ञम् । हवꣳ देवी जुजुषाणा घृताची शग्माꣳ नो वाचम् उशती शृणोतु
ā no divo bṛhataḥ parvatād ā sarasvatī yajatā gantu yajñam | havaṁ devī jujuṣāṇā ghṛtācī śagmāṁ no vācam uśatī śṛṇotu
From heaven, from the lofty mountain, let Sarasvatī, worthy of worship, come to our sacrifice; may the goddess, delighting in the call, ghee-faced, willingly hear our effective speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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From high heaven may Sarasvatî the Holy visit our sacrifice, and from the mountain. Eager, propitious, may the balmy Goddess hear our effectual speech, our invocation.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.12
आ वेधसꣳ नीलपृष्ठम् बृहन्तम् बृहस्पतिꣳ सदने सादयध्वम् । सादद्योनिꣳ दम आ दीदिवाꣳसꣳ हिरण्यवर्णम् अरुषꣳ सपेम
ā vedhasaṁ nīlapṛṣṭham bṛhantam bṛhaspatiṁ sadane sādayadhvam | sādadyoniṁ dama ā dīdivāṁsaṁ hiraṇyavarṇam aruṣaṁ sapema
Seat in (his) seat the great ordainer, dark-backed Bṛhaspati; let us serve him who takes his place at the womb-seat, shining in the house, gold-coloured, ruddy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Set in his seat the God whose back is dusky, Br̥ihaspati the lofty, the Disposer. Him let us worship, set within the dwelling, the red, the golden-hued, the allresplendent.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.13
आ धर्णसिर् बृहद्दिवो रराणो विश्वेभिर् गन्त्व् ओमभिर् हुवानः । ग्ना वसान ओषधीर् अमृध्रस् त्रिधातुशृङ्गो वृषभो वयोधाः
ā dharṇasir bṛhaddivo rarāṇo viśvebhir gantv omabhir huvānaḥ | gnā vasāna oṣadhīr amṛdhras tridhātuśṛṅgo vṛṣabho vayodhāḥ
Let the sustaining one of great heaven come, granting freely, invoked, with all his helps — clothing himself in the women(?), in the plants, unrelenting, the bull with a three-layered horn, the giver of vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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May the Sustainer, high in heaven, come hither, the Bounteous One, invoked, with all his favours, Dweller with Dames divine, with plants, unwearied, the Steer with triple horn, the life-bestower.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.14
मातुष् पदे परमे शुक्र आयोर् विपन्यवो रास्पिरासो अग्मन् । सुशेव्यꣳ नमसा रातहव्याः शिशुम् मृजन्त्य् आयवो न वासे
mātuṣ pade parame śukra āyor vipanyavo rāspirāso agman | suśevyaṁ namasā rātahavyāḥ śiśum mṛjanty āyavo na vāse
In the highest bright track of the mother of Āyu the admirers, the shouters(?), have come; with homage, having given the oblation, the Āyus polish the very kindly child, as if for a garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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The tuneful eloquent priests of him who liveth have sought the Mother's bright and loftiest station. As living men, with offered gifts and homage they deck the most auspicious Child to clothe him.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.15
बृहद् वयो बृहते तुभ्यम् अग्ने धियाजुरो मिथुनासः सचन्त । देवो-देवः सुहवो भूतु मह्यम् मा नो माता पृथिवी दुर्मतौ धात्
bṛhad vayo bṛhate tubhyam agne dhiyājuro mithunāsaḥ sacanta | devo-devaḥ suhavo bhūtu mahyam mā no mātā pṛthivī durmatau dhāt
Lofty vigour (comes) to you, O lofty Agni; the paired ones, growing old through (their) devotion, attend (him). Let each god be easy to invoke for me; let not Mother Earth put us in ill favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Agni, great vital power is thine, the mighty: pairs waxing old in their devotion seek thee. May every Deity be swift to listen, and Mother Earth with no ill thought regard me.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.16
उरौ देवा अनिबाधे स्याम
urau devā anibādhe syāma
May we be, O gods, in a wide, unconstricted (place).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Gods, may we dwell in free untroubled bliss.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 5 43.17
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' new aid, comfort-bringing and of good guidance. Bring us wealth, and heroes too, and all good fortunes, O immortal ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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May we obtain the Aṣvins' newest favour, and gain their health-bestowing happy guidance. Bring riches hither unto us, and heroes, and all felicity and joy, Immortals!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)