Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 44

RV 5 44.1

तम् प्रत्नथा पूर्वथा विश्वथेमथा ज्येष्ठतातिम् बर्हिषदꣳ स्वर्विदम् । प्रतीचीनꣳ वृजनꣳ दोहसे गिराशुꣳ जयन्तम् अनु यासु वर्धसे

tam pratnathā pūrvathā viśvathemathā jyeṣṭhatātim barhiṣadaṁ svarvidam | pratīcīnaṁ vṛjanaṁ dohase girāśuṁ jayantam anu yāsu vardhase

Him, as of old, as in ancient wise, as in every wise, thus (I sing): the one of foremost rank, sitting on the barhis, finder of the sun — (him who is) turned toward (us), the enclosure, for milking by the song, the swift one, conquering, in accord with which (songs) you grow strong.

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RV 5 44.2

श्रिये सुदृशीर् उपरस्य याः स्वर् विरोचमानः ककुभाम् अचोदते । सुगोपा असि न दभाय सुक्रतो परो मायाभिर् ऋत आस नाम ते

śriye sudṛśīr uparasya yāḥ svar virocamānaḥ kakubhām acodate | sugopā asi na dabhāya sukrato paro māyābhir ṛta āsa nāma te

For splendour are the fair sights of the lower one, which (are) the sunlight — shining out he does not(?) urge on the summits. You are a good guardian, not (there) for deceiving, O you of good resolve; beyond the magic arts, in ṛta, has your name been.

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RV 5 44.3

अत्यꣳ हविः सचते सच् च धातु चारिष्टगातुः स होता सहोभरिः । प्रसर्स्राणो अनु बर्हिर् वृषा शिशुर् मध्ये युवाजरो विस्रुहा हितः

atyaṁ haviḥ sacate sac ca dhātu cāriṣṭagātuḥ sa hotā sahobhariḥ | prasarsrāṇo anu barhir vṛṣā śiśur madhye yuvājaro visruhā hitaḥ

The oblation attends the steed(?), and what is real and the establisher; of unharmed course is he, the hotṛ, the bearer of might — creeping along over the barhis, a bull, a child, in the midst young, unaging, set with(?) the spreading plant.

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RV 5 44.4

प्र व एते सुयुजो यामन्न् इष्टये नीचीर् अमुष्मै यम्य ऋतावृधः । सुयन्तुभिः सर्वशासैर् अभीशुभिः क्रिविर् नामानि प्रवणे मुषायति

pra va ete suyujo yāmann iṣṭaye nīcīr amuṣmai yamya ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | suyantubhiḥ sarvaśāsair abhīśubhiḥ krivir nāmāni pravaṇe muṣāyati

Forth for you (go) these well-yoked ones on their course for the seeking — downward for that one (go) the twin (mares?), strengtheners of ṛta; with well-guiding, all-commanding reins the Krivi steals names in the downward slope.

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RV 5 44.5

सꣳजर्भुराणस् तरुभिः सुतेगृभꣳ वयाकिनꣳ चित्तगर्भासु सुस्वरुः । धारवाकेष्व् ऋजुगाथ शोभसे वर्धस्व पत्नीर् अभि जीवो अध्वरे

saṁjarbhurāṇas tarubhiḥ sutegṛbhaṁ vayākinaṁ cittagarbhāsu susvaruḥ | dhāravākeṣv ṛjugātha śobhase vardhasva patnīr abhi jīvo adhvare

Snapping about with (his) teeth(?) — (he takes) the one seized in pressing, the branching one; among the (wombs) pregnant with thought he is the fair sacrificial post. In the stream-cries, O you of straight song, you shine; grow strong, living one, toward the wives at the rite.

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RV 5 44.6

यादृग् एव ददृशे तादृग् उच्यते सꣳ छायया दधिरे सिध्रयाप्स्व् आ । महीम् अस्मभ्यम् उरुषाम् उरु ज्रयो बृहत् सुवीरम् अनपच्युतꣳ सहः

yādṛg eva dadṛśe tādṛg ucyate saṁ chāyayā dadhire sidhrayāpsv ā | mahīm asmabhyam uruṣām uru jrayo bṛhat suvīram anapacyutaṁ sahaḥ

Just as he has been seen, so is he spoken of; they took (him) together with the effective shadow in the waters. (Grant) us a great, wide, broadly extending, lofty, hero-rich, unshakeable might.

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RV 5 44.7

वेत्य् अग्रुर् जनिवान् वा अति स्पृधः समर्यता मनसा सूर्यः कविः । घ्रꣳसꣳ रक्षन्तम् परि विश्वतो गयम् अस्माकꣳ शर्म वनवत् स्वावसुः

vety agrur janivān vā ati spṛdhaḥ samaryatā manasā sūryaḥ kaviḥ | ghraṁsaṁ rakṣantam pari viśvato gayam asmākaṁ śarma vanavat svāvasuḥ

He pursues, unmarried or possessing a wife, past the rivals, with contending mind — Sūrya, the poet. May he, rich in his own goods, win for us shelter, protecting our household on all sides from the scorching heat.

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RV 5 44.8

ज्यायाꣳसम् अस्य यतुनस्य केतुन ऋषिस्वरꣳ चरति यासु नाम ते । यादृश्मिन् धायि तम् अपस्यया विदद् य उ स्वयꣳ वहते सो अरꣳ करत्

jyāyāṁsam asya yatunasya ketuna ṛṣisvaraṁ carati yāsu nāma te | yādṛśmin dhāyi tam apasyayā vidad ya u svayaṁ vahate so araṁ karat

The greater one — by the banner of this moving one(?) — the ṛṣi-voiced one moves among those (songs) in which your name is. Whoever is set therein, him he finds through (his) skill; and who conveys himself, he will make (it) fitting.

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RV 5 44.9

समुद्रम् आसाम् अव तस्थे अग्रिमा न रिष्यति सवनꣳ यस्मिन्न् आयता । अत्रा न हार्दि क्रवणस्य रेजते यत्रा मतिर् विद्यते पूतबन्धनी

samudram āsām ava tasthe agrimā na riṣyati savanaṁ yasminn āyatā | atrā na hārdi kravaṇasya rejate yatrā matir vidyate pūtabandhanī

The foremost of these has stepped down to the sea; the pressing in which she is stretched out does not fail. There the heart of the (butcher/reciter?) does not tremble, where a thought with pure binding is found.

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RV 5 44.10

स हि क्षत्रस्य मनसस्य चित्तिभिर् एवावदस्य यजतस्य सध्रेः । अवत्सारस्य स्पृणवाम रण्वभिः शविष्ठꣳ वाजꣳ विदुषा चिद् अर्ध्यम्

sa hi kṣatrasya manasasya cittibhir evāvadasya yajatasya sadhreḥ | avatsārasya spṛṇavāma raṇvabhiḥ śaviṣṭhaṁ vājaṁ viduṣā cid ardhyam

For it is he: with though to of Kshatra, Mânasa, of Yajata, and Sadhri, and Evâvada, With Avatsâra's sweet songs will we strive to win the mightiest strength which even he who knows should gain.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 5 44.11

श्येन आसाम् अदितिः कक्ष्यो३ मदो विश्ववारस्य यजतस्य मायिनः । सम् अन्यम्-अन्यम् अर्थयन्त्य् एतवे विदुर् विषाणम् परिपानम् अन्ति ते

śyena āsām aditiḥ kakṣyo3 mado viśvavārasya yajatasya māyinaḥ | sam anyam-anyam arthayanty etave vidur viṣāṇam paripānam anti te

The Hawk is their full source, girth-stretching rapturous drink of Viṣvavâra, of Mayin, and Yajata. They ever seek a fresh draught so that they may come, know when thy time to halt and drink thy fill is near.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 5 44.12

सदापृणो यजतो वि द्विषो वधीद् बाहुवृक्तः श्रुतवित् तर्यो वः सचा । उभा स वरा प्रत्य् एति भाति च यद् ईꣳ गणम् भजते सुप्रयावभिः

sadāpṛṇo yajato vi dviṣo vadhīd bāhuvṛktaḥ śrutavit taryo vaḥ sacā | ubhā sa varā praty eti bhāti ca yad īṁ gaṇam bhajate suprayāvabhiḥ

Ever-filling, worthy of worship, may he strike the hatreds apart — he of the crooked arm, knowing what is heard, (?)a helper for you in company. He goes to meet both boons and shines, when he apportions the troop with those who press well forward.

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RV 5 44.13

सुतम्भरो यजमानस्य सत्पतिर् विश्वासाम् ऊधः स धियाम् उदञ्चनः । भरद् धेनू रसवच् छिश्रिये पयो ऽनुब्रुवाणो अध्य् एति न स्वपन्

sutambharo yajamānasya satpatir viśvāsām ūdhaḥ sa dhiyām udañcanaḥ | bharad dhenū rasavac chiśriye payo 'nubruvāṇo adhy eti na svapan

Bringing the pressed (soma), the true lord of the sacrificer, he is the udder of all insights, the one who draws (them) up. He bore the two milk-cows; the sappy milk has settled (in them); reciting after, he attends and does not sleep.

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RV 5 44.14

यो जागार तम् ऋचः कामयन्ते यो जागार तम् उ सामानि यन्ति । यो जागार तम् अयꣳ सोम आह तवाहम् अस्मि सख्ये न्योकाः

yo jāgāra tam ṛcaḥ kāmayante yo jāgāra tam u sāmāni yanti | yo jāgāra tam ayaṁ soma āha tavāham asmi sakhye nyokāḥ

He who has stayed awake — him the ṛc-verses desire; he who has stayed awake — to him the sāman-chants go. He who has stayed awake — to him this Soma has said: "I am at home in your friendship."

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RV 5 44.15

अग्निर् जागार तम् ऋचः कामयन्ते ऽग्निर् जागार तम् उ सामानि यन्ति । अग्निर् जागार तम् अयꣳ सोम आह तवाहम् अस्मि सख्ये न्योकाः

agnir jāgāra tam ṛcaḥ kāmayante 'gnir jāgāra tam u sāmāni yanti | agnir jāgāra tam ayaṁ soma āha tavāham asmi sakhye nyokāḥ

Agni has stayed awake — him the ṛc-verses desire; Agni has stayed awake — to him the sāman-chants go. Agni has stayed awake — to him this Soma has said: "I am at home in your friendship."

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