Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 5 — Chapter 83

RV 5 83.1

अच्छा वद तवसꣳ गीर्भिर् आभिः स्तुहि पर्जन्यꣳ नमसा विवास । कनिक्रदद् वृषभो जीरदानू रेतो दधात्य् ओषधीषु गर्भम्

acchā vada tavasaṁ gīrbhir ābhiḥ stuhi parjanyaṁ namasā vivāsa | kanikradad vṛṣabho jīradānū reto dadhāty oṣadhīṣu garbham

Speak toward the strong one with these songs; praise Parjanya, seek to win him with homage. Roaring, the bull of quickening gifts places the seed as an embryo in the plants.

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RV 5 83.2

वि वृक्षान् हन्त्य् उत हन्ति रक्षसो विश्वम् बिभाय भुवनम् महावधात् । उतानागा ईषते वृष्ण्यावतो यत् पर्जन्यः स्तनयन् हन्ति दुष्कृतः

vi vṛkṣān hanty uta hanti rakṣaso viśvam bibhāya bhuvanam mahāvadhāt | utānāgā īṣate vṛṣṇyāvato yat parjanyaḥ stanayan hanti duṣkṛtaḥ

He shatters the trees and he slays the demons; the whole world fears his great weapon. Even the guiltless flees from the one full of bull-power, when Parjanya, thundering, strikes down the evildoers.

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RV 5 83.3

रथीव कशयाश्वाꣳ अभिक्षिपन्न् आविर् दूतान् कृणुते वर्ष्या३ꣳ अह । दूरात् सिꣳहस्य स्तनथा उद् ईरते यत् पर्जन्यः कृणुते वर्ष्य१ꣳ नभः

rathīva kaśayāśvām̐ abhikṣipann āvir dūtān kṛṇute varṣyā3m̐ aha | dūrāt siṁhasya stanathā ud īrate yat parjanyaḥ kṛṇute varṣya1ṁ nabhaḥ

Like a charioteer lashing his horses with the whip, he makes visible his messengers, the rain-bringers. From afar the thunderings of the lion rise up, when Parjanya makes the sky full of rain.

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RV 5 83.4

प्र वाता वान्ति पतयन्ति विद्युत उद् ओषधीर् जिहते पिन्वते स्वः । इरा विश्वस्मै भुवनाय जायते यत् पर्जन्यः पृथिवीꣳ रेतसावति

pra vātā vānti patayanti vidyuta ud oṣadhīr jihate pinvate svaḥ | irā viśvasmai bhuvanāya jāyate yat parjanyaḥ pṛthivīṁ retasāvati

The winds blow forth, the lightnings fly, the plants shoot up, the heaven swells; refreshment is born for every living world when Parjanya quickens the earth with seed.

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RV 5 83.5

यस्य व्रते पृथिवी नन्नमीति यस्य व्रते शफवज् जर्भुरीति । यस्य व्रत ओषधीर् विश्वरूपाः स नः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ

yasya vrate pṛthivī nannamīti yasya vrate śaphavaj jarbhurīti | yasya vrata oṣadhīr viśvarūpāḥ sa naḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha

In whose commandment (vrata) the earth keeps bowing low, in whose commandment the hoofed creatures keep leaping, in whose commandment are the plants of every form — do you, Parjanya, extend to us great shelter.

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RV 5 83.6

दिवो नो वृष्टिम् मरुतो ररीध्वम् प्र पिन्वत वृष्णो अश्वस्य धाराः । अर्वाङ् एतेन स्तनयित्नुनेह्य् अपो निषिञ्चन्न् असुरः पिता नः

divo no vṛṣṭim maruto rarīdhvam pra pinvata vṛṣṇo aśvasya dhārāḥ | arvāṅ etena stanayitnunehy apo niṣiñcann asuraḥ pitā naḥ

Grant us rain from heaven, O Maruts; swell forth the streams of the bull stallion. Come hither with this thundering, pouring down the waters — the Asura, our father.

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RV 5 83.7

अभि क्रन्द स्तनय गर्भम् आ धा उदन्वता परि दीया रथेन । दृतिꣳ सु कर्ष विषितꣳ न्यञ्चꣳ समा भवन्तूद्वतो निपादाः

abhi kranda stanaya garbham ā dhā udanvatā pari dīyā rathena | dṛtiṁ su karṣa viṣitaṁ nyañcaṁ samā bhavantūdvato nipādāḥ

Bellow, thunder, lay in the embryo; fly around with the water-bearing chariot. Draw the waterskin well, untied and turned downward; let the heights and the low places become level.

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RV 5 83.8

महान्तꣳ कोशम् उद् अचा नि षिञ्च स्यन्दन्ताꣳ कुल्या विषिताः पुरस्तात् । घृतेन द्यावापृथिवी व्य् उन्धि सुप्रपाणम् भवत्व् अघ्न्याभ्यः

mahāntaṁ kośam ud acā ni ṣiñca syandantāṁ kulyā viṣitāḥ purastāt | ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī vy undhi suprapāṇam bhavatv aghnyābhyaḥ

Draw up the great vessel, pour it down; let the loosened channels run forth in front. Drench heaven and earth with ghee; let there be a good drinking-place for the cows.

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RV 5 83.9

यत् पर्जन्य कनिक्रदत् स्तनयन् हꣳसि दुष्कृतः । प्रतीदꣳ विश्वम् मोदते यत् किꣳ च पृथिव्याम् अधि

yat parjanya kanikradat stanayan haṁsi duṣkṛtaḥ | pratīdaṁ viśvam modate yat kiṁ ca pṛthivyām adhi

When you, Parjanya, roaring and thundering, slay the evil-doers, then all this rejoices at it, whatever there is upon the earth.

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RV 5 83.10

अवर्षीर् वर्षम् उद् उ षू गृभायाकर् धन्वान्य् अत्येतवा उ । अजीजन ओषधीर् भोजनाय कम् उत प्रजाभ्यो ऽविदो मनीषाम्

avarṣīr varṣam ud u ṣū gṛbhāyākar dhanvāny atyetavā u | ajījana oṣadhīr bhojanāya kam uta prajābhyo 'vido manīṣām

You have rained the rain; now hold it back! You have made the dry lands passable; you have begotten the plants for eating, and for the creatures you have found insight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition