Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 6 — Chapter 28

RV 6 28.1

आ गावो अग्मन्न् उत भद्रम् अक्रन् सीदन्तु गोष्ठे रणयन्त्व् अस्मे । प्रजावतीः पुरुरूपा इह स्युर् इन्द्राय पूर्वीर् उषसो दुहानाः

ā gāvo agmann uta bhadram akran sīdantu goṣṭhe raṇayantv asme | prajāvatīḥ pururūpā iha syur indrāya pūrvīr uṣaso duhānāḥ

The cows have come, and they have made good fortune; let them settle in the stall and take pleasure with us. Rich in offspring, of many forms, let them be here, milked for Indra through many dawns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 28.2

इन्द्रो यज्वने पृणते च शिक्षत्य् उपेद् ददाति न स्वम् मुषायति । भूयो-भूयो रयिम् इद् अस्य वर्धयन्न् अभिन्ने खिल्ये नि दधाति देवयुम्

indro yajvane pṛṇate ca śikṣaty uped dadāti na svam muṣāyati | bhūyo-bhūyo rayim id asya vardhayann abhinne khilye ni dadhāti devayum

Indra gives aid to the sacrificer and to the one who gives generously; he gives to him besides, he does not rob him of what is his own. Increasing his wealth more and more, he sets the god-devoted man in an unbroken plot of land.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 6 28.3

न ता नशन्ति न दभाति तस्करो नासाम् आमित्रो व्यथिर् आ दधर्षति । देवाꣳश् च याभिर् यजते ददाति च ज्योग् इत् ताभिः सचते गोपतिः सह

na tā naśanti na dabhāti taskaro nāsām āmitro vyathir ā dadharṣati | devām̐ś ca yābhir yajate dadāti ca jyog it tābhiḥ sacate gopatiḥ saha

They are not lost, no thief harms them, no hostile one dares to inflict injury on them; with them he both sacrifices to the gods and gives gifts — long indeed does the lord of cattle keep company with them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 28.4

न ता अर्वा रेणुककाटो अश्नुते न सꣳस्कृतत्रम् उप यन्ति ता अभि । उरुगायम् अभयꣳ तस्य ता अनु गावो मर्तस्य वि चरन्ति यज्वनः

na tā arvā reṇukakāṭo aśnute na saṁskṛtatram upa yanti tā abhi | urugāyam abhayaṁ tasya tā anu gāvo martasya vi caranti yajvanaḥ

No dust-raising steed reaches them, nor do they go toward the slaughtering-place; wide-ranging and free of fear — over such (pasture) do the cows of that sacrificing mortal wander.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 6 28.5

गावो भगो गाव इन्द्रो मे अच्छान् गावः सोमस्य प्रथमस्य भक्षः । इमा या गावः स जनास इन्द्र इच्छामीद् धृदा मनसा चिद् इन्द्रम्

gāvo bhago gāva indro me acchān gāvaḥ somasya prathamasya bhakṣaḥ | imā yā gāvaḥ sa janāsa indra icchāmīd dhṛdā manasā cid indram

Cows are Bhaga; the cows have appeared to me as Indra; cows are a portion of the first Soma. These that are cows — they, O people, are Indra; I long for Indra with my heart and with my mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 6 28.6

यूयꣳ गावो मेदयथा कृशꣳ चिद् अश्रीरꣳ चित् कृणुथा सुप्रतीकम् । भद्रꣳ गृहꣳ कृणुथ भद्रवाचो बृहद् वो वय उच्यते सभासु

yūyaṁ gāvo medayathā kṛśaṁ cid aśrīraṁ cit kṛṇuthā supratīkam | bhadraṁ gṛhaṁ kṛṇutha bhadravāco bṛhad vo vaya ucyate sabhāsu

You, cows, fatten even the thin man; even the unlovely one you make fair of face. You make the house auspicious, O you of auspicious lowing; great is the vitality spoken of you in the assemblies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 28.7

प्रजावतीः सूयवसꣳ रिशन्तीः शुद्धा अपः सुप्रपाणे पिबन्तीः । मा वः स्तेन ईशत माघशꣳसः परि वो हेती रुद्रस्य वृज्याः

prajāvatīḥ sūyavasaṁ riśantīḥ śuddhā apaḥ suprapāṇe pibantīḥ | mā vaḥ stena īśata māghaśaṁsaḥ pari vo hetī rudrasya vṛjyāḥ

Rich in offspring, cropping good grass, drinking clear water at a good watering place — let no thief be master of you, no ill-speaker; let Rudra's missile pass you by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 6 28.8

उपेदम् उपपर्चनम् आसु गोषूप पृच्यताम् । उप ऋषभस्य रेतस्य् उपेन्द्र तव वीर्ये

upedam upaparcanam āsu goṣūpa pṛcyatām | upa ṛṣabhasya retasy upendra tava vīrye

Let this admixture be added to these cows, added to the bull's seed, added, Indra, to your manly might.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain