Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 101

RV 7 101.1

तिस्रो वाचः प्र वद ज्योतिरग्रा या एतद् दुह्रे मधुदोघम् ऊधः । स वत्सꣳ कृण्वन् गर्भम् ओषधीनाꣳ सद्यो जातो वृषभो रोरवीति

tisro vācaḥ pra vada jyotiragrā yā etad duhre madhudogham ūdhaḥ | sa vatsaṁ kṛṇvan garbham oṣadhīnāṁ sadyo jāto vṛṣabho roravīti

Utter forth the three speeches whose forerunner is light, which milk out this udder that yields honey. Making the calf, the embryo of the plants, the bull, born on the same day, bellows loudly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 101.2

यो वर्धन ओषधीनाꣳ यो अपाꣳ यो विश्वस्य जगतो देव ईशे । स त्रिधातु शरणꣳ शर्म यꣳसत् त्रिवर्तु ज्योतिः स्वभिष्ट्य् अ१स्मे

yo vardhana oṣadhīnāṁ yo apāṁ yo viśvasya jagato deva īśe | sa tridhātu śaraṇaṁ śarma yaṁsat trivartu jyotiḥ svabhiṣṭy a1sme

He who is the increaser of the plants, who (is) of the waters, who as god rules over all that moves — let him extend to us threefold refuge and shelter, a triple-layered light with good aid.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 101.3

स्तरीर् उ त्वद् भवति सूत उ त्वद् यथावशꣳ तन्वꣳ चक्र एषः । पितुः पयः प्रति गृभ्णाति माता तेन पिता वर्धते तेन पुत्रः

starīr u tvad bhavati sūta u tvad yathāvaśaṁ tanvaṁ cakra eṣaḥ | pituḥ payaḥ prati gṛbhṇāti mātā tena pitā vardhate tena putraḥ

Now from you (comes) a barren one, now from you one that bears; this one has made his body as he wills. The mother receives the milk of the father; by that the father thrives, by that the son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 101.4

यस्मिन् विश्वानि भुवनानि तस्थुस् तिस्रो द्यावस् त्रेधा सस्रुर् आपः । त्रयः कोशास उपसेचनासो मध्वः श्चोतन्त्य् अभितो विरप्शम्

yasmin viśvāni bhuvanāni tasthus tisro dyāvas tredhā sasrur āpaḥ | trayaḥ kośāsa upasecanāso madhvaḥ ścotanty abhito virapśam

In whom all the worlds have taken their stand, (in whom) the three heavens (stand), and the waters have flowed threefold — three vats, pouring in, drip honey round about in abundance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 101.5

इदꣳ वचः पर्जन्याय स्वराजे हृदो अस्त्व् अन्तरꣳ तज् जुजोषत् । मयोभुवो वृष्टयः सन्त्व् अस्मे सुपिप्पला ओषधीर् देवगोपाः

idaṁ vacaḥ parjanyāya svarāje hṛdo astv antaraṁ taj jujoṣat | mayobhuvo vṛṣṭayaḥ santv asme supippalā oṣadhīr devagopāḥ

May this speech be inward to the heart of Parjanya, the self-ruling king; may he take pleasure in it. May the rains be refreshing for us, the plants rich in berries, guarded by the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

RV 7 101.6

स रेतोधा वृषभः शश्वतीनाꣳ तस्मिन्न् आत्मा जगतस् तस्थुषश् च । तन् म ऋतम् पातु शतशारदाय यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

sa retodhā vṛṣabhaḥ śaśvatīnāṁ tasminn ātmā jagatas tasthuṣaś ca | tan ma ṛtam pātu śataśāradāya yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

He is the seed-placing bull of all (the females); in him is the breath of what moves and what stands still. May that truth (ṛta) protect me for a hundred autumns — do you all protect us always with your blessings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition