Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 103

RV 7 103.1

सꣳवत्सरꣳ शशयाना ब्राह्मणा व्रतचारिणः । वाचम् पर्जन्यजिन्विताम् प्र मण्डूका अवादिषुः

saṁvatsaraṁ śaśayānā brāhmaṇā vratacāriṇaḥ | vācam parjanyajinvitām pra maṇḍūkā avādiṣuḥ

Lying still for a year, Brahmins performing their vow, the frogs have spoken forth the voice quickened by Parjanya.

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RV 7 103.2

दिव्या आपो अभि यद् एनम् आयन् दृतिꣳ न शुष्कꣳ सरसी शयानम् । गवाम् अह न मायुर् वत्सिनीनाम् मण्डूकानाꣳ वग्नुर् अत्रा सम् एति

divyā āpo abhi yad enam āyan dṛtiṁ na śuṣkaṁ sarasī śayānam | gavām aha na māyur vatsinīnām maṇḍūkānāṁ vagnur atrā sam eti

When the heavenly waters came upon him, lying dry in the pond like a leather bag — then, just like the lowing of cows with calves, the noise of the frogs joins together there.

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RV 7 103.3

यद् ईम् एनाꣳ उशतो अभ्य् अवर्षीत् तृष्यावतः प्रावृष्य् आगतायाम् । अख्खलीकृत्या पितरꣳ न पुत्रो अन्यो अन्यम् उप वदन्तम् एति

yad īm enām̐ uśato abhy avarṣīt tṛṣyāvataḥ prāvṛṣy āgatāyām | akhkhalīkṛtyā pitaraṁ na putro anyo anyam upa vadantam eti

When, the rainy season having come, (Parjanya) rained upon them as they longed and thirsted, then one, croaking "akhkhala!", goes up to the other who is speaking, as a son to his father.

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RV 7 103.4

अन्यो अन्यम् अनु गृभ्णात्य् एनोर् अपाम् प्रसर्गे यद् अमन्दिषाताम् । मण्डूको यद् अभिवृष्टः कनिष्कन् पृश्निः सम्पृङ्क्ते हरितेन वाचम्

anyo anyam anu gṛbhṇāty enor apām prasarge yad amandiṣātām | maṇḍūko yad abhivṛṣṭaḥ kaniṣkan pṛśniḥ sampṛṅkte haritena vācam

One of the two takes up the other, when at the release of the waters they two have rejoiced; when the frog, rained upon, leaps, the speckled one blends his voice with the green one's.

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RV 7 103.5

यद् एषाम् अन्यो अन्यस्य वाचꣳ शाक्तस्येव वदति शिक्षमाणः । सर्वꣳ तद् एषाꣳ समृधेव पर्व यत् सुवाचो वदथनाध्य् अप्सु

yad eṣām anyo anyasya vācaṁ śāktasyeva vadati śikṣamāṇaḥ | sarvaṁ tad eṣāṁ samṛdheva parva yat suvāco vadathanādhy apsu

When one of them repeats the other's speech, learning it as though from one who is able, all that joint of theirs (thrives) as if in full accord, when with your fine voices you speak over the waters.

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RV 7 103.6

गोमायुर् एको अजमायुर् एकः पृश्निर् एको हरित एक एषाम् । समानꣳ नाम बिभ्रतो विरूपाः पुरुत्रा वाचम् पिपिशुर् वदन्तः

gomāyur eko ajamāyur ekaḥ pṛśnir eko harita eka eṣām | samānaṁ nāma bibhrato virūpāḥ purutrā vācam pipiśur vadantaḥ

One of them is cow-voiced, one goat-voiced, one is speckled, one is green: bearing a common name, of differing forms, they have shaped their voice in many ways as they speak.

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RV 7 103.7

ब्राह्मणासो अतिरात्रे न सोमे सरो न पूर्णम् अभितो वदन्तः । सꣳवत्सरस्य तद् अहः परि ष्ठ यन् मण्डूकाः प्रावृषीणम् बभूव

brāhmaṇāso atirātre na some saro na pūrṇam abhito vadantaḥ | saṁvatsarasya tad ahaḥ pari ṣṭha yan maṇḍūkāḥ prāvṛṣīṇam babhūva

Like Brahmins at the over-night soma rite, speaking all around like a full lake — that day of the year you (frogs) encompass, when what belongs to the rainy season has come to be.

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RV 7 103.8

ब्राह्मणासः सोमिनो वाचम् अक्रत ब्रह्म कृण्वन्तः परिवत्सरीणम् । अध्वर्यवो घर्मिणः सिष्विदाना आविर् भवन्ति गुह्या न के चित्

brāhmaṇāsaḥ somino vācam akrata brahma kṛṇvantaḥ parivatsarīṇam | adhvaryavo gharmiṇaḥ siṣvidānā āvir bhavanti guhyā na ke cit

The Brahmins with their soma have made their voice, performing the yearly brahman; the adhvaryus, hot with the gharma-pot, sweating, become visible, and none are hidden.

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RV 7 103.9

देवहितिꣳ जुगुपुर् द्वादशस्य ऋतुꣳ नरो न प्र मिनन्त्य् एते । सꣳवत्सरे प्रावृष्य् आगतायाꣳ तप्ता घर्मा अश्नुवते विसर्गम्

devahitiṁ jugupur dvādaśasya ṛtuṁ naro na pra minanty ete | saṁvatsare prāvṛṣy āgatāyāṁ taptā gharmā aśnuvate visargam

They have guarded the god-appointed ordinance of the twelfth (month); these men do not transgress the season. When in the year the rainy season has come, the heated gharma-pots attain their release.

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RV 7 103.10

गोमायुर् अदाद् अजमायुर् अदात् पृश्निर् अदाद् धरितो नो वसूनि । गवाम् मण्डूका ददतः शतानि सहस्रसावे प्र तिरन्त आयुः

gomāyur adād ajamāyur adāt pṛśnir adād dharito no vasūni | gavām maṇḍūkā dadataḥ śatāni sahasrasāve pra tiranta āyuḥ

The cow-voiced one gave, the goat-voiced one gave, the speckled one gave, the green one gave us wealth. The frogs, giving hundreds of cows, extend our lifetime at the thousandfold pressing.

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