Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 33
RV 7 33.1
श्वित्यञ्चो मा दक्षिणतस्कपर्दा धियꣳजिन्वासो अभि हि प्रमन्दुः । उत्तिष्ठन् वोचे परि बर्हिषो नॄन् न मे दूराद् अवितवे वसिष्ठाः
śvityañco mā dakṣiṇataskapardā dhiyaṁjinvāso abhi hi pramanduḥ | uttiṣṭhan voce pari barhiṣo nṝn na me dūrād avitave vasiṣṭhāḥ
For the whitish ones with hair-knots on the right, quickeners of thought, have gladdened me. Standing up from the barhis I call out to the men: let the Vasiṣṭhas not be far from me, (but here) to help.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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THESE who wear hair-knots on the right, the movers of holy thought, white-robed, have won me over. I warned the men, when from the grass I raised me, Not from afar can my Vasishṭhas help you.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.2
दूराद् इन्द्रम् अनयन्न् आ सुतेन तिरो वैशन्तम् अति पान्तम् उग्रम् । पाशद्युम्नस्य वायतस्य सोमात् सुताद् इन्द्रो ऽवृणीता वसिष्ठान्
dūrād indram anayann ā sutena tiro vaiśantam ati pāntam ugram | pāśadyumnasya vāyatasya somāt sutād indro 'vṛṇītā vasiṣṭhān
From afar they led Indra here with the pressed (soma), past the pool-drink, past the strong drink. Away from the soma of Pāśadyumna Vāyata, from the pressed (juice), Indra chose the Vasiṣṭhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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With soma they brought Indra from a distance, Over Vaiṣanta, from the strong libation. Indra preferred Vasishṭhas to the Soma pressed by the son of Vâyata, Pâṣadyumna.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.3
एवेन् नु कꣳ सिन्धुम् एभिस् ततारेवेन् नु कम् भेदम् एभिर् जघान । एवेन् नु कꣳ दाशराज्ञे सुदासम् प्रावद् इन्द्रो ब्रह्मणा वो वसिष्ठाः
even nu kaṁ sindhum ebhis tatāreven nu kam bhedam ebhir jaghāna | even nu kaṁ dāśarājñe sudāsam prāvad indro brahmaṇā vo vasiṣṭhāḥ
Thus indeed did he cross the Sindhu with these; thus indeed did he slay Bheda with these; thus indeed in the battle of the ten kings did Indra help Sudās — through your formulation, Vasiṣṭhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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So, verily, with these he crossed the river, in company with these he slaughtered Bheda. So in the fight with the Ten Kings, Vasishṭhas! did Indra help Sudâs through your devotions.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.4
जुष्टी नरो ब्रह्मणा वः पितॄणाम् अक्षम् अव्ययꣳ न किला रिषाथ । यच् छक्वरीषु बृहता रवेणेन्द्रे शुष्मम् अदधाता वसिष्ठाः
juṣṭī naro brahmaṇā vaḥ pitṝṇām akṣam avyayaṁ na kilā riṣātha | yac chakvarīṣu bṛhatā raveṇendre śuṣmam adadhātā vasiṣṭhāḥ
With pleasure, men, by your formulation of the fathers (I have made) the axle imperishable: you shall surely not come to harm — since in the śakvarī verses, with lofty roar, you set fury in Indra, Vasiṣṭhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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I gladly, men I with prayer prayed by our fathers have fixed your axle: ye shall not be injured: Since, when ye sang aloud the Ṣakvarî verses, Vasishṭhas! ye invigorated Indra.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.5
उद् द्याम् इवेत् तृष्णजो नाथितासो ऽदीधयुर् दाशराज्ञे वृतासः । वसिष्ठस्य स्तुवत इन्द्रो अश्रोद् उरुꣳ तृत्सुभ्यो अकृणोद् उ लोकम्
ud dyām ivet tṛṣṇajo nāthitāso 'dīdhayur dāśarājñe vṛtāsaḥ | vasiṣṭhasya stuvata indro aśrod uruṁ tṛtsubhyo akṛṇod u lokam
Like (men crying) up to heaven, thirsty, in distress, hemmed in in the battle of the ten kings, they prayed. Indra heard Vasiṣṭha as he praised, and made wide room for the Tṛtsus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Like thirsty men they looked to heaven, in battle with the Ten Kings, surrounded and imploring. Then Indra heard Vasishṭha as he praised him, and gave the Tr̥itsus ample room and freedom.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.6
दण्डा इवेद् गोअजनास आसन् परिच्छिन्ना भरता अर्भकासः । अभवच् च पुरएता वसिष्ठ आद् इत् तृत्सूनाꣳ विशो अप्रथन्त
daṇḍā ived goajanāsa āsan paricchinnā bharatā arbhakāsaḥ | abhavac ca puraetā vasiṣṭha ād it tṛtsūnāṁ viśo aprathanta
Like staves for driving cattle they were, cut short, the Bharatas, puny ones; and Vasiṣṭha became the one who went before, and then the clans of the Tṛtsus spread out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Like sticks and staves wherewith they drive the cattle, Stripped bare, the Bharatas were found defenceless: Vasishṭha then became their chief and leader: then widely. were the Tr̥itsus' clans extended.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.7
त्रयः कृण्वन्ति भुवनेषु रेतस् तिस्रः प्रजा आर्या ज्योतिरग्राः । त्रयो घर्मास उषसꣳ सचन्ते सर्वाꣳ इत् ताꣳ अनु विदुर् वसिष्ठाः
trayaḥ kṛṇvanti bhuvaneṣu retas tisraḥ prajā āryā jyotiragrāḥ | trayo gharmāsa uṣasaṁ sacante sarvām̐ it tām̐ anu vidur vasiṣṭhāḥ
Three make the seed in the worlds; three are the Ārya generations, having light in front; three gharma-fires attend the Dawn — all these the Vasiṣṭhas know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Three fertilize the worlds with genial moisture: three noble Creatures cast a light before them. Three that give warmth to all attend the morning. All these have they discovered, these Vasishṭhas.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.8
सूर्यस्येव वक्षथो ज्योतिर् एषाꣳ समुद्रस्येव महिमा गभीरः । वातस्येव प्रजवो नान्येन स्तोमो वसिष्ठा अन्वेतवे वः
sūryasyeva vakṣatho jyotir eṣāṁ samudrasyeva mahimā gabhīraḥ | vātasyeva prajavo nānyena stomo vasiṣṭhā anvetave vaḥ
Like the sun's is their waxing light; like the ocean's their greatness, deep; like the wind's their onrush: your praise-song, Vasiṣṭhas, is not to be followed by another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Like the Sun's growing glory is their splendour, and like the sea's is their unflathomed greatness. Their course is like the wind's. Your laud, Vasishṭhas, can never be attained by any other.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.9
त इन् निण्यꣳ हृदयस्य प्रकेतैः सहस्रवल्शम् अभि सꣳ चरन्ति । यमेन ततम् परिधिꣳ वयन्तो ऽप्सरस उप सेदुर् वसिष्ठाः
ta in niṇyaṁ hṛdayasya praketaiḥ sahasravalśam abhi saṁ caranti | yamena tatam paridhiṁ vayanto 'psarasa upa sedur vasiṣṭhāḥ
They indeed, with the perceptions of the heart, move about the hidden thousand-branched one; weaving the enclosure stretched out by Yama, the Vasiṣṭhas sat down beside the Apsaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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They with perceptions of the heart in secret resort to that which spreads a thousand branches. The Apsaras brought hither the Vasishṭhas wearing the vesture spun for them by Yama.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.10
विद्युतो ज्योतिः परि सꣳजिहानम् मित्रावरुणा यद् अपश्यताꣳ त्वा । तत् ते जन्मोतैकꣳ वसिष्ठागस्त्यो यत् त्वा विश आजभार
vidyuto jyotiḥ pari saṁjihānam mitrāvaruṇā yad apaśyatāṁ tvā | tat te janmotaikaṁ vasiṣṭhāgastyo yat tvā viśa ājabhāra
When Mitra and Varuṇa saw you, the light of lightning gliding around — that was your birth, and one other, Vasiṣṭha, when Agastya brought you to the clans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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A form of lustre springing from the lightning wast thou, when Varuṇa and Mitra saw thee. Tliy one and only birth was then, Vasishṭha, when from thy stock Agastya brought thee hither.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.11
उतासि मैत्रावरुणो वसिष्ठोर्वश्या ब्रह्मन् मनसो ऽधि जातः । द्रप्सꣳ स्कन्नम् ब्रह्मणा दैव्येन विश्वे देवाः पुष्करे त्वाददन्त
utāsi maitrāvaruṇo vasiṣṭhorvaśyā brahman manaso 'dhi jātaḥ | drapsaṁ skannam brahmaṇā daivyena viśve devāḥ puṣkare tvādadanta
And you are (a son) of Mitra and Varuṇa, O Vasiṣṭha, born from the mind of Urvaśī, O brahman. The drop that had spilled — by divine formula all the gods took you up in the pond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Born of their love for Urvaṣî, Vasishṭha thou, priest, art son of Varuṇa and Mitra; And as a fallen drop, in heavenly fervour, all the Gods laid thee on a lotus-blossorn.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.12
स प्रकेत उभयस्य प्रविद्वान् सहस्रदान उत वा सदानः । यमेन ततम् परिधिꣳ वयिष्यन्न् अप्सरसः परि जज्ञे वसिष्ठः
sa praketa ubhayasya pravidvān sahasradāna uta vā sadānaḥ | yamena tatam paridhiṁ vayiṣyann apsarasaḥ pari jajñe vasiṣṭhaḥ
He, the perceptive one, knowing both (worlds), giving a thousand or ever-giving; about to weave the enclosure stretched out by Yama, Vasiṣṭha was born from the Apsaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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He thinker, knower both of earth and heaven, endowed with many a gift, bestowing thousands, Destined to wear the vesture spun by Yama, sprang from the Apsaras to life, Vasishṭha.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.13
सत्रे ह जाताव् इषिता नमोभिः कुम्भे रेतः सिषिचतुः समानम् । ततो ह मान उद् इयाय मध्यात् ततो जातम् ऋषिम् आहुर् वसिष्ठम्
satre ha jātāv iṣitā namobhiḥ kumbhe retaḥ siṣicatuḥ samānam | tato ha māna ud iyāya madhyāt tato jātam ṛṣim āhur vasiṣṭham
The two, born at the sacrifice, urged on by homages, poured their common seed into the jar. From there, out of its middle, Māna rose up; from there, they say, the seer Vasiṣṭha was born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Born at the sacrifice, urged by adorations, both with a common flow bedewed the pitcher. Then from the midst thereof there rose up Mâna, and thence they say was born the sage Vasishṭha.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 33.14
उक्थभृतꣳ सामभृतम् बिभर्ति ग्रावाणम् बिभ्रत् प्र वदात्य् अग्रे । उपैनम् आध्वꣳ सुमनस्यमाना आ वो गच्छाति प्रतृदो वसिष्ठः
ukthabhṛtaṁ sāmabhṛtam bibharti grāvāṇam bibhrat pra vadāty agre | upainam ādhvaṁ sumanasyamānā ā vo gacchāti pratṛdo vasiṣṭhaḥ
He carries the bearer of the uktha, the bearer of the sāman; bearing the pressing-stone he speaks forth at the head. Hasten up to him, being well-disposed: Vasiṣṭha of the Pratṛdus will come to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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He brings the bearer of the laud and Sâman: first shall he speak bringing the stone for pressing. With grateful hearts in reverence approach him: to you, O Pratr̥idas, Vasishṭha cometh.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)