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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 34

RV 7 34.1

प्र शुक्रैतु देवी मनीषा अस्मत् सुतष्टो रथो न वाजी

pra śukraitu devī manīṣā asmat sutaṣṭo ratho na vājī

Let the bright, divine thought go forth from us, like a well-fashioned chariot winning the prize.

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MAY our divine and brilliant hymn go forth, like a swift chariot wrought and fashioned well.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.2

विदुः पृथिव्या दिवो जनित्रꣳ शृण्वन्त्य् आपो अध क्षरन्तीः

viduḥ pṛthivyā divo janitraṁ śṛṇvanty āpo adha kṣarantīḥ

They know the birthplace of earth and of heaven; the waters hear it as they flow.

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The waters listen as they flow along: they know the origin of heaven and earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.3

आपश् चिद् अस्मै पिन्वन्त पृथ्वीर् वृत्रेषु शूरा मꣳसन्त उग्राः

āpaś cid asmai pinvanta pṛthvīr vṛtreṣu śūrā maṁsanta ugrāḥ

Even the broad waters swelled for him; the mighty heroes were thought highly of in the battles over obstacles.

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Yea, the broad waters swell their flood ior him: of him strong heroes think amid their foes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.4

आ धूर्ष्व् अस्मै दधाताश्वान् इन्द्रो न वज्री हिरण्यबाहुः

ā dhūrṣv asmai dadhātāśvān indro na vajrī hiraṇyabāhuḥ

Set horses at the poles for him, (who is) like Indra with the mace, golden-armed.

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Set ye for him the coursers to the pole: like Indra Thunderer is the Golden-armed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.5

अभि प्र स्थाताहेव यज्ञꣳ यातेव पत्मन् त्मना हिनोत

abhi pra sthātāheva yajñaṁ yāteva patman tmanā hinota

Step forth toward the sacrifice as toward the days (?), and of yourselves impel it, like a traveller on his course.

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Arouse you, like the days, to sacrifice speed gladly like a traveller on the way.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.6

त्मना समत्सु हिनोत यज्ञꣳ दधात केतुꣳ जनाय वीरम्

tmanā samatsu hinota yajñaṁ dadhāta ketuṁ janāya vīram

Of yourselves impel the sacrifice in the encounters; establish for the people a beacon, a hero.

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Go swift to battles, to the sacrifice: set up a flag, a hero for the folk.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.7

उद् अस्य शुष्माद् भानुर् नार्त बिभर्ति भारम् पृथिवी न भूम

ud asya śuṣmād bhānur nārta bibharti bhāram pṛthivī na bhūma

From his blazing force a radiance has arisen; the earth bears the burden as the ground (does).

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Up from his strength hath risen as 'twere a light: it bears the load as earth bears living things.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.8

ह्वयामि देवाꣳ अयातुर् अग्ने साधन्न् ऋतेन धियꣳ दधामि

hvayāmi devām̐ ayātur agne sādhann ṛtena dhiyaṁ dadhāmi

I call the gods, being no sorcerer, O Agni; succeeding through ṛta, I set my thought (on them).

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Agni, no demon I invoke the Gods: by law completing it, I form a hymn.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.9

अभि वो देवीꣳ धियꣳ दधिध्वम् प्र वो देवत्रा वाचꣳ कृणुध्वम्

abhi vo devīṁ dhiyaṁ dadhidhvam pra vo devatrā vācaṁ kṛṇudhvam

Take upon yourselves the divine thought; direct your speech godward.

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Closely albout you lay your heavenly song, and send your voice to where the Gods abide.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.10

आ चष्ट आसाम् पाथो नदीनाꣳ वरुण उग्रः सहस्रचक्षाः

ā caṣṭa āsām pātho nadīnāṁ varuṇa ugraḥ sahasracakṣāḥ

Varuṇa, the mighty, thousand-eyed, looks upon the course of these rivers.

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Varuṇa, Mighty, with a thousand eyes, beholds the paths wherein these rivers run.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.11

राजा राष्ट्रानाम् पेशो नदीनाम् अनुत्तम् अस्मै क्षत्रꣳ विश्वायु

rājā rāṣṭrānām peśo nadīnām anuttam asmai kṣatraṁ viśvāyu

King of realms, the adornment of rivers — his lordship is unassailable, lasting a whole lifetime.

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He, King of kings, the glory of the floods, o'er all that liveth hath resistless sway.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.12

अविष्टो अस्मान् विश्वासु विक्ष्व् अद्युꣳ कृणोत शꣳसꣳ निनित्सोः

aviṣṭo asmān viśvāsu vikṣv adyuṁ kṛṇota śaṁsaṁ ninitsoḥ

Help us among all the peoples; make the utterance of the one who would revile (us) lightless.

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May he assist us among all the tribes, and make the envier's praise devoid of light.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.13

व्य् एतु दिद्युद् द्विषाम् अशेवा युयोत विष्वग् रपस् तनूनाम्

vy etu didyud dviṣām aśevā yuyota viṣvag rapas tanūnām

Let the joyless missile of the haters pass away; keep the bodily affliction far off on every side.

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May the foes' threatening arrow pass us by: may he put far from us our bodies' sin.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.14

अवीन् नो अग्निर् हव्यान् नमोभिः प्रेष्ठो अस्मा अधायि स्तोमः

avīn no agnir havyān namobhiḥ preṣṭho asmā adhāyi stomaḥ

Agni has favoured our oblations along with our homages; the dearest praise has been set down for him.

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Agni, oblation-cater, through our prayers aid us: to him our dearest laud is brought.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.15

सजूर् देवेभिर् अपाꣳ नपातꣳ सखायꣳ कृध्वꣳ शिवो नो अस्तु

sajūr devebhir apāṁ napātaṁ sakhāyaṁ kṛdhvaṁ śivo no astu

In concert with the gods make the Child of the Waters your friend; may he be kindly to us.

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Accordant with the Gods choose for our Friend the Waters' Child: may he be good to us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.16

अब्जाम् उक्थैर् अहिꣳ गृणीषे बुध्ने नदीनाꣳ रजःसु षीदन्

abjām ukthair ahiṁ gṛṇīṣe budhne nadīnāṁ rajaḥsu ṣīdan

With utterances I sing the water-born serpent, seated in the depth of the rivers, in the spaces.

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With lauds I sing the Dragon born of floods: he sits beneath the streams in middle air.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.17

मा नो ऽहिर् बुध्न्यो रिषे धान् मा यज्ञो अस्य स्रिधद् ऋतायोः

mā no 'hir budhnyo riṣe dhān mā yajño asya sridhad ṛtāyoḥ

Let not the serpent of the depth put us in harm; let not the sacrifice of this (man) who seeks ṛta go astray.

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Ne'er may the Dragon of the Deep harm us: ne'er fail this faithful servant's sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.18

उत न एषु नृषु श्रवो धुः प्र राये यन्तु शर्धन्तो अर्यः

uta na eṣu nṛṣu śravo dhuḥ pra rāye yantu śardhanto aryaḥ

And may they place fame among these men of ours; may the rivals go forth, defiant, toward wealth.

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To these our heroes may they grant renown: may pious men march boldly on to wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.19

तपन्ति शत्रुꣳ स्व१र् ण भूमा महासेनासो अमेभिर् एषाम्

tapanti śatruṁ sva1r ṇa bhūmā mahāsenāso amebhir eṣām

They scorch the foe like the sun (scorches) the earth, being (lords) of great armies through their onslaughts.

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Leading great hosts, with fierce attacks of these, they burn their foes as the Sun burns the earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.20

आ यन् नः पत्नीर् गमन्त्य् अच्छा त्वष्टा सुपाणिर् दधातु वीरान्

ā yan naḥ patnīr gamanty acchā tvaṣṭā supāṇir dadhātu vīrān

When our wives come here, may Tvaṣṭā of the skilful hand set heroes (in them).

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What time our wives draw near to us, may he, left-handed Tvashṭar, give us hero sons.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.21

प्रति नः स्तोमꣳ त्वष्टा जुषेत स्याद् अस्मे अरमतिर् वसूयुः

prati naḥ stomaṁ tvaṣṭā juṣeta syād asme aramatir vasūyuḥ

May Tvaṣṭā welcome our praise-song in return; may Aramati, seeking goods, be with us.

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May Tvashṭar find our hymn acceptable, and may Aramati, seeking wealth, be ours.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.22

ता नो रासन् रातिषाचो वसून्य् आ रोदसी वरुणानी शृणोतु । वरूत्रीभिः सुशरणो नो अस्तु त्वष्टा सुदत्रो वि दधातु रायः

tā no rāsan rātiṣāco vasūny ā rodasī varuṇānī śṛṇotu | varūtrībhiḥ suśaraṇo no astu tvaṣṭā sudatro vi dadhātu rāyaḥ

May those who share in giving grant us goods; may the two world-halves, may Varuṇānī hear (us). With the protecting (goddesses) may (Tvaṣṭā) be good shelter for us; may Tvaṣṭā of fine gifts apportion riches.

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May they who lavish gifts bestow those treasures: may Rodasî and Varuṇânî listen. May he, with the Varûtrîs, be our refuge, may bountiful Tvashṭar give us store of riches.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.23

तन् नो रायः पर्वतास् तन् न आपस् तद् रातिषाच ओषधीर् उत द्यौः । वनस्पतिभिः पृथिवी सजोषा उभे रोदसी परि पासतो नः

tan no rāyaḥ parvatās tan na āpas tad rātiṣāca oṣadhīr uta dyauḥ | vanaspatibhiḥ pṛthivī sajoṣā ubhe rodasī pari pāsato naḥ

That (wealth) for us (may) the mountains (grant), that the waters, that the plants who share in giving, and the sky; may the earth in concord with the forest-trees, may both world-halves protect us all around.

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So may rich Mountains and the liberal Waters, so may all Herbs that grow on ground, and Heaven, And Earth accordant with the Forest-Sovrans, and both the World-halves round about protect us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.24

अनु तद् उर्वी रोदसी जिहाताम् अनु द्युक्षो वरुण इन्द्रसखा । अनु विश्वे मरुतो ये सहासो रायः स्याम धरुणꣳ धियध्यै

anu tad urvī rodasī jihātām anu dyukṣo varuṇa indrasakhā | anu viśve maruto ye sahāso rāyaḥ syāma dharuṇaṁ dhiyadhyai

May the two wide world-halves yield to that, may heaven-dwelling Varuṇa, Indra's comrade, (yield to it), may all the Maruts who are mighty (yield to it) — may we be the foundation of wealth, to be set in thought.

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To this may both the wide Worlds lend approval, and Varuṇa in heaven, whose Friend is Indra. May all the Maruts give consent, the Victors, that we may hold great wealth in firm possession.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 7 34.25

तन् न इन्द्रो वरुणो मित्रो अग्निर् आप ओषधीर् वनिनो जुषन्त । शर्मन् स्याम मरुताम् उपस्थे यूयम् पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः

tan na indro varuṇo mitro agnir āpa oṣadhīr vanino juṣanta | śarman syāma marutām upasthe yūyam pāta svastibhiḥ sadā naḥ

May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, the waters, the plants, the trees take pleasure in that for us; may we be in shelter, in the lap of the Maruts. Do you (gods) protect us always with blessings.

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May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni, Waters, Herbs, Trees accept the praise we offer. May we find refuge in the Marut's bosom. Protect us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)