Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 7 — Chapter 55
RV 7 55.1
अमीवहा वास्तोष् पते विश्वा रूपाण्य् आविशन् । सखा सुशेव एधि नः
amīvahā vāstoṣ pate viśvā rūpāṇy āviśan | sakhā suśeva edhi naḥ
O Lord of the dwelling, slayer of disease, entering into all forms: be for us a friend, kindly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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VÂSTOSHPATI, who killest all disease and wearest every form, Be an auspicious Friend to us.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.2
यद् अर्जुन सारमेय दतः पिशङ्ग यच्छसे । वीव भ्राजन्त ऋष्टय उप स्रक्वेषु बप्सतो नि षु स्वप
yad arjuna sārameya dataḥ piśaṅga yacchase | vīva bhrājanta ṛṣṭaya upa srakveṣu bapsato ni ṣu svapa
O bright, O son of Saramā, when, tawny one, you bare your teeth, they flash like spears among your jaws as you chew. Sleep soundly!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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When, O bright Son of Saramâ, thou showest, tawny-hued! thy teeth, They gleam like lances' points within thy mouth when thou wouldst bite; go thou to steep.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.3
स्तेनꣳ राय सारमेय तस्करꣳ वा पुनःसर । स्तोतॄन् इन्द्रस्य रायसि किम् अस्मान् दुच्छुनायसे नि षु स्वप
stenaṁ rāya sārameya taskaraṁ vā punaḥsara | stotṝn indrasya rāyasi kim asmān ducchunāyase ni ṣu svapa
Bark at the thief, son of Saramā, or at the robber, you who run back and forth. (Yet) you bark at Indra's praisers—why do you act malignantly toward us? Sleep soundly!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Saramâ's Son, retrace thy way: bark at the robber and the thief. At Indra's singers barkest thou? Why dust thou seek to terrify us? Go to sleep.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.4
त्वꣳ सूकरस्य दर्दृहि तव दर्दर्तु सूकरः । स्तोतॄन् इन्द्रस्य रायसि किम् अस्मान् दुच्छुनायसे नि षु स्वप
tvaṁ sūkarasya dardṛhi tava dardartu sūkaraḥ | stotṝn indrasya rāyasi kim asmān ducchunāyase ni ṣu svapa
You, bite hard at the boar; let the boar bite hard at you. (Yet) you bark at Indra's praisers—why do you act malignantly toward us? Sleep soundly!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Be on thy guard against the boar, and let the boar beware of thee. At Indra's singers barkest thou? Why dost thou seek to terrify us? Go to sleep.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.5
सस्तु माता सस्तु पिता सस्तु श्वा सस्तु विश्पतिः । ससन्तु सर्वे ज्ञातयः सस्त्व् अयम् अभितो जनः
sastu mātā sastu pitā sastu śvā sastu viśpatiḥ | sasantu sarve jñātayaḥ sastv ayam abhito janaḥ
Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep, let the dog sleep, let the lord of the clan sleep; let all the kinsmen sleep, let this folk round about sleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Sleep mother, let the father sleep, sleep dog and master of the house. Let all the kinsmen sleep, sleep all the people who are round about.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.6
य आस्ते यश् च चरति यश् च पश्यति नो जनः । तेषाꣳ सꣳ हन्मो अक्षाणि यथेदꣳ हर्म्यꣳ तथा
ya āste yaś ca carati yaś ca paśyati no janaḥ | teṣāṁ saṁ hanmo akṣāṇi yathedaṁ harmyaṁ tathā
Whoever sits and whoever moves about and whatever person looks at us—we shut their eyes together, just as (we shut up) this house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The man who sits, the man who walks, and whosoever looks on us, Of these we closely shut the eyes, even as we closely shut this house.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.7
सहस्रशृङ्गो वृषभो यः समुद्राद् उदाचरत् । तेना सहस्येना वयꣳ नि जनान् स्वापयामसि
sahasraśṛṅgo vṛṣabho yaḥ samudrād udācarat | tenā sahasyenā vayaṁ ni janān svāpayāmasi
The thousand-horned bull that came up out of the sea—with him, the mighty one, we put the people to sleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The Bull who hath a thousand horns, who rises up from out the sea,– By him the Strong and Mighty One we lull and make the people sleep.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 7 55.8
प्रोष्ठेशया वह्येशया नारीर् यास् तल्पशीवरीः । स्त्रियो याः पुण्यगन्धास् ताः सर्वाः स्वापयामसि
proṣṭheśayā vahyeśayā nārīr yās talpaśīvarīḥ | striyo yāḥ puṇyagandhās tāḥ sarvāḥ svāpayāmasi
Those lying on couches, those lying on litters, the women who lie on beds, the women who are of holy fragrance—all of them we put to sleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The women sleeping in the court, lying without, or stretched on beds, The matrons with their odorous sweetsthese, one and all, we lull to sleep.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)