Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 27

RV 8 27.1

अग्निर् उक्थे पुरोहितो ग्रावाणो बर्हिर् अध्वरे । ऋचा यामि मरुतो ब्रह्मणस् पतिꣳ देवाꣳ अवो वरेण्यम्

agnir ukthe purohito grāvāṇo barhir adhvare | ṛcā yāmi maruto brahmaṇas patiṁ devām̐ avo vareṇyam

Agni is set in front at the recitation, the pressing-stones, the barhis at the rite; with a verse I approach the Maruts, Brahmaṇaspati, the gods, for choice help.

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RV 8 27.2

आ पशुꣳ गासि पृथिवीꣳ वनस्पतीन् उषासा नक्तम् ओषधीः । विश्वे च नो वसवो विश्ववेदसो धीनाम् भूत प्रावितारः

ā paśuṁ gāsi pṛthivīṁ vanaspatīn uṣāsā naktam oṣadhīḥ | viśve ca no vasavo viśvavedaso dhīnām bhūta prāvitāraḥ

I will sing to the cattle, to the earth, to the trees, to Dawn and Night, to the plants; and all you Vasus who know all, be furtherers of our thoughts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.3

प्र सू न एत्व् अध्वरो३ ऽग्ना देवेषु पूर्व्यः । आदित्येषु प्र वरुणे धृतव्रते मरुत्सु विश्वभानुषु

pra sū na etv adhvaro3 'gnā deveṣu pūrvyaḥ | ādityeṣu pra varuṇe dhṛtavrate marutsu viśvabhānuṣu

Let our rite go forth well, foremost among the gods with Agni; forth among the Ādityas, among Varuṇa whose vrata is upheld, among the Maruts of all radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.4

विश्वे हि ष्मा मनवे विश्ववेदसो भुवन् वृधे रिशादसः । अरिष्टेभिः पायुभिर् विश्ववेदसो यन्ता नो ऽवृकꣳ छर्दिः

viśve hi ṣmā manave viśvavedaso bhuvan vṛdhe riśādasaḥ | ariṣṭebhiḥ pāyubhir viśvavedaso yantā no 'vṛkaṁ chardiḥ

For all the all-knowing ones, destroyers of foes, have been for the strengthening of man; with your unimpaired protections, O all-knowing ones, extend to us a shelter safe from the wolf.

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RV 8 27.5

आ नो अद्य समनसो गन्ता विश्वे सजोषसः । ऋचा गिरा मरुतो देव्य् अदिते सदने पस्त्ये महि

ā no adya samanaso gantā viśve sajoṣasaḥ | ṛcā girā maruto devy adite sadane pastye mahi

Come to us today, all of you of one mind, of one accord, with verse and song, O Maruts, O goddess Aditi, to the great seat in the house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.6

अभि प्रिया मरुतो या वो अश्व्या हव्या मित्र प्रयाथन । आ बर्हिर् इन्द्रो वरुणस् तुरा नर आदित्यासः सदन्तु नः

abhi priyā maruto yā vo aśvyā havyā mitra prayāthana | ā barhir indro varuṇas turā nara ādityāsaḥ sadantu naḥ

O Maruts, (come) to the dear things; the horse-gifts that are yours — O Mitra, you set forth to the oblations; let Indra, Varuṇa, the swift men, the Ādityas, sit upon our barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.7

वयꣳ वो वृक्तबर्हिषो हितप्रयस आनुषक् । सुतसोमासो वरुण हवामहे मनुष्वद् इद्धाग्नयः

vayaṁ vo vṛktabarhiṣo hitaprayasa ānuṣak | sutasomāso varuṇa havāmahe manuṣvad iddhāgnayaḥ

We, having twisted (and spread) the barhis for you, having set out the refreshments in due order, having pressed the soma, O Varuṇa, call (you), our fires kindled as Manu's were.

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RV 8 27.8

आ प्र यात मरुतो विष्णो अश्विना पूषन् माकीनया धिया । इन्द्र आ यातु प्रथमः सनिष्युभिर् वृषा यो वृत्रहा गृणे

ā pra yāta maruto viṣṇo aśvinā pūṣan mākīnayā dhiyā | indra ā yātu prathamaḥ saniṣyubhir vṛṣā yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe

Come forth, O Maruts, O Viṣṇu, O Aśvins, O Pūṣan, at this my thought; let Indra come first, with those eager to win, the bull who is praised as the slayer of Vṛtra.

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RV 8 27.9

वि नो देवासो अद्रुहो ऽच्छिद्रꣳ शर्म यच्छत । न यद् दूराद् वसवो नू चिद् अन्तितो वरूथम् आदधर्षति

vi no devāso adruho 'cchidraṁ śarma yacchata | na yad dūrād vasavo nū cid antito varūtham ādadharṣati

Extend to us, O gods free of malice, a shelter without a gap — such (a shelter) that no (foe), O Vasus, whether from afar or from close by, shall ever assault that defense.

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RV 8 27.10

अस्ति हि वः सजात्यꣳ रिशादसो देवासो अस्त्य् आप्यम् । प्र णः पूर्वस्मै सुविताय वोचत मक्षू सुम्नाय नव्यसे

asti hi vaḥ sajātyaṁ riśādaso devāso asty āpyam | pra ṇaḥ pūrvasmai suvitāya vocata makṣū sumnāya navyase

For there is kinship with you, O you who destroy foes, O gods, there is fellowship. Speak us forth to the earlier good passage, swiftly to new favor.

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RV 8 27.11

इदा हि व उपस्तुतिम् इदा वामस्य भक्तये । उप वो विश्ववेदसो नमस्युर् आꣳ असृक्ष्य् अन्याम् इव

idā hi va upastutim idā vāmasya bhaktaye | upa vo viśvavedaso namasyur ām̐ asṛkṣy anyām iva

For now (I offer) praise to you, now for a share of good things; toward you, O all-knowing ones, reverent, I have sent forth (my song) as though toward another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.12

उद् उ ष्य वः सविता सुप्रणीतयो ऽस्थाद् ऊर्ध्वो वरेण्यः । नि द्विपादश् चतुष्पादो अर्थिनो ऽविश्रन् पतयिष्णवः

ud u ṣya vaḥ savitā supraṇītayo 'sthād ūrdhvo vareṇyaḥ | ni dvipādaś catuṣpādo arthino 'viśran patayiṣṇavaḥ

That Savitar of yours, O you of good guidance, has risen up erect, to be chosen; the two-footed and the four-footed, intent on their aims, eager to fly, have settled down.

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RV 8 27.13

देवꣳ-देवꣳ वो ऽवसे देवꣳ-देवम् अभिष्टये । देवꣳ-देवꣳ हुवेम वाजसातये गृणन्तो देव्या धिया

devaṁ-devaṁ vo 'vase devaṁ-devam abhiṣṭaye | devaṁ-devaṁ huvema vājasātaye gṛṇanto devyā dhiyā

God after god for your help, god after god for (your) aid — god after god let us call for the winning of prizes, praising with divine insight.

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RV 8 27.14

देवासो हि ष्मा मनवे समन्यवो विश्वे साकꣳ सरातयः । ते नो अद्य ते अपरꣳ तुचे तु नो भवन्तु वरिवोविदः

devāso hi ṣmā manave samanyavo viśve sākaṁ sarātayaḥ | te no adya te aparaṁ tuce tu no bhavantu varivovidaḥ

For indeed the gods are of one mind toward man, all of them together, alike in giving; may they today, may they hereafter be finders of wide space for us, for our offspring.

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RV 8 27.15

प्र वः शꣳसाम्य् अद्रुहः सꣳस्थ उपस्तुतीनाम् । न तꣳ धूर्तिर् वरुण मित्र मर्त्यꣳ यो वो धामभ्यो ऽविधत्

pra vaḥ śaṁsāmy adruhaḥ saṁstha upastutīnām | na taṁ dhūrtir varuṇa mitra martyaṁ yo vo dhāmabhyo 'vidhat

I laud you, O ye Guileless Gods, here where we meet to render praise. None, Varuṇa and Mitra, harins the mortal, man who honours and obeys your laws.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 27.16

प्र स क्षयꣳ तिरते वि महीर् इषो यो वो वराय दाशति । प्र प्रजाभिर् जायते धर्मणस् पर्य् अरिष्टः सर्व एधते

pra sa kṣayaṁ tirate vi mahīr iṣo yo vo varāya dāśati | pra prajābhir jāyate dharmaṇas pary ariṣṭaḥ sarva edhate

He extends his dwelling, (he extends) far the great refreshments, who gives offering to you as you wish; he is propagated with offspring in accordance with (your) ordinance, and, unharmed and whole, he thrives.

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RV 8 27.17

ऋते स विन्दते युधः सुगेभिर् यात्य् अध्वनः । अर्यमा मित्रो वरुणः सरातयो यꣳ त्रायन्ते सजोषसः

ṛte sa vindate yudhaḥ sugebhir yāty adhvanaḥ | aryamā mitro varuṇaḥ sarātayo yaṁ trāyante sajoṣasaḥ

Without fighting he gains (his end); he travels his roads by easy ways — he whom Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa, alike in giving and of one accord, protect.

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RV 8 27.18

अज्रे चिद् अस्मै कृणुथा न्यञ्चनꣳ दुर्गे चिद् आ सुसरणम् । एषा चिद् अस्माद् अशनिः परो नु सास्रेधन्ती वि नश्यतु

ajre cid asmai kṛṇuthā nyañcanaṁ durge cid ā susaraṇam | eṣā cid asmād aśaniḥ paro nu sāsredhantī vi naśyatu

Even on level ground make for him a downward slope, and even in rough terrain an easy passage; and let this bolt, failing of its mark, vanish far away from him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.19

यद् अद्य सूर्य उद्यति प्रियक्षत्रा ऋतꣳ दध । यन् निम्रुचि प्रबुधि विश्ववेदसो यद् वा मध्यꣳदिने दिवः

yad adya sūrya udyati priyakṣatrā ṛtaṁ dadha | yan nimruci prabudhi viśvavedaso yad vā madhyaṁdine divaḥ

What (order) you have established today, when the sun rises, O you whose dominion is dear — the ṛta; and what at sundown, at waking, O you who possess all knowledge, or what at the midday of heaven —

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RV 8 27.20

यद् वाभिपित्वे असुरा ऋतꣳ यते छर्दिर् येम वि दाशुषे । वयꣳ तद् वो वसवो विश्ववेदस उप स्थेयाम मध्य आ

yad vābhipitve asurā ṛtaṁ yate chardir yema vi dāśuṣe | vayaṁ tad vo vasavo viśvavedasa upa stheyāma madhya ā

Or, Asuras, when ye have sheltered the worshipper who goes to sacrifice, at eve may we, O Vasus, ye possessors of all wealth, come then into the midst of You.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 8 27.21

यद् अद्य सूर उदिते यन् मध्यꣳदिन आतुचि । वामꣳ धत्थ मनवे विश्ववेदसो जुह्वानाय प्रचेतसे

yad adya sūra udite yan madhyaṁdina ātuci | vāmaṁ dhattha manave viśvavedaso juhvānāya pracetase

Whatever good thing you set today at the sun's rising, whatever at midday, at the lighting-up, for man — O you who know all — for the discerning one who pours the offering:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

RV 8 27.22

वयꣳ तद् वः सम्राज आ वृणीमहे पुत्रो न बहुपाय्यम् । अश्याम तद् आदित्या जुह्वतो हविर् येन वस्यो ऽनशामहै

vayaṁ tad vaḥ samrāja ā vṛṇīmahe putro na bahupāyyam | aśyāma tad ādityā juhvato havir yena vasyo 'naśāmahai

That of yours we choose for ourselves, O sovereign kings, as a son (chooses) much protection; may we, offering oblation, attain that, O Ādityas, whereby we may reach greater wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition