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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 72

RV 8 72.1

हविष् कृणुध्वम् आ गमद् अध्वर्युर् वनते पुनः । विद्वाꣳ अस्य प्रशासनम्

haviṣ kṛṇudhvam ā gamad adhvaryur vanate punaḥ | vidvām̐ asya praśāsanam

Make the oblation ready! The adhvaryu has come; he seeks (it) again, knowing the direction of this (rite).

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PREPARE oblation: let him come; and let the minister serve again Who knows the ordering thereof,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.2

नि तिग्मम् अभ्य् अ१ꣳशुꣳ सीदद् धोता मनाव् अधि । जुषाणो अस्य सख्यम्

ni tigmam abhy a1ṁśuṁ sīdad dhotā manāv adhi | juṣāṇo asya sakhyam

The hotṛ sat down facing the sharp stalk, over Manu, taking pleasure in his friendship.

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Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.3

अन्तर् इच्छन्ति तꣳ जने रुद्रम् परो मनीषया । गृभ्णन्ति जिह्वया ससम्

antar icchanti taṁ jane rudram paro manīṣayā | gṛbhṇanti jihvayā sasam

Within, among the people, they seek him, Rudra beyond (their) thinking; with the tongue they seize the food.

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Him, glowing bright beyond all thought, they seek among the race of man; With him for tougue they seize the food.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.4

जाम्य् अतीतपे धनुर् वयोधा अरुहद् वनम् । दृषदꣳ जिह्वयावधीत्

jāmy atītape dhanur vayodhā aruhad vanam | dṛṣadaṁ jihvayāvadhīt

The kinswoman has heated the bow; the giver of vigour has climbed the wood; with (his) tongue he struck the pressing-stone.

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He hath inflamed the twofold plain: lifegiving, he hath climbed the wood, And with his tongue hath struck the rock.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.5

चरन् वत्सो रुशन्न् इह निदातारꣳ न विन्दते । वेति स्तोतव अम्ब्यम्

caran vatso ruśann iha nidātāraṁ na vindate | veti stotava ambyam

Wandering here, the shining calf finds no one to tether it; it seeks the motherly one, to be praised.

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Wandering here the radiant Calf finds none to fetter him, and seeks The Mother to declare his praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.6

उतो न्व् अस्य यन् महद् अश्वावद् योजनम् बृहद् । दामा रथस्य ददृशे

uto nv asya yan mahad aśvāvad yojanam bṛhad | dāmā rathasya dadṛśe

And now, since his yoking is great, rich in horses, lofty — the reins of the chariot have been seen.

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And now that great and mighty team, the team of horses that are his, And traces of his car, are seen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.7

दुहन्ति सप्तैकाम् उप द्वा पञ्च सृजतः । तीर्थे सिन्धोर् अधि स्वरे

duhanti saptaikām upa dvā pañca sṛjataḥ | tīrthe sindhor adhi svare

Seven milk the one; two (and) five let (the streams) loose, at the ford of the river, on the resounding (place).

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The seven milk a single cow; the two set other five to work, On the stream's loud-resounding bank.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.8

आ दशभिर् विवस्वत इन्द्रः कोशम् अचुच्यवीत् । खेदया त्रिवृता दिवः

ā daśabhir vivasvata indraḥ kośam acucyavīt | khedayā trivṛtā divaḥ

With the ten (fingers) of Vivasvat Indra shook down the cask, with the threefold goad, from heaven.

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Entreated by Vivasvan's ten, Indra cast down the water-jar With threefold hammer from the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.9

परि त्रिधातुर् अध्वरꣳ जूर्णिर् एति नवीयसी । मध्वा होतारो अञ्जते

pari tridhātur adhvaraṁ jūrṇir eti navīyasī | madhvā hotāro añjate

Around the rite goes the threefold glow, ever newer; the hotṛs anoint (it) with honey.

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Three times the newly-kindled flame proceeds around the sacrifice: The priests anoint it with the meath.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.10

सिञ्चन्ति नमसावतम् उच्चाचक्रम् परिज्मानम् । नीचीनबारम् अक्षितम्

siñcanti namasāvatam uccācakram parijmānam | nīcīnabāram akṣitam

With homage they pour into the well whose wheel is above, that goes around, whose opening is downward, that is never exhausted.

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With reverence they drain the fount that circles with its wheel above, Exhaustless, with the mouth below.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.11

अभ्यारम् इद् अद्रयो निषिक्तम् पुष्करे मधु । अवतस्य विसर्जने

abhyāram id adrayo niṣiktam puṣkare madhu | avatasya visarjane

Close at hand, O stones, is the honey poured into the vessel, at the releasing of the well.

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The pressing-stones are set at work: the meath is poured into the tank, At the out-shedding of the fount.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.12

गाव उपावतावतम् मही यज्ञस्य रप्सुदा । उभा कर्णा हिरण्यया

gāva upāvatāvatam mahī yajñasya rapsudā | ubhā karṇā hiraṇyayā

O cows, come to the well: great is the abundance-giver of the sacrifice, both her ears golden.

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Ye cows, protect the fount: the two Mighty Ones bless the sacrifice. The handles twain are wrought of gold.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.13

आ सुते सिञ्चत श्रियꣳ रोदस्योर् अभिश्रियम् । रसा दधीत वृषभम्

ā sute siñcata śriyaṁ rodasyor abhiśriyam | rasā dadhīta vṛṣabham

Pour into the pressed (soma) the splendour, the crowning glory of the two worlds; with the sap let her receive the bull.

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Pour on the juice the ornament which reaches both the heaven and earth Supply the liquid to the Bull.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.14

ते जानत स्वम् ओक्य१ꣳ सꣳ वत्सासो न मातृभिः । मिथो नसन्त जामिभिः

te jānata svam okya1ṁ saṁ vatsāso na mātṛbhiḥ | mitho nasanta jāmibhiḥ

They knew their own home; like calves with their mothers they came together; they joined one another with their kin.

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These know their own abiding-place: like calves beside the mother cows They meet together with their kin.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.15

उप स्रक्वेषु बप्सतः कृण्वते धरुणꣳ दिवि । इन्द्रे अग्ना नमः स्वः

upa srakveṣu bapsataḥ kṛṇvate dharuṇaṁ divi | indre agnā namaḥ svaḥ

Close among the jaws of the devouring (one) they make a support in heaven: to Indra, to Agni — homage, and the light of heaven.

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Devouring in their greedy jaws, they make sustaining food in heaven, To Indra, Agni light and prayer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.16

अधुक्षत् पिप्युषीम् इषम् ऊर्जꣳ सप्तपदीम् अरिः । सूर्यस्य सप्त रश्मिभिः

adhukṣat pipyuṣīm iṣam ūrjaṁ saptapadīm ariḥ | sūryasya sapta raśmibhiḥ

The lord milked out swelling refreshment, nourishment of seven steps, with the seven rays of the sun.

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The Pious One milked out rich food, sustenance dealt in portions seven, Together with the Sun's seven rays.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.17

सोमस्य मित्रावरुणोदिता सूर आ ददे । तद् आतुरस्य भेषजम्

somasya mitrāvaruṇoditā sūra ā dade | tad āturasya bheṣajam

At the rising of the sun, O Mitra and Varuṇa, I take (a draught) of the Soma: that is the remedy for the ailing man.

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I took some Soma when the Sun rose up, O Mitra, Varuṇa. That is the sick man's medicine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 8 72.18

उतो न्व् अस्य यत् पदꣳ हर्यतस्य निधान्यम् । परि द्याꣳ जिह्वयातनत्

uto nv asya yat padaṁ haryatasya nidhānyam | pari dyāṁ jihvayātanat

And now, whatever footprint of this desirable one is to be deposited — with his tongue he has stretched around the sky.

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

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From where oblations must be laid, which is the Well-beloved's home, He with his tongue hath compassed heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)