Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 8 — Chapter 86
RV 8 86.1
उभा हि दस्रा भिषजा मयोभुवोभा दक्षस्य वचसो बभूवथुः । ता वाꣳ विश्वको हवते तनूकृथे मा नो वि यौष्टꣳ सख्या मुमोचतम्
ubhā hi dasrā bhiṣajā mayobhuvobhā dakṣasya vacaso babhūvathuḥ | tā vāṁ viśvako havate tanūkṛthe mā no vi yauṣṭaṁ sakhyā mumocatam
For you both, wondrous ones, are healers bringing joy, both of you have become (masters) of skill and of speech. Such as you are, Viśvaka calls on you for the making of a body (for his son): do not sever us (from you), release (us into) friendship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
YE Twain are wondrous strong, well-skilled in arts that heal, both bringers of delight, ye both won Daksha's praise. Viṣvaka calls on you as such to save his life. Break ye not off our friendship, come and set me free.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 8 86.2
कथा नूनꣳ वाꣳ विमना उप स्तवद् युवꣳ धियꣳ ददथुर् वस्यïष्टये । ता वाꣳ विश्वको हवते तनूकृथे मा नो वि यौष्टꣳ सख्या मुमोचतम्
kathā nūnaṁ vāṁ vimanā upa stavad yuvaṁ dhiyaṁ dadathur vasyaïṣṭaye | tā vāṁ viśvako havate tanūkṛthe mā no vi yauṣṭaṁ sakhyā mumocatam
How now shall one of divided mind praise you two? You gave insight for the seeking of what is better. Such as you are, Viśvaka calls on you for the making of a body: do not sever us, release (us into) friendship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
How shall he praise you now who is distraught in mind? Ye Twain give wisdom for the gain of what is good. Viṣvaka calls on you as such to save his life. Break ye not off our friendship, come and set me free.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 8 86.3
युवꣳ हि ष्मा पुरुभुजेमम् एधतुꣳ विष्णाप्वे ददथुर् वस्यïष्टये । ता वाꣳ विश्वको हवते तनूकृथे मा नो वि यौष्टꣳ सख्या मुमोचतम्
yuvaṁ hi ṣmā purubhujemam edhatuṁ viṣṇāpve dadathur vasyaïṣṭaye | tā vāṁ viśvako havate tanūkṛthe mā no vi yauṣṭaṁ sakhyā mumocatam
For you two of manifold bounty gave this thriving to Viṣṇāpū, for the seeking of what is better. Such as you are, Viśvaka calls on you for the making of a body: do not sever us, release (us into) friendship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Already have ye Twain, possessors of great wealth, prospered Vishṇâpû thus for gain of what is good. Viṣvaka calls on you as such to save his life. Break ye not off our friendship, come and set me free.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 8 86.4
उत त्यꣳ वीरꣳ धनसाम् ऋजीषिणꣳ दूरे चित् सन्तम् अवसे हवामहे । यस्य स्वादिष्ठा सुमतिः पितुर् यथा मा नो वि यौष्टꣳ सख्या मुमोचतम्
uta tyaṁ vīraṁ dhanasām ṛjīṣiṇaṁ dūre cit santam avase havāmahe | yasya svādiṣṭhā sumatiḥ pitur yathā mā no vi yauṣṭaṁ sakhyā mumocatam
And we call for help that hero, winner of wealth, holder of the residue-pressing, though he be far away, whose favour is sweetest, as a father's: do not sever us, release (us into) friendship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
And that Impetuous Hero, winner of the spoil, though he is far away, we call to succour us, Whose gracious favour, like a father's, is most sweet. Break ye not off our friendship, come and set me free.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 8 86.5
ऋतेन देवः सविता शमायत ऋतस्य शृङ्गम् उर्विया वि पप्रथे । ऋतꣳ सासाह महि चित् पृतन्यतो मा नो वि यौष्टꣳ सख्या मुमोचतम्
ṛtena devaḥ savitā śamāyata ṛtasya śṛṅgam urviyā vi paprathe | ṛtaṁ sāsāha mahi cit pṛtanyato mā no vi yauṣṭaṁ sakhyā mumocatam
By ṛta the god Savitṛ labours; the horn of ṛta has spread wide abroad. Ṛta has overcome even the great one who attacks: do not sever us, release (us into) friendship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
About the holy Law toils Savitar the God the horn of holy Law hath he spread far and wide. The holy Law hath quelled even mighty men of war. Break ye not off our ftiendship, come and set me free.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)