आछद्विधानैर् गुपितो बार्हतैः सोम रक्षितः । ग्राव्णाम् इच् छृण्वन् तिष्ठसि न ते अश्नाति पार्थिवः ॥५॥
āchadvidhānair gupito bārhataiḥ soma rakṣitaḥ | grāvṇām ic chṛṇvan tiṣṭhasi na te aśnāti pārthivaḥ ||5||
Guarded by covering-arrangements, defended by watchmen (?? bárhata), O Soma, thou standest hearing the pressing-stones; no earthly one partakes of thee.
The rāíbhī was the parting [song] (?? anudéyī), the nārāçaṅsī́ was the welcoming one (? nyócanī); Sūryā's garment verily was excellent; she goes adorned with song (gā́thā).
The laudations (stóma) were the cross-pieces (?? pratidhí); meter was the kurī́ra, the opaçá; of Sūryā the Açvins were the wooers, Agni was the forerunner.
śucī te cakre yātyā vyāno akṣa āhataḥ | ano manasmayaṃ sūryārohat prayatī patim ||12||
Clean were the (two) wheels of thee as thou wentest; out-breathing (vyāná) was the inserted axle; a cart made of mind did Sūryā ascend when going forth to her husband.
द्वे ते चक्रे सूर्ये ब्रह्माण ऋतुथा विदुः । अथैकं चक्रं यद् गुहा तद् अद्धातय इद् विदुः ॥१६॥
dve te cakre sūrye brahmāṇa ṛtuthā viduḥ | athaikaṃ cakraṃ yad guhā tad addhātaya id viduḥ ||16||
The two wheels of thee, O Sūryā, the priests (brahmán) know seasonably; further, the one wheel that is in secret—that, verily, the enlightened (addhātí) know.
pra tvā muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśād yena tvābadhnāt savitā suśevāḥ | ṛtasya yonau sukṛtasya loke syonaṃ te astu sahasaṃbhalāyai ||19||
I release thee from Varuṇa's fetter, with which the very propitious Savitar bound thee; in the lair (yóni) of righteousness, in the world of the well-done, be it pleasant for thee accompanied by the wooer (-sambhalá).
भगस् त्वेतो नयतु हस्तगृह्याश्विना त्वा प्र वहतां रथेन । गृहान् गछ गृहपत्नी यथासो वशिनी त्वं विदथम् आ वदासि ॥२०॥ २
bhagas tveto nayatu hastagṛhyāśvinā tvā pra vahatāṃ rathena | gṛhān gacha gṛhapatnī yathāso vaśinī tvaṃ vidatham ā vadāsi ||20|| 2
Let Bhaga lead thee hence, grasping thy hand; let the Açvins carry thee forth by a chariot; go to the houses, that thou mayest be housewife; thou, having control, shalt speak unto the council.
Let what is dear succeed (sam-ṛdh) here for thy progeny; watch thou over this house in order to housewife-ship; mingle thy self (tanū́) with this husband; then shalt thou in advanced age speak to the council.
These two move on one after the other by magic; two sporting young ones go about the ocean; the one looks abroad upon all beings; thou, the other, disposing the seasons art born new.
navonavo bhavasi jāyamāno 'hnāṃ ketur uṣasām eṣy agram | bhāgaṃ devebhyo vi dadhāsy āyan pra candramas tirase dīrgham āyuḥ ||24||
Ever new art thou, being born; sign of the days, thou goest to the apex of the dawns; thou disposest to the gods their share as thou comest; thou extendest, O moon, a long life-time.
Do ye (two) bring together a successful (sámṛddha) portion, speaking right in right-speakings; O Brahmaṇaspati, make the husband shine (ruc) for her; let the wooer (sambhalá) speak this speech agreeably (cā́ru).
ihed asātha na paro gamāthemaṃ gāvaḥ prajayā vardhayātha | śubhaṃ yatīr usriyāḥ somavarcaso viśve devāḥ krann iha vo manāṃsi ||32||
May ye be just here; may ye not go away; may ye, O kine, increase this man with progeny; going in beauty, ruddy, with soma-splendor—may all the gods turn (kṛ) your minds hither.
imaṃ gāvaḥ prajayā saṃ viśāthāyaṃ devānāṃ na mināti bhāgam | asmai vaḥ pūṣā marutaś ca sarve asmai vo dhātā savitā suvāti ||33||
May ye, O kine, enter this man together with progeny; this man minisheth (mī) not the share of the gods; for this man shall Pūshan, and all the Maruts, for this man shall Dhātar, Savitar quicken (sū) you.
anṛkṣarā ṛjavaḥ santu panthano yebhiḥ sakhāyo yanti no vareyam | saṃ bhagena sam aryamṇā saṃ dhātā sṛjatu varcasā ||34||
Free from thorns, straight, let the roads be by which [our] comrades go a-wooing for us; together with Bhaga, together with Aryaman—let Dhātar unite [us] with splendor.
With what [splendor] the backsides of the courtezan (mahānagnī́), O Açvins, or with what the strong drink, with what the dice were flooded (abhi-sic), with that splendor favor ye this woman.
yo anidhmo dīdayad apsv antar yaṃ viprāsa īḍate adhvareṣu | apāṃ napān madhumatīr apo dā yābhir indro vāvṛdhe vīryāvān ||37||
He who shines (dī) without fuel within the waters, whom the devout (vípra) praise at the sacrifices (adhvará)—O child of the waters, mayest thou give waters rich in honey, with which Indra increased, full of heroism.
āsyai brāhmaṇāḥ snapanīr harantv avīraghnīr ud ajantv āpaḥ | aryamṇo agniṃ pary etu pūṣan pratīkṣante śvaśuro devaraś ca ||39||
Let the Brahmans take for her [water] for bathing; let them draw up (?) waters that slay not a hero; let her go about the fire of Aryaman, O Pūshan; father-in-law and brother-in-law are looking on (prati-īkṣ).
शं ते हिरण्यं शम् उ सन्त्व् आपः शं मेथिर् भवतु शं युगस्य तर्द्म । शं त आपः शतपवित्रा भवन्तु शम् उ पत्या तन्वं सं स्पृशस्व ॥४०॥ ४
śaṃ te hiraṇyaṃ śam u santv āpaḥ śaṃ methir bhavatu śaṃ yugasya tardma | śaṃ ta āpaḥ śatapavitrā bhavantu śam u patyā tanvaṃ saṃ spṛśasva ||40|| 4
Weal be to thee gold, and weal be waters; weal be the post (methí), weal the perforation (tárdman) of the yoke; weal be for thee the waters having a hundred cleansers (-pavítra); for weal, too, mingle thyself with thy husband.
In the hole of the chariot, in the hole of the cart, in the hole of the yoke, O thou of a hundred activities, having thrice purified Apālā, O Indra, thou didst make her sun-skinned.
As the ⌊mighty (? vṛ́ṣā)⌋ river (síndhu) won (? sū) the supremacy of the streams (nadī́), so be thou supreme (samrā́jñī), having gone away to thy husband's home.
या अकृन्तन्न् अवयन् याश् च तत्निरे या देवीर् अन्तां अभितो ऽददन्त । तास् त्वा जरसे सं व्ययन्त्व् आयुष्मतीदं परि धत्स्व वासः ॥४५॥
yā akṛntann avayan yāś ca tatnire yā devīr antāṃ abhito 'dadanta | tās tvā jarase saṃ vyayantv āyuṣmatīdaṃ pari dhatsva vāsaḥ ||45||
They (f.) who spun, wove, and who stretched [the web], what divine ones (f.) gave the ends about, let them wrap thee in order to old age; [as] one long-lived put about thee this garment.
jīvaṃ rudanti vi nayanty adhvaraṃ dīrghām anu prasitiṃ dīdhyur naraḥ | vāmaṃ pitṛbhyo ya idaṃ samīrire mayaḥ patibhyo janaye pariṣvaje ||46||
They bewail the living one (m.); they lead away the sacrifice (adhvará); the men sent their thoughts after ⌊root dhī...ánu ⌋ a long reach (prásiti); what is lovely (vāmá) for the Fathers who came together here; joy to the husbands for embracing the wife.
स्योनं ध्रुवं प्रजायै धारयामि ते ऽश्मानं देव्याः पृथिव्या उपस्थे । तम् आ तिष्ठानुमाद्या सुवर्चा दीर्घं त आयुः सविता कृणोतु ॥४७॥
syonaṃ dhruvaṃ prajāyai dhārayāmi te 'śmānaṃ devyāḥ pṛthivyā upasthe | tam ā tiṣṭhānumādyā suvarcā dīrghaṃ ta āyuḥ savitā kṛṇotu ||47||
I maintain for thee, in order to progeny, a pleasant, firm (dhruvá) stone in the lap of the divine earth; stand thou on that, one to be exulted after, of excellent glory; let Savitar make for thee a long life-time.
देवस् ते सविता हस्तं गृह्णातु सोमो राजा सुप्रजसं कृणोतु । अग्निः सुभगां जतवेदाः पत्ये पत्नीं जरदष्टिम् कृणोतु ॥४९॥
devas te savitā hastaṃ gṛhṇātu somo rājā suprajasaṃ kṛṇotu | agniḥ subhagāṃ jatavedāḥ patye patnīṃ jaradaṣṭim kṛṇotu ||49||
Let god Savitar grasp thy hand; let king Soma make thee to have good offspring; let Agni, Jātavedas, make the spouse well-portioned, long-lived, for her husband.
I grasp thy hand in order to good-fortune, that with me as husband thou mayest be long-lived; Bhaga, Aryaman, Savitar, Purandhi ⌊ púraṁdhi ⌋—the gods have given thee to me in order to housewifeship.
Be this woman mine, bringing prosperity (pósya); Brihaspati hath given thee to me; in company with me ⌊as husband⌋ do thou live, rich in offspring, a hundred autumns.
Tvashṭar disposed (vi-dhā) the garment for beauty, by direction of Brihaspati, of the poets; therewith let Savitar and Bhaga envelop this woman, like Sūryā, with progeny.
Let Indra-and-Agni, heaven-and-earth, Mātariçvan, Mitra-and-Varuṇa, Bhaga, both Açvins, Brihaspati, the Maruts, the bráhman. Soma, increase this woman with progeny.
idaṃ tad rūpaṃ yad avasta yoṣā jāyāṃ jijñāse manasā carantīm | tām anv artiṣye sakhibhir navagvaiḥ ka imān vidvān vi cacarta pāśān ||56||
This [is] that form in which the young woman (yóṣā) dressed herself; I desire to know with [my] mind the wife (jāyá) moving about; I will go after her with nine-fold (? návagva) comrades: who, knowing, unloosened (vi-cṛt) these fetters?
ahaṃ vi ṣyāmi mayi rūpam asyā vedad it paśyan manasaḥ kulāyam | na steyam admi manasod amucye svayaṃ śrathnāno varuṇasya pāśān ||57||
I loosen (vi-sā) in me the form of her; he verily shall know, seeing the nest of mind; I eat not stolenly; I was freed (ud-muc) by mind, myself untying (çrath) the fetters of Varuṇa.
I release thee from Varuṇa's fetter, with which the very propitious Savitar bound thee; wide space (loká), an easy road here, do I make for thee, O bride (vadhū́), with thy husband.
ud yachadhvam apa rakṣo hanāthemaṃ nārīṃ sukṛte dadhāta | dhātā vipaścit patim asyai viveda bhago rājā pura etu prajānan ||59||
Raise ye [your weapons]; may ye smite away the demon; set this woman in what is well done; inspired Dhātar found for her a husband; let king Bhaga go in front, foreknowing.
bhagas tatakṣa caturaḥ pādān bhagas tatakṣa catvāry uṣpalāni | tvaṣṭā pipeśa madhyato 'nu vardhrānt sā no astu sumaṅgalī ||60||
Bhaga fashioned the four feet; Bhaga fashioned the four frame-pieces (? úṣyala); Tvashṭar adorned (piç) the straps (? várdhra) along in the middle; let her be to us of excellent omen.
The well-flowered (sukiṅçuká), all-formed bridal-car (vahatú), golden-colored, well-rolling, well-wheeled, do thou mount, O Sūryā, to the world of the immortal; make thou a bridal -car pleasant to husbands.
Let the bráhman be yoked after, the bráhman before, the bráhman at the end, in the middle, the bráhman everywhere; going forward to an impenetrable stronghold of the gods, do thou (f.), propitious, pleasant, bear rule in thy husband's world.
tubhyam agre pary avahant sūryāṃ vahatunā saha | sa naḥ patibhyo jāyāṃ dā agne prajayā saha ||1||
For thee, with bridal train, they, first, escorted Surya to her home. Give to the husband in return, Agni, the wife with progeny.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.85.38; the wording of this text may differ in places.
Agni hath given the bride again with splendour and with ample life. Long lived be he who is her lord; a hundred autumns let him live.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.85.39; the wording of this text may differ in places.
Soma to the Gandharva, and to Agni the Gandharva gave: And Agni hath bestowed on me riches and sons and this my spouse.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.85.41; the wording of this text may differ in places.
ये वध्वश् चन्द्रं वहतुं यक्ष्मा यन्ति जनां अनु । पुनस् तान् यज्ञिया देवा नयन्तु यत आगताः ॥१०॥ ७
ye vadhvaś candraṃ vahatuṃ yakṣmā yanti janāṃ anu | punas tān yajñiyā devā nayantu yata āgatāḥ ||10|| 7
Consumptions, from her people, which follow the bride's resplendent train,- These let the Holy Gods again bear to the place from which they came.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.85.31; the wording of this text may differ in places.
mā vidan paripanthino ya āsīdanti daṃpatī | sugena durgam atītām apa drāntv arātayaḥ ||11||
Let not the highway thieves who lie in ambush find the wedded pair. By pleasant ways let them escape the danger, and let foes depart.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.85.32; the wording of this text may differ in places.
ud va ūrmiḥ śamyā hantv āpo yoktrāṇi muñcata | māduṣkṛtau vyenasāv aghnyāv aśunam āratām ||16||
So let your wave bear up the pins, and ye, O Waters, spare the thongs; And never may the pair of Bulls, harmless and sinless, waste away.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 3.33.13; the wording of this text may differ in places.
O Pusan, send her on as most auspicious, her who shall be the sharer of my pleasures; Her who shall twine her loving arms about me, and welcome all my love and mine embraces.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.85.37; the wording of this text may differ in places.
He without ligature, before making incision in the neck, Closed up the wound again, most wealthy Maghavan, who maketh whole the injured part.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 8.1.12; the wording of this text may differ in places.