Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.186
आ न इळाभिर् विदथे सुशस्ति विश्वानरः सविता देव एतु । अपि यथा युवानो मत्सथा नो विश्वं जगद् अभिपित्वे मनीषा ॥
ā na iḷābhir vidathe suśasti viśvānaraḥ savitā deva etu | api yathā yuvāno matsathā no viśvaṃ jagad abhipitve manīṣā ||
Loved of all men, may Savitar, through praises offered as sacred food, come to our synod, That you too, through-our hymn, ye ever-youthful, may gladden, at your visit, all our people.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो विश्व आस्क्रा गमन्तु देवा मित्रो अर्यमा वरुणः सजोषाः । भुवन् यथा नो विश्वे वृधासः करन् सुषाहा विथुरं न शवः ॥
ā no viśva āskrā gamantu devā mitro aryamā varuṇaḥ sajoṣāḥ | bhuvan yathā no viśve vṛdhāsaḥ karan suṣāhā vithuraṃ na śavaḥ ||
To us may all the Gods come trooped together, Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna concordant, That all may be promoters of our welfare, and with great might preserve our strength from slackness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रेष्ठं वो अतिथिं गृणीषे ऽग्निं शस्तिभिस् तुर्वणिः सजोषाः । असद् यथा नो वरुणः सुकीर्तिर् इषश् च पर्षद् अरिगूर्तः सूरिः ॥
preṣṭhaṃ vo atithiṃ gṛṇīṣe 'gniṃ śastibhis turvaṇiḥ sajoṣāḥ | asad yathā no varuṇaḥ sukīrtir iṣaś ca parṣad arigūrtaḥ sūriḥ ||
Agni I sing, the guest you love most dearly: the Conqueror through our lauds is friendly-minded. That he may be our Varuna rich in glory and send food like a prince praised by the godly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उप व एषे नमसा जिगीषोषासानक्ता सुदुघेव धेनुः । समाने अहन् विमिमानो अर्कं विषुरूपे पयसि सस्मिन्न् ऊधन् ॥
upa va eṣe namasā jigīṣoṣāsānaktā sudugheva dhenuḥ | samāne ahan vimimāno arkaṃ viṣurūpe payasi sasminn ūdhan ||
To you I seek with reverence, Night and Morning, like a cow good to milk, with hope to conquer, Preparing on a common day the praise. song with milk of various hues within this udder.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत नो ऽहिर् बुध्न्यो मयस् कः शिशुं न पिप्युषीव वेति सिन्धुः । येन नपातम् अपां जुनाम मनोजुवो वृषणो यं वहन्ति ॥
uta no 'hir budhnyo mayas kaḥ śiśuṃ na pipyuṣīva veti sindhuḥ | yena napātam apāṃ junāma manojuvo vṛṣaṇo yaṃ vahanti ||
May the great Dragon of the Deep rejoice us: as one who nourishes her young comes Sindhu, With whom we will incite the Child of Waters whom vigorous course swift as thought bring hither.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत न ईं त्वष्टा गन्त्व् अच्छा स्मत् सूरिभिर् अभिपित्वे सजोषाः । आ वृत्रहेन्द्रश् चर्षणिप्रास् तुविष्टमो नरां न इह गम्याः ॥
uta na īṃ tvaṣṭā gantv acchā smat sūribhir abhipitve sajoṣāḥ | ā vṛtrahendraś carṣaṇiprās tuviṣṭamo narāṃ na iha gamyāḥ ||
Moreover Tvastar also shall approach us, one-minded with the princes at his visit. Hither shall come the Vrtra-slayer Indra, Ruler of men, as strongest of the Heroes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत न ईम् मतयो ऽश्वयोगाः शिशुं न गावस् तरुणं रिहन्ति । तम् ईं गिरो जनयो न पत्नीः सुरभिष्टमं नरां नसन्त ॥
uta na īm matayo 'śvayogāḥ śiśuṃ na gāvas taruṇaṃ rihanti | tam īṃ giro janayo na patnīḥ surabhiṣṭamaṃ narāṃ nasanta ||
Him too our hymns delight, that yoke swift horses, like mother cows who lick their tender youngling. To him our songs shall yield themselves like spouses, to him the most delightful of the Heroes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत न ईम् मरुतो वृद्धसेनाः स्मद् रोदसी समनसः सदन्तु । पृषदश्वासो ऽवनयो न रथा रिशादसो मित्रयुजो न देवाः ॥
uta na īm maruto vṛddhasenāḥ smad rodasī samanasaḥ sadantu | pṛṣadaśvāso 'vanayo na rathā riśādaso mitrayujo na devāḥ ||
So may the Maruts, armed with mighty weapons, rest here on heaven and earth with hearts in concord, As Gods whose cars have dappled steeds like torrents, destroyers of the foe allies of Mitra.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र नु यद् एषाम् महिना चिकित्रे प्र युञ्जते प्रयुजस् ते सुवृक्ति । अध यद् एषां सुदिने न शरुर् विश्वम् एरिणम् प्रुषायन्त सेनाः ॥
pra nu yad eṣām mahinā cikitre pra yuñjate prayujas te suvṛkti | adha yad eṣāṃ sudine na śarur viśvam eriṇam pruṣāyanta senāḥ ||
They hasten on to happy termination their orders when they are made known by glory. As on a fair bright day the arrow flieth o'er all the barren soil their missiles sparkle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रो अश्विनाव् अवसे कृणुध्वम् प्र पूषणं स्वतवसो हि सन्ति । अद्वेषो विष्णुर् वात ऋभुक्षा अच्छा सुम्नाय ववृतीय देवान् ॥
pro aśvināv avase kṛṇudhvam pra pūṣaṇaṃ svatavaso hi santi | adveṣo viṣṇur vāta ṛbhukṣā acchā sumnāya vavṛtīya devān ||
Incline the Asvins to show grace, and Pusan, for power and might have they, their own possession. Friendly are Visnu, Vata, and Rbhuksan so may I bring the Gods to make us happy.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इयं सा वो अस्मे दीधितिर् यजत्रा अपिप्राणी च सदनी च भूयाः । नि या देवेषु यतते वसूयुर् विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
iyaṃ sā vo asme dīdhitir yajatrā apiprāṇī ca sadanī ca bhūyāḥ | ni yā deveṣu yatate vasūyur vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||
This is my reverent thought of you, ye Holy; may it inspire you, make you dwell among us,-- Thought, toiling for the Gods and seeking treasure. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)