Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.191
कङ्कतो न कङ्कतो ऽथो सतीनकङ्कतः । द्वाव् इति प्लुषी इति न्य् अदृष्टा अलिप्सत ॥
kaṅkato na kaṅkato 'tho satīnakaṅkataḥ | dvāv iti pluṣī iti ny adṛṣṭā alipsata ||
Venomous, slightly venomous, or venomous aquatic worm,-- Both creatures, stinging, unobserved, with poison have infected me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अदृष्टान् हन्त्य् आयत्य् अथो हन्ति परायती । अथो अवघ्नती हन्त्य् अथो पिनष्टि पिंषती ॥
adṛṣṭān hanty āyaty atho hanti parāyatī | atho avaghnatī hanty atho pinaṣṭi piṃṣatī ||
Coming, it kills the unobserved; it kills them as it goes away, It kills them as it drives them off, and bruising bruises them to death.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शरासः कुशरासो दर्भासः सैर्या उत । मौञ्जा अदृष्टा वैरिणाः सर्वे साकं न्य् अलिप्सत ॥
śarāsaḥ kuśarāso darbhāsaḥ sairyā uta | mauñjā adṛṣṭā vairiṇāḥ sarve sākaṃ ny alipsata ||
Sara grass, Darbha, Kusara, and Sairya, Muñja, Virana, Where all these creatures dwell unseen, with poison have infected me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नि गावो गोष्ठे असदन् नि मृगासो अविक्षत । नि केतवो जनानां न्य् अदृष्टा अलिप्सत ॥
ni gāvo goṣṭhe asadan ni mṛgāso avikṣata | ni ketavo janānāṃ ny adṛṣṭā alipsata ||
The cows had settled in their stalls, the beasts of prey had sought their lairs, Extinguished were the lights of men, when things unseen infected me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एत उ त्ये प्रत्य् अदृश्रन् प्रदोषं तस्करा इव । अदृष्टा विश्वदृष्टाः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥
eta u tye praty adṛśran pradoṣaṃ taskarā iva | adṛṣṭā viśvadṛṣṭāḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||
Or these, these reptiles, are observed, like lurking thieves at evening time. Seers of all, themselves unseen: be therefore very vigilant.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्यौर् वः पिता पृथिवी माता सोमो भ्रातादितिः स्वसा । अदृष्टा विश्वदृष्टास् तिष्ठतेलयता सु कम् ॥
dyaur vaḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā somo bhrātāditiḥ svasā | adṛṣṭā viśvadṛṣṭās tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam ||
Heaven is your Sire, your Mother Earth, Soma your Brother, Aditi Your Sister: seeing all, unseen, keep still and dwell ye happily.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ये अंस्या ये अङ्ग्याः सूचीका ये प्रकङ्कताः । अदृष्टाः किं चनेह वः सर्वे साकं नि जस्यत ॥
ye aṃsyā ye aṅgyāḥ sūcīkā ye prakaṅkatāḥ | adṛṣṭāḥ kiṃ caneha vaḥ sarve sākaṃ ni jasyata ||
Biters of shoulder or of limb, with needle-stings, most venomous, Unseen, whatever ye may be, vanish together and be gone.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उत् पुरस्तात् सूर्य एति विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा । अदृष्टान् सर्वाञ् जम्भयन् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥
ut purastāt sūrya eti viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā | adṛṣṭān sarvāñ jambhayan sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ||
Slayer of things unseen, the Sun, beheld of all, mounts, eastward, up, Consuming all that are not seen, and evil spirits of the night.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् अपप्तद् असौ सूर्यः पुरु विश्वानि जूर्वन् । आदित्यः पर्वतेभ्यो विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा ॥
ud apaptad asau sūryaḥ puru viśvāni jūrvan | ādityaḥ parvatebhyo viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā ||
There hath the Sun-God mounted up, who scorches much and everything. Even the Aditya from the hills, all-seen, destroying things unseen.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सूर्ये विषम् आ सजामि दृतिं सुरावतो गृहे । सो चिन् नु न मराति नो वयम् मरामारे अस्य योजनं हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार ॥
sūrye viṣam ā sajāmi dṛtiṃ surāvato gṛhe | so cin nu na marāti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra ||
I hang the poison in the Sun, a wine-skin in a vintner's house, He will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इयत्तिका शकुन्तिका सका जघास ते विषम् । सो चिन् नु न मराति नो वयम् मरामारे अस्य योजनं हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार ॥
iyattikā śakuntikā sakā jaghāsa te viṣam | so cin nu na marāti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra ||
This little bird, so very small, hath swallowed all thy poison up. She will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रिः सप्त विष्पुलिङ्गका विषस्य पुष्यम् अक्षन् । ताश् चिन् नु न मरन्ति नो वयम् मरामारे अस्य योजनं हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार ॥
triḥ sapta viṣpuliṅgakā viṣasya puṣyam akṣan | tāś cin nu na maranti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra ||
The three-times-seven bright sparks of fire have swallowed up the poison's strength. They will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
नवानां नवतीनां विषस्य रोपुषीणाम् । सर्वासाम् अग्रभं नामारे अस्य योजनं हरिष्ठा मधु त्वा मधुला चकार ॥
navānāṃ navatīnāṃ viṣasya ropuṣīṇām | sarvāsām agrabhaṃ nāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra ||
Of ninety rivers and of nine with power to stay the venom's course,-- The names of all I have secured: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रिः सप्त मयूर्यः सप्त स्वसारो अग्रुवः । तास् ते विषं वि जभ्रिर उदकं कुम्भिनीर् इव ॥
triḥ sapta mayūryaḥ sapta svasāro agruvaḥ | tās te viṣaṃ vi jabhrira udakaṃ kumbhinīr iva ||
So have the peahens three-times-seven, so have the maiden Sisters Seven Carried thy venom far away, as girls bear water in their jars.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इयत्तकः कुषुम्भकस् तकम् भिनद्म्य् अश्मना । ततो विषम् प्र वावृते पराचीर् अनु संवतः ॥
iyattakaḥ kuṣumbhakas takam bhinadmy aśmanā | tato viṣam pra vāvṛte parācīr anu saṃvataḥ ||
The poison-insect is so small; I crush the creature with a stone. I turn the poison hence away, departed unto distant lands.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कुषुम्भकस् तद् अब्रवीद् गिरेः प्रवर्तमानकः । वृश्चिकस्यारसं विषम् अरसं वृश्चिक ते विषम् ॥
kuṣumbhakas tad abravīd gireḥ pravartamānakaḥ | vṛścikasyārasaṃ viṣam arasaṃ vṛścika te viṣam ||
Forth issuing from the mountain's side the poison-insect spake and said: Scorpion, they venom is but weak.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)