Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·1·1.95
द्वे विरूपे चरतः स्वर्थे अन्यान्या वत्सम् उप धापयेते । हरिर् अन्यस्याम् भवति स्वधावाञ् छुक्रो अन्यस्यां ददृशे सुवर्चाः ॥
dve virūpe carataḥ svarthe anyānyā vatsam upa dhāpayete | harir anyasyām bhavati svadhāvāñ chukro anyasyāṃ dadṛśe suvarcāḥ ||
To fair goals travel Two unlike in semblance: each in succession nourishes an infant. One bears a Godlike Babe of golden colour; bright and fair-shining, is he with the other.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दशेमं त्वष्टुर् जनयन्त गर्भम् अतन्द्रासो युवतयो विभृत्रम् । तिग्मानीकं स्वयशसं जनेषु विरोचमानम् परि षीं नयन्ति ॥
daśemaṃ tvaṣṭur janayanta garbham atandrāso yuvatayo vibhṛtram | tigmānīkaṃ svayaśasaṃ janeṣu virocamānam pari ṣīṃ nayanti ||
Tvastar's ten daughters, vigilant and youthful, produced this Infant borne to sundry quarters. They bear around him whose long flames are pointed, fulgent among mankind with native splendour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्रीणि जाना परि भूषन्त्य् अस्य समुद्र एकं दिव्य् एकम् अप्सु । पूर्वाम् अनु प्र दिशम् पार्थिवानाम् ऋतून् प्रशासद् वि दधाव् अनुष्ठु ॥
trīṇi jānā pari bhūṣanty asya samudra ekaṃ divy ekam apsu | pūrvām anu pra diśam pārthivānām ṛtūn praśāsad vi dadhāv anuṣṭhu ||
Three several places of his birth they honour, in mid-air, in the heaven, and in the waters. Governing in the east of earthly regions, the seasons hath he stablished in their order.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
क इमं वो निण्यम् आ चिकेत वत्सो मातॄर् जनयत स्वधाभिः । बह्वीनां गर्भो अपसाम् उपस्थान् महान् कविर् निश् चरति स्वधावान् ॥
ka imaṃ vo niṇyam ā ciketa vatso mātṝr janayata svadhābhiḥ | bahvīnāṃ garbho apasām upasthān mahān kavir niś carati svadhāvān ||
Who of you knows this secret One? The Infant by his own nature hath brought forth his Mothers. The germ of many, from the waters' bosom he goes forth, wise and great, of Godlike nature.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आविष्ट्यो वर्धते चारुर् आसु जिह्मानाम् ऊर्ध्वः स्वयशा उपस्थे । उभे त्वष्टुर् बिभ्यतुर् जायमानात् प्रतीची सिंहम् प्रति जोषयेते ॥
āviṣṭyo vardhate cārur āsu jihmānām ūrdhvaḥ svayaśā upasthe | ubhe tvaṣṭur bibhyatur jāyamānāt pratīcī siṃham prati joṣayete ||
Visible, fair, he grows in native brightness uplifted in the lap of waving waters. When he was born both Tvastar's worlds were frightened: they turn to him and reverence the Lion.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उभे भद्रे जोषयेते न मेने गावो न वाश्रा उप तस्थुर् एवैः । स दक्षाणां दक्षपतिर् बभूवाञ्जन्ति यं दक्षिणतो हविर्भिः ॥
ubhe bhadre joṣayete na mene gāvo na vāśrā upa tasthur evaiḥ | sa dakṣāṇāṃ dakṣapatir babhūvāñjanti yaṃ dakṣiṇato havirbhiḥ ||
The Two auspicious Ones, like women, tend him: like lowing cows they seek him in their manner. He is the Lord of Might among the mighty; him, on the right, they balm with their oblations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् यंयमीति सवितेव बाहू उभे सिचौ यतते भीम ऋञ्जन् । उच् छुक्रम् अत्कम् अजते सिमस्मान् नवा मातृभ्यो वसना जहाति ॥
ud yaṃyamīti saviteva bāhū ubhe sicau yatate bhīma ṛñjan | uc chukram atkam ajate simasmān navā mātṛbhyo vasanā jahāti ||
Like Savitar his arms with might he stretches; awful, he strives grasping the world's two borders. He forces out from all a brilliant vesture, yea, from his Mothers draws he forth new raiment.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
त्वेषं रूपं कृणुत उत्तरं यत् सम्पृञ्चानः सदने गोभिर् अद्भिः । कविर् बुध्नम् परि मर्मृज्यते धीः सा देवताता समितिर् बभूव ॥
tveṣaṃ rūpaṃ kṛṇuta uttaraṃ yat sampṛñcānaḥ sadane gobhir adbhiḥ | kavir budhnam pari marmṛjyate dhīḥ sā devatātā samitir babhūva ||
He makes him a most noble form of splendour, decking him in his home with milk and waters. The Sage adorns the depths of air with wisdom: this is the meeting where the Gods are worshipped.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उरु ते ज्रयः पर्य् एति बुध्नं विरोचमानम् महिषस्य धाम । विश्वेभिर् अग्ने स्वयशोभिर् इद्धो ऽदब्धेभिः पायुभिः पाह्य् अस्मान् ॥
uru te jrayaḥ pary eti budhnaṃ virocamānam mahiṣasya dhāma | viśvebhir agne svayaśobhir iddho 'dabdhebhiḥ pāyubhiḥ pāhy asmān ||
Wide through the firmament spreads forth triumphant the far-resplendent strength of thee the Mighty. Kindled by us do thou preserve us, Agni, with all thy self-bright undiminished succours.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
धन्वन् स्रोतः कृणुते गातुम् ऊर्मिं शुक्रैर् ऊर्मिभिर् अभि नक्षति क्षाम् । विश्वा सनानि जठरेषु धत्ते ऽन्तर् नवासु चरति प्रसूषु ॥
dhanvan srotaḥ kṛṇute gātum ūrmiṃ śukrair ūrmibhir abhi nakṣati kṣām | viśvā sanāni jaṭhareṣu dhatte 'ntar navāsu carati prasūṣu ||
In dry spots he makes stream, and course, and torrent, and inundates the earth with floods that glisten. All ancient things within his maw he gathers, and moves among the new fresh-sprouting grasses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एवा नो अग्ने समिधा वृधानो रेवत् पावक श्रवसे वि भाहि । तन् नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्ताम् अदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः ॥
evā no agne samidhā vṛdhāno revat pāvaka śravase vi bhāhi | tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ ||
Fed with our fuel, purifying Agni, so blaze to us auspiciously for glory. This prayer of ours may Varuna grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)