Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.101
उद् बुध्यध्वं समनसः सखायः सम् अग्निम् इन्ध्वम् बहवः सनीळाः । दधिक्राम् अग्निम् उषसं च देवीम् इन्द्रावतो ऽवसे नि ह्वये वः ॥
ud budhyadhvaṃ samanasaḥ sakhāyaḥ sam agnim indhvam bahavaḥ sanīḷāḥ | dadhikrām agnim uṣasaṃ ca devīm indrāvato 'vase ni hvaye vaḥ ||
Wake with one mind, my friends, and kindle Agni, ye who are many and who dwell together. Agni and Dadhikras and Dawn the Goddess, you, Gods with Indra, I call down to help us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मन्द्रा कृणुध्वं धिय आ तनुध्वं नावम् अरित्रपरणीं कृणुध्वम् । इष्कृणुध्वम् आयुधारं कृणुध्वम् प्राञ्चं यज्ञम् प्र णयता सखायः ॥
mandrā kṛṇudhvaṃ dhiya ā tanudhvaṃ nāvam aritraparaṇīṃ kṛṇudhvam | iṣkṛṇudhvam āyudhāraṃ kṛṇudhvam prāñcaṃ yajñam pra ṇayatā sakhāyaḥ ||
Make pleasant hymns, spin out your songs and praises: build ye a ship equipped with oars for transport. Prepare the implements, make all things ready, and let the sacrifice, my friends, go forward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
युनक्त सीरा वि युगा तनुध्वं कृते योनौ वपतेह बीजम् । गिरा च श्रुष्टिः सभरा असन् नो नेदीय इत् सृण्यः पक्वम् एयात् ॥
yunakta sīrā vi yugā tanudhvaṃ kṛte yonau vapateha bījam | girā ca śruṣṭiḥ sabharā asan no nedīya it sṛṇyaḥ pakvam eyāt ||
Lay on the yokes, and fasten well the traces: formed is the furrow, sow the seed within it. Through song may we find bearing fraught with plenty: near to the ripened grain approach the sickle.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सीरा युञ्जन्ति कवयो युगा वि तन्वते पृथक् । धीरा देवेषु सुम्नया ॥
sīrā yuñjanti kavayo yugā vi tanvate pṛthak | dhīrā deveṣu sumnayā ||
Wise, through desire of bliss from Gods, the skillful bind the traces fast, And lay the yokes on either side.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
निर् आहावान् कृणोतन सं वरत्रा दधातन । सिञ्चामहा अवतम् उद्रिणं वयं सुषेकम् अनुपक्षितम् ॥
nir āhāvān kṛṇotana saṃ varatrā dadhātana | siñcāmahā avatam udriṇaṃ vayaṃ suṣekam anupakṣitam ||
Arrange the buckets in their place securely fasten on the straps. We will pour forth the well that hath a copious stream, fair-flowing well that never fails.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इष्कृताहावम् अवतं सुवरत्रं सुषेचनम् । उद्रिणं सिञ्चे अक्षितम् ॥
iṣkṛtāhāvam avataṃ suvaratraṃ suṣecanam | udriṇaṃ siñce akṣitam ||
I pour the water from the well with pails prepared and goodly straps, Unfailing, full, with plenteous stream.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रीणीताश्वान् हितं जयाथ स्वस्तिवाहं रथम् इत् कृणुध्वम् । द्रोणाहावम् अवतम् अश्मचक्रम् अंसत्रकोशं सिञ्चता नृपाणम् ॥
prīṇītāśvān hitaṃ jayātha svastivāhaṃ ratham it kṛṇudhvam | droṇāhāvam avatam aśmacakram aṃsatrakośaṃ siñcatā nṛpāṇam ||
Refresh the horses, win the prize before you: equip a chariot fraught with happy fortune. Pour forth the well with stone wheel, wooden buckets, the drink of heroes, with the trough for armour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
व्रजं कृणुध्वं स हि वो नृपाणो वर्म सीव्यध्वम् बहुला पृथूनि । पुरः कृणुध्वम् आयसीर् अधृष्टा मा वः सुस्रोच् चमसो दृंहता तम् ॥
vrajaṃ kṛṇudhvaṃ sa hi vo nṛpāṇo varma sīvyadhvam bahulā pṛthūni | puraḥ kṛṇudhvam āyasīr adhṛṣṭā mā vaḥ susroc camaso dṛṃhatā tam ||
Prepare the cow-stall, for there drink your heroes: stitch ye the coats of armour, wide and many. Make iron forts, secure from all assailants let not your pitcher leak: stay it securely.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वो धियं यज्ञियां वर्त ऊतये देवा देवीं यजतां यज्ञियाम् इह । सा नो दुहीयद् यवसेव गत्वी सहस्रधारा पयसा मही गौः ॥
ā vo dhiyaṃ yajñiyāṃ varta ūtaye devā devīṃ yajatāṃ yajñiyām iha | sā no duhīyad yavaseva gatvī sahasradhārā payasā mahī gauḥ ||
Hither, for help, I turn the holy heavenly mind of you the Holy Gods, that longs for sacrifice. May it pour milk for us, even as a stately cow who, having sought the pasture, yields a thousand streams.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ तू षिञ्च हरिम् ईं द्रोर् उपस्थे वाशीभिस् तक्षताश्मन्मयीभिः । परि ष्वजध्वं दश कक्ष्याभिर् उभे धुरौ प्रति वह्निं युनक्त ॥
ā tū ṣiñca harim īṃ dror upasthe vāśībhis takṣatāśmanmayībhiḥ | pari ṣvajadhvaṃ daśa kakṣyābhir ubhe dhurau prati vahniṃ yunakta ||
Pour golden juice within the wooden vessel: with stone-made axes fashion ye and form it. Embrace and compass it with tenfold girdle, and to both chariot-poles attach the car-horse.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उभे धुरौ वह्निर् आपिब्दमानो ऽन्तर् योनेव चरति द्विजानिः । वनस्पतिं वन आस्थापयध्वं नि षू दधिध्वम् अखनन्त उत्सम् ॥
ubhe dhurau vahnir āpibdamāno 'ntar yoneva carati dvijāniḥ | vanaspatiṃ vana āsthāpayadhvaṃ ni ṣū dadhidhvam akhananta utsam ||
Between both poles the car-horse goes pressed closely, as in his dwelling moves the doubly-wedded. Lay in the wood the Soviran of the Forest, and sink the well although ye do not dig it.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
कपृन् नरः कपृथम् उद् दधातन चोदयत खुदत वाजसातये । निष्टिग्र्यः पुत्रम् आ च्यावयोतय इन्द्रं सबाध इह सोमपीतये ॥
kapṛn naraḥ kapṛtham ud dadhātana codayata khudata vājasātaye | niṣṭigryaḥ putram ā cyāvayotaya indraṃ sabādha iha somapītaye ||
Indra is he, O men, who gives us happiness: sport, urge the giver of delight to win us strength Bring quickly down, O priests, hither to give us aid, to drink the Soma, Indra Son of Nistigri.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)