Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.107
आविर् अभून् महि माघोनम् एषां विश्वं जीवं तमसो निर् अमोचि । महि ज्योतिः पितृभिर् दत्तम् आगाद् उरुः पन्था दक्षिणाया अदर्शि ॥
āvir abhūn mahi māghonam eṣāṃ viśvaṃ jīvaṃ tamaso nir amoci | mahi jyotiḥ pitṛbhir dattam āgād uruḥ panthā dakṣiṇāyā adarśi ||
These men's great bounty hath been manifested, and the whole world of life set free from darkness. Great light hath come, vouchsafed us by the Fathers: apparent is the spacious path of Guerdon.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उच्चा दिवि दक्षिणावन्तो अस्थुर् ये अश्वदाः सह ते सूर्येण । हिरण्यदा अमृतत्वम् भजन्ते वासोदाः सोम प्र तिरन्त आयुः ॥
uccā divi dakṣiṇāvanto asthur ye aśvadāḥ saha te sūryeṇa | hiraṇyadā amṛtatvam bhajante vāsodāḥ soma pra tiranta āyuḥ ||
High up in heaven abide the Guerdon-givers: they who give steeds dwell with the Sun for ever. They who give gold are blest with life eternal. they who give robes prolong their lives, O Soma.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दैवी पूर्तिर् दक्षिणा देवयज्या न कवारिभ्यो नहि ते पृणन्ति । अथा नरः प्रयतदक्षिणासो ऽवद्यभिया बहवः पृणन्ति ॥
daivī pūrtir dakṣiṇā devayajyā na kavāribhyo nahi te pṛṇanti | athā naraḥ prayatadakṣiṇāso 'vadyabhiyā bahavaḥ pṛṇanti ||
Not from the niggards-for they give not freely-comes Meed at sacrifice, Gods' satisfaction: Yea, many men with hands stretched out with Guerdon present their gifts because they dread dishonour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
शतधारं वायुम् अर्कं स्वर्विदं नृचक्षसस् ते अभि चक्षते हविः । ये पृणन्ति प्र च यच्छन्ति संगमे ते दक्षिणां दुहते सप्तमातरम् ॥
śatadhāraṃ vāyum arkaṃ svarvidaṃ nṛcakṣasas te abhi cakṣate haviḥ | ye pṛṇanti pra ca yacchanti saṃgame te dakṣiṇāṃ duhate saptamātaram ||
These who observe mankind regard oblation as streamy Vayu and light-finding Arka. They satisfy and give their gifts in synod, and pour in streams the seven-mothered Guerdon.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दक्षिणावान् प्रथमो हूत एति दक्षिणावान् ग्रामणीर् अग्रम् एति । तम् एव मन्ये नृपतिं जनानां यः प्रथमो दक्षिणाम् आविवाय ॥
dakṣiṇāvān prathamo hūta eti dakṣiṇāvān grāmaṇīr agram eti | tam eva manye nṛpatiṃ janānāṃ yaḥ prathamo dakṣiṇām āvivāya ||
He who brings Guerdon comes as first invited: chief of the hamlet comes the Guerdon-bearer. Him I account the ruler of the people who was the first to introduce the Guerdon.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् एव ऋषिं तम् उ ब्रह्माणम् आहुर् यज्ञन्यं सामगाम् उक्थशासम् । स शुक्रस्य तन्वो वेद तिस्रो यः प्रथमो दक्षिणया रराध ॥
tam eva ṛṣiṃ tam u brahmāṇam āhur yajñanyaṃ sāmagām ukthaśāsam | sa śukrasya tanvo veda tisro yaḥ prathamo dakṣiṇayā rarādha ||
They call him Rsi, Brahman, Sama-chanter, reciter of the laud, leader of worship. The brightly-shining God's three forms he knoweth who first bestowed the sacrificial Guerdon.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दक्षिणाश्वं दक्षिणा गां ददाति दक्षिणा चन्द्रम् उत यद् धिरण्यम् । दक्षिणान्नं वनुते यो न आत्मा दक्षिणां वर्म कृणुते विजानन् ॥
dakṣiṇāśvaṃ dakṣiṇā gāṃ dadāti dakṣiṇā candram uta yad dhiraṇyam | dakṣiṇānnaṃ vanute yo na ātmā dakṣiṇāṃ varma kṛṇute vijānan ||
Guerdon bestows the horse, bestows the bullock, Guerdon bestows, moreover, gold that Rsisters. Guerdon gives food which is our life and spirit. He who is wise takes Guerdon for his armour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
न भोजा मम्रुर् न न्यर्थम् ईयुर् न रिष्यन्ति न व्यथन्ते ह भोजाः । इदं यद् विश्वम् भुवनं स्वश् चैतत् सर्वं दक्षिणैभ्यो ददाति ॥
na bhojā mamrur na nyartham īyur na riṣyanti na vyathante ha bhojāḥ | idaṃ yad viśvam bhuvanaṃ svaś caitat sarvaṃ dakṣiṇaibhyo dadāti ||
The liberal die not, never are they ruined: the liberal suffer neither harm nor trouble. The light of heaven, the universe about us,-all this doth sacrificial Guerdon give them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भोजा जिग्युः सुरभिं योनिम् अग्रे भोजा जिग्युर् वध्वं या सुवासाः । भोजा जिग्युर् अन्तःपेयं सुराया भोजा जिग्युर् ये अहूताः प्रयन्ति ॥
bhojā jigyuḥ surabhiṃ yonim agre bhojā jigyur vadhvaṃ yā suvāsāḥ | bhojā jigyur antaḥpeyaṃ surāyā bhojā jigyur ye ahūtāḥ prayanti ||
First have the liberal gained a fragrant dwelling, and got themselves a bride in fair apparel. The liberal have obtained their draught of liquor, and conquered those who, unprovoked, assailed them.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भोजायाश्वं सम् मृजन्त्य् आशुम् भोजायास्ते कन्या शुम्भमाना । भोजस्येदम् पुष्करिणीव वेश्म परिष्कृतं देवमानेव चित्रम् ॥
bhojāyāśvaṃ sam mṛjanty āśum bhojāyāste kanyā śumbhamānā | bhojasyedam puṣkariṇīva veśma pariṣkṛtaṃ devamāneva citram ||
They deck the fleet steed for the bounteous giver: the maid adorns herself and waits to meet him. His home is like a lake with lotus blossoms, like the Gods' palaces adorned and splendid.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
भोजम् अश्वाः सुष्ठुवाहो वहन्ति सुवृद् रथो वर्तते दक्षिणायाः । भोजं देवासो ऽवता भरेषु भोजः शत्रून् समनीकेषु जेता ॥
bhojam aśvāḥ suṣṭhuvāho vahanti suvṛd ratho vartate dakṣiṇāyāḥ | bhojaṃ devāso 'vatā bhareṣu bhojaḥ śatrūn samanīkeṣu jetā ||
Steeds good at draught convey the liberal giver, and lightly rolling moves the car of Guerdon. Assist, ye Gods, the liberal man in battles: the liberal giver conquers foes in combat.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)