Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.12
द्यावा ह क्षामा प्रथमे ऋतेनाभिश्रावे भवतः सत्यवाचा । देवो यन् मर्तान् यजथाय कृण्वन् सीदद् धोता प्रत्यङ् स्वम् असुं यन् ॥
dyāvā ha kṣāmā prathame ṛtenābhiśrāve bhavataḥ satyavācā | devo yan martān yajathāya kṛṇvan sīdad dhotā pratyaṅ svam asuṃ yan ||
Heaven and Earth, first by everlasting Order, speakers of truth, are near enough to hear us, When the God, urging men to worship. sitteth as Priest, assuming all his vital vigour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
देवो देवान् परिभूर् ऋतेन वहा नो हव्यम् प्रथमश् चिकित्वान् । धूमकेतुः समिधा भाऋजीको मन्द्रो होता नित्यो वाचा यजीयान् ॥
devo devān paribhūr ṛtena vahā no havyam prathamaś cikitvān | dhūmaketuḥ samidhā bhāṛjīko mandro hotā nityo vācā yajīyān ||
As God comprising Gods by Law Eternal, bear, as the Chief who knoweth, our oblation, Smoke-bannered with the fuel, radiant, joyous, better to praise and worship, Priest for ever.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्वावृग् देवस्यामृतं यदी गोर् अतो जातासो धारयन्त उर्वी । विश्वे देवा अनु तत् ते यजुर् गुर् दुहे यद् एनी दिव्यं घृतं वाः ॥
svāvṛg devasyāmṛtaṃ yadī gor ato jātāso dhārayanta urvī | viśve devā anu tat te yajur gur duhe yad enī divyaṃ ghṛtaṃ vāḥ ||
When the cow's nectar wins the God completely, men here below are heaven's sustainers. All the Gods came to this thy heavenly Yajus which from the motley Pair milked oil and water.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अर्चामि वां वर्धायापो घृतस्नू द्यावाभूमी शृणुतं रोदसी मे । अहा यद् द्यावो ऽसुनीतिम् अयन् मध्वा नो अत्र पितरा शिशीताम् ॥
arcāmi vāṃ vardhāyāpo ghṛtasnū dyāvābhūmī śṛṇutaṃ rodasī me | ahā yad dyāvo 'sunītim ayan madhvā no atra pitarā śiśītām ||
1 praise your work that ye may make me prosper: hear, Heaven and Earth, Twain Worlds that drop with fatness. While days and nights go to the world of spirits, here let the Parents with sweet meath refresh us
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
किं स्विन् नो राजा जगृहे कद् अस्याति व्रतं चकृमा को वि वेद । मित्रश् चिद् धि ष्मा जुहुराणो देवाञ् छ्लोको न याताम् अपि वाजो अस्ति ॥
kiṃ svin no rājā jagṛhe kad asyāti vrataṃ cakṛmā ko vi veda | mitraś cid dhi ṣmā juhurāṇo devāñ chloko na yātām api vājo asti ||
Hath the King siezed us? How have we offended against his holy ordinance? Who knoweth? For even Mitra mid the Gods is angry there are both song and strength for those who come not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दुर्मन्त्व् अत्रामृतस्य नाम सलक्ष्मा यद् विषुरूपा भवाति । यमस्य यो मनवते सुमन्त्व् अग्ने तम् ऋष्व पाह्य् अप्रयुच्छन् ॥
durmantv atrāmṛtasya nāma salakṣmā yad viṣurūpā bhavāti | yamasya yo manavate sumantv agne tam ṛṣva pāhy aprayucchan ||
'Tis hard to understand the Immortal's nature, where she who is akin becomes a stranger. Guard ceaselessly, great Agni, him who ponders Yama's name, easy to be comprehended.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्मिन् देवा विदथे मादयन्ते विवस्वतः सदने धारयन्ते । सूर्ये ज्योतिर् अदधुर् मास्य् अक्तून् परि द्योतनिं चरतो अजस्रा ॥
yasmin devā vidathe mādayante vivasvataḥ sadane dhārayante | sūrye jyotir adadhur māsy aktūn pari dyotaniṃ carato ajasrā ||
They in the synod where the Gods rejoice them, where they are seated in Vivasvan's dwelling, Have given the Moon his beams, the Sun his splendour-the Two unweariedly maintain their brightness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस्मिन् देवा मन्मनि संचरन्त्य् अपीच्ये न वयम् अस्य विद्म । मित्रो नो अत्रादितिर् अनागान् सविता देवो वरुणाय वोचत् ॥
yasmin devā manmani saṃcaranty apīcye na vayam asya vidma | mitro no atrāditir anāgān savitā devo varuṇāya vocat ||
The counsel which the Gods meet to consider, their secret plan,-of that we have no knowledge. There let God Savitar, Aditi, and Mitra proclaim to Varuna that we are sinless.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
श्रुधी नो अग्ने सदने सधस्थे युक्ष्वा रथम् अमृतस्य द्रवित्नुम् । आ नो वह रोदसी देवपुत्रे माकिर् देवानाम् अप भूर् इह स्याः ॥
śrudhī no agne sadane sadhasthe yukṣvā ratham amṛtasya dravitnum | ā no vaha rodasī devaputre mākir devānām apa bhūr iha syāḥ ||
Hear us, O Agni, in your comninn dwelling: harness thy rapid car, the car of Amrta. Bring Heaven and Earth, the Deities' Parents, hither: stay with us here, nor from the Gods be distant.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)