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Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.169

मयोभूर् वातो अभि वातूस्रा ऊर्जस्वतीर् ओषधीर् आ रिशन्ताम् । पीवस्वतीर् जीवधन्याः पिबन्त्व् अवसाय पद्वते रुद्र मृळ ॥

mayobhūr vāto abhi vātūsrā ūrjasvatīr oṣadhīr ā riśantām | pīvasvatīr jīvadhanyāḥ pibantv avasāya padvate rudra mṛḷa ||

May the wind blow upon our Cows with healing: may they eat herbage full of vigorous juices. May they drink waters rich in life and fatness: to food that moves on feet be gracious, Rudra.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

याः सरूपा विरूपा एकरूपा यासाम् अग्निर् इष्ट्या नामानि वेद । या अङ्गिरसस् तपसेह चक्रुस् ताभ्यः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ ॥

yāḥ sarūpā virūpā ekarūpā yāsām agnir iṣṭyā nāmāni veda | yā aṅgirasas tapaseha cakrus tābhyaḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha ||

Like-coloured, various-hued, or single-coloured, whose names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Angirases produced by Fervour, vouchsafe to these, Parjanya, great protection.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

या देवेषु तन्वम् ऐरयन्त यासां सोमो विश्वा रूपाणि वेद । ता अस्मभ्यम् पयसा पिन्वमानाः प्रजावतीर् इन्द्र गोष्ठे रिरीहि ॥

yā deveṣu tanvam airayanta yāsāṃ somo viśvā rūpāṇi veda | tā asmabhyam payasā pinvamānāḥ prajāvatīr indra goṣṭhe rirīhi ||

Those who have offered to the Gods their bodies, whose varied forms are all well known to Soma,- Those grant us in our cattle-pen, O Indra, with their full streams of milk and plenteous offspring.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

प्रजापतिर् मह्यम् एता रराणो विश्वैर् देवैः पितृभिः संविदानः । शिवाः सतीर् उप नो गोष्ठम् आकस् तासां वयम् प्रजया सं सदेम ॥

prajāpatir mahyam etā rarāṇo viśvair devaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidānaḥ | śivāḥ satīr upa no goṣṭham ākas tāsāṃ vayam prajayā saṃ sadema ||

Prajapati, bestowing these upon me, one-minded with all Gods and with the Fathers, Hath to our cow-pen brought auspicious cattle: so may we own the offspring they will bear us.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)