Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.17
त्वष्टा दुहित्रे वहतुं कृणोतीतीदं विश्वम् भुवनं सम् एति । यमस्य माता पर्युह्यमाना महो जाया विवस्वतो ननाश ॥
tvaṣṭā duhitre vahatuṃ kṛṇotītīdaṃ viśvam bhuvanaṃ sam eti | yamasya mātā paryuhyamānā maho jāyā vivasvato nanāśa ||
Tvastar prepares the bridal of his Daughter: all the world hears the tidings and assembles. But Yama's Mother, Spouse of great Vivasvan, vanished as she was carried to her dwelling.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अपागूहन्न् अमृताम् मर्त्येभ्यः कृत्वी सवर्णाम् अददुर् विवस्वते । उताश्विनाव् अभरद् यत् तद् आसीद् अजहाद् उ द्वा मिथुना सरण्यूः ॥
apāgūhann amṛtām martyebhyaḥ kṛtvī savarṇām adadur vivasvate | utāśvināv abharad yat tad āsīd ajahād u dvā mithunā saraṇyūḥ ||
From mortal men they hid the Immortal Lady, made one like her and gave her to Vivasvan. Saranyu brought to him the Asvin brothers, and then deserted both twinned pairs of children.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पूषा त्वेतश् च्यावयतु प्र विद्वान् अनष्टपशुर् भुवनस्य गोपाः । स त्वैतेभ्यः परि ददत् पितृभ्यो ऽग्निर् देवेभ्यः सुविदत्रियेभ्यः ॥
pūṣā tvetaś cyāvayatu pra vidvān anaṣṭapaśur bhuvanasya gopāḥ | sa tvaitebhyaḥ pari dadat pitṛbhyo 'gnir devebhyaḥ suvidatriyebhyaḥ ||
Guard of the world, whose cattle ne'er are injured, may Pusan bear thee hence, for he hath knowledge. May he consign thee to these Fathers' keeping, and to the gracious Gods let Agni give thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आयुर् विश्वायुः परि पासति त्वा पूषा त्वा पातु प्रपथे पुरस्तात् । यत्रासते सुकृतो यत्र ते ययुस् तत्र त्वा देवः सविता दधातु ॥
āyur viśvāyuḥ pari pāsati tvā pūṣā tvā pātu prapathe purastāt | yatrāsate sukṛto yatra te yayus tatra tvā devaḥ savitā dadhātu ||
May Ayu, giver of all life, protect thee, and bear thee forward on the distant pathway. Thither let Savitar the God transport thee, where dwell the pious who have passed-before thee.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पूषेमा आशा अनु वेद सर्वाः सो अस्मां अभयतमेन नेषत् । स्वस्तिदा आघृणिः सर्ववीरो ऽप्रयुच्छन् पुर एतु प्रजानन् ॥
pūṣemā āśā anu veda sarvāḥ so asmāṃ abhayatamena neṣat | svastidā āghṛṇiḥ sarvavīro 'prayucchan pura etu prajānan ||
Pusan knows all these realms: may he conduct us by ways that are most free from fear and danger. Giver of blessings, glowing, all-heroic, may he, the wise and watchful, go before us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रपथे पथाम् अजनिष्ट पूषा प्रपथे दिवः प्रपथे पृथिव्याः । उभे अभि प्रियतमे सधस्थे आ च परा च चरति प्रजानन् ॥
prapathe pathām ajaniṣṭa pūṣā prapathe divaḥ prapathe pṛthivyāḥ | ubhe abhi priyatame sadhasthe ā ca parā ca carati prajānan ||
Pusan was born to move on distant pathways, on the road far from earth and far from heaven. To both most wonted places of assembly he travels and returns with perfect knowledge.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सरस्वतीं देवयन्तो हवन्ते सरस्वतीम् अध्वरे तायमाने । सरस्वतीं सुकृतो अह्वयन्त सरस्वती दाशुषे वार्यं दात् ॥
sarasvatīṃ devayanto havante sarasvatīm adhvare tāyamāne | sarasvatīṃ sukṛto ahvayanta sarasvatī dāśuṣe vāryaṃ dāt ||
The pious call Sarasvati, they worship Sarasvati while sacrifice proceedeth. The pious called Sarasvati aforetime. Sarasvati send bliss to him who giveth.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सरस्वति या सरथं ययाथ स्वधाभिर् देवि पितृभिर् मदन्ती । आसद्यास्मिन् बर्हिषि मादयस्वानमीवा इष आ धेह्य् अस्मे ॥
sarasvati yā sarathaṃ yayātha svadhābhir devi pitṛbhir madantī | āsadyāsmin barhiṣi mādayasvānamīvā iṣa ā dhehy asme ||
Sarasvati, who camest with the Fathers, with them rejoicing thee in our oblations, Seated upon this sacred grass be joyful, and give us strengthening food that brings no sickness.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सरस्वतीं याम् पितरो हवन्ते दक्षिणा यज्ञम् अभिनक्षमाणाः । सहस्रार्घम् इळो अत्र भागं रायस् पोषं यजमानेषु धेहि ॥
sarasvatīṃ yām pitaro havante dakṣiṇā yajñam abhinakṣamāṇāḥ | sahasrārgham iḷo atra bhāgaṃ rāyas poṣaṃ yajamāneṣu dhehi ||
Thou, called on as Sarasvati by Fathers who come right forward to our solemn service, Give food and wealth to present sacrificers, a portion, worth a thousand, of refreshment.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आपो अस्मान् मातरः शुन्धयन्तु घृतेन नो घृतप्वः पुनन्तु । विश्वं हि रिप्रम् प्रवहन्ति देवीर् उद् इद् आभ्यः शुचिर् आ पूत एमि ॥
āpo asmān mātaraḥ śundhayantu ghṛtena no ghṛtapvaḥ punantu | viśvaṃ hi ripram pravahanti devīr ud id ābhyaḥ śucir ā pūta emi ||
The Mother Floods shall make us bright and shining, cleansers of holy oil, with oil shall cleanse us: For, Goddesses, they bear off all defilement: I, rise up from them purified and brightened.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
द्रप्सश् चस्कन्द प्रथमां अनु द्यून् इमं च योनिम् अनु यश् च पूर्वः । समानं योनिम् अनु संचरन्तं द्रप्सं जुहोम्य् अनु सप्त होत्राः ॥
drapsaś caskanda prathamāṃ anu dyūn imaṃ ca yonim anu yaś ca pūrvaḥ | samānaṃ yonim anu saṃcarantaṃ drapsaṃ juhomy anu sapta hotrāḥ ||
Through days of earliest date the Drop descended on this place and on that which was before it. I offer up, throughout the seven oblations, the Drop which still to one same place is moving.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् ते द्रप्स स्कन्दति यस् ते अंशुर् बाहुच्युतो धिषणाया उपस्थात् । अध्वर्योर् वा परि वा यः पवित्रात् तं ते जुहोमि मनसा वषट्कृतम् ॥
yas te drapsa skandati yas te aṃśur bāhucyuto dhiṣaṇāyā upasthāt | adhvaryor vā pari vā yaḥ pavitrāt taṃ te juhomi manasā vaṣaṭkṛtam ||
The Drop that falls, thy stalk which arms have shaken, which from the bosom of the press hath fallen, Or from the Adhvaryu's purifying filter, I offer thee with heart and cry of Vasat!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यस् ते द्रप्स स्कन्नो यस् ते अंशुर् अवश् च यः परः स्रुचा । अयं देवो बृहस्पतिः सं तं सिञ्चतु राधसे ॥
yas te drapsa skanno yas te aṃśur avaś ca yaḥ paraḥ srucā | ayaṃ devo bṛhaspatiḥ saṃ taṃ siñcatu rādhase ||
That fallen Drop of thine, the stalk which from the ladle fell away, This present God Brhaspati shall pour it forth to make us rich.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
पयस्वतीर् ओषधयः पयस्वन् मामकं वचः । अपाम् पयस्वद् इत् पयस् तेन मा सह शुन्धत ॥
payasvatīr oṣadhayaḥ payasvan māmakaṃ vacaḥ | apām payasvad it payas tena mā saha śundhata ||
The plants of earth are rich in milk, and rich in milk is this my speech; And rich in milk the essence of the Waters: make me pure therewith.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)