Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·10·10.78
विप्रासो न मन्मभिः स्वाध्यो देवाव्यो न यज्ञैः स्वप्नसः । राजानो न चित्राः सुसंदृशः क्षितीनां न मर्या अरेपसः ॥
viprāso na manmabhiḥ svādhyo devāvyo na yajñaiḥ svapnasaḥ | rājāno na citrāḥ susaṃdṛśaḥ kṣitīnāṃ na maryā arepasaḥ ||
Ye by your hymns are like high-thoughted singers, skillful, inviting Gods with sacrifices; Fair to behold, like Kings, with bright adornment, like spotless gallants, leaders of the people:
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अग्निर् न ये भ्राजसा रुक्मवक्षसो वातासो न स्वयुजः सद्यऊतयः । प्रज्ञातारो न ज्येष्ठाः सुनीतयः सुशर्माणो न सोमा ऋतं यते ॥
agnir na ye bhrājasā rukmavakṣaso vātāso na svayujaḥ sadyaūtayaḥ | prajñātāro na jyeṣṭhāḥ sunītayaḥ suśarmāṇo na somā ṛtaṃ yate ||
Like fire with flashing flame, breast-bound with chains of gold, like tempest-blasts, self-moving, swift to lend your aid; As best of all foreknowers, excellent to guide, like Somas, good to guard the man who follows Law.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
वातासो न ये धुनयो जिगत्नवो ऽग्नीनां न जिह्वा विरोकिणः । वर्मण्वन्तो न योधाः शिमीवन्तः पितॄणां न शंसाः सुरातयः ॥
vātāso na ye dhunayo jigatnavo 'gnīnāṃ na jihvā virokiṇaḥ | varmaṇvanto na yodhāḥ śimīvantaḥ pitṝṇāṃ na śaṃsāḥ surātayaḥ ||
Shakers of all, like gales of wind they travel, like tongues of burning fires in their effulgence. Mighty are they as warriors clad in armour, and, like the Fathers' prayers, Most Bounteous Givers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
रथानां न ये ऽराः सनाभयो जिगीवांसो न शूरा अभिद्यवः । वरेयवो न मर्या घृतप्रुषो ऽभिस्वर्तारो अर्कं न सुष्टुभः ॥
rathānāṃ na ye 'rāḥ sanābhayo jigīvāṃso na śūrā abhidyavaḥ | vareyavo na maryā ghṛtapruṣo 'bhisvartāro arkaṃ na suṣṭubhaḥ ||
Like spokes of car-wheels in one nave united, ever victorious like heavenly Heroes, Shedding their precious balm like youthful suitors, they raise their voice and chant their psalm as singers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अश्वासो न ये ज्येष्ठास आशवो दिधिषवो न रथ्यः सुदानवः । आपो न निम्नैर् उदभिर् जिगत्नवो विश्वरूपा अङ्गिरसो न सामभिः ॥
aśvāso na ye jyeṣṭhāsa āśavo didhiṣavo na rathyaḥ sudānavaḥ | āpo na nimnair udabhir jigatnavo viśvarūpā aṅgiraso na sāmabhiḥ ||
They who are fleet to travel like the noblest steeds, long to obtain the prize like bounteous charioteers, Like waters speeding on with their precipitous floods, like omniform Angirases with Sama-hymns.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ग्रावाणो न सूरयः सिन्धुमातर आदर्दिरासो अद्रयो न विश्वहा । शिशूला न क्रीळयः सुमातरो महाग्रामो न यामन्न् उत त्विषा ॥
grāvāṇo na sūrayaḥ sindhumātara ādardirāso adrayo na viśvahā | śiśūlā na krīḷayaḥ sumātaro mahāgrāmo na yāmann uta tviṣā ||
Born from the stream, like press-stones are the Princes, for ever like the stones that crush in pieces; Sons of a beauteous Dame, like playful children, like a great host upon the march with splendour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उषसां न केतवो ऽध्वरश्रियः शुभंयवो नाञ्जिभिर् व्य् अश्वितन् । सिन्धवो न ययियो भ्राजदृष्टयः परावतो न योजनानि ममिरे ॥
uṣasāṃ na ketavo 'dhvaraśriyaḥ śubhaṃyavo nāñjibhir vy aśvitan | sindhavo na yayiyo bhrājadṛṣṭayaḥ parāvato na yojanāni mamire ||
Like rays of Dawn, the visitors of sacrifice, they shine with ornaments as eager to be bright. Like rivers hasting on, glittering with their spears, from far away they measure out the distances.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सुभागान् नो देवाः कृणुता सुरत्नान् अस्मान् स्तोतॄन् मरुतो वावृधानाः । अधि स्तोत्रस्य सख्यस्य गात सनाद् धि वो रत्नधेयानि सन्ति ॥
subhāgān no devāḥ kṛṇutā suratnān asmān stotṝn maruto vāvṛdhānāḥ | adhi stotrasya sakhyasya gāta sanād dhi vo ratnadheyāni santi ||
Gods, send us happiness and make us wealthy, letting us singers prosper, O ye Maruts. Bethink you of our praise and of our friendship: ye from of old have riches to vouchsafe us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)