Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·2·2.35
उपेम् असृक्षि वाजयुर् वचस्यां चनो दधीत नाद्यो गिरो मे । अपां नपाद् आशुहेमा कुवित् स सुपेशसस् करति जोषिषद् धि ॥
upem asṛkṣi vājayur vacasyāṃ cano dadhīta nādyo giro me | apāṃ napād āśuhemā kuvit sa supeśasas karati joṣiṣad dhi ||
Eager for spoil my flow of speech I utter: may the Floods' Child accept my songs with favour. Will not the rapid Son of Waters make them lovely, for he it is who shall enjoy them?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इमं स्व् अस्मै हृद आ सुतष्टम् मन्त्रं वोचेम कुविद् अस्य वेदत् । अपां नपाद् असुर्यस्य मह्ना विश्वान्य् अर्यो भुवना जजान ॥
imaṃ sv asmai hṛda ā sutaṣṭam mantraṃ vocema kuvid asya vedat | apāṃ napād asuryasya mahnā viśvāny aryo bhuvanā jajāna ||
To him let us address the song well-fashioned, forth from the heart. Shall he not understand it' The friendly Son of Waters by the greatness of Godhead hath produced all things existing.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम् अन्या यन्त्य् उप यन्त्य् अन्याः समानम् ऊर्वं नद्यः पृणन्ति । तम् ऊ शुचिं शुचयो दीदिवांसम् अपां नपातम् परि तस्थुर् आपः ॥
sam anyā yanty upa yanty anyāḥ samānam ūrvaṃ nadyaḥ pṛṇanti | tam ū śuciṃ śucayo dīdivāṃsam apāṃ napātam pari tasthur āpaḥ ||
Some floods unite themselves and others join them: die sounding rivers fill one common storehouse. On every side the bright Floods have encompassed the bright resplendent Offspring of the Waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तम् अस्मेरा युवतयो युवानम् मर्मृज्यमानाः परि यन्त्य् आपः । स शुक्रेभिः शिक्वभी रेवद् अस्मे दीदायानिध्मो घृतनिर्णिग् अप्सु ॥
tam asmerā yuvatayo yuvānam marmṛjyamānāḥ pari yanty āpaḥ | sa śukrebhiḥ śikvabhī revad asme dīdāyānidhmo ghṛtanirṇig apsu ||
The never-sullen waters, youthful Maidens, carefully decking, wait on him the youthful. He with bright rays shines forth in splendid beauty, unfed with wood. in waters, oil-enveloped.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मै तिस्रो अव्यथ्याय नारीर् देवाय देवीर् दिधिषन्त्य् अन्नम् । कृता इवोप हि प्रसर्स्रे अप्सु स पीयूषं धयति पूर्वसूनाम् ॥
asmai tisro avyathyāya nārīr devāya devīr didhiṣanty annam | kṛtā ivopa hi prasarsre apsu sa pīyūṣaṃ dhayati pūrvasūnām ||
To him three Dames are offering food to feed him, Goddesses to the God whom none may injure. Within the waters hath he pressed, as hollows, and drinks their milk who now are first made mothers.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अश्वस्यात्र जनिमास्य च स्वर् द्रुहो रिषः सम्पृचः पाहि सूरीन् । आमासु पूर्षु परो अप्रमृष्यं नारातयो वि नशन् नानृतानि ॥
aśvasyātra janimāsya ca svar druho riṣaḥ sampṛcaḥ pāhi sūrīn | āmāsu pūrṣu paro apramṛṣyaṃ nārātayo vi naśan nānṛtāni ||
Here was the horse's birth; his was the sunlight. Save thou our princes from the oppressor's onslaught. Him, indestructible, dwelling at a distance in forts unwrought lies and ill spirits reach not.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स्व आ दमे सुदुघा यस्य धेनुः स्वधाम् पीपाय सुभ्व् अन्नम् अत्ति । सो अपां नपाद् ऊर्जयन्न् अप्स्व् अन्तर् वसुदेयाय विधते वि भाति ॥
sva ā dame sudughā yasya dhenuḥ svadhām pīpāya subhv annam atti | so apāṃ napād ūrjayann apsv antar vasudeyāya vidhate vi bhāti ||
He, in whose mansion is the teeming Milch-cow, swells the Gods' nectar and cats noble viands. He Son of Waters, gathering strength in waters, shines for his worshipper to give him treasures.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यो अप्स्व् आ शुचिना दैव्येन ऋतावाजस्र उर्विया विभाति । वया इद् अन्या भुवनान्य् अस्य प्र जायन्ते वीरुधश् च प्रजाभिः ॥
yo apsv ā śucinā daivyena ṛtāvājasra urviyā vibhāti | vayā id anyā bhuvanāny asya pra jāyante vīrudhaś ca prajābhiḥ ||
He who in waters with his own pure Godhead shines widely, law-abiding, everlasting- The other worlds are verily his branches, and plants are born of him with all their offspring.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अपां नपाद् आ ह्य् अस्थाद् उपस्थं जिह्मानाम् ऊर्ध्वो विद्युतं वसानः । तस्य ज्येष्ठम् महिमानं वहन्तीर् हिरण्यवर्णाः परि यन्ति यह्वीः ॥
apāṃ napād ā hy asthād upasthaṃ jihmānām ūrdhvo vidyutaṃ vasānaḥ | tasya jyeṣṭham mahimānaṃ vahantīr hiraṇyavarṇāḥ pari yanti yahvīḥ ||
The Waters' Son hath risen, and clothed in lightning ascended up unto the curled cloud's bosom; And bearing with them his supremest glory the Youthful Ones, gold-coloured, move around him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
हिरण्यरूपः स हिरण्यसंदृग् अपां नपात् सेद् उ हिरण्यवर्णः । हिरण्ययात् परि योनेर् निषद्या हिरण्यदा ददत्य् अन्नम् अस्मै ॥
hiraṇyarūpaḥ sa hiraṇyasaṃdṛg apāṃ napāt sed u hiraṇyavarṇaḥ | hiraṇyayāt pari yoner niṣadyā hiraṇyadā dadaty annam asmai ||
Golden in form is he, like gold to look on, his colour is like gold, the Son of Waters. When he is seated fresh from golden birthplace those who present their gold give food to feed him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
तद् अस्यानीकम् उत चारु नामापीच्यं वर्धते नप्तुर् अपाम् । यम् इन्धते युवतयः सम् इत्था हिरण्यवर्णं घृतम् अन्नम् अस्य ॥
tad asyānīkam uta cāru nāmāpīcyaṃ vardhate naptur apām | yam indhate yuvatayaḥ sam itthā hiraṇyavarṇaṃ ghṛtam annam asya ||
This the fair name and this the lovely aspect of him the Waters' Son increase in secret. Whom here the youthful Maids together kindle, his food is sacred oil of golden colour.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मै बहूनाम् अवमाय सख्ये यज्ञैर् विधेम नमसा हविर्भिः । सं सानु मार्ज्मि दिधिषामि बिल्मैर् दधाम्य् अन्नैः परि वन्द ऋग्भिः ॥
asmai bahūnām avamāya sakhye yajñair vidhema namasā havirbhiḥ | saṃ sānu mārjmi didhiṣāmi bilmair dadhāmy annaiḥ pari vanda ṛgbhiḥ ||
Him, nearest Friend of many, will we worship with sacrifice. and reverence and oblation. I make his back to shine, with chips provide him; to offer food and with my songs exalt him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
स ईं वृषाजनयत् तासु गर्भं स ईं शिशुर् धयति तं रिहन्ति । सो अपां नपाद् अनभिम्लातवर्णो ऽन्यस्येवेह तन्वा विवेष ॥
sa īṃ vṛṣājanayat tāsu garbhaṃ sa īṃ śiśur dhayati taṃ rihanti | so apāṃ napād anabhimlātavarṇo 'nyasyeveha tanvā viveṣa ||
The Bull hath laid his own life-germ Within them. He sucks them as an infant, and they kiss him. He, Son of Waters, of unfading colour, had entered here as in another's body.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अस्मिन् पदे परमे तस्थिवांसम् अध्वस्मभिर् विश्वहा दीदिवांसम् । आपो नप्त्रे घृतम् अन्नं वहन्तीः स्वयम् अत्कैः परि दीयन्ति यह्वीः ॥
asmin pade parame tasthivāṃsam adhvasmabhir viśvahā dīdivāṃsam | āpo naptre ghṛtam annaṃ vahantīḥ svayam atkaiḥ pari dīyanti yahvīḥ ||
While here he dwelleth in sublimest station, resplendent with the rays that never perish, The Waters, bearing oil to feed their offspring, flow, Youthful Ones, in wanderings about him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अयांसम् अग्ने सुक्षितिं जनायायांसम् उ मघवद्भ्यः सुवृक्तिम् । विश्वं तद् भद्रं यद् अवन्ति देवा बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
ayāṃsam agne sukṣitiṃ janāyāyāṃsam u maghavadbhyaḥ suvṛktim | viśvaṃ tad bhadraṃ yad avanti devā bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
Agni, I gave good shelter to the people, and to the princes goodly preparation. Blessed is all that Gods regard with favour. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)