Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·3·3.33
प्र पर्वतानाम् उशती उपस्थाद् अश्वे इव विषिते हासमाने । गावेव शुभ्रे मातरा रिहाणे विपाट् छुतुद्री पयसा जवेते ॥
pra parvatānām uśatī upasthād aśve iva viṣite hāsamāne | gāveva śubhre mātarā rihāṇe vipāṭ chutudrī payasā javete ||
Forth from the bosom of the mountains, eager as two swift mares with loosened rein contending, Like two bright mother cows who lick their youngling, Vipas and Sutudri speed down their waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रेषिते प्रसवम् भिक्षमाणे अच्छा समुद्रं रथ्येव याथः । समाराणे ऊर्मिभिः पिन्वमाने अन्या वाम् अन्याम् अप्य् एति शुभ्रे ॥
indreṣite prasavam bhikṣamāṇe acchā samudraṃ rathyeva yāthaḥ | samārāṇe ūrmibhiḥ pinvamāne anyā vām anyām apy eti śubhre ||
Impelled by Indra whom ye pray to urge you, ye move as 'twere on chariots to the ocean. Flowing together, swelling with your billows, O lucid Streams, each of you seeks the other.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अच्छा सिन्धुम् मातृतमाम् अयासं विपाशम् उर्वीं सुभगाम् अगन्म । वत्सम् इव मातरा संरिहाणे समानं योनिम् अनु संचरन्ती ॥
acchā sindhum mātṛtamām ayāsaṃ vipāśam urvīṃ subhagām aganma | vatsam iva mātarā saṃrihāṇe samānaṃ yonim anu saṃcarantī ||
I have attained the most maternal River, we have approached Vipas, the broad, the blessed. Licking as 'twere their calf the pair of Mothers flow onward to their common home together.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एना वयम् पयसा पिन्वमाना अनु योनिं देवकृतं चरन्तीः । न वर्तवे प्रसवः सर्गतक्तः किंयुर् विप्रो नद्यो जोहवीति ॥
enā vayam payasā pinvamānā anu yoniṃ devakṛtaṃ carantīḥ | na vartave prasavaḥ sargataktaḥ kiṃyur vipro nadyo johavīti ||
We two who rise and swell with billowy waters move forward to the home which Gods have made us. Our flood may not be stayed when urged to motion. What would the singer, calling to the Rivers?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
रमध्वम् मे वचसे सोम्याय ऋतावरीर् उप मुहूर्तम् एवैः । प्र सिन्धुम् अच्छा बृहती मनीषावस्युर् अह्वे कुशिकस्य सूनुः ॥
ramadhvam me vacase somyāya ṛtāvarīr upa muhūrtam evaiḥ | pra sindhum acchā bṛhatī manīṣāvasyur ahve kuśikasya sūnuḥ ||
Linger a little at my friendly bidding rest, Holy Ones, a moment in your journey. With hymn sublime soliciting your favour Kusika's son hath called unto the River.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
इन्द्रो अस्मां अरदद् वज्रबाहुर् अपाहन् वृत्रम् परिधिं नदीनाम् । देवो ऽनयत् सविता सुपाणिस् तस्य वयम् प्रसवे याम उर्वीः ॥
indro asmāṃ aradad vajrabāhur apāhan vṛtram paridhiṃ nadīnām | devo 'nayat savitā supāṇis tasya vayam prasave yāma urvīḥ ||
Indra who wields the thunder dug our channels: he smote down Vrtra, him who stayed our currents. Savitar, God, the lovely-handed, led us, and at his sending forth we flow expanded.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्रवाच्यं शश्वधा वीर्यं तद् इन्द्रस्य कर्म यद् अहिं विवृश्चत् । वि वज्रेण परिषदो जघानायन्न् आपो ऽयनम् इच्छमानाः ॥
pravācyaṃ śaśvadhā vīryaṃ tad indrasya karma yad ahiṃ vivṛścat | vi vajreṇa pariṣado jaghānāyann āpo 'yanam icchamānāḥ ||
That hero deed of Indra must be lauded for ever that he rent Ahi in pieces. He smote away the obstructers with his thunder, and eager for their course forth flowed the waters.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
एतद् वचो जरितर् मापि मृष्ठा आ यत् ते घोषान् उत्तरा युगानि । उक्थेषु कारो प्रति नो जुषस्व मा नो नि कः पुरुषत्रा नमस् ते ॥
etad vaco jaritar māpi mṛṣṭhā ā yat te ghoṣān uttarā yugāni | uktheṣu kāro prati no juṣasva mā no ni kaḥ puruṣatrā namas te ||
Never forget this word of thine, O singer, which future generations shall reecho. In hymns, O bard, show us thy loving kindness. Humble us not mid men. To thee be honour!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
ओ षु स्वसारः कारवे शृणोत ययौ वो दूराद् अनसा रथेन । नि षू नमध्वम् भवता सुपारा अधोअक्षाः सिन्धवः स्रोत्याभिः ॥
o ṣu svasāraḥ kārave śṛṇota yayau vo dūrād anasā rathena | ni ṣū namadhvam bhavatā supārā adhoakṣāḥ sindhavaḥ srotyābhiḥ ||
List quickly, Sisters, to the bard who cometh to you from far away with car and wagon. Bow lowly down; be easy to be traversed stay, Rivers, with your floods below our axles.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ ते कारो शृणवामा वचांसि ययाथ दूराद् अनसा रथेन । नि ते नंसै पीप्यानेव योषा मर्यायेव कन्या शश्वचै ते ॥
ā te kāro śṛṇavāmā vacāṃsi yayātha dūrād anasā rathena | ni te naṃsai pīpyāneva yoṣā maryāyeva kanyā śaśvacai te ||
Yea, we will listen to thy words, O singer. With wain and car from far away thou comest. Low, like a nursing mother, will I bend me, and yield me as a maiden to her lover.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
यद् अङ्ग त्वा भरताः संतरेयुर् गव्यन् ग्राम इषित इन्द्रजूतः । अर्षाद् अह प्रसवः सर्गतक्त आ वो वृणे सुमतिं यज्ञियानाम् ॥
yad aṅga tvā bharatāḥ saṃtareyur gavyan grāma iṣita indrajūtaḥ | arṣād aha prasavaḥ sargatakta ā vo vṛṇe sumatiṃ yajñiyānām ||
Soon as the Bharatas have fared across thee, the warrior band, urged on and sped by Indra, Then let your streams flow on in rapid motion. I crave your favour who deserve our worship.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अतारिषुर् भरता गव्यवः सम् अभक्त विप्रः सुमतिं नदीनाम् । प्र पिन्वध्वम् इषयन्तीः सुराधा आ वक्षणाः पृणध्वं यात शीभम् ॥
atāriṣur bharatā gavyavaḥ sam abhakta vipraḥ sumatiṃ nadīnām | pra pinvadhvam iṣayantīḥ surādhā ā vakṣaṇāḥ pṛṇadhvaṃ yāta śībham ||
The warrior host, the Bharatas, fared over the singer won the favour of the Rivers. Swell with your billows, hasting, pouring riches. Fill full your channels, and roll swiftly onward.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उद् व ऊर्मिः शम्या हन्त्व् आपो योक्त्राणि मुञ्चत । मादुष्कृतौ व्येनसाघ्न्यौ शूनम् आरताम् ॥
ud va ūrmiḥ śamyā hantv āpo yoktrāṇi muñcata | māduṣkṛtau vyenasāghnyau śūnam āratām ||
So let your wave bear up the pins, and ye, O Waters, spare the thongs; And never may the pair of Bulls, harmless and sinless, waste away.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)