Library·Ṛgveda Saṃhitā·5·5.43
आ धेनवः पयसा तूर्ण्यर्था अमर्धन्तीर् उप नो यन्तु मध्वा । महो राये बृहतीः सप्त विप्रो मयोभुवो जरिता जोहवीति ॥
ā dhenavaḥ payasā tūrṇyarthā amardhantīr upa no yantu madhvā | maho rāye bṛhatīḥ sapta vipro mayobhuvo jaritā johavīti ||
May the Milch-cows who hasten to their object come harmless unto us with liquid sweetness. The Singer, lauding, calls, for ample riches, the Seven Mighty Ones who bring enjoyment.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ सुष्टुती नमसा वर्तयध्यै द्यावा वाजाय पृथिवी अमृध्रे । पिता माता मधुवचाः सुहस्ता भरे-भरे नो यशसाव् अविष्टाम् ॥
ā suṣṭutī namasā vartayadhyai dyāvā vājāya pṛthivī amṛdhre | pitā mātā madhuvacāḥ suhastā bhare-bhare no yaśasāv aviṣṭām ||
With reverence and fair praise will I bring hither, for sake of strength, exhaustless Earth and Heaven. Father and Mother, sweet of speech, fairhanded, may they, far-famed, in every fight protect us.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अध्वर्यवश् चकृवांसो मधूनि प्र वायवे भरत चारु शुक्रम् । होतेव नः प्रथमः पाह्य् अस्य देव मध्वो ररिमा ते मदाय ॥
adhvaryavaś cakṛvāṃso madhūni pra vāyave bharata cāru śukram | hoteva naḥ prathamaḥ pāhy asya deva madhvo rarimā te madāya ||
Adhvaryus, make the sweet libations ready, and bring the beautiful bright juice to Vayu. God, as our Priest, be thou the first to drink it: we give thee of the mead to make thee joyful.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
दश क्षिपो युञ्जते बाहू अद्रिं सोमस्य या शमितारा सुहस्ता । मध्वो रसं सुगभस्तिर् गिरिष्ठां चनिश्चदद् दुदुहे शुक्रम् अंशुः ॥
daśa kṣipo yuñjate bāhū adriṃ somasya yā śamitārā suhastā | madhvo rasaṃ sugabhastir giriṣṭhāṃ caniścadad duduhe śukram aṃśuḥ ||
Two arms-the Soma's dexterous immolators-and the ten fingers set and fix the press-stone. The stalk hath poured, fair with its spreading branches, the mead's bright glittering juice that dwells on mountains.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
असावि ते जुजुषाणाय सोमः क्रत्वे दक्षाय बृहते मदाय । हरी रथे सुधुरा योगे अर्वाग् इन्द्र प्रिया कृणुहि हूयमानः ॥
asāvi te jujuṣāṇāya somaḥ kratve dakṣāya bṛhate madāya | harī rathe sudhurā yoge arvāg indra priyā kṛṇuhi hūyamānaḥ ||
The Soma hath been pressed for thee, its lover, to give thee power and might and high enjoyment. Invoked, turn hither in thy car, O Indra, at need, thy two well-trained and dear Bay Horses.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो महीम् अरमतिं सजोषा ग्नां देवीं नमसा रातहव्याम् । मधोर् मदाय बृहतीम् ऋतज्ञाम् आग्ने वह पथिभिर् देवयानैः ॥
ā no mahīm aramatiṃ sajoṣā gnāṃ devīṃ namasā rātahavyām | madhor madāya bṛhatīm ṛtajñām āgne vaha pathibhir devayānaiḥ ||
Bring by God-traversed paths, accordant, Agni, the great Aramati, Celestial Lady, Exalted, worshipped with our gifts and homage, who knoweth holy Law, to drink sweet Soma.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अञ्जन्ति यम् प्रथयन्तो न विप्रा वपावन्तं नाग्निना तपन्तः । पितुर् न पुत्र उपसि प्रेष्ठ आ घर्मो अग्निम् ऋतयन्न् असादि ॥
añjanti yam prathayanto na viprā vapāvantaṃ nāgninā tapantaḥ | pitur na putra upasi preṣṭha ā gharmo agnim ṛtayann asādi ||
As on his father's lap the son, the darling, so on the fire is set the sacred caldron, Which holy singers deck, as if extending and heating that which holds the fatty membrane.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
अच्छा मही बृहती शन्तमा गीर् दूतो न गन्त्व् अश्विना हुवध्यै । मयोभुवा सरथा यातम् अर्वाग् गन्तं निधिं धुरम् आणिर् न नाभिम् ॥
acchā mahī bṛhatī śantamā gīr dūto na gantv aśvinā huvadhyai | mayobhuvā sarathā yātam arvāg gantaṃ nidhiṃ dhuram āṇir na nābhim ||
Hither, as herald to invite the Asvins, come the great lofty song, most sweet and pleasant! Come in one car, joy-givers! to the banquet, like the bolt binding pole and nave, come hither.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
प्र तव्यसो नमौक्तिं तुरस्याहम् पूष्ण उत वायोर् अदिक्षि । या राधसा चोदितारा मतीनां या वाजस्य द्रविणोदा उत त्मन् ॥
pra tavyaso namauktiṃ turasyāham pūṣṇa uta vāyor adikṣi | yā rādhasā coditārā matīnāṃ yā vājasya draviṇodā uta tman ||
I have declared this speech of adoration to mightiest Pusan and victorious Vayu, Who by their bounty are the hymns' inspirers, and of themselves give power as a possession.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नामभिर् मरुतो वक्षि विश्वान् आ रूपेभिर् जातवेदो हुवानः । यज्ञं गिरो जरितुः सुष्टुतिं च विश्वे गन्त मरुतो विश्व ऊती ॥
ā nāmabhir maruto vakṣi viśvān ā rūpebhir jātavedo huvānaḥ | yajñaṃ giro jarituḥ suṣṭutiṃ ca viśve ganta maruto viśva ūtī ||
Invoked by us bring hither, Jatavedas the Maruts all under their names and figures. Come to the sacrifice with aid all Maruts, all to the songs and praises of the singer!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ नो दिवो बृहतः पर्वताद् आ सरस्वती यजता गन्तु यज्ञम् । हवं देवी जुजुषाणा घृताची शग्मां नो वाचम् उशती शृणोतु ॥
ā no divo bṛhataḥ parvatād ā sarasvatī yajatā gantu yajñam | havaṃ devī jujuṣāṇā ghṛtācī śagmāṃ no vācam uśatī śṛṇotu ||
From high heaven may Sarasvati the Holy visit our sacrifice, and from the mountain. Eager, propitious, may the balmy Goddess hear our effectual speech, our invocation.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ वेधसं नीलपृष्ठम् बृहन्तम् बृहस्पतिं सदने सादयध्वम् । सादद्योनिं दम आ दीदिवांसं हिरण्यवर्णम् अरुषं सपेम ॥
ā vedhasaṃ nīlapṛṣṭham bṛhantam bṛhaspatiṃ sadane sādayadhvam | sādadyoniṃ dama ā dīdivāṃsaṃ hiraṇyavarṇam aruṣaṃ sapema ||
Set in his seat the God whose back is dusky, Brhaspati the lofty, the Disposer. Him let us worship, set within the dwelling, the red, the golden-hued, the all resplendent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
आ धर्णसिर् बृहद्दिवो रराणो विश्वेभिर् गन्त्व् ओमभिर् हुवानः । ग्ना वसान ओषधीर् अमृध्रस् त्रिधातुशृङ्गो वृषभो वयोधाः ॥
ā dharṇasir bṛhaddivo rarāṇo viśvebhir gantv omabhir huvānaḥ | gnā vasāna oṣadhīr amṛdhras tridhātuśṛṅgo vṛṣabho vayodhāḥ ||
May the Sustainer, high in heaven, come hither, the Bounteous One, invoked, with all his favours, Dweller with Dames divine, with plants, unwearied, the Steer with triple horn, the life-bestower.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
मातुष् पदे परमे शुक्र आयोर् विपन्यवो रास्पिरासो अग्मन् । सुशेव्यं नमसा रातहव्याः शिशुम् मृजन्त्य् आयवो न वासे ॥
mātuṣ pade parame śukra āyor vipanyavo rāspirāso agman | suśevyaṃ namasā rātahavyāḥ śiśum mṛjanty āyavo na vāse ||
The tuneful eloquent priests of him who liveth have sought the Mother's bright and loftiest station. As living men, with offered gifts and homage they deck the most auspicious Child to clothe him.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
बृहद् वयो बृहते तुभ्यम् अग्ने धियाजुरो मिथुनासः सचन्त । देवो-देवः सुहवो भूतु मह्यम् मा नो माता पृथिवी दुर्मतौ धात् ॥
bṛhad vayo bṛhate tubhyam agne dhiyājuro mithunāsaḥ sacanta | devo-devaḥ suhavo bhūtu mahyam mā no mātā pṛthivī durmatau dhāt ||
Agni, great vital power is thine, the mighty: pairs waxing old in their devotion seek thee. May every Deity be swift to listen, and Mother Earth with no ill thought regard me.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
उरौ देवा अनिबाधे स्याम ॥
urau devā anibādhe syāma ||
Gods, may we dwell in free untroubled bliss.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
सम् अश्विनोर् अवसा नूतनेन मयोभुवा सुप्रणीती गमेम । आ नो रयिं वहतम् ओत वीरान् आ विश्वान्य् अमृता सौभगानि ॥
sam aśvinor avasā nūtanena mayobhuvā supraṇītī gamema | ā no rayiṃ vahatam ota vīrān ā viśvāny amṛtā saubhagāni ||
May we obtain the Asvins' newest favour, and gain their health-bestowing happy guidance. Bring riches hither unto us, and heroes, and all felicity and joy, Immortals!
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)