Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 9.71

आ दक्षिणा सृज्यते शुष्म्य् आसदं वेति द्रुहो रक्षसः पाति जागृविः । हरिर् ओपशं कृणुते नभस् पय उपस्तिरे चम्वोर् ब्रह्म निर्णिजे ॥

ā dakṣiṇā sṛjyate śuṣmy āsadaṃ veti druho rakṣasaḥ pāti jāgṛviḥ | harir opaśaṃ kṛṇute nabhas paya upastire camvor brahma nirṇije ||

The guerdon is bestowed: the Mighty takes his Seat, and, ever-Watchful, guards from fiend and evil sprite. Gold-hued, he makes the cloud his diadem, the milk his carpet in both worlds, and prayer his robe of state.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.2

प्र कृष्टिहेव शूष एति रोरुवद् असुर्यं वर्णं नि रिणीते अस्य तम् । जहाति वव्रिम् पितुर् एति निष्कृतम् उपप्रुतं कृणुते निर्णिजं तना ॥

pra kṛṣṭiheva śūṣa eti roruvad asuryaṃ varṇaṃ ni riṇīte asya tam | jahāti vavrim pitur eti niṣkṛtam upaprutaṃ kṛṇute nirṇijaṃ tanā ||

Strong, bellowing, he goes, like one who slays the folk; he lets this hue of Asuras flow off from him, Throws off his covering, seeks his father's meeting-place, and thus makes for himself the bright robe he assumes.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.3

अद्रिभिः सुतः पवते गभस्त्योर् वृषायते नभसा वेपते मती । स मोदते नसते साधते गिरा नेनिक्ते अप्सु यजते परीमणि ॥

adribhiḥ sutaḥ pavate gabhastyor vṛṣāyate nabhasā vepate matī | sa modate nasate sādhate girā nenikte apsu yajate parīmaṇi ||

Onward he flows, from both the hands, pressed out with stones: excited by the prayer, the water makes him wild. He frolics and draws near, completes his work with song, and bathes in streams to satisfy the worshipper.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.4

परि द्युक्षं सहसः पर्वतावृधम् मध्वः सिञ्चन्ति हर्म्यस्य सक्षणिम् । आ यस्मिन् गावः सुहुताद ऊधनि मूर्धञ् छ्रीणन्त्य् अग्रियं वरीमभिः ॥

pari dyukṣaṃ sahasaḥ parvatāvṛdham madhvaḥ siñcanti harmyasya sakṣaṇim | ā yasmin gāvaḥ suhutāda ūdhani mūrdhañ chrīṇanty agriyaṃ varīmabhiḥ ||

They pour out meath around the Master of the house, Celestial Strengthener of the mountain that gives might; In whom, through his great powers, oblation-eating cows in their uplifted udder mix their choicest milk.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.5

सम् ई रथं न भुरिजोर् अहेषत दश स्वसारो अदितेर् उपस्थ आ । जिगाद् उप ज्रयति गोर् अपीच्यम् पदं यद् अस्य मतुथा अजीजनन् ॥

sam ī rathaṃ na bhurijor aheṣata daśa svasāro aditer upastha ā | jigād upa jrayati gor apīcyam padaṃ yad asya matuthā ajījanan ||

They, the ten sisters, on the lap of Aditi, have sent him forward like a car from both the arms. He wanders and comes near the Cow's mysterious place, even the place which his inventions have produced.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.6

श्येनो न योनिं सदनं धिया कृतं हिरण्ययम् आसदं देव एषति । ए रिणन्ति बर्हिषि प्रियं गिराश्वो न देवां अप्य् एति यज्ञियः ॥

śyeno na yoniṃ sadanaṃ dhiyā kṛtaṃ hiraṇyayam āsadaṃ deva eṣati | e riṇanti barhiṣi priyaṃ girāśvo na devāṃ apy eti yajñiyaḥ ||

Like as a falcon to his home, so speeds the God to his own golden wisely-fashioned place to rest. With song they urge the darling to the sacred grass: the Holy One goes like a courser to the Gods.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.7

परा व्यक्तो अरुषो दिवः कविर् वृषा त्रिपृष्ठो अनविष्ट गा अभि । सहस्रणीतिर् यतिः परायती रेभो न पूर्वीर् उषसो वि राजति ॥

parā vyakto aruṣo divaḥ kavir vṛṣā tripṛṣṭho anaviṣṭa gā abhi | sahasraṇītir yatiḥ parāyatī rebho na pūrvīr uṣaso vi rājati ||

From far away, from heaven, the red hued noted Sage, Steer of the triple height, hath sung unto the kine. With thousand guidings he, leading this way and that, shines, as a singer, splendidly through many a morn.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.8

त्वेषं रूपं कृणुते वर्णो अस्य स यत्राशयत् समृता सेधति स्रिधः । अप्सा याति स्वधया दैव्यं जनं सं सुष्टुती नसते सं गोअग्रया ॥

tveṣaṃ rūpaṃ kṛṇute varṇo asya sa yatrāśayat samṛtā sedhati sridhaḥ | apsā yāti svadhayā daivyaṃ janaṃ saṃ suṣṭutī nasate saṃ goagrayā ||

His covering assumes a radiant hue; where'er he comes into the fight he drives the foe afar. The Winner of the Floods, with food he seeks the host of heaven, he comes to praises glorified with milk.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)

RV 9.71.9

उक्षेव यूथा परियन्न् अरावीद् अधि त्विषीर् अधित सूर्यस्य । दिव्यः सुपर्णो ऽव चक्षत क्षां सोमः परि क्रतुना पश्यते जाः ॥

ukṣeva yūthā pariyann arāvīd adhi tviṣīr adhita sūryasya | divyaḥ suparṇo 'va cakṣata kṣāṃ somaḥ pari kratunā paśyate jāḥ ||

Like a bull roaming round the herds he bellows: he hath assumed the brilliancy of Surya. Down to the earth hath looked the heavenly Falcon: Soma with wisdom views all living creatures.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)