10. Maṇḍala 10

Ṛgveda 10.1 · 7 verses

10.1.1

अग्रे॑ बृ॒हन्नु॒षसा॑मू॒र्ध्वो अ॑स्थान्निर्जग॒न्वान्तम॑सो॒ ज्योति॒षागा॑त्।
अ॒ग्निर्भा॒नुना॒ रुश॑ता॒ स्वङ्ग॒ आ जा॒तो विश्वा॒ सद्मा॑न्यप्राः ॥

agre bṛhannuṣasāmūrdhvo asthānnirjaganvāntamaso jyotiṣāgāt।
agnirbhānunā ruśatā svaṅga ā jāto viśvā sadmānyaprāḥ ॥

There on the eastern horizon, with the first lights of the dawn emerging out of darkness, rises up the sun, mighty Agni, great and glorious with radiant light, and as it rises it covers and lights up all regions of the world.

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10.1.2

स जा॒तो गर्भो॑ असि॒ रोद॑स्यो॒रग्ने॒ चारु॒र्विभृ॑त॒ ओष॑धीषु।
चि॒त्रः शिशु॒ परि॒ तमां॑स्य॒क्तून्प्र मा॒तृभ्यो॒ अधि॒ कनि॑क्रदद्गाः ॥

sa jāto garbho asi rodasyoragne cārurvibhṛta oṣadhīṣu।
citraḥ śiśu pari tamāṃsyaktūnpra mātṛbhyo adhi kanikradadgāḥ ॥

Agni, born of the womb of earth and heaven covered in darkness over night, you are beautiful, lovely as a child and wonderful, and as you rise over night and darkness, you radiate your rays over mother heaven and earth proclaiming them bright, and immediately you are received and held over them in the herbs and trees for life.

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10.1.3

विष्णु॑रि॒त्था प॑र॒मम॑स्य वि॒द्वाञ्जा॒तो बृ॒हन्न॒भि पा॑ति तृ॒तीय॑म्।
आ॒सा यद॑स्य॒ पयो॒ अक्र॑त॒ स्वं सचे॑तसो अ॒भ्य॑र्च॒न्त्यत्र॑ ॥

viṣṇuritthā paramamasya vidvāñjāto bṛhannabhi pāti tṛtīyam।
āsā yadasya payo akrata svaṃ sacetaso abhyarcantyatra ॥

Omnipresent Agni, Vishnu, thus risen as the sun, attains to its third and supreme state of the expansive light of infinite divinity which it radiates, protects and promotes. Those wide-awake sages who receive this divine light energy through direct presence and internalise it celebrate it in song and worship it as the nectar gift of divinity here on earth.

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10.1.4

अत॑ उ त्वा पितु॒भृतो॒ जनि॑त्रीरन्ना॒वृधं॒ प्रति॑ चर॒न्त्यन्नै॑।
ता ईं॒ प्रत्ये॑षि॒ पुन॑र॒न्यरू॑पा॒ असि॒ त्वं वि॒क्षु मानु॑षीषु॒ होता॑ ॥

ata u tvā pitubhṛto janitrīrannāvṛdhaṃ prati carantyannai।
tā īṃ pratyeṣi punaranyarūpā asi tvaṃ vikṣu mānuṣīṣu hotā ॥

And you, Agni, who bear and augment the food for life, life creative and food productive agents of nature and humanity, bearing food for you, serve you in response to you, and as they feed you, you reach them again while they are in different form, and thus you are the leading power in the yajnic cycle of life among nature and the human people and communities.

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10.1.5

होता॑रं चि॒त्रर॑थमध्व॒रस्य॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॑यज्ञस्य के॒तुं रुश॑न्तम्।
प्रत्य॑र्धिं दे॒वस्य॑देवस्य म॒ह्ना श्रि॒या त्व१ग्निमति॑थिं॒ जना॑नाम् ॥

hotāraṃ citrarathamadhvarasya yajñasyayajñasya ketuṃ ruśantam।
pratyardhiṃ devasyadevasya mahnā śriyā tva1gnimatithiṃ janānām ॥

Agni, high priest of all non-violent and inviolable yajna, all creative and productive activity in nature and humanity, moving forward by wondrous beautiful chariot, blazing banner-bearer and pioneer of progress, cyclic augmenter and promoter of every brilliant and generous divinity in nature and humanity, is loved, cherished and reverenced of humanity by virtue of its divine grandeur, generosity and grace: this Agni we worship and serve by yajna.

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10.1.6

स तु वस्त्रा॒ण्यध॒ पेश॑नानि॒ वसा॑नो अ॒ग्निर्नाभा॑ पृथि॒व्याः।
अ॒रु॒षो जा॒तः प॒द इळा॑याः पु॒रोहि॑तो राजन्यक्षी॒ह दे॒वान् ॥

sa tu vastrāṇyadha peśanāni vasāno agnirnābhā pṛthivyāḥ।
aruṣo jātaḥ pada iḷāyāḥ purohito rājanyakṣīha devān ॥

Agni, wearing different manifestations, assuming different modes of form and function, holding on at the centre hold of the earth, burning in the vedi, arising on top of the world, bright and beautiful, at the heart of clouds flashing with lights of thunder, present in advance of evolution, present all time upfront, high priest of cosmic yajna, ruling supreme, pray join all divinities of nature and humanity, bring them here and bless us.

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10.1.7

आ हि द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॑ग्न उ॒भे सदा॑ पु॒त्रो न मा॒तरा॑ त॒तन्थ॑।
प्र या॒ह्यच्छो॑श॒तो य॑वि॒ष्ठाथा व॑ह सहस्ये॒ह दे॒वान् ॥

ā hi dyāvāpṛthivī agna ubhe sadā putro na mātarā tatantha।
pra yāhyacchośato yaviṣṭhāthā vaha sahasyeha devān ॥

Agni, you always pervade and illuminate both mother earth and heaven as a saviour child illuminates both parents at heart with elation. Go forth ever strong, ever youthful climactic power and presence bright and beautiful, mighty forbearing, come to the loving celebrants and bring in all that is divine, here and now.

Ṛgveda 10.2 · 7 verses

10.2.1

पि॒प्री॒हि दे॒वाँ उ॑श॒तो य॑विष्ठ वि॒द्वाँ ऋ॒तूँरृ॑तुपते यजे॒ह।
ये दैव्या॑ ऋ॒त्विज॒स्तेभि॑रग्ने॒ त्वं होतॄ॑णाम॒स्याय॑जिष्ठः ॥

piprīhi devām̐ uśato yaviṣṭha vidvām̐ ṛtūm̐rṛtupate yajeha।
ye daivyā ṛtvijastebhiragne tvaṃ hotṝṇāmasyāyajiṣṭhaḥ ॥

Ever youthful Agni, cosmic sun, omnipresent all-reaching all pervasive power and presence, ordainer and maintainer of the seasons of time and nature, fulfil the loving and aspiring seekers, dedicated scholars and divine powers, and be with energy they should have. O self-refulgent divine energy, light and intelligence, of all the divine powers and presences, stars and planets, which together carry on the dynamics of cosmic yajna, you are the closest, highest and most adorable power worthy of attainment.

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10.2.2

वेषि॑ हो॒त्रमु॒त पो॒त्रं जना॑नां मन्धा॒तासि॑ द्रविणो॒दा ऋ॒तावा॑।
स्वाहा॑ व॒यं कृ॒णवा॑मा ह॒वींषि॑ दे॒वो दे॒वान्य॑जत्व॒ग्निरर्ह॑न् ॥

veṣi hotramuta potraṃ janānāṃ mandhātāsi draviṇodā ṛtāvā।
svāhā vayaṃ kṛṇavāmā havīṃṣi devo devānyajatvagnirarhan ॥

Agni, you produce, procure, energise and provide all yajnic inputs, refinements and purifying agents of life for humanity at the individual and social level for life’s maintenance and promotion. You are the harbinger of intelligence and knowledge and giver of wealth and honour, and you are the observer and presiding power of holy rites, laws and seasons of time and nature. We enact the yajna with holy inputs and with truth and honey of thought, word and deed, and pray may divine and adorable fire carry the fragrance to the divinities for human fulfilment.

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10.2.3

आ दे॒वाना॒मपि॒ पन्था॑मगन्म॒ यच्छ॒क्नवा॑म॒ तदनु॒ प्रवो॑ळ्हुम्।
अ॒ग्निर्वि॒द्वान्स य॑जा॒त्सेदु॒ होता॒ सो अ॑ध्व॒रान्स ऋ॒तून्क॑ल्पयाति ॥

ā devānāmapi panthāmaganma yacchaknavāma tadanu pravoḷhum।
agnirvidvānsa yajātsedu hotā so adhvarānsa ṛtūnkalpayāti ॥

Let us follow the path of the divinities, sagely scholars, stars and planets as far as we can and do that in proper order so that we may be able to continue: Agni knows, the scholar knows, the sun is the base of knowledge in relation to its systemic position, that is the high priest of the solar system, that controls the harmonious movements of the planets, that ordains the pattern of the seasons. (Let the sun be the base of our knowledge of the stars and planets in our pursuit of yajnic astronomy. Similarly let the sagely scholar who knows the science of yajna be our guide in our studies and our actions.)

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10.2.4

यद्वो॑ व॒यं प्र॑मि॒नाम॑ व्र॒तानि॑ वि॒दुषां॑ देवा॒ अवि॑दुष्टरासः।
अ॒ग्निष्टद्विश्व॒मा पृ॑णाति वि॒द्वान्येभि॑र्दे॒वाँ ऋ॒तुभि॑ क॒ल्पया॑ति ॥

yadvo vayaṃ pramināma vratāni viduṣāṃ devā aviduṣṭarāsaḥ।
agniṣṭadviśvamā pṛṇāti vidvānyebhirdevām̐ ṛtubhi kalpayāti ॥

And if we, being ignorant and deficient, neglect or transgress or overstep the laws and disciplines of those who know, then, O divinities, Agni, the sun, the sage, being abundant and graciously fulfilling, makes all that up and saves us by those very powers and actions in time and seasons by which it keeps the sages and divinities in the systemic order.

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10.2.5

यत्पा॑क॒त्रा मन॑सा दी॒नद॑क्षा॒ न य॒ज्ञस्य॑ मन्व॒ते मर्त्या॑सः।
अ॒ग्निष्टद्धोता॑ क्रतु॒विद्वि॑जा॒नन्यजि॑ष्ठो दे॒वाँ ऋ॑तु॒शो य॑जाति ॥

yatpākatrā manasā dīnadakṣā na yajñasya manvate martyāsaḥ।
agniṣṭaddhotā kratuvidvijānanyajiṣṭho devām̐ ṛtuśo yajāti ॥

And if we mortals, either because of immature mind or poor faith and want of expertise, do not know and do not understand and appreciate the way the divine solar yajna is going on, even so Agni, the high priest of that yajna, knowing, ordering and conducting that yajna, the most adorable pervasive all reaching partner, carries on the yajna of heavenly bodies in order according to the time and seasons.

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10.2.6

विश्वे॑षां॒ ह्य॑ध्व॒राणा॒मनी॑कं चि॒त्रं के॒तुं जनि॑ता त्वा ज॒जान॑।
स आ य॑जस्व नृ॒वती॒रनु॒ क्षाः स्पा॒र्हा इष॑ क्षु॒मती॑र्वि॒श्वज॑न्याः ॥

viśveṣāṃ hyadhvarāṇāmanīkaṃ citraṃ ketuṃ janitā tvā jajāna।
sa ā yajasva nṛvatīranu kṣāḥ spārhā iṣa kṣumatīrviśvajanyāḥ ॥

The creator of all the stars and planets of the universe moving in their orbits created you too, O Agni, O sun, wonderful pioneer and commander of the solar system. Pray come, join us and give us lands and earths blest with noble people, and bring us cherished foods, energies and knowledges, and let there be showers of rain giving us abundance of food and fertility for the life species of the world.

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10.2.7

यं त्वा॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी यं त्वाप॒स्त्वष्टा॒ यं त्वा॑ सु॒जनि॑मा ज॒जान॑।
पन्था॒मनु॑ प्रवि॒द्वान्पि॑तृ॒याणं॑ द्यु॒मद॑ग्ने समिधा॒नो वि भा॑हि ॥

yaṃ tvā dyāvāpṛthivī yaṃ tvāpastvaṣṭā yaṃ tvā sujanimā jajāna।
panthāmanu pravidvānpitṛyāṇaṃ dyumadagne samidhāno vi bhāhi ॥

O Agni, you whom the heavens bear as sun and light, the middle regions bear as wind and electricity, and the earth bears as fire and magnetic energy, whom Tvashta, cosmic maker of all forms of existence, fashioned forth and brought into existence, you, O Agni, O Sun, knower of the paths of father Time and mother Niyati, cosmic intelligence, and of the Karma and fate of ancestors, children of time, you, lighted in the vedi and blazing in the heavens, pray shine on us and illuminate the paths of life for us.

Ṛgveda 10.3 · 7 verses

10.3.1

इ॒नो रा॑जन्नर॒तिः समि॑द्धो॒ रौद्रो॒ दक्षा॑य सुषु॒माँ अ॑दर्शि।
चि॒किद्वि भा॑ति भा॒सा बृ॑ह॒तासि॑क्नीमेति॒ रुश॑तीम॒पाज॑न् ॥

ino rājannaratiḥ samiddho raudro dakṣāya suṣumām̐ adarśi।
cikidvi bhāti bhāsā bṛhatāsiknīmeti ruśatīmapājan ॥

Mighty self-refulgent sun, Agni, constant master illuminator of heaven and earth, blazing and commanding terrible power, abundant with life giving energy, is seen on high, energising life for intelligent and industrious work on earth and shining with boundless light, and then relinquishing the day light and projecting the light far away ahead, passes on to the area of erstwhile darkness of the night. (Then night follows the day here and the day follows night there.)

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10.3.2

कृ॒ष्णां यदेनी॑म॒भि वर्प॑सा॒ भूज्ज॒नय॒न्योषां॑ बृह॒तः पि॒तुर्जाम्।
ऊ॒र्ध्वं भा॒नुं सूर्य॑स्य स्तभा॒यन्दि॒वो वसु॑भिरर॒तिर्वि भा॑ति ॥

kṛṣṇāṃ yadenīmabhi varpasā bhūjjanayanyoṣāṃ bṛhataḥ piturjām।
ūrdhvaṃ bhānuṃ sūryasya stabhāyandivo vasubhiraratirvi bhāti ॥

Then again, overcoming the dark passage of the night with its illumination of light and manifesting the youthful daughter of great and vast heaven bearing the light of the sun up above, the same Agni shines with heavenly light constantly for the day.

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10.3.3

भ॒द्रो भ॒द्रया॒ सच॑मान॒ आगा॒त्स्वसा॑रं जा॒रो अ॒भ्ये॑ति प॒श्चात्।
सु॒प्र॒के॒तैर्द्युभि॑र॒ग्निर्वि॒तिष्ठ॒न्रुश॑द्भि॒र्वर्णै॑र॒भि रा॒मम॑स्थात् ॥

bhadro bhadrayā sacamāna āgātsvasāraṃ jāro abhyeti paścāt।
supraketairdyubhiragnirvitiṣṭhanruśadbhirvarṇairabhi rāmamasthāt ॥

The sun of auspicious light, dispeller of darkness of the night, has come up close at the heels of its love, the beauteous holy dawn now on the run on its own and thus Agni, prevailing with beautiful sun shine of the morning holds off the darkness for the day.

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10.3.4

अ॒स्य यामा॑सो बृह॒तो न व॒ग्नूनिन्धा॑ना अ॒ग्नेः सख्यु॑ शि॒वस्य॑।
ईड्य॑स्य॒ वृष्णो॑ बृह॒तः स्वासो॒ भामा॑सो॒ याम॑न्न॒क्तव॑श्चिकित्रे ॥

asya yāmāso bṛhato na vagnūnindhānā agneḥ sakhyu śivasya।
īḍyasya vṛṣṇo bṛhataḥ svāso bhāmāso yāmannaktavaścikitre ॥

The mighty floods of the solar light version of this Agni, bursting forth like thunderous explosions of the voice of kindly, friendly, adorable, potent and sublime power, are fair and blissful reflections of the eternal Spirit, the Purusha, for the man of vision and knowledge on way to divinity.

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10.3.5

स्व॒ना न यस्य॒ भामा॑स॒ पव॑न्ते॒ रोच॑मानस्य बृह॒तः सु॒दिव॑।
ज्येष्ठे॑भि॒र्यस्तेजि॑ष्ठैः क्रीळु॒मद्भि॒र्वर्षि॑ष्ठेभिर्भा॒नुभि॒र्नक्ष॑ति॒ द्याम् ॥

svanā na yasya bhāmāsa pavante rocamānasya bṛhataḥ sudiva।
jyeṣṭhebhiryastejiṣṭhaiḥ krīḷumadbhirvarṣiṣṭhebhirbhānubhirnakṣati dyām ॥

Agni, beauteous and blissful, mighty and sublime presence whose brilliant rays and reflections radiate, resound and flow like roaring winds and thunderous lightning illumines the heavens with its highest lustre and with its sportive and most potent splendours reaches the summit of refulgent space.

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10.3.6

अ॒स्य शुष्मा॑सो ददृशा॒नप॑वे॒र्जेह॑मानस्य स्वनयन्नि॒युद्भि॑।
प्र॒त्नेभि॒र्यो रुश॑द्भिर्दे॒वत॑मो॒ वि रेभ॑द्भिरर॒तिर्भाति॒ विभ्वा॑ ॥

asya śuṣmāso dadṛśānapaverjehamānasya svanayanniyudbhi।
pratnebhiryo ruśadbhirdevatamo vi rebhadbhiraratirbhāti vibhvā ॥

The mighty radiations of this solar Agni, universally vibrant and armed with thunder, roar with the winds while this divinest and most refulgent universal presence pervades and relentlessly energises the universe with its eternal, brilliant and resounding reflections and vibrations.

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10.3.7

स आ व॑क्षि॒ महि॑ न॒ आ च॑ सत्सि दि॒वस्पृ॑थि॒व्योर॑र॒तिर्यु॑व॒त्योः।
अ॒ग्निः सु॒तुक॑ सु॒तुके॑भि॒रश्वै॒ रभ॑स्वद्भी॒ रभ॑स्वाँ॒ एह ग॑म्याः ॥

sa ā vakṣi mahi na ā ca satsi divaspṛthivyoraratiryuvatyoḥ।
agniḥ sutuka sutukebhiraśvai rabhasvadbhī rabhasvām̐ eha gamyāḥ ॥

Agni, bring us great wealth, honour and light of the world. Be with us on the yajna vedi, being radiant, vibrant and ever on the move between the joint world of heaven and earth. Agni, commanding light, illumination and instant motion, eloquent by expression, come by the waves of energy with the voice of thunder, come and bless us here on the vedi.

Ṛgveda 10.4 · 7 verses

10.4.1

प्र ते॑ यक्षि॒ प्र त॑ इयर्मि॒ मन्म॒ भुवो॒ यथा॒ वन्द्यो॑ नो॒ हवे॑षु।
धन्व॑न्निव प्र॒पा अ॑सि॒ त्वम॑ग्न इय॒क्षवे॑ पू॒रवे॑ प्रत्न राजन् ॥

pra te yakṣi pra ta iyarmi manma bhuvo yathā vandyo no haveṣu।
dhanvanniva prapā asi tvamagna iyakṣave pūrave pratna rājan ॥

Agni, eternal, self-refulgent and universal spirit of light, I join you in yajnic self surrender, I send up my thoughts and prayers to you so that you may be always with us, adorable and present, in our yajnas and joint battles of life. Just as rain is the shower of bliss in the desert, so you are the giver of fulfilment to the yajnic celebrant and the needy supplicant.

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10.4.2

यं त्वा॒ जना॑सो अ॒भि सं॒चर॑न्ति॒ गाव॑ उ॒ष्णमि॑व व्र॒जं य॑विष्ठ।
दू॒तो दे॒वाना॑मसि॒ मर्त्या॑नाम॒न्तर्म॒हाँश्च॑रसि रोच॒नेन॑ ॥

yaṃ tvā janāso abhi saṃcaranti gāva uṣṇamiva vrajaṃ yaviṣṭha।
dūto devānāmasi martyānāmantarmahām̐ścarasi rocanena ॥

To you, most youthful Agni, people move and they join you for bliss as cows move to the warm stall to escape the cold outside. You are the saviour and vibrant presence at the heart of divinities and mortal humanity, and by your radiant presence and grandeur you exist and vibrate in every thing.

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10.4.3

शिशुं॒ न त्वा॒ जेन्यं॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ती मा॒ता बि॑भर्ति सचन॒स्यमा॑ना।
धनो॒रधि॑ प्र॒वता॑ यासि॒ हर्य॒ञ्जिगी॑षसे प॒शुरि॒वाव॑सृष्टः ॥

śiśuṃ na tvā jenyaṃ vardhayantī mātā bibharti sacanasyamānā।
dhanoradhi pravatā yāsi haryañjigīṣase paśurivāvasṛṣṭaḥ ॥

Just as a mother nurtures a promising child, loving it and raising it, so does mother earth hold and bear you, victorious, as fire and magnetic energy, augmenting you and loving to be with you, and you, radiating through the middle space, rush down, loving and ambitious to win and excel, like a captive animal set free.

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10.4.4

मू॒रा अ॑मूर॒ न व॒यं चि॑कित्वो महि॒त्वम॑ग्ने॒ त्वम॒ङ्ग वि॑त्से।
शये॑ व॒व्रिश्चर॑ति जि॒ह्वया॒दन्रे॑रि॒ह्यते॑ युव॒तिं वि॒श्पति॒ सन् ॥

mūrā amūra na vayaṃ cikitvo mahitvamagne tvamaṅga vitse।
śaye vavriścarati jihvayādanrerihyate yuvatiṃ viśpati san ॥

O wise one, enlightened presence, light and fire of knowledge and energy, we are ignorant, but you know and bear your grandeur, dear loving Agni. You pervade, vibrate and radiate, lying immanent in various forms, touch, lick and consume with your flames and rays various assimilative forms of existence, being master of the world.

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10.4.5

कूचि॑ज्जायते॒ सन॑यासु॒ नव्यो॒ वने॑ तस्थौ पलि॒तो धू॒मके॑तुः।
अ॒स्ना॒तापो॑ वृष॒भो न प्र वे॑ति॒ सचे॑तसो॒ यं प्र॒णय॑न्त॒ मर्ता॑ ॥

kūcijjāyate sanayāsu navyo vane tasthau palito dhūmaketuḥ।
asnātāpo vṛṣabho na pra veti sacetaso yaṃ praṇayanta martā ॥

Somewhere it arises and manifests in old and dried woods with the banner of smoke or streak of a falling star in dead worlds. New, adorable as well as ancient bright, it abides unattached in floods of water and vibrates and radiates in vapours and clouds like a mighty force of energy which intelligent knowledgeable people visualise, realise and generate in various ways for various uses and purposes.

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10.4.6

त॒नू॒त्यजे॑व॒ तस्क॑रा वन॒र्गू र॑श॒नाभि॑र्द॒शभि॑र॒भ्य॑धीताम्।
इ॒यं ते॑ अग्ने॒ नव्य॑सी मनी॒षा यु॒क्ष्वा रथं॒ न शु॒चय॑द्भि॒रङ्गै॑ ॥

tanūtyajeva taskarā vanargū raśanābhirdaśabhirabhyadhītām।
iyaṃ te agne navyasī manīṣā yukṣvā rathaṃ na śucayadbhiraṅgai ॥

Like dedicated self-insulated researchers in pursuit of light and energy scholars study Agni with the application of light rays and ten senses and pranas and then say: this is the latest new knowledge about you, Agni, pray come and join us as a new chariot of achievement with brilliant rays of power for energy.

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10.4.7

ब्रह्म॑ च ते जातवेदो॒ नम॑श्चे॒यं च॒ गीः सद॒मिद्वर्ध॑नी भूत्।
रक्षा॑ णो अग्ने॒ तन॑यानि तो॒का रक्षो॒त न॑स्त॒न्वो॒३ अप्र॑युच्छन् ॥

brahma ca te jātavedo namaśceyaṃ ca gīḥ sadamidvardhanī bhūt।
rakṣā ṇo agne tanayāni tokā rakṣota nastanvo3 aprayucchan ॥

O Agni, all pervasive, all knowing and born anew, this voice of knowledge, this offering is homage and this song of adoration may ever be progressive and rising for us. Pray protect and promote our children, protect our grand children, and protect and watchfully guard our body and mind without relent.

Ṛgveda 10.5 · 7 verses

10.5.1

एक॑ समु॒द्रो ध॒रुणो॑ रयी॒णाम॒स्मद्धृ॒दो भूरि॑जन्मा॒ वि च॑ष्टे।
सिष॒क्त्यूध॑र्नि॒ण्योरु॒पस्थ॒ उत्स॑स्य॒ मध्ये॒ निहि॑तं प॒दं वेः ॥

eka samudro dharuṇo rayīṇāmasmaddhṛdo bhūrijanmā vi caṣṭe।
siṣaktyūdharniṇyorupastha utsasya madhye nihitaṃ padaṃ veḥ ॥

The one deep oceanic treasure hold of all world’s wealth, manifestive in many ways, Agni inspires and expands our hearts with light and generosity, fills the middle space between heaven and earth with vapours of the cloud, and abides at the hidden centre of the mystery deep in the cloud.

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10.5.2

स॒मा॒नं नी॒ळं वृष॑णो॒ वसा॑ना॒ सं ज॑ग्मिरे महि॒षा अर्व॑तीभिः।
ऋ॒तस्य॑ प॒दं क॒वयो॒ नि पा॑न्ति॒ गुहा॒ नामा॑नि दधिरे॒ परा॑णि ॥

samānaṃ nīḷaṃ vṛṣaṇo vasānā saṃ jagmire mahiṣā arvatībhiḥ।
ṛtasya padaṃ kavayo ni pānti guhā nāmāni dadhire parāṇi ॥

Great, generous, animated and impregnated forces such as clouds, bearing the same one inner law and spirit of Agni, join with impetuously fast moving forces and, open ended, vibrant, expressive and expansive, observe the universal dynamics of the law, and at their centre continue to bear many other forms and forces of water and energy yet to develop and act further in evolution.

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10.5.3

ऋ॒ता॒यिनी॑ मा॒यिनी॒ सं द॑धाते मि॒त्वा शिशुं॑ जज्ञतुर्व॒र्धय॑न्ती।
विश्व॑स्य॒ नाभिं॒ चर॑तो ध्रु॒वस्य॑ क॒वेश्चि॒त्तन्तुं॒ मन॑सा वि॒यन्त॑ ॥

ṛtāyinī māyinī saṃ dadhāte mitvā śiśuṃ jajñaturvardhayantī।
viśvasya nābhiṃ carato dhruvasya kaveścittantuṃ manasā viyanta ॥

The forces of law and change and the forces of form and intelligence evolving things together in measure of form and time create every new form as a lovely baby and thus, with the mind of the cosmic seer, designer and maker, extend the genetic thread of Agni, the centre seed and centre hold of the entire world of moving and non-moving versions of cosmic reality.

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10.5.4

ऋ॒तस्य॒ हि व॑र्त॒नय॒ सुजा॑त॒मिषो॒ वाजा॑य प्र॒दिव॒ सच॑न्ते।
अ॒धी॒वा॒सं रोद॑सी वावसा॒ने घृ॒तैरन्नै॑र्वावृधाते॒ मधू॑नाम् ॥

ṛtasya hi vartanaya sujātamiṣo vājāya pradiva sacante।
adhīvāsaṃ rodasī vāvasāne ghṛtairannairvāvṛdhāte madhūnām ॥

Visionary scholars who know the paths of law and change in evolution study and apply the versions of Agni evolved and developed in latest form for the achievement of new and extended food, energy and knowledge of reality which heaven and earth both sustaining all forms of life feed for extension with inputs and refinements of the honey sweets of water and energy.

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10.5.5

स॒प्त स्वसॄ॒ररु॑षीर्वावशा॒नो वि॒द्वान्मध्व॒ उज्ज॑भारा दृ॒शे कम्।
अ॒न्तर्ये॑मे अ॒न्तरि॑क्षे पुरा॒जा इ॒च्छन्व॒व्रिम॑विदत्पूष॒णस्य॑ ॥

sapta svasṝraruṣīrvāvaśāno vidvānmadhva ujjabhārā dṛśe kam।
antaryeme antarikṣe purājā icchanvavrimavidatpūṣaṇasya ॥

The sun rising and illuminating the world radiates seven rays of bright light and raises them from the honey sweets of mists of the morning in order to illuminate the world for all to see. The sun, of ancient and eternal birth, radiates them across the middle regions and, with love for the earth, shines over, meets and energises the nutritious forms of things on earth.

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10.5.6

स॒प्त म॒र्यादा॑ क॒वय॑स्ततक्षु॒स्तासा॒मेका॒मिद॒भ्यं॑हु॒रो गा॑त्।
आ॒योर्ह॑ स्क॒म्भ उ॑प॒मस्य॑ नी॒ळे प॒थां वि॑स॒र्गे ध॒रुणे॑षु तस्थौ ॥

sapta maryādā kavayastatakṣustāsāmekāmidabhyaṃhuro gāt।
āyorha skambha upamasya nīḷe pathāṃ visarge dharuṇeṣu tasthau ॥

Seven are the bounds between good behaviour and evil set up by the wise. If one violates even one of them, he is a sinner. Agni is the pillar and centre hold of humanity. At the end of the journey, one, who in life has observed these bounds, reaches and rests in the shelter of the highest and closest, Agni, and abides in the highest states of being.

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10.5.7

अस॑च्च॒ सच्च॑ पर॒मे व्यो॑म॒न्दक्ष॑स्य॒ जन्म॒न्नदि॑तेरु॒पस्थे॑।
अ॒ग्निर्ह॑ नः प्रथम॒जा ऋ॒तस्य॒ पूर्व॒ आयु॑नि वृष॒भश्च॑ धे॒नुः ॥

asacca sacca parame vyomandakṣasya janmannaditerupasthe।
agnirha naḥ prathamajā ṛtasya pūrva āyuni vṛṣabhaśca dhenuḥ ॥

Being and Becoming, constant and mutable, both in the Supreme Absolute mystery, then the seed of perfect existence in the womb of Mother Nature, and

Ṛgveda 10.6 · 7 verses

10.6.1

अ॒यं स यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नवो॑भिर॒ग्नेरेध॑ते जरि॒ताभिष्टौ॑।
ज्येष्ठे॑भि॒र्यो भा॒नुभि॑रृषू॒णां प॒र्येति॒ परि॑वीतो वि॒भावा॑ ॥

ayaṃ sa yasya śarmannavobhiragneredhate jaritābhiṣṭau।
jyeṣṭhebhiryo bhānubhirṛṣūṇāṃ paryeti parivīto vibhāvā ॥

This is that Agni under whose shelter with all protection the celebrant rises towards the attainment of total fulfilment and who, self-refulgent and gracious, infinitely abundant, transcends all with the highest and most blazing lights of divinity.

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10.6.2

यो भा॒नुभि॑र्वि॒भावा॑ वि॒भात्य॒ग्निर्दे॒वेभि॑रृ॒तावाज॑स्रः।
आ यो वि॒वाय॑ स॒ख्या सखि॒भ्योऽप॑रिह्वृतो॒ अत्यो॒ न सप्ति॑ ॥

yo bhānubhirvibhāvā vibhātyagnirdevebhirṛtāvājasraḥ।
ā yo vivāya sakhyā sakhibhyo'parihvṛto atyo na sapti ॥

Agni who, self-refulgent and gracious, shines along with the light of divinities and light of cosmic stars, keeps the eternal laws and values of life and nature, and who, ever true, inviolable and unviolated, goes on with love and friendship with the friends and celebrants of divinity like energy itself, constantly.

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10.6.3

ईशे॒ यो विश्व॑स्या दे॒ववी॑ते॒रीशे॑ वि॒श्वायु॑रु॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ।
आ यस्मि॑न्म॒ना ह॒वींष्य॒ग्नावरि॑ष्टरथः स्क॒भ्नाति॑ शू॒षैः ॥

īśe yo viśvasyā devavīterīśe viśvāyuruṣaso vyuṣṭau।
ā yasminmanā havīṃṣyagnāvariṣṭarathaḥ skabhnāti śūṣaiḥ ॥

Agni who rules over all the divine bliss and yajnic gifts of the world, who, life of the world, is the life giver and rules over lights of the dawn and maturation of wisdom, for whom oblations of yajna are offered into the fire with heart and soul, that Agni of the unviolated cosmic chariot sustains the universe by his omnipotent powers.

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10.6.4

शू॒षेभि॑र्वृ॒धो जु॑षा॒णो अ॒र्कैर्दे॒वाँ अच्छा॑ रघु॒पत्वा॑ जिगाति।
म॒न्द्रो होता॒ स जु॒ह्वा॒३ यजि॑ष्ठ॒ सम्मि॑श्लो अ॒ग्निरा जि॑घर्ति दे॒वान् ॥

śūṣebhirvṛdho juṣāṇo arkairdevām̐ acchā raghupatvā jigāti।
mandro hotā sa juhvā3 yajiṣṭha sammiślo agnirā jigharti devān ॥

Agni, self-exalted by its own powers and majesty, loved and adored with Vedic hymns, awakens and inspires the divinities at the earliest and fastest. Charming and adorable, holy receiver and liberal giver, most highly worshipped with heart and soul, universally immanent and pervasive, Agni blesses the sages with divine gifts of holiness and grace.

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10.6.5

तमु॒स्रामिन्द्रं॒ न रेज॑मानम॒ग्निं गी॒र्भिर्नमो॑भि॒रा कृ॑णुध्वम्।
आ यं विप्रा॑सो म॒तिभि॑र्गृ॒णन्ति॑ जा॒तवे॑दसं जु॒ह्वं॑ स॒हाना॑म् ॥

tamusrāmindraṃ na rejamānamagniṃ gīrbhirnamobhirā kṛṇudhvam।
ā yaṃ viprāso matibhirgṛṇanti jātavedasaṃ juhvaṃ sahānām ॥

That Agni, giver of prosperity, shining and radiating like light energy, you should study, realise and exalt with words of adoration and oblations of holy offerings. Agni, universally immanent and wakeful giver of strength and power, sages and scholars study and exalt with high words and application of mind and thought.

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10.6.6

सं यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि ज॒ग्मुर्वाजे॒ नाश्वा॒ सप्ती॑वन्त॒ एवै॑।
अ॒स्मे ऊ॒तीरिन्द्र॑वाततमा अर्वाची॒ना अ॑ग्न॒ आ कृ॑णुष्व ॥

saṃ yasminviśvā vasūni jagmurvāje nāśvā saptīvanta evai।
asme ūtīrindravātatamā arvācīnā agna ā kṛṇuṣva ॥

Agni, brilliant divinity and power, into which all wealth, honours and excellences of the world concentrate like stormy war horses in close formation by swift movements and converge in battle victory, pray create and bring us the latest, fastest and most powerful means of defence, protection and advancement.

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10.6.7

अधा॒ ह्य॑ग्ने म॒ह्ना नि॒षद्या॑ स॒द्यो ज॑ज्ञा॒नो हव्यो॑ ब॒भूथ॑।
तं ते॑ दे॒वासो॒ अनु॒ केत॑माय॒न्नधा॑वर्धन्त प्रथ॒मास॒ ऊमा॑ ॥

adhā hyagne mahnā niṣadyā sadyo jajñāno havyo babhūtha।
taṃ te devāso anu ketamāyannadhāvardhanta prathamāsa ūmā ॥

Agni, leading light and power, instantly ignited, enflamed, rising and growing to admirable stature, come and abide in our heart and home with grandeur, grace and power. That bright, potent and awful form and nature of yours, the first and highest sages, protected and protective, take up, develop and exalt.

Ṛgveda 10.7 · 7 verses

10.7.1

स्व॒स्ति नो॑ दि॒वो अ॑ग्ने पृथि॒व्या वि॒श्वायु॑र्धेहि य॒जथा॑य देव।
सचे॑महि॒ तव॑ दस्म प्रके॒तैरु॑रु॒ष्या ण॑ उ॒रुभि॑र्देव॒ शंसै॑ ॥

svasti no divo agne pṛthivyā viśvāyurdhehi yajathāya deva।
sacemahi tava dasma praketairuruṣyā ṇa urubhirdeva śaṃsai ॥

Agni, divine power and presence, life of the world, bless us with life, health and food of universal order and quality, and bring us all round happiness and well being for yajnic fulfilment of our life. Protect and promote us, Spirit of wondrous powers and performance, by your wide, comprehensive and far reaching intelligence and open declarations of laws and values, and finally let us join you.

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10.7.2

इ॒मा अ॑ग्ने म॒तय॒स्तुभ्यं॑ जा॒ता गोभि॒रश्वै॑र॒भि गृ॑णन्ति॒ राध॑।
य॒दा ते॒ मर्तो॒ अनु॒ भोग॒मान॒ड्वसो॒ दधा॑नो म॒तिभि॑ सुजात ॥

imā agne matayastubhyaṃ jātā gobhiraśvairabhi gṛṇanti rādha।
yadā te marto anu bhogamānaḍvaso dadhāno matibhi sujāta ॥

Agni, Spirit of life and giver of light, these hymns of adoration spontaneously arisen in praise of your glory, with all our mind and senses, celebrate your gifts of success and achievement when, O shelter home of life and giver of wealth, the mortal receives his reward according to your law, bears and manages it with his mind and senses in order and feels the divine awareness vibrating in the soul.

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10.7.3

अ॒ग्निं म॑न्ये पि॒तर॑म॒ग्निमा॒पिम॒ग्निं भ्रात॑रं॒ सद॒मित्सखा॑यम्।
अ॒ग्नेरनी॑कं बृह॒तः स॑पर्यं दि॒वि शु॒क्रं य॑ज॒तं सूर्य॑स्य ॥

agniṃ manye pitaramagnimāpimagniṃ bhrātaraṃ sadamitsakhāyam।
agneranīkaṃ bṛhataḥ saparyaṃ divi śukraṃ yajataṃ sūryasya ॥

I always accept and adore Agni as father, Agni as my own closest relative, Agni as brother and as unfailing friend. I worship the great Agni’s solar presence in the heaven of light, adorable, refulgent, worthy of love and service.

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10.7.4

सि॒ध्रा अ॑ग्ने॒ धियो॑ अ॒स्मे सनु॑त्री॒र्यं त्राय॑से॒ दम॒ आ नित्य॑होता।
ऋ॒तावा॒ स रो॒हिद॑श्वः पुरु॒क्षुर्द्युभि॑रस्मा॒ अह॑भिर्वा॒मम॑स्तु ॥

sidhrā agne dhiyo asme sanutrīryaṃ trāyase dama ā nityahotā।
ṛtāvā sa rohidaśvaḥ purukṣurdyubhirasmā ahabhirvāmamastu ॥

Agni, may our thoughts, prayers and adorations be effectual and give us fulfilment. O constant giver of light and life, home mate in yajna, whoever you protect and promote, grows higher in dedication to truth, divine law and yajnic living, blest with holy and bright sense and mind, abundance of food, energy and life’s joy. We pray may our life be good and prosperous with brightness day by day.

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10.7.5

द्युभि॑र्हि॒तं मि॒त्रमि॑व प्र॒योगं॑ प्र॒त्नमृ॒त्विज॑मध्व॒रस्य॑ जा॒रम्।
बा॒हुभ्या॑म॒ग्निमा॒यवो॑ऽजनन्त वि॒क्षु होता॑रं॒ न्य॑सादयन्त ॥

dyubhirhitaṃ mitramiva prayogaṃ pratnamṛtvijamadhvarasya jāram।
bāhubhyāmagnimāyavo'jananta vikṣu hotāraṃ nyasādayanta ॥

Refulgent with lights of life and knowledge, helpful and cooperative as a friend, ancient and eternal, constant yajaka by seasons, lover and accomplisher of yajna, such is Agni. People generate it with dexterity of hands, awaken it in the soul with constant practice and renunciation, and establish it among people as giver of life and sustenance.

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10.7.6

स्व॒यं य॑जस्व दि॒वि दे॑व दे॒वान्किं ते॒ पाक॑ कृणव॒दप्र॑चेताः।
यथाय॑ज ऋ॒तुभि॑र्देव दे॒वाने॒वा य॑जस्व त॒न्वं॑ सुजात ॥

svayaṃ yajasva divi deva devānkiṃ te pāka kṛṇavadapracetāḥ।
yathāyaja ṛtubhirdeva devānevā yajasva tanvaṃ sujāta ॥

O self-refulgent spirit of the universe, by yourself you energise the divine forces of nature in the higher regions of life and conduct the yajna of evolution. What can man, limited in knowledge, accomplish for you in this cosmic yajna? O lord omnipotent, as you have eternally carried the yajna according to time and seasons, similarly, O lord, carry on the yajna of the cosmic body.

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10.7.7

भवा॑ नो अग्नेऽवि॒तोत गो॒पा भवा॑ वय॒स्कृदु॒त नो॑ वयो॒धाः।
रास्वा॑ च नः सुमहो ह॒व्यदा॑तिं॒ त्रास्वो॒त न॑स्त॒न्वो॒३ अप्र॑युच्छन् ॥

bhavā no agne'vitota gopā bhavā vayaskṛduta no vayodhāḥ।
rāsvā ca naḥ sumaho havyadātiṃ trāsvota nastanvo3 aprayucchan ॥

Ṛgveda 10.8 · 9 verses

10.8.1

प्र के॒तुना॑ बृह॒ता या॑त्य॒ग्निरा रोद॑सी वृष॒भो रो॑रवीति।
दि॒वश्चि॒दन्ताँ॑ उप॒माँ उदा॑नळ॒पामु॒पस्थे॑ महि॒षो व॑वर्ध ॥

pra ketunā bṛhatā yātyagnirā rodasī vṛṣabho roravīti।
divaścidantām̐ upamām̐ udānaḷapāmupasthe mahiṣo vavardha ॥

Agni, mighty abundant power and presence, goes forward with lofty lightning force and banner roaring over heaven and earth. It goes to the very heights and bounds of heaven in all directions and sub-directions and pervades in the middle regions in the depth of vapours and the mighty one grows mightier there at the heart of clouds.

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10.8.2

मु॒मोद॒ गर्भो॑ वृष॒भः क॒कुद्मा॑नस्रे॒मा व॒त्सः शिमी॑वाँ अरावीत्।
स दे॒वता॒त्युद्य॑तानि कृ॒ण्वन्स्वेषु॒ क्षये॑षु प्रथ॒मो जि॑गाति ॥

mumoda garbho vṛṣabhaḥ kakudmānasremā vatsaḥ śimīvām̐ arāvīt।
sa devatātyudyatāni kṛṇvansveṣu kṣayeṣu prathamo jigāti ॥

Agni waxes with joyous energy, all pervasive and comprehending, mighty abundant, virile and invigorating, lovely as a child yet perfect and powerful as accomplisher, and expresses itself loud and bold from silence of the night to roar of the winds and thunder of the clouds. Thus does Agni go on, the quintessence of divine powers, raising and energising all presences, as the prime power and presence in its own universal dwellings over and across spaces (as agni, fire and magnetic force on earth, as vayu, electric energy in the middle regions, and as aditya, light in the high heavenly regions).

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10.8.3

आ यो मू॒र्धानं॑ पि॒त्रोरर॑ब्ध॒ न्य॑ध्व॒रे द॑धिरे॒ सूरो॒ अर्ण॑।
अस्य॒ पत्म॒न्नरु॑षी॒रश्व॑बुध्ना ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनौ॑ त॒न्वो॑ जुषन्त ॥

ā yo mūrdhānaṃ pitrorarabdha nyadhvare dadhire sūro arṇa।
asya patmannaruṣīraśvabudhnā ṛtasya yonau tanvo juṣanta ॥

In the cosmic yajna of motherly earth and paternal heaven, Agni, the sun, enlightens the top regions, in the middle regions the oceanic vapours and vibrant winds hold it as electric energy, and in its lower paths of radiation on earth on the yajna vedi all physical forms of existence join its bright flames and radiations and benefit from it.

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10.8.4

उ॒षौ॑षो॒ हि व॑सो॒ अग्र॒मेषि॒ त्वं य॒मयो॑रभवो वि॒भावा॑।
ऋ॒ताय॑ स॒प्त द॑धिषे प॒दानि॑ ज॒नय॑न्मि॒त्रं त॒न्वे॒३ स्वायै॑ ॥

uṣauṣo hi vaso agrameṣi tvaṃ yamayorabhavo vibhāvā।
ṛtāya sapta dadhiṣe padāni janayanmitraṃ tanve3 svāyai ॥

Agni, Vasu, sustainer of life, generating the sun for the manifestation of your self, you rise first with every dawn, illuminate the day and distinguish both day and night, and for conduct of the yajna of existence you bear the seven flames of fire and seven rays of light.

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10.8.5

भुव॒श्चक्षु॑र्म॒ह ऋ॒तस्य॑ गो॒पा भुवो॒ वरु॑णो॒ यदृ॒ताय॒ वेषि॑।
भुवो॑ अ॒पां नपा॑ज्जातवेदो॒ भुवो॑ दू॒तो यस्य॑ ह॒व्यं जुजो॑षः ॥

bhuvaścakṣurmaha ṛtasya gopā bhuvo varuṇo yadṛtāya veṣi।
bhuvo apāṃ napājjātavedo bhuvo dūto yasya havyaṃ jujoṣaḥ ॥

You are the eye and guardian of the mighty yajnic order of the cosmos, and when you proceed for the dynamics of the order you become the great evolutionary force of the process of formative evolution. You are the omnipresent power that sustain the waters and energies of the cosmic evolution against devolution, and you are the inspirer and promoter of the yajamana who offers you the holy inputs of the evolutionary yajaka.

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10.8.6

भुवो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ रज॑सश्च ने॒ता यत्रा॑ नि॒युद्भि॒ सच॑से शि॒वाभि॑।
दि॒वि मू॒र्धानं॑ दधिषे स्व॒र्षां जि॒ह्वाम॑ग्ने चकृषे हव्य॒वाह॑म् ॥

bhuvo yajñasya rajasaśca netā yatrā niyudbhi sacase śivābhi।
divi mūrdhānaṃ dadhiṣe svarṣāṃ jihvāmagne cakṛṣe havyavāham ॥

Agni, you are the leader and carrier of yajnic energies and energiser of the regions through which the energies rise and radiate, where you join and conduct the holy waves of energy onward. In the regions of light you sustain the blissful sun high and on the earth you enjoin your flames of fire to carry the fragrance up and around for the world.

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10.8.7

अ॒स्य त्रि॒तः क्रतु॑ना व॒व्रे अ॒न्तरि॒च्छन्धी॒तिं पि॒तुरेवै॒ पर॑स्य।
स॒च॒स्यमा॑नः पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थे॑ जा॒मि ब्रु॑वा॒ण आयु॑धानि वेति ॥

asya tritaḥ kratunā vavre antaricchandhītiṃ piturevai parasya।
sacasyamānaḥ pitrorupasthe jāmi bruvāṇa āyudhāni veti ॥

Trita, the human soul, wearing three body covers of gross, subtle and causal forms in earthly existence, with the desire to win the love of this supreme paternal divinity by concentrative meditation, chooses to meditate on divinity within the self and, thus nestled in the parental presence praying as a child for protection, obtains the arms for defence against internal and external onslaughts of material involvement.

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10.8.8

स पित्र्या॒ण्यायु॑धानि वि॒द्वानिन्द्रे॑षित आ॒प्त्यो अ॒भ्य॑युध्यत्।
त्रि॒शी॒र्षाणं॑ स॒प्तर॑श्मिं जघ॒न्वान्त्वा॒ष्ट्रस्य॑ चि॒न्निः स॑सृजे त्रि॒तो गाः ॥

sa pitryāṇyāyudhāni vidvānindreṣita āptyo abhyayudhyat।
triśīrṣāṇaṃ saptaraśmiṃ jaghanvāntvāṣṭrasya cinniḥ sasṛje trito gāḥ ॥

That divinely self-realised soul, having got the paternal arms of defence and inspired by Indra, omnipotent supreme divinity, fights against the material adversaries and, having controlled and subdued the three headed seven bridled bondage of sense and mind, gets free of the bonds.

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10.8.9

भूरीदिन्द्र॑ उ॒दिन॑क्षन्त॒मोजोऽवा॑भिन॒त्सत्प॑ति॒र्मन्य॑मानम्।
त्वा॒ष्ट्रस्य॑ चिद्वि॒श्वरू॑पस्य॒ गोना॑माचक्रा॒णस्त्रीणि॑ शी॒र्षा परा॑ वर्क् ॥

bhūrīdindra udinakṣantamojo'vābhinatsatpatirmanyamānam।
tvāṣṭrasya cidviśvarūpasya gonāmācakrāṇastrīṇi śīrṣā parā vark ॥

Ṛgveda 10.9 · 9 verses

10.9.1

आपो॒ हि ष्ठा म॑यो॒भुव॒स्ता न॑ ऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन।
म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से ॥

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvastā na ūrje dadhātana।
mahe raṇāya cakṣase ॥

Apah, liquid energies of cosmic space, surely you are creators and givers of peace and joy. Pray inspire and energise us for the achievement of food and energy for body, mind and soul so that we may see and enjoy the mighty splendour of divinity.

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10.9.2

यो व॑ शि॒वत॑मो॒ रस॒स्तस्य॑ भाजयते॒ह न॑।
उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तर॑ ॥

yo va śivatamo rasastasya bhājayateha na।
uśatīriva mātara ॥

Let us share here in body that nectar sweet taste of yours which is most blissful, be like loving mothers for their children.

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10.9.3

तस्मा॒ अरं॑ गमाम वो॒ यस्य॒ क्षया॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ।
आपो॑ ज॒नय॑था च नः ॥

tasmā araṃ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha।
āpo janayathā ca naḥ ॥

O holy waters, lovers of peace and pleasure of bliss, we come to you without delay for that pleasure, peace and enlightenment for the promotion and stability of which you move and impel people and powers and invigorate us too. Pray bless us with vigour and vitality.

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10.9.4

शं नो॑ दे॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य॒ आपो॑ भवन्तु पी॒तये॑।
शं योर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः ॥

śaṃ no devīrabhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye।
śaṃ yorabhi sravantu naḥ ॥

May the divine waters be for our peace and bliss for body, mind and soul and bring us showers of peace, protection and blessedness.

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10.9.5

ईशा॑ना॒ वार्या॑णां॒ क्षय॑न्तीश्चर्षणी॒नाम्।
अ॒पो या॑चामि भेष॒जम् ॥

īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīścarṣaṇīnām।
apo yācāmi bheṣajam ॥

Sovereign givers of the cherished gifts of our choice, harbingers of peace and settlement to people, I pray may waters of peace bring me health, sanatives and blessedness.

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10.9.6

अ॒प्सु मे॒ सोमो॑ अब्रवीद॒न्तर्विश्वा॑नि भेष॒जा।
अ॒ग्निं च॑ वि॒श्वश॑म्भुवम् ॥

apsu me somo abravīdantarviśvāni bheṣajā।
agniṃ ca viśvaśambhuvam ॥

Soma in the waters touches and speaks to me: All sanatives reside in the waters which also contain the vital warmth and fire of Agni for peace and blessedness of all.

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10.9.7

आप॑ पृणी॒त भे॑ष॒जं वरू॑थं त॒न्वे॒३ मम॑।
ज्योक्च॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे ॥

āpa pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve3 mama।
jyokca sūryaṃ dṛśe ॥

O waters, give me peace, stability and sanative vitality for my body so that I may see the sun for a long long time in life.

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10.9.8

इ॒दमा॑प॒ प्र व॑हत॒ यत्किं च॑ दुरि॒तं मयि॑।
यद्वा॒हम॑भिदु॒द्रोह॒ यद्वा॑ शे॒प उ॒तानृ॑तम् ॥

idamāpa pra vahata yatkiṃ ca duritaṃ mayi।
yadvāhamabhidudroha yadvā śepa utānṛtam ॥

Holy waters, wash off all this negativity and whatever is ill or deficient in me, or whatever I disapprove and hate, or whatever wrong, false or indecent I may speak or do.

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10.9.9

आपो॑ अ॒द्यान्व॑चारिषं॒ रसे॑न॒ सम॑गस्महि।
पय॑स्वानग्न॒ आ ग॑हि॒ तं मा॒ सं सृ॑ज॒ वर्च॑सा ॥

āpo adyānvacāriṣaṃ rasena samagasmahi।
payasvānagna ā gahi taṃ mā saṃ sṛja varcasā ॥

Today I have enjoyed the touch, taste and sanctity of waters in the right spirit. We are all one with the spirit of waters. O fire, divine Agni, master of the nectar spirit of waters, come, take me on to bless me. Consecrate me with valour and lustre into a new life.

Ṛgveda 10.10 · 14 verses

10.10.1

ओ चि॒त्सखा॑यं स॒ख्या व॑वृत्यां ति॒रः पु॒रू चि॑दर्ण॒वं ज॑ग॒न्वान्।
पि॒तुर्नपा॑त॒मा द॑धीत वे॒धा अधि॒ क्षमि॑ प्रत॒रं दीध्या॑नः ॥

o citsakhāyaṃ sakhyā vavṛtyāṃ tiraḥ purū cidarṇavaṃ jaganvān।
piturnapātamā dadhīta vedhā adhi kṣami prataraṃ dīdhyānaḥ ॥

Yami: With love and desire I come to my friend of my own choice, a friend who has crossed the vast ocean of life a long long way, and I solicit and pray that knowing and thinking of your fulfilment of familial obligation on earth, you beget a successor saviour of your father’s familial line and (in marriage) bless me with a child.

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10.10.2

न ते॒ सखा॑ स॒ख्यं व॑ष्ट्ये॒तत्सल॑क्ष्मा॒ यद्विषु॑रूपा॒ भवा॑ति।
म॒हस्पु॒त्रासो॒ असु॑रस्य वी॒रा दि॒वो ध॒र्तार॑ उर्वि॒या परि॑ ख्यन् ॥

na te sakhā sakhyaṃ vaṣṭyetatsalakṣmā yadviṣurūpā bhavāti।
mahasputrāso asurasya vīrā divo dhartāra urviyā pari khyan ॥

Yama: Your friend accepts not your proposal of love, friendship and union since you are not homogeneous with him in character and versatility of merit and maturity, in fact you are the contrary. Indeed the brave progeny of the great lord of life and energy of nature, refulgent with light and wisdom, who maintain the light of heaven along with the earth take exception to such a proposal of union, in fact they watch, wonder and rule out such a proposal for union.

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10.10.3

उ॒शन्ति॑ घा॒ ते अ॒मृता॑स ए॒तदेक॑स्य चित्त्य॒जसं॒ मर्त्य॑स्य।
नि ते॒ मनो॒ मन॑सि धाय्य॒स्मे जन्यु॒ पति॑स्त॒न्व१मा वि॑विश्याः ॥

uśanti ghā te amṛtāsa etadekasya cittyajasaṃ martyasya।
ni te mano manasi dhāyyasme janyu patistanva1mā viviśyāḥ ॥

Yami: The immortal sustainers of earth and heaven do wish that every mortal should leave at least one descendant child. I have accepted your mind and soul as one with me, so pray come and join me in body as life giver husband of your child.

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10.10.4

न यत्पु॒रा च॑कृ॒मा कद्ध॑ नू॒नमृ॒ता वद॑न्तो॒ अनृ॑तं रपेम।
ग॒न्ध॒र्वो अ॒प्स्वप्या॑ च॒ योषा॒ सा नो॒ नाभि॑ पर॒मं जा॒मि तन्नौ॑ ॥

na yatpurā cakṛmā kaddha nūnamṛtā vadanto anṛtaṃ rapema।
gandharvo apsvapyā ca yoṣā sā no nābhi paramaṃ jāmi tannau ॥

Yama: Having observed the laws of divine nature and observing them now, what we have never done before how can we do now in violation of the truth and law? Gandharva, the sun, sustainer of the earth, is there in the middle region, the moon too is there, so are you, youthful night, as I am. But the earth is the common axis between you and me both, and that is the extreme opposition between you and me. (We cannot possibly meet while the earth is in orbit.)

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10.10.5

गर्भे॒ नु नौ॑ जनि॒ता दम्प॑ती कर्दे॒वस्त्वष्टा॑ सवि॒ता वि॒श्वरू॑पः।
नकि॑रस्य॒ प्र मि॑नन्ति व्र॒तानि॒ वेद॑ नाव॒स्य पृ॑थि॒वी उ॒त द्यौः ॥

garbhe nu nau janitā dampatī kardevastvaṣṭā savitā viśvarūpaḥ।
nakirasya pra minanti vratāni veda nāvasya pṛthivī uta dyauḥ ॥

Yami: Our generator Savita, creator of the universe, Tvashta, maker of forms and Kah, sustainer of created forms, made us a couple in nature’s womb of generation itself as keepers of this earthly home. None can now violate the rules of the lord’s discipline, they don’t. Mother earth and father heavenly sun know of this complementarity of ours.

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10.10.6

को अ॒स्य वे॑द प्रथ॒मस्याह्न॒ क ईं॑ ददर्श॒ क इ॒ह प्र वो॑चत्।
बृ॒हन्मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ धाम॒ कदु॑ ब्रव आहनो॒ वीच्या॒ नॄन् ॥

ko asya veda prathamasyāhna ka īṃ dadarśa ka iha pra vocat।
bṛhanmitrasya varuṇasya dhāma kadu brava āhano vīcyā nṝn ॥

Who knows of this complementarity created at the dawn of creation? He alone knows. As of now, who witnessed it? Who can vouchsafe it now? Vast is the distance between east, the house of Mitra, sun and the day, and west, house of Varuna, presiding deity of the night. O wanton dear, having seen the people now, who can say anything about that?

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10.10.7

य॒मस्य॑ मा य॒म्यं१ काम॒ आग॑न्समा॒ने योनौ॑ सह॒शेय्या॑य।
जा॒येव॒ पत्ये॑ त॒न्वं॑ रिरिच्यां॒ वि चि॑द्वृहेव॒ रथ्ये॑व च॒क्रा ॥

yamasya mā yamyaṃ1 kāma āgansamāne yonau sahaśeyyāya।
jāyeva patye tanvaṃ riricyāṃ vi cidvṛheva rathyeva cakrā ॥

I, the night, feel stricken with desire to share life with you, Yama, in one house and one bed and wish I should surrender my body as a wife does to the husband so that we may carry on the business of life like the two wheels of a chariot.

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10.10.8

न ति॑ष्ठन्ति॒ न नि मि॑षन्त्ये॒ते दे॒वानां॒ स्पश॑ इ॒ह ये चर॑न्ति।
अ॒न्येन॒ मदा॑हनो याहि॒ तूयं॒ तेन॒ वि वृ॑ह॒ रथ्ये॑व च॒क्रा ॥

na tiṣṭhanti na ni miṣantyete devānāṃ spaśa iha ye caranti।
anyena madāhano yāhi tūyaṃ tena vi vṛha rathyeva cakrā ॥

Yama: These watchful lights of divinities which sojourn here around in space neither stop nor deviate from their path, nor do they wink their eye. O love-lorn maiden, go soon to one of these, other than me and with him carry on the business of life like a chariot wheel.

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10.10.9

रात्री॑भिरस्मा॒ अह॑भिर्दशस्ये॒त्सूर्य॑स्य॒ चक्षु॒र्मुहु॒रुन्मि॑मीयात्।
दि॒वा पृ॑थि॒व्या मि॑थु॒ना सब॑न्धू य॒मीर्य॒मस्य॑ बिभृया॒दजा॑मि ॥

rātrībhirasmā ahabhirdaśasyetsūryasya cakṣurmuhurunmimīyāt।
divā pṛthivyā mithunā sabandhū yamīryamasya bibhṛyādajāmi ॥

If for a moment the lord of existence were to reduce the earth to the axis and its centre point and the light of the sun were exhausted along with days and nights, then like heaven and earth together we too may be together and the night may enjoy conjugal union with the day without any obstruction.

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10.10.10

आ घा॒ ता ग॑च्छा॒नुत्त॑रा यु॒गानि॒ यत्र॑ जा॒मय॑ कृ॒णव॒न्नजा॑मि।
उप॑ बर्बृहि वृष॒भाय॑ बा॒हुम॒न्यमि॑च्छस्व सुभगे॒ पतिं॒ मत् ॥

ā ghā tā gacchānuttarā yugāni yatra jāmaya kṛṇavannajāmi।
upa barbṛhi vṛṣabhāya bāhumanyamicchasva subhage patiṃ mat ॥

But O night, those times would follow long long ages hence when contraries would lie together and coexist without contradictions. Therefore for the time, O sweet and debonair, extend your hand of love to someone other than me, a real virile husband.

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10.10.11

किं भ्राता॑स॒द्यद॑ना॒थं भवा॑ति॒ किमु॒ स्वसा॒ यन्निरृ॑तिर्नि॒गच्छा॑त्।
काम॑मूता ब॒ह्वे॒३तद्र॑पामि त॒न्वा॑ मे त॒न्वं१ सं पि॑पृग्धि ॥

kiṃ bhrātāsadyadanāthaṃ bhavāti kimu svasā yannirṛtirnigacchāt।
kāmamūtā bahve3tadrapāmi tanvā me tanvaṃ1 saṃ pipṛgdhi ॥

Yami: What? then have you become as a brother to me? And I, deprived of love and care, become a sister, bereft, going away elsewhere in search of another? Lovelorn, I am babbling so much, pray join me, body with body. (Are you just a complementary support and I just a complementary way farer, nothing more?)

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10.10.12

न वा उ॑ ते त॒न्वा॑ त॒न्वं१ सं प॑पृच्यां पा॒पमा॑हु॒र्यः स्वसा॑रं नि॒गच्छा॑त्।
अ॒न्येन॒ मत्प्र॒मुद॑ कल्पयस्व॒ न ते॒ भ्राता॑ सुभगे वष्ट्ये॒तत् ॥

na vā u te tanvā tanvaṃ1 saṃ papṛcyāṃ pāpamāhuryaḥ svasāraṃ nigacchāt।
anyena matpramuda kalpayasva na te bhrātā subhage vaṣṭyetat ॥

Yama: No, I would never touch your body with my body. The wise say that to go and meet a sister like that is a sin, to meet a corresponding way farer in orbit is a violation of the law of nature. O dear and fortunate one, go, be happy with another other than me and make it possible if you can. Your brother way farer does not love this proposal, no he cannot.

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10.10.13

ब॒तो ब॑तासि यम॒ नैव ते॒ मनो॒ हृद॑यं चाविदाम।
अ॒न्या किल॒ त्वां क॒क्ष्ये॑व यु॒क्तं परि॑ ष्वजाते॒ लिबु॑जेव वृ॒क्षम् ॥

bato batāsi yama naiva te mano hṛdayaṃ cāvidāma।
anyā kila tvāṃ kakṣyeva yuktaṃ pari ṣvajāte libujeva vṛkṣam ॥

Yami: Sorry Yama, O day, it is a pity I did not know your mind and heart this way of nature. May be some one other than me too may join you like a girdle round your waist and embrace you like a creeper clinging by a tree.

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10.10.14

अ॒न्यमू॒ षु त्वं य॑म्य॒न्य उ॒ त्वां परि॑ ष्वजाते॒ लिबु॑जेव वृ॒क्षम्।
तस्य॑ वा॒ त्वं मन॑ इ॒च्छा स वा॒ तवाधा॑ कृणुष्व सं॒विदं॒ सुभ॑द्राम् ॥

anyamū ṣu tvaṃ yamyanya u tvāṃ pari ṣvajāte libujeva vṛkṣam।
tasya vā tvaṃ mana icchā sa vā tavādhā kṛṇuṣva saṃvidaṃ subhadrām ॥

Ṛgveda 10.11 · 9 verses

10.11.1

वृषा॒ वृष्णे॑ दुदुहे॒ दोह॑सा दि॒वः पयां॑सि य॒ह्वो अदि॑ते॒रदा॑भ्यः।
विश्वं॒ स वे॑द॒ वरु॑णो॒ यथा॑ धि॒या स य॒ज्ञियो॑ यजतु य॒ज्ञियाँ॑ ऋ॒तून् ॥

vṛṣā vṛṣṇe duduhe dohasā divaḥ payāṃsi yahvo aditeradābhyaḥ।
viśvaṃ sa veda varuṇo yathā dhiyā sa yajñiyo yajatu yajñiyām̐ ṛtūn ॥

Generous, omnipotent and indomitable Agni, self-refulgent ruling Spirit of life in the systemic order of existence, with its natural art and intelligence and creativity, creates and showers the waters of growth and sustenance from the divine infinity of inexhaustible plenty of light, life and joy for the yajnic and generous powers of nature and humanity. The Spirit is Varuna, omniscient intelligence with universal discrimination, knowing the world as it is and the way it behaves. May the lovable and adorable Agni worshipped at yajna love, join and bless the yajnic celebrants of life divine according to the seasons and its own love and judgement.

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10.11.2

रप॑द्गन्ध॒र्वीरप्या॑ च॒ योष॑णा न॒दस्य॑ ना॒दे परि॑ पातु मे॒ मन॑।
इ॒ष्टस्य॒ मध्ये॒ अदि॑ति॒र्नि धा॑तु नो॒ भ्राता॑ नो ज्ये॒ष्ठः प्र॑थ॒मो वि वो॑चति ॥

rapadgandharvīrapyā ca yoṣaṇā nadasya nāde pari pātu me mana।
iṣṭasya madhye aditirni dhātu no bhrātā no jyeṣṭhaḥ prathamo vi vocati ॥

May the spirit and power of Agni blazing in the sun, thundering in the clouds, vibrating in vapours, flashing in lightning, burning in the vedi and roaring in rivers, protect, promote and inspire my mind. May imperishable Infinity, indomitable nature and inviolable policy establish us all at the heart of what we love to do, accomplish and worship in life and society, and may our chief, eldest, supportive and sustaining brother, speak to us and enlighten us in matters of Dharma, artha, kama and moksha.

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10.11.3

सो चि॒न्नु भ॒द्रा क्षु॒मती॒ यश॑स्वत्यु॒षा उ॑वास॒ मन॑वे॒ स्व॑र्वती।
यदी॑मु॒शन्त॑मुश॒तामनु॒ क्रतु॑म॒ग्निं होता॑रं वि॒दथा॑य॒ जीज॑नन् ॥

so cinnu bhadrā kṣumatī yaśasvatyuṣā uvāsa manave svarvatī।
yadīmuśantamuśatāmanu kratumagniṃ hotāraṃ vidathāya jījanan ॥

Instantly does that blessed, blissful, inspiring and elevating dawn, light of life, vision of wisdom, harbinger of honour, excellence and divine virtue, arise and shine in response to dedicated action bearing the bliss of heaven for all humanity when, in pursuit of corporate creative living and search for total freedom, people light the yajna fire for Agni, lover of the lovers of divinity and chief high priest of the yajna of life.

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10.11.4

अध॒ त्यं द्र॒प्सं वि॒भ्वं॑ विचक्ष॒णं विराभ॑रदिषि॒तः श्ये॒नो अ॑ध्व॒रे।
यदी॒ विशो॑ वृ॒णते॑ द॒स्ममार्या॑ अ॒ग्निं होता॑र॒मध॒ धीर॑जायत ॥

adha tyaṃ drapsaṃ vibhvaṃ vicakṣaṇaṃ virābharadiṣitaḥ śyeno adhvare।
yadī viśo vṛṇate dasmamāryā agniṃ hotāramadha dhīrajāyata ॥

When noble and dynamic people, lovers of life dedicated to yajna fire, choose to worship the potent and gracious Agni, chief of cosmic yajna and harbinger of infinite gifts, then the celebrant soul of the individual, or society or the ruler of the social order, with flying super-intelligence inspired by the spirit of divinity, achieves that same great and ecstatic power and enlightenment of universal order both on earth and in the spirit by social yajna and spiritual meditation, and by that Agni itself, omniscient, omnipotent and omnificent, becomes the inviolable foundation of human karma, and all possible faculties of thought and action arise for the achievement of success.

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10.11.5

सदा॑सि र॒ण्वो यव॑सेव॒ पुष्य॑ते॒ होत्रा॑भिरग्ने॒ मनु॑षः स्वध्व॒रः।
विप्र॑स्य वा॒ यच्छ॑शमा॒न उ॒क्थ्यं१ वाजं॑ सस॒वाँ उ॑प॒यासि॒ भूरि॑भिः ॥

sadāsi raṇvo yavaseva puṣyate hotrābhiragne manuṣaḥ svadhvaraḥ।
viprasya vā yacchaśamāna ukthyaṃ1 vājaṃ sasavām̐ upayāsi bhūribhiḥ ॥

Agni, just as food is dear and auspicious to the robust lover of health, so are you dear, exciting and inspiring for humanity, being the holiest presiding power of social and spiritual yajna served with hymns of invocation and adoration, you who, pleased with the sage’s songs of adoration, sharing and fulfilling the yajnic homage of devotees, visit and bless the celebrants with plenty and immensities of gifts of enlightenment as well as powers.

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10.11.6

उदी॑रय पि॒तरा॑ जा॒र आ भग॒मिय॑क्षति हर्य॒तो हृ॒त्त इ॑ष्यति।
विव॑क्ति॒ वह्नि॑ स्वप॒स्यते॑ म॒खस्त॑वि॒ष्यते॒ असु॑रो॒ वेप॑ते म॒ती ॥

udīraya pitarā jāra ā bhagamiyakṣati haryato hṛtta iṣyati।
vivakti vahni svapasyate makhastaviṣyate asuro vepate matī ॥

Agni, raise and augment the parental powers of heaven and earth and extend the honour and excellence of humanity there like the sun, stealer of the night, which spreads its light in space. The yajamana performs yajna in honour of the divinities of nature and humanity and loves the divinities and yajna with his heart and soul. The ruler, burden bearer of the life of humanity, is up and active and adores and exalts you. The fire is rising and blazing bright, the high priest is inspired, and the life giving energies vibrate with action and intelligence.

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10.11.7

यस्ते॑ अग्ने सुम॒तिं मर्तो॒ अक्ष॒त्सह॑सः सूनो॒ अति॒ स प्र शृ॑ण्वे।
इषं॒ दधा॑नो॒ वह॑मानो॒ अश्वै॒रा स द्यु॒माँ अम॑वान्भूषति॒ द्यून् ॥

yaste agne sumatiṃ marto akṣatsahasaḥ sūno ati sa pra śṛṇve।
iṣaṃ dadhāno vahamāno aśvairā sa dyumām̐ amavānbhūṣati dyūn ॥

Agni, creator and augmenter of power, patience and fortitude, the mortal who reaches and internalises your divine favour of knowledge and wisdom rises to immortal honour and fame and, having abundant food, energy and life’s graces of his choice and enjoying equipment of horses and fast transport, rises in light, lustre and splendour of life day by day.

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10.11.8

यद॑ग्न ए॒षा समि॑ति॒र्भवा॑ति दे॒वी दे॒वेषु॑ यज॒ता य॑जत्र।
रत्ना॑ च॒ यद्वि॒भजा॑सि स्वधावो भा॒गं नो॒ अत्र॒ वसु॑मन्तं वीतात् ॥

yadagna eṣā samitirbhavāti devī deveṣu yajatā yajatra।
ratnā ca yadvibhajāsi svadhāvo bhāgaṃ no atra vasumantaṃ vītāt ॥

Adorable Agni, when this holy assembly of your yajnic powers and virtues honoured among the divines meets and, O lord self-refulgent and self-sufficient, you distribute the jewels of life among them, then pray bless us too with our share of the honour and excellence of life.

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10.11.9

श्रु॒धी नो॑ अग्ने॒ सद॑ने स॒धस्थे॑ यु॒क्ष्वा रथ॑म॒मृत॑स्य द्रवि॒त्नुम्।
आ नो॑ वह॒ रोद॑सी दे॒वपु॑त्रे॒ माकि॑र्दे॒वाना॒मप॑ भूरि॒ह स्या॑ ॥

śrudhī no agne sadane sadhasthe yukṣvā rathamamṛtasya dravitnum।
ā no vaha rodasī devaputre mākirdevānāmapa bhūriha syā ॥

Listen to our prayer, Agni, in this hall of yajna, harness your chariot replete with the nectar of immortality, bring us the wealth of earth and light of heaven both divine, let none of the divinities forsake us. Pray abide in our heart here and ever.

Ṛgveda 10.12 · 9 verses

10.12.1

द्यावा॑ ह॒ क्षामा॑ प्रथ॒मे ऋ॒तेना॑भिश्रा॒वे भ॑वतः सत्य॒वाचा॑।
दे॒वो यन्मर्ता॑न्य॒जथा॑य कृ॒ण्वन्सीद॒द्धोता॑ प्र॒त्यङ्स्वमसुं॒ यन् ॥

dyāvā ha kṣāmā prathame ṛtenābhiśrāve bhavataḥ satyavācā।
devo yanmartānyajathāya kṛṇvansīdaddhotā pratyaṅsvamasuṃ yan ॥

Heaven and earth are the first and closest divinities by virtue of the cosmic order to listen to the holy chant and proclaim their response with light and generosity, when Agni, refulgent spirit of life and light of the world, chief priest and inspirer of cosmic yajna, calling mortals to the altar, settles in the vedi itself upfront, generating and accelerating the radiation of its own energy in the yajnic process being enacted.

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10.12.2

दे॒वो दे॒वान्प॑रि॒भूरृ॒तेन॒ वहा॑ नो ह॒व्यं प्र॑थ॒मश्चि॑कि॒त्वान्।
धू॒मके॑तुः स॒मिधा॒ भाऋ॑जीको म॒न्द्रो होता॒ नित्यो॑ वा॒चा यजी॑यान् ॥

devo devānparibhūrṛtena vahā no havyaṃ prathamaścikitvān।
dhūmaketuḥ samidhā bhāṛjīko mandro hotā nityo vācā yajīyān ॥

May Agni, supreme power and presence of the spirit over divinites of heaven and earth, first and instant cognizant of our invocation and prayers, radiate and carry our homage and oblations to the divinities of nature by the laws of its cosmic order, Agni, the power with the banner of light and fragrance, blazing with the flames of fuel fire, adorable sublime, divine call for action and creative evolution, eternal and imperishable, loving and companionable by words of sincere adoration.

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10.12.3

स्वावृ॑ग्दे॒वस्या॒मृतं॒ यदी॒ गोरतो॑ जा॒तासो॑ धारयन्त उ॒र्वी।
विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अनु॒ तत्ते॒ यजु॑र्गुर्दु॒हे यदेनी॑ दि॒व्यं घृ॒तं वाः ॥

svāvṛgdevasyāmṛtaṃ yadī gorato jātāso dhārayanta urvī।
viśve devā anu tatte yajurgurduhe yadenī divyaṃ ghṛtaṃ vāḥ ॥

When the celestial nectar of this refulgent power’s own essence radiates, then the energies generated by it support and sustain both earth and heaven, and all divinities of nature and humanity receive and celebrate these gifts of Agni, the divine beauty, radiance and liquid energies which the light divine showers on them.

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10.12.4

अर्चा॑मि वां॒ वर्धा॒यापो॑ घृतस्नू॒ द्यावा॑भूमी शृणु॒तं रो॑दसी मे।
अहा॒ यद्द्यावोऽसु॑नीति॒मय॒न्मध्वा॑ नो॒ अत्र॑ पि॒तरा॑ शिशीताम् ॥

arcāmi vāṃ vardhāyāpo ghṛtasnū dyāvābhūmī śṛṇutaṃ rodasī me।
ahā yaddyāvo'sunītimayanmadhvā no atra pitarā śiśītām ॥

Listen both heaven and earth my words of adoration : I celebrate you both heaven and earth as father and mother, givers of the liquid energies of life for the growth and progress of humanity and the environment, which, may the brilliant geniuses of humanity, taking forward the energy projects and policies of the world, promote day and night incessantly, and which, may the parental powers and leadership of mankind refine and augment to further the light and sweetness of life here on earth.

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10.12.5

किं स्वि॑न्नो॒ राजा॑ जगृहे॒ कद॒स्याति॑ व्र॒तं च॑कृमा॒ को वि वे॑द।
मि॒त्रश्चि॒द्धि ष्मा॑ जुहुरा॒णो दे॒वाञ्छ्लोको॒ न या॒तामपि॒ वाजो॒ अस्ति॑ ॥

kiṃ svinno rājā jagṛhe kadasyāti vrataṃ cakṛmā ko vi veda।
mitraściddhi ṣmā juhurāṇo devāñchloko na yātāmapi vājo asti ॥

Does the ruling and refulgent Agni receive and accept our homage? Do we sometime overstep its laws and limits of benediction and experimentation? Who knows this secret we ought to know? Agni after all is a friend. Invoked and served with excess or remiss, it would still accept our homage and adoration and convey it to the divinities, and we pray let there be success and ultimate victory.

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10.12.6

दु॒र्मन्त्वत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाम॒ सल॑क्ष्मा॒ यद्विषु॑रूपा॒ भवा॑ति।
य॒मस्य॒ यो म॒नव॑ते सु॒मन्त्वग्ने॒ तमृ॑ष्व पा॒ह्यप्र॑युच्छन् ॥

durmantvatrāmṛtasya nāma salakṣmā yadviṣurūpā bhavāti।
yamasya yo manavate sumantvagne tamṛṣva pāhyaprayucchan ॥

Incomprehensible is this mystery of immortal Agni and its power, for sure, since arising from the same one origin and being homogeneous, it grows to boundless variety of forms, which, nevertheless, for the man who knows the One Supreme, Agni, ordainer and controller of this existential variety, is simple and clearly understood. This man, O lord great and gracious, protect and promote without relent.

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10.12.7

यस्मि॑न्दे॒वा वि॒दथे॑ मा॒दय॑न्ते वि॒वस्व॑त॒ सद॑ने धा॒रय॑न्ते।
सूर्ये॒ ज्योति॒रद॑धुर्मा॒स्य१क्तून्परि॑ द्योत॒निं च॑रतो॒ अज॑स्रा ॥

yasmindevā vidathe mādayante vivasvata sadane dhārayante।
sūrye jyotiradadhurmāsya1ktūnpari dyotaniṃ carato ajasrā ॥

In whose being the divinities of nature and humanity rejoice in the yajnic order of existence, carry on their assigned tasks in the regions of light and in the heart and mind of humanity, and vest light in the sun and the dark tinge in the moon, that self-refulgent Agni, the sun and moon and all other divinities constantly adore and serve.

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10.12.8

यस्मि॑न्दे॒वा मन्म॑नि सं॒चर॑न्त्यपी॒च्ये॒३ न व॒यम॑स्य विद्म।
मि॒त्रो नो॒ अत्रादि॑ति॒रना॑गान्सवि॒ता दे॒वो वरु॑णाय वोचत् ॥

yasmindevā manmani saṃcarantyapīcye3 na vayamasya vidma।
mitro no atrāditiranāgānsavitā devo varuṇāya vocat ॥

In whose illuminative yet mysterious being all divine powers exist and act, we know not well. May the same self refulgent Agni, the divine powers reveal to us, simple, sincere and conscientious seekers of divinity, so that we may distinctly and intelligently know and serve the divine power. May Mitra, universal spirit of divine love, Aditi, imperishable Mother Nature, self-refulgent Savita, the sun, reveal the mysterious power and presence to us.

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10.12.9

श्रु॒धी नो॑ अग्ने॒ सद॑ने स॒धस्थे॑ यु॒क्ष्वा रथ॑म॒मृत॑स्य द्रवि॒त्नुम्।
आ नो॑ वह॒ रोद॑सी दे॒वपु॑त्रे॒ माकि॑र्दे॒वाना॒मप॑ भूरि॒ह स्या॑ ॥

śrudhī no agne sadane sadhasthe yukṣvā rathamamṛtasya dravitnum।
ā no vaha rodasī devaputre mākirdevānāmapa bhūriha syā ॥

Listen to our invocation and exhortation, Agni, in this spatial hall of cosmic yajna. Harness the chariot replete with the nectar of immortality, bring us the wealth of earth and light of heaven both divine. Let none of the divinities forsake us. Pray abide in our heart and soul here and for ever.

Ṛgveda 10.13 · 5 verses

10.13.1

यु॒जे वां॒ ब्रह्म॑ पू॒र्व्यं नमो॑भि॒र्वि श्लोक॑ एतु प॒थ्ये॑व सू॒रेः।
शृ॒ण्वन्तु॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒मृत॑स्य पु॒त्रा आ ये धामा॑नि दि॒व्यानि॑ त॒स्थुः ॥

yuje vāṃ brahma pūrvyaṃ namobhirvi śloka etu pathyeva sūreḥ।
śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtasya putrā ā ye dhāmāni divyāni tasthuḥ ॥

For you, O heaven and earth, men and women, bride and bride groom, bearers of the holy materials of yajna, I chant the holy Vedic voice of divinity with fragrant oblations into the vedi in honour of Agni, lord self-refulgent. May this voice spread around like the spirit of light and joy of the enlightened. Let all children of immortality across the world listen, and listen all those too who abide in the celestial regions of light and divine yajna.

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10.13.2

य॒मे इ॑व॒ यत॑माने॒ यदैतं॒ प्र वां॑ भर॒न्मानु॑षा देव॒यन्त॑।
आ सी॑दतं॒ स्वमु॑ लो॒कं विदा॑ने स्वास॒स्थे भ॑वत॒मिन्द॑वे नः ॥

yame iva yatamāne yadaitaṃ pra vāṃ bharanmānuṣā devayanta।
ā sīdataṃ svamu lokaṃ vidāne svāsasthe bhavatamindave naḥ ॥

Living and working together like a pair of twins in this home, when you perform this yajna, then the people around dedicated to divinity would accept and honour you as a holy couple. Abide in your own beautiful place as an enlightened couple and, happy and healthy in your own joint life, live on for the peace and joy of yourselves and all of us and for self-fulfilment in the service of divinity.

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10.13.3

पञ्च॑ प॒दानि॑ रु॒पो अन्व॑रोहं॒ चतु॑ष्पदी॒मन्वे॑मि व्र॒तेन॑।
अ॒क्षरे॑ण॒ प्रति॑ मिम ए॒तामृ॒तस्य॒ नाभा॒वधि॒ सं पु॑नामि ॥

pañca padāni rupo anvarohaṃ catuṣpadīmanvemi vratena।
akṣareṇa prati mima etāmṛtasya nābhāvadhi saṃ punāmi ॥

By the discipline of body mind and soul, I would cover the five stages of earthly existence from the annamaya kosha through pranamaya, manomaya, vijnanamaya kosha to the anandamaya state of divine joy. I would cover the four stages of brahmacharya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sanyasa to total freedom. By meditation on Aum I would cover the physical, psychic and spiritual stages to the fourth stage of turiya, the state of transcendent happiness. Thus would I reach and abide in the centre of the divine order of existence in the state of absolute purity of the spirit.

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10.13.4

दे॒वेभ्य॒ कम॑वृणीत मृ॒त्युं प्र॒जायै॒ कम॒मृतं॒ नावृ॑णीत।
बृह॒स्पतिं॑ य॒ज्ञम॑कृण्वत॒ ऋषिं॑ प्रि॒यां य॒मस्त॒न्वं१ प्रारि॑रेचीत् ॥

devebhya kamavṛṇīta mṛtyuṃ prajāyai kamamṛtaṃ nāvṛṇīta।
bṛhaspatiṃ yajñamakṛṇvata ṛṣiṃ priyāṃ yamastanvaṃ1 prārirecīt ॥

Which death does Brhaspati or Yama choose for the divines? What immortality does he not choose for ordinary humans? Choose Brhaspati, universal divine Seer as the high priest as well as the object of yajna, self-sacrifice, and Yama would either strengthen the dear body vestment of the soul, or, otherwise empty it out of life energy.

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10.13.5

स॒प्त क्ष॑रन्ति॒ शिश॑वे म॒रुत्व॑ते पि॒त्रे पु॒त्रासो॒ अप्य॑वीवतन्नृ॒तम्।
उ॒भे इद॑स्यो॒भय॑स्य राजत उ॒भे य॑तेते उ॒भय॑स्य पुष्यतः ॥

sapta kṣaranti śiśave marutvate pitre putrāso apyavīvatannṛtam।
ubhe idasyobhayasya rājata ubhe yatete ubhayasya puṣyataḥ ॥

As children for the parent, seven poetic compositions of the Veda shower the light and bliss of eternal truth on the soul, master of pranic energies and abiding within at the heart in the body. Both thought and speech, heaven and earth inspire and elevate both divines and humans, both exercise both to rise and both strengthen and refine both orders of life, both coexist with the Law.

Ṛgveda 10.14 · 16 verses

10.14.1

प॒रे॒यि॒वांसं॑ प्र॒वतो॑ म॒हीरनु॑ ब॒हुभ्य॒ पन्था॑मनुपस्पशा॒नम्।
वै॒व॒स्व॒तं सं॒गम॑नं॒ जना॑नां य॒मं राजा॑नं ह॒विषा॑ दुवस्य ॥

pareyivāṃsaṃ pravato mahīranu bahubhya panthāmanupaspaśānam।
vaivasvataṃ saṃgamanaṃ janānāṃ yamaṃ rājānaṃ haviṣā duvasya ॥

Know Yama, cosmic Time, refulgent, all ruling all comprending Time, pervading all that moves forward, stars and planets all, watching, showing the paths of movement for all and outlasting them all. Temporal correspondent dimension of Vivasvan, Savita, ultimate light and supreme spirit, immanent and transcendent, eternal and infinite, ordainer and controller of the world, ultimate end and destination of all that is born, it is the creator, mover and consumer all in one. Worship it with service and homage of yajna (if you wish to survive as spirit through the flux). Note: In Surya Siddhanta time is Cosmic Time and, secondly, it is temporal which is the temporal correspondent of things in flux. One is called Lokanamanta-krt-Kala which comprehends all things in existence, and the other is time in respect of calculation, ‘Kalanatmaka’. Yama in this hymn is not the god of death, it is the child of the sun, Vivasvan. Therefore Yama should be interpreted as time, in both aspects, i.e., temporal aspect and beyond the temporal in its eternal aspect which is the space-time continuum of eternity.

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10.14.2

य॒मो नो॑ गा॒तुं प्र॑थ॒मो वि॑वेद॒ नैषा गव्यू॑ति॒रप॑भर्त॒वा उ॑।
यत्रा॑ न॒ पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑ परे॒युरे॒ना ज॑ज्ञा॒नाः प॒थ्या॒३ अनु॒ स्वाः ॥

yamo no gātuṃ prathamo viveda naiṣā gavyūtirapabhartavā u।
yatrā na pūrve pitara pareyurenā jajñānāḥ pathyā3 anu svāḥ ॥

Time, first and highest of existence, knows as it comprehends our course of life, and that course no one can avoid, escape, alter or alternate, and that same is the path by which our earlier forefathers went their way, and that is the path by which all who are bom go their way, knowing according to their Dharma and choice. Honour that time with homage.

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10.14.3

मात॑ली क॒व्यैर्य॒मो अङ्गि॑रोभि॒र्बृह॒स्पति॒रृक्व॑भिर्वावृधा॒नः।
याँश्च॑ दे॒वा वा॑वृ॒धुर्ये च॑ दे॒वान्स्वाहा॒न्ये स्व॒धया॒न्ये म॑दन्ति ॥

mātalī kavyairyamo aṅgirobhirbṛhaspatirṛkvabhirvāvṛdhānaḥ।
yām̐śca devā vāvṛdhurye ca devānsvāhānye svadhayānye madanti ॥

Terrestrial fire and bodily heat grow by food and fuel, Yama, life time and life energy, grows by pranic energy, and Brhaspati, spirit and enlightenment, grows by Vedic words and divine joy. These capacities which divinities of earth and heaven and divine enlightenment augment, and the divinities of the environment on earth and above, which humans augment, grow mutually, the divinities by svaha oblations, and humans by svadha offerings of food, and thus they rejoice.

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10.14.4

इ॒मं य॑म प्रस्त॒रमा हि सीदाङ्गि॑रोभिः पि॒तृभि॑ संविदा॒नः।
आ त्वा॒ मन्त्रा॑ कविश॒स्ता व॑हन्त्वे॒ना रा॑जन्ह॒विषा॑ मादयस्व ॥

imaṃ yama prastaramā hi sīdāṅgirobhiḥ pitṛbhi saṃvidānaḥ।
ā tvā mantrā kaviśastā vahantvenā rājanhaviṣā mādayasva ॥

O Yama, happy life time of health and joy, come in union with nourishing and protective energies of nature and vest those energies in my yajnic body system. Let the thoughts and health mantras of the sages come with you here with exhilarating and inspiring poetic voices, and then, shining and ruling in the system within with all these gifts, rejoice and make me happy too.

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10.14.5

अङ्गि॑रोभि॒रा ग॑हि य॒ज्ञिये॑भि॒र्यम॑ वैरू॒पैरि॒ह मा॑दयस्व।
विव॑स्वन्तं हुवे॒ यः पि॒ता ते॒ऽस्मिन्य॒ज्ञे ब॒र्हिष्या नि॒षद्य॑ ॥

aṅgirobhirā gahi yajñiyebhiryama vairūpairiha mādayasva।
vivasvantaṃ huve yaḥ pitā te'sminyajñe barhiṣyā niṣadya ॥

O Yama, life time of health and age, come with pranic energies of nature of various and versatile sort worthy of union and assimilation according to time and seasons, be happy and rejoice with me. I invoke the refulgent Sun also, your generative father, and pray come and be seated in the holy heart core of this life yajna of mine for a full age of good health and joy. (Reference may be made to Atharva Veda 3, 8, 1: May the sun come with its rays joining and entering the earth and energising it according to the seasons. Rgveda 1, 71, 2 throws further light on the science of health and solar rays in relation to the earth and global atmosphere.)

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10.14.6

अङ्गि॑रसो नः पि॒तरो॒ नव॑ग्वा॒ अथ॑र्वाणो॒ भृग॑वः सो॒म्यास॑।
तेषां॑ व॒यं सु॑म॒तौ य॒ज्ञिया॑ना॒मपि॑ भ॒द्रे सौ॑मन॒से स्या॑म ॥

aṅgiraso naḥ pitaro navagvā atharvāṇo bhṛgavaḥ somyāsa।
teṣāṃ vayaṃ sumatau yajñiyānāmapi bhadre saumanase syāma ॥

May the pranic energies radiated by the sun in the seasons of summer, rains, autumn, early winter, peak of winter and spring be good for us for body, mind and spirit. Lovable, companionable and promotive they are, worthy of reverence. May they be agreeable to us and give us a healthy environment, pleasant, benevolent and exhilarating.

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10.14.7

प्रेहि॒ प्रेहि॑ प॒थिभि॑ पू॒र्व्येभि॒र्यत्रा॑ न॒ पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑ परे॒युः।
उ॒भा राजा॑ना स्व॒धया॒ मद॑न्ता य॒मं प॑श्यासि॒ वरु॑णं च दे॒वम् ॥

prehi prehi pathibhi pūrvyebhiryatrā na pūrve pitara pareyuḥ।
ubhā rājānā svadhayā madantā yamaṃ paśyāsi varuṇaṃ ca devam ॥

Go forward, O man, move on by the ancient paths of life universally carved for you, by which the forefathers too went forward to complete their course of life. Intelligent you are and you see both the divine sun and the divine night, the all comprehending time and the spirit of cosmic judgement, the solar region and the cosmic waters, divine, brilliant, ruling mighty in terms of their own powers and agreeable by your service to them and to the environment.

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10.14.8

सं ग॑च्छस्व पि॒तृभि॒ सं य॒मेने॑ष्टापू॒र्तेन॑ पर॒मे व्यो॑मन्।
हि॒त्वाया॑व॒द्यं पुन॒रस्त॒मेहि॒ सं ग॑च्छस्व त॒न्वा॑ सु॒वर्चा॑ ॥

saṃ gacchasva pitṛbhi saṃ yameneṣṭāpūrtena parame vyoman।
hitvāyāvadyaṃ punarastamehi saṃ gacchasva tanvā suvarcā ॥

O soul, join with pitr pranic energies and go forward, join with another life time for future existence and go forward, join with your acts of obligation and dharmic choice and go forward to the highest spaces, having left this exhausted body, go to a new home, join with a vigorous bright body full of fresh life again. (This is the journey from one life time to another.)

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10.14.9

अपे॑त॒ वी॑त॒ वि च॑ सर्प॒तातो॒ऽस्मा ए॒तं पि॒तरो॑ लो॒कम॑क्रन्।
अहो॑भिर॒द्भिर॒क्तुभि॒र्व्य॑क्तं य॒मो द॑दात्यव॒सान॑मस्मै ॥

apeta vīta vi ca sarpatāto'smā etaṃ pitaro lokamakran।
ahobhiradbhiraktubhirvyaktaṃ yamo dadātyavasānamasmai ॥

Pitr pranic energies of solar radiation which have carried this soul, departed, gone away, carried around by sun rays, have prepared this new home for it, and Yama, cosmic order of time, with days, nights, dawns and liquid energies, has provided this another stage of its existential being.

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10.14.10

अति॑ द्रव सारमे॒यौ श्वानौ॑ चतुर॒क्षौ श॒बलौ॑ सा॒धुना॑ प॒था।
अथा॑ पि॒तॄन्सु॑वि॒दत्राँ॒ उपे॑हि य॒मेन॒ ये स॑ध॒मादं॒ मद॑न्ति ॥

ati drava sārameyau śvānau caturakṣau śabalau sādhunā pathā।
athā pitṝnsuvidatrām̐ upehi yamena ye sadhamādaṃ madanti ॥

O soul, by paths of divine law and rectitude, go forward to a life of day-night cycle, each being of twelve hour duration of colourful beauty, both children of dynamic energy, alert and on the move, lighted by the sun and moon. Then enjoy the auspicious rays of the sun which always rejoice with the passage of time.

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10.14.11

यौ ते॒ श्वानौ॑ यम रक्षि॒तारौ॑ चतुर॒क्षौ प॑थि॒रक्षी॑ नृ॒चक्ष॑सौ।
ताभ्या॑मेनं॒ परि॑ देहि राजन्स्व॒स्ति चा॑स्मा अनमी॒वं च॑ धेहि ॥

yau te śvānau yama rakṣitārau caturakṣau pathirakṣī nṛcakṣasau।
tābhyāmenaṃ pari dehi rājansvasti cāsmā anamīvaṃ ca dhehi ॥

O time, those two day and night are your guardian sentinels of twelve hour duration each, all watching, protective companions of humanity on way. O ruling lord of light, to their care entrust this soul. Let there be peace and well being for it all round, bless it with good health and freedom from sin and ailment.

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10.14.12

उ॒रू॒ण॒साव॑सु॒तृपा॑ उदुम्ब॒लौ य॒मस्य॑ दू॒तौ च॑रतो॒ जनाँ॒ अनु॑।
ताव॒स्मभ्यं॑ दृ॒शये॒ सूर्या॑य॒ पुन॑र्दाता॒मसु॑म॒द्येह भ॒द्रम् ॥

urūṇasāvasutṛpā udumbalau yamasya dūtau carato janām̐ anu।
tāvasmabhyaṃ dṛśaye sūryāya punardātāmasumadyeha bhadram ॥

Those two night and day are the most perceptive, abundant and alert, mighty strong and relentless watchdogs of time immediately close ahead and on the heels of people. Let them now again give us happiness and well being full of bubbling energy so that we may see the light of the sun anew, giver of life and enlightenment.

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10.14.13

य॒माय॒ सोमं॑ सुनुत य॒माय॑ जुहुता ह॒विः।
य॒मं ह॑ य॒ज्ञो ग॑च्छत्य॒ग्निदू॑तो॒ अरं॑कृतः ॥

yamāya somaṃ sunuta yamāya juhutā haviḥ।
yamaṃ ha yajño gacchatyagnidūto araṃkṛtaḥ ॥

Prepare the soma for Yama, lord of the light and life of cosmic order, offer the homage of soma oblations to Yama, the holy soma-yajna goes to Yama, with all its beauty and power conducted by the holy fire, divine messenger between the devoted yajakas and the sun.

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10.14.14

य॒माय॑ घृ॒तव॑द्ध॒विर्जु॒होत॒ प्र च॑ तिष्ठत।
स नो॑ दे॒वेष्वा य॑मद्दी॒र्घमायु॒ प्र जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yamāya ghṛtavaddhavirjuhota pra ca tiṣṭhata।
sa no deveṣvā yamaddīrghamāyu pra jīvase ॥

Offer holy homage full of ghrta to Yama for harmony between your life and the cosmic order of time and nature, and abide in that mood and state of karma. And may the lord vest strength and efficiency in our body, senses and mind for a long life of good health.

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10.14.15

य॒माय॒ मधु॑मत्तमं॒ राज्ञे॑ ह॒व्यं जु॑होतन।
इ॒दं नम॒ ऋषि॑भ्यः पूर्व॒जेभ्य॒ पूर्वे॑भ्यः पथि॒कृद्भ्य॑ ॥

yamāya madhumattamaṃ rājñe havyaṃ juhotana।
idaṃ nama ṛṣibhyaḥ pūrvajebhya pūrvebhyaḥ pathikṛdbhya ॥

Offer the sweetest and holiest honeyed oblations to Yama, Lord of time and refulgent sovereign of the cosmic order. This homage is in honour of the sagely seers, the forefathers, the ancients who carved the paths of life for us.

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10.14.16

त्रिक॑द्रुकेभिः पतति॒ षळु॒र्वीरेक॒मिद्बृ॒हत्।
त्रि॒ष्टुब्गा॑य॒त्री छन्दां॑सि॒ सर्वा॒ ता य॒म आहि॑ता ॥

trikadrukebhiḥ patati ṣaḷurvīrekamidbṛhat।
triṣṭubgāyatrī chandāṃsi sarvā tā yama āhitā ॥

The great one, supreme, infinite, omnipotent, is One, pervading the variety of existence by three dimensions of time, present, past and future, and by six seasons of the year, three lokas of space, earth, sky and the heavens, and six directions, rules alone. Trishtubh, Gayatri and all other Chhandas abide in the One Word, Aum. All these orders of omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence abide in One, emerge from That and converge into That, Yama, Time.

Ṛgveda 10.15 · 14 verses

10.15.1

उदी॑रता॒मव॑र॒ उत्परा॑स॒ उन्म॑ध्य॒माः पि॒तर॑ सो॒म्यास॑।
असुं॒ य ई॒युर॑वृ॒का ऋ॑त॒ज्ञास्ते नो॑ऽवन्तु पि॒तरो॒ हवे॑षु ॥

udīratāmavara utparāsa unmadhyamāḥ pitara somyāsa।
asuṃ ya īyuravṛkā ṛtajñāste no'vantu pitaro haveṣu ॥

May the sun rays of the morning, mid-day and evening time which radiate and inspire vital soma energy into the things they touch rise in power and efficacy and promote the strength and joy of life. May the wise seniors of the average, high and middle order, harbingers of peace and joy, friendly, dynamic scholars and scientists of yajna who know the cosmic order and the laws of nature and living truths of life rise, inspire us with energy and enthusiasm for life, and may all these saviour and protective powers of nature and humanity strengthen us to defend and promote ourselves in internal and external challenges of life and the environment.

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10.15.2

इ॒दं पि॒तृभ्यो॒ नमो॑ अस्त्व॒द्य ये पूर्वा॑सो॒ य उप॑रास ई॒युः।
ये पार्थि॑वे॒ रज॒स्या निष॑त्ता॒ ये वा॑ नू॒नं सु॑वृ॒जना॑सु वि॒क्षु ॥

idaṃ pitṛbhyo namo astvadya ye pūrvāso ya uparāsa īyuḥ।
ye pārthive rajasyā niṣattā ye vā nūnaṃ suvṛjanāsu vikṣu ॥

Let this yajnic homage today be for the sun rays and pranic energies radiating from the east and west, for the energies which abide in the earthly sphere and in space and skies, and for the energy which vibrates in the living forms of nature anywhere and in humanity.

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10.15.3

आहं पि॒तॄन्सु॑वि॒दत्राँ॑ अवित्सि॒ नपा॑तं च वि॒क्रम॑णं च॒ विष्णो॑।
ब॒र्हि॒षदो॒ ये स्व॒धया॑ सु॒तस्य॒ भज॑न्त पि॒त्वस्त इ॒हाग॑मिष्ठाः ॥

āhaṃ pitṝnsuvidatrām̐ avitsi napātaṃ ca vikramaṇaṃ ca viṣṇo।
barhiṣado ye svadhayā sutasya bhajanta pitvasta ihāgamiṣṭhāḥ ॥

I know and join the holy, wise, generous and parental powers of humanity. I know the stable, radiative and expansive power and presence of yajna and its creative effects. O scholars and scientists of yajna who join the creative science here on the vedi with your inputs of knowledge and expertise, come and partake of the freshness and fragrance of fruits produced and given by yajna.

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10.15.4

बर्हि॑षदः पितर ऊ॒त्य१र्वागि॒मा वो॑ ह॒व्या च॑कृमा जु॒षध्व॑म्।
त आ ग॒ताव॑सा॒ शंत॑मे॒नाथा॑ न॒ शं योर॑र॒पो द॑धात ॥

barhiṣadaḥ pitara ūtya1rvāgimā vo havyā cakṛmā juṣadhvam।
ta ā gatāvasā śaṃtamenāthā na śaṃ yorarapo dadhāta ॥

O parental powers of humanity, scholars of the science of atmospheric and environmental management of the globe, for all round peace and protection of life here and hereafter, we have prepared these yajnic materials for you for homage which please accept and use with love and faith. O masters, come always with peaceful modes of universal protection, bear and bring us showers of peace and freedom from sin, violence and fear.

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10.15.5

उप॑हूताः पि॒तर॑ सो॒म्यासो॑ बर्हि॒ष्ये॑षु नि॒धिषु॑ प्रि॒येषु॑।
त आ ग॑मन्तु॒ त इ॒ह श्रु॑व॒न्त्वधि॑ ब्रुवन्तु॒ ते॑ऽवन्त्व॒स्मान् ॥

upahūtāḥ pitara somyāso barhiṣyeṣu nidhiṣu priyeṣu।
ta ā gamantu ta iha śruvantvadhi bruvantu te'vantvasmān ॥

Senior venerable sages eminent in the science of soma and yajnic production of the dearest valuable wealth forms for peace and progress, invoked and invited with reverence, pray, come here to the yajna, listen to our ideas and words, speak, consider and discuss, and protect and promote us with knowledge.

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10.15.6

आच्या॒ जानु॑ दक्षिण॒तो नि॒षद्ये॒मं य॒ज्ञम॒भि गृ॑णीत॒ विश्वे॑।
मा हिं॑सिष्ट पितर॒ केन॑ चिन्नो॒ यद्व॒ आग॑ पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म ॥

ācyā jānu dakṣiṇato niṣadyemaṃ yajñamabhi gṛṇīta viśve।
mā hiṃsiṣṭa pitara kena cinno yadva āga puruṣatā karāma ॥

O saviour sages of the world, with knees bent in honour of the vedi, please sit on our right, accept and accomplish the yajna with specific words, and if we happen to transgress some manners or ritual, or are impertinent to you because, after all, we are human, pray be kind and do not in any way hurt or punish us.

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10.15.7

आसी॑नासो अरु॒णीना॑मु॒पस्थे॑ र॒यिं ध॑त्त दा॒शुषे॒ मर्त्या॑य।
पु॒त्रेभ्य॑ पितर॒स्तस्य॒ वस्व॒ प्र य॑च्छत॒ त इ॒होर्जं॑ दधात ॥

āsīnāso aruṇīnāmupasthe rayiṃ dhatta dāśuṣe martyāya।
putrebhya pitarastasya vasva pra yacchata ta ihorjaṃ dadhāta ॥

The radiations of sun rays in the lights of the dawn bear wealth and energy for the man of charity, and wealth and comfort for his children too. May the sages seated on the vedi realise and bring that wealth and energy for us and our future generations.

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10.15.8

ये न॒ पूर्वे॑ पि॒तर॑ सो॒म्यासो॑ऽनूहि॒रे सो॑मपी॒थं वसि॑ष्ठाः।
तेभि॑र्य॒मः सं॑ररा॒णो ह॒वींष्यु॒शन्नु॒शद्भि॑ प्रतिका॒मम॑त्तु ॥

ye na pūrve pitara somyāso'nūhire somapīthaṃ vasiṣṭhāḥ।
tebhiryamaḥ saṃrarāṇo havīṃṣyuśannuśadbhi pratikāmamattu ॥

Those eastern lights of the dawn which awaken and inspire us bear pranic energies radiant and replete with life energy of the sun, treasure source of living soma. May the sun shining and rejoicing with those very bright rays accept and revitalise our oblations offered into the holy fire at dawn.

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10.15.9

ये ता॑तृ॒षुर्दे॑व॒त्रा जेह॑माना होत्रा॒विद॒ स्तोम॑तष्टासो अ॒र्कैः।
आग्ने॑ याहि सुवि॒दत्रे॑भिर॒र्वाङ्स॒त्यैः क॒व्यैः पि॒तृभि॑र्घर्म॒सद्भि॑ ॥

ye tātṛṣurdevatrā jehamānā hotrāvida stomataṣṭāso arkaiḥ।
āgne yāhi suvidatrebhirarvāṅsatyaiḥ kavyaiḥ pitṛbhirgharmasadbhi ॥

Those bright rays of the dawn, divine, sharp and inspiring, invigorating, which come to earth thirsting for holy food and water, with those very rays, generous, truly divine, poetically sublime and soul satisfying, conveying pranic energies with morning, mid-day and evening warmth and heat of the day, O yajna fire, come and bless our yajna for the gift of rain.

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10.15.10

ये स॒त्यासो॑ हवि॒रदो॑ हवि॒ष्पा इन्द्रे॑ण दे॒वैः स॒रथं॒ दधा॑नाः।
आग्ने॑ याहि स॒हस्रं॑ देवव॒न्दैः परै॒ पूर्वै॑ पि॒तृभि॑र्घर्म॒सद्भि॑ ॥

ye satyāso havirado haviṣpā indreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṃ dadhānāḥ।
āgne yāhi sahasraṃ devavandaiḥ parai pūrvai pitṛbhirgharmasadbhi ॥

O yajnic fire, arise and come with those true and pervasive, oblation consuming, water promoting, electric energy borne eastern and western sun rays along with divine forces of nature which are laden with pranic energies of a thousand mind and sense inspiring sanatives pervasive in the light of the sun from dawn to dusk.

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10.15.11

अग्नि॑ष्वात्ताः पितर॒ एह ग॑च्छत॒ सद॑सदः सदत सुप्रणीतयः।
अ॒त्ता ह॒वींषि॒ प्रय॑तानि ब॒र्हिष्यथा॑ र॒यिं सर्व॑वीरं दधातन ॥

agniṣvāttāḥ pitara eha gacchata sadasadaḥ sadata supraṇītayaḥ।
attā havīṃṣi prayatāni barhiṣyathā rayiṃ sarvavīraṃ dadhātana ॥

O senior sages and scientists of solar energy and yajnic production committed to policies of positive and creative technology, come here, take your positions assigned and reserved in the programme, accept the homage and yajnic materials offered and, by the conduct of yajna, bless us with wealth, power and honour worthy of brave humanity for generations.

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10.15.12

त्वम॑ग्न ईळि॒तो जा॑तवे॒दोऽवा॑ड्ढ॒व्यानि॑ सुर॒भीणि॑ कृ॒त्वी।
प्रादा॑ पि॒तृभ्य॑ स्व॒धया॒ ते अ॑क्षन्न॒द्धि त्वं दे॑व॒ प्रय॑ता ह॒वींषि॑ ॥

tvamagna īḷito jātavedo'vāḍḍhavyāni surabhīṇi kṛtvī।
prādā pitṛbhya svadhayā te akṣannaddhi tvaṃ deva prayatā havīṃṣi ॥

O divine fire present in everything born, lighted, raised and developed to flaming power, you catalyse refine and energise the holy materials to tremendous power and fragrance. O brilliant divinity, consume the materials offered, feed them to the sun rays, and may they too further refine, energise and spread them all around in space for creative purposes of nature for life on earth.

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10.15.13

ये चे॒ह पि॒तरो॒ ये च॒ नेह याँश्च॑ वि॒द्म याँ उ॑ च॒ न प्र॑वि॒द्म।
त्वं वे॑त्थ॒ यति॒ ते जा॑तवेदः स्व॒धाभि॑र्य॒ज्ञं सुकृ॑तं जुषस्व ॥

ye ceha pitaro ye ca neha yām̐śca vidma yām̐ u ca na pravidma।
tvaṃ vettha yati te jātavedaḥ svadhābhiryajñaṃ sukṛtaṃ juṣasva ॥

O Jataveda, all pervasive all knowing Agni, those sun rays which are here, those which are not here, those which we know of and those which we do not know of, you know them all and, as far as you pervade and know, pray accept our oblations of yajna with pleasure, make them good, and turn them to universal power and goodness by radiant rays of the sun for the benefit of all humanity and all life on earth.

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10.15.14

ये अ॑ग्निद॒ग्धा ये अन॑ग्निदग्धा॒ मध्ये॑ दि॒वः स्व॒धया॑ मा॒दय॑न्ते।
तेभि॑ स्व॒राळसु॑नीतिमे॒तां य॑थाव॒शं त॒न्वं॑ कल्पयस्व ॥

ye agnidagdhā ye anagnidagdhā madhye divaḥ svadhayā mādayante।
tebhi svarāḷasunītimetāṃ yathāvaśaṃ tanvaṃ kalpayasva ॥

Those rays of the sun which carry the heat of fire, in summer, and those which do not carry the heat of fire, in winter, all these which radiate in the spaces between the solar region and the earth and bring joy to people by showers of rain, by all these, O self-refulgent Agni, strengthen to the utmost, energise and refine this

Ṛgveda 10.16 · 14 verses

10.16.1

मैन॑मग्ने॒ वि द॑हो॒ माभि शो॑चो॒ मास्य॒ त्वचं॑ चिक्षिपो॒ मा शरी॑रम्।
य॒दा शृ॒तं कृ॒णवो॑ जातवे॒दोऽथे॑मेनं॒ प्र हि॑णुतात्पि॒तृभ्य॑ ॥

mainamagne vi daho mābhi śoco māsya tvacaṃ cikṣipo mā śarīram।
yadā śṛtaṃ kṛṇavo jātavedo'themenaṃ pra hiṇutātpitṛbhya ॥

Agni, do not burn it off wholly, do not consume it entirely, do not cast away its form, do not cast away its body entirely. When its gross body is reduced to ash, then, O Jataveda, all pervasive, all knowing Agni, deliver it to the sun rays.

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10.16.2

शृ॒तं य॒दा कर॑सि जातवे॒दोऽथे॑मेनं॒ परि॑ दत्तात्पि॒तृभ्य॑।
य॒दा गच्छा॒त्यसु॑नीतिमे॒तामथा॑ दे॒वानां॑ वश॒नीर्भ॑वाति ॥

śṛtaṃ yadā karasi jātavedo'themenaṃ pari dattātpitṛbhya।
yadā gacchātyasunītimetāmathā devānāṃ vaśanīrbhavāti ॥

O Jataveda, when you have reduced its gross body to ash and delivered it to the sun rays, when it comes to the process of transmigration to higher constituent elements, then it is subjected to the laws of other divinities.

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10.16.3

सूर्यं॒ चक्षु॑र्गच्छतु॒ वात॑मा॒त्मा द्यां च॑ गच्छ पृथि॒वीं च॒ धर्म॑णा।
अ॒पो वा॑ गच्छ॒ यदि॒ तत्र॑ ते हि॒तमोष॑धीषु॒ प्रति॑ तिष्ठा॒ शरी॑रैः ॥

sūryaṃ cakṣurgacchatu vātamātmā dyāṃ ca gaccha pṛthivīṃ ca dharmaṇā।
apo vā gaccha yadi tatra te hitamoṣadhīṣu prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ ॥

Let the eye go the sun. Let the soul go to the wind or to the region of light or to the earth in consequence of its dharmic performance, or, if such be its interest and desire, let it go to the water or reach in herbs and trees there to stay in mere body form.

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10.16.4

अ॒जो भा॒गस्तप॑सा॒ तं त॑पस्व॒ तं ते॑ शो॒चिस्त॑पतु॒ तं ते॑ अ॒र्चिः।
यास्ते॑ शि॒वास्त॒न्वो॑ जातवेद॒स्ताभि॑र्वहैनं सु॒कृता॑मु लो॒कम् ॥

ajo bhāgastapasā taṃ tapasva taṃ te śocistapatu taṃ te arciḥ।
yāste śivāstanvo jātavedastābhirvahainaṃ sukṛtāmu lokam ॥

O Jataveda, that part of human personality which is unborn and eternal is the soul, purify and season it to its original purity by the heat of your divine discipline. May your light and fire purify and shine it to its purity and lustre beyond the dross. And by those divine natural potentials of yours which are holy and blissful, pray carry this soul to noble body forms in blessed regions

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10.16.5

अव॑ सृज॒ पुन॑रग्ने पि॒तृभ्यो॒ यस्त॒ आहु॑त॒श्चर॑ति स्व॒धाभि॑।
आयु॒र्वसा॑न॒ उप॑ वेतु॒ शेष॒ सं ग॑च्छतां त॒न्वा॑ जातवेदः ॥

ava sṛja punaragne pitṛbhyo yasta āhutaścarati svadhābhi।
āyurvasāna upa vetu śeṣa saṃ gacchatāṃ tanvā jātavedaḥ ॥

O Agni, Jataveda, form and shape out once again from material elements and energy what, having been offered to you in the fire, roams around vested with its own potentials. The soul that remained alive after giving up its material vestments in the fire may, we pray, assume a life time of earthly existence and go about with the body once again doing its karmic business as earlier.

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10.16.6

यत्ते॑ कृ॒ष्णः श॑कु॒न आ॑तु॒तोद॑ पिपी॒लः स॒र्प उ॒त वा॒ श्वाप॑दः।
अ॒ग्निष्टद्वि॒श्वाद॑ग॒दं कृ॑णोतु॒ सोम॑श्च॒ यो ब्रा॑ह्म॒णाँ आ॑वि॒वेश॑ ॥

yatte kṛṣṇaḥ śakuna ātutoda pipīlaḥ sarpa uta vā śvāpadaḥ।
agniṣṭadviśvādagadaṃ kṛṇotu somaśca yo brāhmaṇām̐ āviveśa ॥

O soul, in the course of life, whatever fear, harm or injury darkness, dark ones, birds, beasts, insects or reptiles may do to your body, may Agni and Soma and Soma science known to experts heal that and restore you back to good health.

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10.16.7

अ॒ग्नेर्वर्म॒ परि॒ गोभि॑र्व्ययस्व॒ सं प्रोर्णु॑ष्व॒ पीव॑सा॒ मेद॑सा च।
नेत्त्वा॑ धृ॒ष्णुर्हर॑सा॒ जर्हृ॑षाणो द॒धृग्वि॑ध॒क्ष्यन्प॑र्य॒ङ्खया॑ते ॥

agnervarma pari gobhirvyayasva saṃ prorṇuṣva pīvasā medasā ca।
nettvā dhṛṣṇurharasā jarhṛṣāṇo dadhṛgvidhakṣyanparyaṅkhayāte ॥

O soul, from fire itself, from the flames themselves, get another body form anew and cover it with flesh and marrow, and let not this fire, bold and crackling with blaze of power, embrace you and burnt you out.

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10.16.8

इ॒मम॑ग्ने चम॒सं मा वि जि॑ह्वरः प्रि॒यो दे॒वाना॑मु॒त सो॒म्याना॑म्।
ए॒ष यश्च॑म॒सो दे॑व॒पान॒स्तस्मि॑न्दे॒वा अ॒मृता॑ मादयन्ते ॥

imamagne camasaṃ mā vi jihvaraḥ priyo devānāmuta somyānām।
eṣa yaścamaso devapānastasmindevā amṛtā mādayante ॥

O Agni, do not disturb and dislodge this new body form which is a darling of the divines and the sun rays of light and bliss, this body in which the immortal divinities rejoice and find their fulfilment with yajnic food and drink.

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10.16.9

क्र॒व्याद॑म॒ग्निं प्र हि॑णोमि दू॒रं य॒मरा॑ज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवा॒हः।
इ॒हैवायमित॑रो जा॒तवे॑दा दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒व्यं व॑हतु प्रजा॒नन् ॥

kravyādamagniṃ pra hiṇomi dūraṃ yamarājño gacchatu ripravāhaḥ।
ihaivāyamitaro jātavedā devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānan ॥

I set in motion the fire which consumes the corpse, and may it, carrier of the material body, go up with it and reach the regions of life consuming spirit of Time. And here itself the other fire, Jataveda, all pervasive fire of life, all aware, may bring in the food for life for the sustenance and satisfaction of the divinities.

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10.16.10

यो अ॒ग्निः क्र॒व्यात्प्र॑वि॒वेश॑ वो गृ॒हमि॒मं पश्य॒न्नित॑रं जा॒तवे॑दसम्।
तं ह॑रामि पितृय॒ज्ञाय॑ दे॒वं स घ॒र्ममि॑न्वात्पर॒मे स॒धस्थे॑ ॥

yo agniḥ kravyātpraviveśa vo gṛhamimaṃ paśyannitaraṃ jātavedasam।
taṃ harāmi pitṛyajñāya devaṃ sa gharmaminvātparame sadhasthe ॥

The fire that turns away from the corpse consuming fire enters your homes and, watching this other all pervasive fire, I give up that and take to this brilliant fire for honour to ancestors and the environment. May it carry our yajna to the sun in the highest heaven.

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10.16.11

यो अ॒ग्निः क्र॑व्य॒वाह॑नः पि॒तॄन्यक्ष॑दृता॒वृध॑।
प्रेदु॑ ह॒व्यानि॑ वोचति दे॒वेभ्य॑श्च पि॒तृभ्य॒ आ ॥

yo agniḥ kravyavāhanaḥ pitṝnyakṣadṛtāvṛdha।
predu havyāni vocati devebhyaśca pitṛbhya ā ॥

The fire, participant of natural law, which carries the elements of the corpse to nature, pervades in senior humanity and vibrates in natural energies too. The same fire carries the yajnic homage and proclaims the gifts for the ancestors, for the divines and for nature.

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10.16.12

उ॒शन्त॑स्त्वा॒ नि धी॑मह्यु॒शन्त॒ समि॑धीमहि।
उ॒शन्नु॑श॒त आ व॑ह पि॒तॄन्ह॒विषे॒ अत्त॑वे ॥

uśantastvā ni dhīmahyuśanta samidhīmahi।
uśannuśata ā vaha pitṝnhaviṣe attave ॥

With love and passion we hold you at heart for thought and reflection. With love and faith we light you together and celebrate. You too with love and longing come and bring our loving seniors and blissful energies to receive our offerings and universally disperse them.

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10.16.13

यं त्वम॑ग्ने स॒मद॑ह॒स्तमु॒ निर्वा॑पया॒ पुन॑।
कि॒याम्ब्वत्र॑ रोहतु पाकदू॒र्वा व्य॑ल्कशा ॥

yaṃ tvamagne samadahastamu nirvāpayā puna।
kiyāmbvatra rohatu pākadūrvā vyalkaśā ॥

O fire, leave the place, extinguish the heat, let it cool where you scorched and burnt it, and let it be fresh with the growth of watery plants, luxuriant grass and leafy herbs.

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10.16.14

शीति॑के॒ शीति॑कावति॒ ह्लादि॑के॒ ह्लादि॑कावति।
म॒ण्डू॒क्या॒३ सु सं ग॑म इ॒मं स्व१ग्निं ह॑र्षय ॥

śītike śītikāvati hlādike hlādikāvati।
maṇḍūkyā3 su saṃ gama imaṃ sva1gniṃ harṣaya ॥

O cool grass, O refreshing land, growing with luxuriant grass, O delightful spot covered with delightful flowers, rejoice with beauty and grace, let this place of holy fire be renewed, joyous and gracious.

Ṛgveda 10.17 · 14 verses

10.17.1

त्वष्टा॑ दुहि॒त्रे व॑ह॒तुं कृ॑णो॒तीती॒दं विश्वं॒ भुव॑नं॒ समे॑ति।
य॒मस्य॑ मा॒ता प॑र्यु॒ह्यमा॑ना म॒हो जा॒या विव॑स्वतो ननाश ॥

tvaṣṭā duhitre vahatuṃ kṛṇotītīdaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ sameti।
yamasya mātā paryuhyamānā maho jāyā vivasvato nanāśa ॥

Tvashta, cosmic maker of forms of existence, for the fulfilment of the creative urge of nature, Prakrti, initiates the process of evolution and the entire universe comes into being in cosmic time. While Prakrti, consort of the self-refulgent creator Savita (Tvashta Being its forming faculty) and mother origin of the order of evolution, is fertilised and moved on to its generative function, it disappears, that is, it converts from its original and intangible essence into the tangible creative form and power in existence.

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10.17.2

अपा॑गूहन्न॒मृतां॒ मर्त्ये॑भ्यः कृ॒त्वी सव॑र्णामददु॒र्विव॑स्वते।
उ॒ताश्विना॑वभर॒द्यत्तदासी॒दज॑हादु॒ द्वा मि॑थु॒ना स॑र॒ण्यूः ॥

apāgūhannamṛtāṃ martyebhyaḥ kṛtvī savarṇāmadadurvivasvate।
utāśvināvabharadyattadāsīdajahādu dvā mithunā saraṇyūḥ ॥

Transforming the original immortal constant Prakrti in favour of mutable mortal forms of existence, the evolutionary power of divinity, creative and dynamic Prakrti, offers this form of itself to self-refulgent creator and master, and then in that dynamic state as it is then, it bears a twin pair of evolved existence, the Ashvins, positive-negative complementarities of the evolutionary circuit of nature’s dynamics, and produces procreative couples such as Agni and Soma, energy and matter, prana and rayi, male and female, presence and absence (as the two may be described from different points of view).

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10.17.3

पू॒षा त्वे॒तश्च्या॑वयतु॒ प्र वि॒द्वानन॑ष्टपशु॒र्भुव॑नस्य गो॒पाः।
स त्वै॒तेभ्य॒ परि॑ ददत्पि॒तृभ्यो॒ऽग्निर्दे॒वेभ्य॑ सुविद॒त्रिये॑भ्यः ॥

pūṣā tvetaścyāvayatu pra vidvānanaṣṭapaśurbhuvanasya gopāḥ।
sa tvaitebhya pari dadatpitṛbhyo'gnirdevebhya suvidatriyebhyaḥ ॥

O man, may Pusha, lord of life and nourishment, omniscient sustainer and pervasive protector of the world, whose light and life of forms never goes out of existence, inspire you and lead you on the right path from here. May he, leading lord self-refulgent Agni, dedicate you to noble parents and brilliant generous teachers.

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10.17.4

आयु॑र्वि॒श्वायु॒ परि॑ पासति त्वा पू॒षा त्वा॑ पातु॒ प्रप॑थे पु॒रस्ता॑त्।
यत्रास॑ते सु॒कृतो॒ यत्र॒ ते य॒युस्तत्र॑ त्वा दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता द॑धातु ॥

āyurviśvāyu pari pāsati tvā pūṣā tvā pātu prapathe purastāt।
yatrāsate sukṛto yatra te yayustatra tvā devaḥ savitā dadhātu ॥

Pusha, life of the world and giver of life and nourishment, may protect you all round and inspire and promote you on the path forward, and may Savita, self-refulgent lord of light and vision, guide you where men of noble action reach, and stabilise you where they abide.

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10.17.5

पू॒षेमा आशा॒ अनु॑ वेद॒ सर्वा॒ सो अ॒स्माँ अभ॑यतमेन नेषत्।
स्व॒स्ति॒दा आघृ॑णि॒ सर्व॑वी॒रोऽप्र॑युच्छन्पु॒र ए॑तु प्रजा॒नन् ॥

pūṣemā āśā anu veda sarvā so asmām̐ abhayatamena neṣat।
svastidā āghṛṇi sarvavīro'prayucchanpura etu prajānan ॥

Pusha knows all these paths and directions of life and he fulfils all our hopes and ambitions too. May he lead us on the most fearless path of progress. May he, giver of all round good and well being, refulgent and vigilant, all mighty, all knowing, be our pioneer and path maker without neglect or relent.

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10.17.6

प्रप॑थे प॒थाम॑जनिष्ट पू॒षा प्रप॑थे दि॒वः प्रप॑थे पृथि॒व्याः।
उ॒भे अ॒भि प्रि॒यत॑मे स॒धस्थे॒ आ च॒ परा॑ च चरति प्रजा॒नन् ॥

prapathe pathāmajaniṣṭa pūṣā prapathe divaḥ prapathe pṛthivyāḥ।
ubhe abhi priyatame sadhasthe ā ca parā ca carati prajānan ॥

Pusha inspires, strengthens and guides humanity to know and follow the best paths of life and reach the goal, the paths to heaven and the paths over earth. He pervades the dearest paths of progress here and the paths to freedom there and, all knowing and emerging in consciousness, guides us here and beyond.

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10.17.7

सर॑स्वतीं देव॒यन्तो॑ हवन्ते॒ सर॑स्वतीमध्व॒रे ता॒यमा॑ने।
सर॑स्वतीं सु॒कृतो॑ अह्वयन्त॒ सर॑स्वती दा॒शुषे॒ वार्यं॑ दात् ॥

sarasvatīṃ devayanto havante sarasvatīmadhvare tāyamāne।
sarasvatīṃ sukṛto ahvayanta sarasvatī dāśuṣe vāryaṃ dāt ॥

Aspirants to knowledge and the light of divinity invoke Sarasvati, voice of divinity, they offer homage of faith and devotion in psychic and spiritual yajna which expands their intelligence and vision. Men of noble action invoke Sarasvati, ever flowing Spirit of Knowledge, for strength of will and direction. May Sarasvati grant cherished gifts of knowledge, will and vision to the generous yajakas.

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10.17.8

सर॑स्वति॒ या स॒रथं॑ य॒याथ॑ स्व॒धाभि॑र्देवि पि॒तृभि॒र्मद॑न्ती।
आ॒सद्या॒स्मिन्ब॒र्हिषि॑ मादयस्वानमी॒वा इष॒ आ धे॑ह्य॒स्मे ॥

sarasvati yā sarathaṃ yayātha svadhābhirdevi pitṛbhirmadantī।
āsadyāsminbarhiṣi mādayasvānamīvā iṣa ā dhehyasme ॥

O divine Sarasvati, cosmic voice of divinity, who radiate and expand on the rays of light and rejoice with homage of faith and devotion and the inner vibrations of mind and soul, pray come, abide in this inner seat of mind and consciousness, bless us with divine joy and bring us food and energy free from sin and pollution for the enlightenment of mind and soul.

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10.17.9

सर॑स्वतीं॒ यां पि॒तरो॒ हव॑न्ते दक्षि॒णा य॒ज्ञम॑भि॒नक्ष॑माणाः।
स॒ह॒स्रा॒र्घमि॒ळो अत्र॑ भा॒गं रा॒यस्पोषं॒ यज॑मानेषु धेहि ॥

sarasvatīṃ yāṃ pitaro havante dakṣiṇā yajñamabhinakṣamāṇāḥ।
sahasrārghamiḷo atra bhāgaṃ rāyaspoṣaṃ yajamāneṣu dhehi ॥

O divine Sarasvati, whom venerable sages dedicated to meditative yajna in mind and soul invoke and serve in right earnest, we pray, bless the yajamanas with their share here of food and nourishment, wealth, honour and excellence, and the vision and voice of divinity loved and sought for by thousands of seekers.

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10.17.10

आपो॑ अ॒स्मान्मा॒तर॑ शुन्धयन्तु घृ॒तेन॑ नो घृत॒प्व॑ पुनन्तु।
विश्वं॒ हि रि॒प्रं प्र॒वह॑न्ति दे॒वीरुदिदा॑भ्य॒ शुचि॒रा पू॒त ए॑मि ॥

āpo asmānmātara śundhayantu ghṛtena no ghṛtapva punantu।
viśvaṃ hi ripraṃ pravahanti devīrudidābhya śucirā pūta emi ॥

May the fluid and vibrant currents of cosmic energy, original mother source of nature’s dynamics of evolution, which, divine and inviolable, soaked in goodness and grace, wash away the entire sin, evil and pollution of life, purify and sanctify us with sweetness and beauty of manners and culture. Thus purified and sanctified, I rise and go on in life.

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10.17.11

द्र॒प्सश्च॑स्कन्द प्रथ॒माँ अनु॒ द्यूनि॒मं च॒ योनि॒मनु॒ यश्च॒ पूर्व॑।
स॒मा॒नं योनि॒मनु॑ सं॒चर॑न्तं द्र॒प्सं जु॑हो॒म्यनु॑ स॒प्त होत्रा॑ ॥

drapsaścaskanda prathamām̐ anu dyūnimaṃ ca yonimanu yaśca pūrva।
samānaṃ yonimanu saṃcarantaṃ drapsaṃ juhomyanu sapta hotrā ॥

The elixir of life showers on the earliest refulgent worlds by the dawn of days, on this world and this life also as did ever before. The same elixir of life, the same radiant sun, the same soma element of divine nature, vibrant in this world and this life, I invoke and celebrate with all my seven faculties in honour of the spectrum of its beauty and divinity.

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10.17.12

यस्ते॑ द्र॒प्सः स्कन्द॑ति॒ यस्ते॑ अं॒शुर्बा॒हुच्यु॑तो धि॒षणा॑या उ॒पस्था॑त्।
अ॒ध्व॒र्योर्वा॒ परि॑ वा॒ यः प॒वित्रा॒त्तं ते॑ जुहोमि॒ मन॑सा॒ वष॑ट्कृतम् ॥

yaste drapsaḥ skandati yaste aṃśurbāhucyuto dhiṣaṇāyā upasthāt।
adhvaryorvā pari vā yaḥ pavitrāttaṃ te juhomi manasā vaṣaṭkṛtam ॥

O Savita, lord giver of life and light of the world, the soma nectar of life that showers ever from divinity, that vigour and inspiration which is released from your hands and from the loving heart of exuberant Mother Nature filtered through her pure sattvic elements in the cosmic yajna, that nectar received at heart in the soul, I offer in homage with prayer.

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10.17.13

यस्ते॑ द्र॒प्सः स्क॒न्नो यस्ते॑ अं॒शुर॒वश्च॒ यः प॒रः स्रु॒चा।
अ॒यं दे॒वो बृह॒स्पति॒ सं तं सि॑ञ्चतु॒ राध॑से ॥

yaste drapsaḥ skanno yaste aṃśuravaśca yaḥ paraḥ srucā।
ayaṃ devo bṛhaspati saṃ taṃ siñcatu rādhase ॥

O Soma, lord of life, giver of light and bliss, your nectar of divinity that vibrates every where, the radiations of light and spiritual awareness expansive here in existence and existent there in absolute time and space, that very nectar of life and light of existence, may Brhaspati, this generous spirit of infinite knowledge and speech, shower upon us by the Word and vibrations of divinity for our fulfilment of life here and hereafter.

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10.17.14

पय॑स्वती॒रोष॑धय॒ पय॑स्वन्माम॒कं वच॑।
अ॒पां पय॑स्व॒दित्पय॒स्तेन॑ मा स॒ह शु॑न्धत ॥

payasvatīroṣadhaya payasvanmāmakaṃ vaca।
apāṃ payasvaditpayastena mā saha śundhata ॥

May the oshadhis, herbs and trees, which receive the sap and sweetness of their sustenance from sun light and moon rays, be full of exuberant Soma nectar of life. May this fluent song and speech of mine be full of love and sweetness of life’s joy. May this inspiring essence of the liquid flow of natural energies be full of universal nectar, and may all these with that nectar energise, purify and sanctify me.

Ṛgveda 10.18 · 14 verses

10.18.1

परं॑ मृत्यो॒ अनु॒ परे॑हि॒ पन्थां॒ यस्ते॒ स्व इत॑रो देव॒याना॑त्।
चक्षु॑ष्मते शृण्व॒ते ते॑ ब्रवीमि॒ मा न॑ प्र॒जां री॑रिषो॒ मोत वी॒रान् ॥

paraṃ mṛtyo anu parehi panthāṃ yaste sva itaro devayānāt।
cakṣuṣmate śṛṇvate te bravīmi mā na prajāṃ rīriṣo mota vīrān ॥

O Death, go off to that other path that’s yours, of mutability other than the path of divinity. You have eyes to see and ears to hear, and to you I say: Do not hurt our people, do not destroy our brave.

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10.18.2

मृ॒त्योः प॒दं यो॒पय॑न्तो॒ यदैत॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयु॑ प्रत॒रं दधा॑नाः।
आ॒प्याय॑मानाः प्र॒जया॒ धने॑न शु॒द्धाः पू॒ता भ॑वत यज्ञियासः ॥

mṛtyoḥ padaṃ yopayanto yadaita drāghīya āyu prataraṃ dadhānāḥ।
āpyāyamānāḥ prajayā dhanena śuddhāḥ pūtā bhavata yajñiyāsaḥ ॥

O travellers on the path of divinity, dedicated performers of yajna, as you go forward effacing the onset of death and living a long life of high order of happiness and virtue, may you be blest with wealth and noble progeny, may you be pure and sanctified at heart and in the soul.

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10.18.3

इ॒मे जी॒वा वि मृ॒तैराव॑वृत्र॒न्नभू॑द्भ॒द्रा दे॒वहू॑तिर्नो अ॒द्य।
प्राञ्चो॑ अगाम नृ॒तये॒ हसा॑य॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयु॑ प्रत॒रं दधा॑नाः ॥

ime jīvā vi mṛtairāvavṛtrannabhūdbhadrā devahūtirno adya।
prāñco agāma nṛtaye hasāya drāghīya āyu prataraṃ dadhānāḥ ॥

May these living people, (we all), be free from the shades of death in life. May our dedication and service to divinity be auspicious and fruitful today. May we go forward living a long life of high order of virtue full of the joy of song and dance and laughter.

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10.18.4

इ॒मं जी॒वेभ्य॑ परि॒धिं द॑धामि॒ मैषां॒ नु गा॒दप॑रो॒ अर्थ॑मे॒तम्।
श॒तं जी॑वन्तु श॒रद॑ पुरू॒चीर॒न्तर्मृ॒त्युं द॑धतां॒ पर्व॑तेन ॥

imaṃ jīvebhya paridhiṃ dadhāmi maiṣāṃ nu gādaparo arthametam।
śataṃ jīvantu śarada purūcīrantarmṛtyuṃ dadhatāṃ parvatena ॥

I set this border line of order for these people. May none of these trespass this into the other territory of death. May they live a long age of full hundred years, bearing though the fact of death within with adamantine walls of resistance by the discipline of health.

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10.18.5

यथाहा॑न्यनुपू॒र्वं भव॑न्ति॒ यथ॑ ऋ॒तव॑ ऋ॒तुभि॒र्यन्ति॑ सा॒धु।
यथा॒ न पूर्व॒मप॑रो॒ जहा॑त्ये॒वा धा॑त॒रायूं॑षि कल्पयैषाम् ॥

yathāhānyanupūrvaṃ bhavanti yatha ṛtava ṛtubhiryanti sādhu।
yathā na pūrvamaparo jahātyevā dhātarāyūṃṣi kalpayaiṣām ॥

Just as days follow in succession, the latter following the former and the former living on in the latter, just as seasons go on by order of the seasons of the year, just as the successor does not and cannot forsake the predecessor, so in the same order, O lord ordainer and sustainer of humanity, order and sustain the life line of these people.

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10.18.6

आ रो॑ह॒तायु॑र्ज॒रसं॑ वृणा॒ना अ॑नुपू॒र्वं यत॑माना॒ यति॒ ष्ठ।
इ॒ह त्वष्टा॑ सु॒जनि॑मा स॒जोषा॑ दी॒र्घमायु॑ करति जी॒वसे॑ वः ॥

ā rohatāyurjarasaṃ vṛṇānā anupūrvaṃ yatamānā yati ṣṭha।
iha tvaṣṭā sujanimā sajoṣā dīrghamāyu karati jīvase vaḥ ॥

Go forward high on course of life choosing a full age unto completion and fulfilment in the order of succession and renewal from former to latter, living in discipline actively, all of you, as many as you are. Nobly born here in life, living together in piety with love and devotion as you are, Tvashta, the cosmic maker, ordains a full life of long years for you to live in joy.

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10.18.7

इ॒मा नारी॑रविध॒वाः सु॒पत्नी॒राञ्ज॑नेन स॒र्पिषा॒ सं वि॑शन्तु।
अ॒न॒श्रवो॑ऽनमी॒वाः सु॒रत्ना॒ आ रो॑हन्तु॒ जन॑यो॒ योनि॒मग्रे॑ ॥

imā nārīravidhavāḥ supatnīrāñjanena sarpiṣā saṃ viśantu।
anaśravo'namīvāḥ suratnā ā rohantu janayo yonimagre ॥

Let these women, noble wives living with their husbands, enter and live in their homes, and let them, decked with jewels with beauty aids, creams and unguents, free from sorrow and ill health and blest with noble children, move forward high in life.

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10.18.8

उदी॑र्ष्व नार्य॒भि जी॑वलो॒कं ग॒तासु॑मे॒तमुप॑ शेष॒ एहि॑।
ह॒स्त॒ग्रा॒भस्य॑ दिधि॒षोस्तवे॒दं पत्यु॑र्जनि॒त्वम॒भि सं ब॑भूथ ॥

udīrṣva nāryabhi jīvalokaṃ gatāsumetamupa śeṣa ehi।
hastagrābhasya didhiṣostavedaṃ patyurjanitvamabhi saṃ babhūtha ॥

Rise, O woman, to a new phase of life, your husband is now dead and gone. Come take the hand of this man from among the living who offers to take your hand and maintain you, and live in consort with this other and new husband of yours for a life time.

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10.18.9

धनु॒र्हस्ता॑दा॒ददा॑नो मृ॒तस्या॒स्मे क्ष॒त्राय॒ वर्च॑से॒ बला॑य।
अत्रै॒व त्वमि॒ह व॒यं सु॒वीरा॒ विश्वा॒ स्पृधो॑ अ॒भिमा॑तीर्जयेम ॥

dhanurhastādādadāno mṛtasyāsme kṣatrāya varcase balāya।
atraiva tvamiha vayaṃ suvīrā viśvā spṛdho abhimātīrjayema ॥

Taking the arms from the hand of the dead warrior for the sake of our social order and its strength and glory, here itself and now, you and we all blest with brave heroes shall overcome all our rivals and enemies of the world.

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10.18.10

उप॑ सर्प मा॒तरं॒ भूमि॑मे॒तामु॑रु॒व्यच॑सं पृथि॒वीं सु॒शेवा॑म्।
ऊर्ण॑म्रदा युव॒तिर्दक्षि॑णावत ए॒षा त्वा॑ पातु॒ निरृ॑तेरु॒पस्था॑त् ॥

upa sarpa mātaraṃ bhūmimetāmuruvyacasaṃ pṛthivīṃ suśevām।
ūrṇamradā yuvatirdakṣiṇāvata eṣā tvā pātu nirṛterupasthāt ॥

O man, go to this land, this motherly earth wide and expansive, kind and gracious. Soft, generous and youthful for the man of generosity and yajnic dedication, she would protect you from the clutches of adversity and premature death and promote you with prosperity.

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10.18.11

उच्छ्व॑ञ्चस्व पृथिवि॒ मा नि बा॑धथाः सूपाय॒नास्मै॑ भव सूपवञ्च॒ना।
मा॒ता पु॒त्रं यथा॑ सि॒चाभ्ये॑नं भूम ऊर्णुहि ॥

ucchvañcasva pṛthivi mā ni bādhathāḥ sūpāyanāsmai bhava sūpavañcanā।
mātā putraṃ yathā sicābhyenaṃ bhūma ūrṇuhi ॥

O mother earth, receive this soul with elation, stop it not, hurt it not. Be a nursing mother for this child, be soft and caressing with love and affection. Just as mother covers the child with the hem of her sari, so, O mother earth, cover, caress and protect it to maturity.

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10.18.12

उ॒च्छ्वञ्च॑माना पृथि॒वी सु ति॑ष्ठतु स॒हस्रं॒ मित॒ उप॒ हि श्रय॑न्ताम्।
ते गृ॒हासो॑ घृत॒श्चुतो॑ भवन्तु वि॒श्वाहा॑स्मै शर॒णाः स॒न्त्वत्र॑ ॥

ucchvañcamānā pṛthivī su tiṣṭhatu sahasraṃ mita upa hi śrayantām।
te gṛhāso ghṛtaścuto bhavantu viśvāhāsmai śaraṇāḥ santvatra ॥

May the earth stay abundant, generous and prosperous, giving life sustenance and shelter to uncountable souls which may live in here with peace and joy. O mother, may your homes be full of love and abound in food and delicacies, and may they always provide peace, pleasure and comfort for humanity.

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10.18.13

उत्ते॑ स्तभ्नामि पृथि॒वीं त्वत्परी॒मं लो॒गं नि॒दध॒न्मो अ॒हं रि॑षम्।
ए॒तां स्थूणां॑ पि॒तरो॑ धारयन्तु॒ तेऽत्रा॑ य॒मः साद॑ना ते मिनोतु ॥

utte stabhnāmi pṛthivīṃ tvatparīmaṃ logaṃ nidadhanmo ahaṃ riṣam।
etāṃ sthūṇāṃ pitaro dhārayantu te'trā yamaḥ sādanā te minotu ॥

O man, for you I sustain this earth up in space, for you I place this global atmosphere around, and this I would not hurt or dislodge. This well pillared, well sustained planet of clay the rays of the sun would sustain, and the sun would sustain and vitalise the homes of life.

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10.18.14

प्र॒ती॒चीने॒ मामह॒नीष्वा॑ प॒र्णमि॒वा द॑धुः।
प्र॒तीचीं॑ जग्रभा॒ वाच॒मश्वं॑ रश॒नया॑ यथा ॥

pratīcīne māmahanīṣvā parṇamivā dadhuḥ।
pratīcīṃ jagrabhā vācamaśvaṃ raśanayā yathā ॥

In the days ahead, as the archers fix feathers on the arrow to hit the target, so may I concentrate my attention with the arrow-like chant of Aum to reach the target of Divinity and, like a horse controlled by bridle reins, direct my voice of prayer in focus on the deity.

Ṛgveda 10.19 · 8 verses

10.19.1

नि व॑र्तध्वं॒ मानु॑ गाता॒स्मान्सि॑षक्त रेवतीः।
अग्नी॑षोमा पुनर्वसू अ॒स्मे धा॑रयतं र॒यिम् ॥

ni vartadhvaṃ mānu gātāsmānsiṣakta revatīḥ।
agnīṣomā punarvasū asme dhārayataṃ rayim ॥

O cows, fluent energies, flowing waters and radiant rays of light, O dynamic people, all treasure holds of wealth, go round and come, go not elsewhere, come bearing wealth of life. Bring us showers of abundant food and energy. Agni and Soma, fire and water energy, Punarvasu, wealth in circulation, bring in wealth for us from all round.

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10.19.2

पुन॑रेना॒ नि व॑र्तय॒ पुन॑रेना॒ न्या कु॑रु।
इन्द्र॑ एणा॒ नि य॑च्छत्व॒ग्निरे॑ना उ॒पाज॑तु ॥

punarenā ni vartaya punarenā nyā kuru।
indra eṇā ni yacchatvagnirenā upājatu ॥

O ruler, keep the dynamics in motion and circulation, control them back and forth. Let Indra, the controller, keep them in controlled circulation. Let Agni, the enlightened, keep them in radiation, watch them and keep them in ordered motion.

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10.19.3

पुन॑रे॒ता नि व॑र्तन्ताम॒स्मिन्पु॑ष्यन्तु॒ गोप॑तौ।
इ॒हैवाग्ने॒ नि धा॑रये॒ह ति॑ष्ठतु॒ या र॒यिः ॥

punaretā ni vartantāmasminpuṣyantu gopatau।
ihaivāgne ni dhārayeha tiṣṭhatu yā rayiḥ ॥

Let these dynamic forces in circulation come back again, grow and rise in this social system governed by the ruling power. Here itself, O Agni, keep their reins on hold, and let the wealth centre here in the soul of the system.

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10.19.4

यन्नि॒यानं॒ न्यय॑नं सं॒ज्ञानं॒ यत्प॒राय॑णम्।
आ॒वर्त॑नं नि॒वर्त॑नं॒ यो गो॒पा अपि॒ तं हु॑वे ॥

yanniyānaṃ nyayanaṃ saṃjñānaṃ yatparāyaṇam।
āvartanaṃ nivartanaṃ yo gopā api taṃ huve ॥

Of the people in the society, of the dynamics of wealth in the socio-political system, of the fluctuations of mind and sense in the individual personality, the movement outward, movement inward, conscious balance and equilibrium, the expense out again, withdrawal, release and hold, I watch, and I invoke and call up whoever is the keeper, ruler and master.

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10.19.5

य उ॒दान॒ड्व्यय॑नं॒ य उ॒दान॑ट् प॒राय॑णम्।
आ॒वर्त॑नं नि॒वर्त॑न॒मपि॑ गो॒पा नि व॑र्तताम् ॥

ya udānaḍvyayanaṃ ya udānaṭ parāyaṇam।
āvartanaṃ nivartanamapi gopā ni vartatām ॥

Whatever the expense out, whatever the investment out, revolvement of wealth, energy and assets, whatever the total state of economy in action, let the managing powers constantly watch and control.

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10.19.6

आ नि॑वर्त॒ नि व॑र्तय॒ पुन॑र्न इन्द्र॒ गा दे॑हि।
जी॒वाभि॑र्भुनजामहै ॥

ā nivarta ni vartaya punarna indra gā dehi।
jīvābhirbhunajāmahai ॥

Indra, ruler and controller of life and the world, come, come constantly, keep life constantly in motion, give us the wealth and energy of life again and again. Pray let us enjoy life with living wealth, bubbling energy and creative ambition.

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10.19.7

परि॑ वो वि॒श्वतो॑ दध ऊ॒र्जा घृ॒तेन॒ पय॑सा।
ये दे॒वाः के च॑ य॒ज्ञिया॒स्ते र॒य्या सं सृ॑जन्तु नः ॥

pari vo viśvato dadha ūrjā ghṛtena payasā।
ye devāḥ ke ca yajñiyāste rayyā saṃ sṛjantu naḥ ॥

I hold, maintain and sustain you all round with energy, water, milk, ghrta and the delicacies of manners and graces of culture. May those who are divines worthy of yajnic service and association refresh, rejuvenate and advance us with wealth, honour and excellence.

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10.19.8

आ नि॑वर्तन वर्तय॒ नि नि॑वर्तन वर्तय।
भूम्या॒श्चत॑स्रः प्र॒दिश॒स्ताभ्य॑ एना॒ नि व॑र्तय ॥

ā nivartana vartaya ni nivartana vartaya।
bhūmyāścatasraḥ pradiśastābhya enā ni vartaya ॥

O constant, vibrant, ever present lord, turn to us. O lord ever vigilant, inspire us to turn to you. Four are the directions of the earth. From all these, let the

Ṛgveda 10.20 · 10 verses

10.20.1

भ॒द्रं नो॒ अपि॑ वातय॒ मन॑ ॥

bhadraṃ no api vātaya mana ॥

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10.20.2

अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे भु॒जां यवि॑ष्ठं शा॒सा मि॒त्रं दु॒र्धरी॑तुम्।
यस्य॒ धर्म॒न्स्व१रेनी॑ सप॒र्यन्ति॑ मा॒तुरूध॑ ॥

agnimīḷe bhujāṃ yaviṣṭhaṃ śāsā mitraṃ durdharītum।
yasya dharmansva1renī saparyanti māturūdha ॥

I invoke, celebrate and worship Agni, ever most youthful and powerful of the divine givers of life’s joys, friend, irresistible in law and justice, in whose order and Dharma all earthly people and divine forces of light serve, live and enjoy life as on the mother’s breast.

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10.20.3

यमा॒सा कृ॒पनी॑ळं भा॒साके॑तुं व॒र्धय॑न्ति।
भ्राज॑ते॒ श्रेणि॑दन् ॥

yamāsā kṛpanīḷaṃ bhāsāketuṃ vardhayanti।
bhrājate śreṇidan ॥

Agni, refulgent giver of light and sustenance, profound abode of love, power and kindness, source of light and knowledge, whom people exalt with prayer and adoration shines in glory.

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10.20.4

अ॒र्यो वि॒शां गा॒तुरे॑ति॒ प्र यदान॑ड्दि॒वो अन्ता॑न्।
क॒विर॒भ्रं दीद्या॑नः ॥

aryo viśāṃ gātureti pra yadānaḍdivo antān।
kavirabhraṃ dīdyānaḥ ॥

Master and ruler of the people, mainstay of life like the earth, Agni pervades and vibrates upto the bounds of heaven. Omniscient poet and universal visionary, he gives the light of lightning to thunder and the clouds of rain.

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10.20.5

जु॒षद्ध॒व्या मानु॑षस्यो॒र्ध्वस्त॑स्था॒वृभ्वा॑ य॒ज्ञे।
मि॒न्वन्सद्म॑ पु॒र ए॑ति ॥

juṣaddhavyā mānuṣasyordhvastasthāvṛbhvā yajñe।
minvansadma pura eti ॥

Accepting with love the homage of humanity, Agni abides in yajna and shines high by flames of fire and, transcending the hall of yajna, goes on vibrating across the spaces.

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10.20.6

स हि क्षेमो॑ ह॒विर्य॒ज्ञः श्रु॒ष्टीद॑स्य गा॒तुरे॑ति।
अ॒ग्निं दे॒वा वाशी॑मन्तम् ॥

sa hi kṣemo haviryajñaḥ śruṣṭīdasya gātureti।
agniṃ devā vāśīmantam ॥

Agni is the source of peace and well being, receiver of yajnic homage, adorable in yajna. Unimpeded is his course, instant his motion, infinite the ways he goes by and ultimate his light and voice to which the divines reach for bliss.

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10.20.7

य॒ज्ञा॒साहं॒ दुव॑ इषे॒ऽग्निं पूर्व॑स्य॒ शेव॑स्य।
अद्रे॑ सू॒नुमा॒युमा॑हुः ॥

yajñāsāhaṃ duva iṣe'gniṃ pūrvasya śevasya।
adre sūnumāyumāhuḥ ॥

I love and adore Agni, the refulgent power that conducts the spiritual and social yajna of the highest order. A celebrity worthy of worship, inexhaustible treasure of eternal joy, inspirer of dedicated devotees, life giver, indeed the very life of existence as they call him.

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10.20.8

नरो॒ ये के चा॒स्मदा विश्वेत्ते वा॒म आ स्यु॑।
अ॒ग्निं ह॒विषा॒ वर्ध॑न्तः ॥

naro ye ke cāsmadā viśvette vāma ā syu।
agniṃ haviṣā vardhantaḥ ॥

Those leading lights of humanity among us who serve and exalt Agni with yajnic offerings of homage may, we pray, enjoy your love and favour.

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10.20.9

कृ॒ष्णः श्वे॒तो॑ऽरु॒षो यामो॑ अस्य ब्र॒ध्न ऋ॒ज्र उ॒त शोणो॒ यश॑स्वान्।
हिर॑ण्यरूपं॒ जनि॑ता जजान ॥

kṛṣṇaḥ śveto'ruṣo yāmo asya bradhna ṛjra uta śoṇo yaśasvān।
hiraṇyarūpaṃ janitā jajāna ॥

Black, white and red is the order of this Agni moving the world forward, great bond maker, simple straight and fast, rich in food, wealth and honour, grand and glorious, which the lord creator has adorned with golden beauty and grace.

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10.20.10

ए॒वा ते॑ अग्ने विम॒दो म॑नी॒षामूर्जो॑ नपाद॒मृते॑भिः स॒जोषा॑।
गिर॒ आ व॑क्षत्सुम॒तीरि॑या॒न इष॒मूर्जं॑ सुक्षि॒तिं विश्व॒माभा॑ ॥

evā te agne vimado manīṣāmūrjo napādamṛtebhiḥ sajoṣā।
gira ā vakṣatsumatīriyāna iṣamūrjaṃ sukṣitiṃ viśvamābhā ॥

Thus does the celebrant in ecstasy of adoration, O Agni, Spirit of universal light and life, inspirer and sustainer of cosmic energy, offer you homage in immortal words of love and faith. O refulgent spirit of life divine, bearing holy vision and wisdom for the devotee, bless us with food and energy for body, mind and soul, give us a happy home with wealth and honour of universal order.

Ṛgveda 10.21 · 8 verses

10.21.1

आग्निं न स्ववृ॑क्तिभि॒र्होता॑रं त्वा वृणीमहे।
य॒ज्ञाय॑ स्ती॒र्णब॑र्हिषे॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ शी॒रं पा॑व॒कशो॑चिषं॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

āgniṃ na svavṛktibhirhotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe।
yajñāya stīrṇabarhiṣe vi vo made śīraṃ pāvakaśociṣaṃ vivakṣase ॥

Like fire for comfort, with our own holy chant for the internal yajna of our spiritual purification and your joy, O fellow yajakas, we choose Agni, high priest of cosmic yajna, all pervasive purifier by the white heat of his divine radiance. Verily the lord is great and glorious for you.

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10.21.2

त्वामु॒ ते स्वा॒भुव॑ शु॒म्भन्त्यश्व॑राधसः।
वेति॒ त्वामु॑प॒सेच॑नी॒ वि वो॒ मद॒ ऋजी॑तिरग्न॒ आहु॑ति॒र्विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvāmu te svābhuva śumbhantyaśvarādhasaḥ।
veti tvāmupasecanī vi vo mada ṛjītiragna āhutirvivakṣase ॥

Those self-radiant self reliant men of strength and success adore and exalt you. Their simple, honest and natural homage of oblations reaches you for your pleasure and satisfaction. Verily you are great for the devotees.

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10.21.3

त्वे ध॒र्माण॑ आसते जु॒हूभि॑ सिञ्च॒तीरि॑व।
कृ॒ष्णा रू॒पाण्यर्जु॑ना॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॑ धिषे॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tve dharmāṇa āsate juhūbhi siñcatīriva।
kṛṣṇā rūpāṇyarjunā vi vo made viśvā adhi śriyo dhiṣe vivakṣase ॥

Devotees dedicated to your Dharma serve and feed you with profuse ladlefuls of ghrta, you who for your pleasure and excitement bear white and dark flames and fumes and assume all the beauties and graces of life. Verily you are great for your devotees.

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10.21.4

यम॑ग्ने॒ मन्य॑से र॒यिं सह॑सावन्नमर्त्य।
तमा नो॒ वाज॑सातये॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ य॒ज्ञेषु॑ चि॒त्रमा भ॑रा॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

yamagne manyase rayiṃ sahasāvannamartya।
tamā no vājasātaye vi vo made yajñeṣu citramā bharā vivakṣase ॥

Agni, immortal power of strength and fortitude, the wealth, honour and excellence you hold and believe is great, that very wondrous wealth bear and bring us in yajnas with your pleasure and magnificence for our victory in our struggle for progress. Surely you are great and glorious for the devotees.

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10.21.5

अ॒ग्निर्जा॒तो अथ॑र्वणा वि॒दद्विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑।
भुव॑द्दू॒तो वि॒वस्व॑तो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ प्रि॒यो य॒मस्य॒ काम्यो॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

agnirjāto atharvaṇā vidadviśvāni kāvyā।
bhuvaddūto vivasvato vi vo made priyo yamasya kāmyo vivakṣase ॥

Agni, light of divinity, realised by the man of constant mind, would enable him to know all knowledge of the world, being the messenger of the spirit of omniscience and love of the man of divine discipline. Agni you are great in your own light and joy for your devotees.

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10.21.6

त्वां य॒ज्ञेष्वी॑ळ॒तेऽग्ने॑ प्रय॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे।
त्वं वसू॑नि॒ काम्या॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ विश्वा॑ दधासि दा॒शुषे॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvāṃ yajñeṣvīḷate'gne prayatyadhvare।
tvaṃ vasūni kāmyā vi vo made viśvā dadhāsi dāśuṣe vivakṣase ॥

Agni, light, energy and power of life, people value and adore you in their corporate programmes of creation and development at every stage of the noble creative process. You, indeed, bear and bring for the people of creativity and generosity all the wealth and power they desire, since in all matters of joy and celebration for yourself and for them you are always waxing great and glorious.

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10.21.7

त्वां य॒ज्ञेष्वृ॒त्विजं॒ चारु॑मग्ने॒ नि षे॑दिरे।
घृ॒तप्र॑तीकं॒ मनु॑षो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ शु॒क्रं चेति॑ष्ठम॒क्षभि॒र्विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvāṃ yajñeṣvṛtvijaṃ cārumagne ni ṣedire।
ghṛtapratīkaṃ manuṣo vi vo made śukraṃ cetiṣṭhamakṣabhirvivakṣase ॥

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10.21.8

अग्ने॑ शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषो॒रु प्र॑थयसे बृ॒हत्।
अ॒भि॒क्रन्द॑न्वृषायसे॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ गर्भं॑ दधासि जा॒मिषु॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

agne śukreṇa śociṣoru prathayase bṛhat।
abhikrandanvṛṣāyase vi vo made garbhaṃ dadhāsi jāmiṣu vivakṣase ॥

Ṛgveda 10.22 · 15 verses

10.22.1

कुह॑ श्रु॒त इन्द्र॒ कस्मि॑न्न॒द्य जने॑ मि॒त्रो न श्रू॑यते।
ऋषी॑णां वा॒ यः क्षये॒ गुहा॑ वा॒ चर्कृ॑षे गि॒रा ॥

kuha śruta indra kasminnadya jane mitro na śrūyate।
ṛṣīṇāṃ vā yaḥ kṣaye guhā vā carkṛṣe girā ॥

Where is Indra heard of today? Where like a friend, among what people, is he heard of? Indra who is exalted by words of prayer, in the homes of sages and realised in their mind?

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10.22.2

इ॒ह श्रु॒त इन्द्रो॑ अ॒स्मे अ॒द्य स्तवे॑ व॒ज्र्यृची॑षमः।
मि॒त्रो न यो जने॒ष्वा यश॑श्च॒क्रे असा॒म्या ॥

iha śruta indro asme adya stave vajryṛcīṣamaḥ।
mitro na yo janeṣvā yaśaścakre asāmyā ॥

Indra, lord of justice and thunder is renowned and sung here among us, most adorable worthy of worship for us, who is glorified among people, perfect and absolute and kind as a friend.

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10.22.3

म॒हो यस्पति॒ शव॑सो॒ असा॒म्या म॒हो नृ॒म्णस्य॑ तूतु॒जिः।
भ॒र्ता वज्र॑स्य धृ॒ष्णोः पि॒ता पु॒त्रमि॑व प्रि॒यम् ॥

maho yaspati śavaso asāmyā maho nṛmṇasya tūtujiḥ।
bhartā vajrasya dhṛṣṇoḥ pitā putramiva priyam ॥

Mighty master, commander and giver of great strength is he, perfect, unequalled and great giver of wealth and power, wielder of the awful thunderbolt and father protector and promoter of humanity as of his own children.

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10.22.4

यु॒जा॒नो अश्वा॒ वात॑स्य॒ धुनी॑ दे॒वो दे॒वस्य॑ वज्रिवः।
स्यन्ता॑ प॒था वि॒रुक्म॑ता सृजा॒नः स्तो॒ष्यध्व॑नः ॥

yujāno aśvā vātasya dhunī devo devasya vajrivaḥ।
syantā pathā virukmatā sṛjānaḥ stoṣyadhvanaḥ ॥

O wielder of the thunderbolt and adamantine will, harnessing commander of cosmic energy mightier than the roaring winds, generous self-refulgent lord of divinities, guide of the travellers of the paths of light and creator of new paths of advancement open for humanity, you are adored as the master, protector and promoter of life and its possibilities.

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10.22.5

त्वं त्या चि॒द्वात॒स्याश्वागा॑ ऋ॒ज्रा त्मना॒ वह॑ध्यै।
ययो॑र्दे॒वो न मर्त्यो॑ य॒न्ता नकि॑र्वि॒दाय्य॑ ॥

tvaṃ tyā cidvātasyāśvāgā ṛjrā tmanā vahadhyai।
yayordevo na martyo yantā nakirvidāyya ॥

You by yourself impel those two straight and natural currents of cosmic energy of which there is no other impeller divine or human, nor is any one else who really knows. (The energies may be interpreted as prana and apana of the body system too.)

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10.22.6

अध॒ ग्मन्तो॒शना॑ पृच्छते वां॒ कद॑र्था न॒ आ गृ॒हम्।
आ ज॑ग्मथुः परा॒काद्दि॒वश्च॒ ग्मश्च॒ मर्त्य॑म् ॥

adha gmantośanā pṛcchate vāṃ kadarthā na ā gṛham।
ā jagmathuḥ parākāddivaśca gmaśca martyam ॥

The lover of life, the human soul, asks you both, currents of prana and apana energies, for what purpose did you come to this mortal home of ours, this body system, from the far off region of heavenly light and from the earth?

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10.22.7

आ न॑ इन्द्र पृक्षसे॒ऽस्माकं॒ ब्रह्मोद्य॑तम्।
तत्त्वा॑ याचाम॒हेऽव॒ शुष्णं॒ यद्धन्नमा॑नुषम् ॥

ā na indra pṛkṣase'smākaṃ brahmodyatam।
tattvā yācāmahe'va śuṣṇaṃ yaddhannamānuṣam ॥

Indra, lord omnipotent of cosmic energy and pranic vitality, pray join us and accept our homage of adoration by which we pray of you that great strength and protection of divinity which may repel and destroy inhuman and evil onslaughts of our mortal enemies.

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10.22.8

अ॒क॒र्मा दस्यु॑र॒भि नो॑ अम॒न्तुर॒न्यव्र॑तो॒ अमा॑नुषः।
त्वं तस्या॑मित्रह॒न्वध॑र्दा॒सस्य॑ दम्भय ॥

akarmā dasyurabhi no amanturanyavrato amānuṣaḥ।
tvaṃ tasyāmitrahanvadhardāsasya dambhaya ॥

Whoever or whatever be negative, incorrigible, corrosive, without commitment or ill-committed, anti-human and anti-life, that negative and destructive force, O destroyer of the unfriendly, saboteurs and destroyers, control, suppress and eliminate.

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10.22.9

त्वं न॑ इन्द्र शूर॒ शूरै॑रु॒त त्वोता॑सो ब॒र्हणा॑।
पु॒रु॒त्रा ते॒ वि पू॒र्तयो॒ नव॑न्त क्षो॒णयो॑ यथा ॥

tvaṃ na indra śūra śūrairuta tvotāso barhaṇā।
purutrā te vi pūrtayo navanta kṣoṇayo yathā ॥

O lord most potent, Indra, protect and promote us by the brave so that even in terrible crises we may survive and prevail. Infinite are your gifts of fulfilment that abound all round, and multitudes of people over earth sing and celebrate your generosity.

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10.22.10

त्वं तान्वृ॑त्र॒हत्ये॑ चोदयो॒ नॄन्का॑र्पा॒णे शू॑र वज्रिवः।
गुहा॒ यदी॑ कवी॒नां वि॒शां नक्ष॑त्रशवसाम् ॥

tvaṃ tānvṛtrahatye codayo nṝnkārpāṇe śūra vajrivaḥ।
guhā yadī kavīnāṃ viśāṃ nakṣatraśavasām ॥

Indra, lord most potent, wielder of thunder and justice who abide inspiring at the heart of visionary poets and thinkers, general people and those commanding the imperishable power of light and social order, pray inspire, and energise those heroic leaders, pioneers and leading lights who are engaged in decisive battle against darkness and evil, ignorance, want and injustice.

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10.22.11

म॒क्षू ता त॑ इन्द्र दा॒नाप्न॑स आक्षा॒णे शू॑र वज्रिवः।
यद्ध॒ शुष्ण॑स्य द॒म्भयो॑ जा॒तं विश्वं॑ स॒याव॑भिः ॥

makṣū tā ta indra dānāpnasa ākṣāṇe śūra vajrivaḥ।
yaddha śuṣṇasya dambhayo jātaṃ viśvaṃ sayāvabhiḥ ॥

Indra, ruler most potent and wielder of the thunderbolt, adamantine will and justice, most generous giver, instant are your gifts of protection, charity and advancement in matters of success, achievement and fulfilment, since with your assistant cooperative forces you destroy all evils of darkness, ignorance and want of the world created by demonic forces of negativity and destruction.

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10.22.12

माकु॒ध्र्य॑गिन्द्र शूर॒ वस्वी॑र॒स्मे भू॑वन्न॒भिष्ट॑यः।
व॒यंव॑यं त आसां सु॒म्ने स्या॑म वज्रिवः ॥

mākudhryagindra śūra vasvīrasme bhūvannabhiṣṭayaḥ।
vayaṃvayaṃ ta āsāṃ sumne syāma vajrivaḥ ॥

O lord most potent, wielder of the thunderbolt and justice, may our desires, aims and ambitions, and achievements of wealth and victory never be fruitless. May we always be favoured with the blissful presence and joy of all these fulfilled ambitions and cherished desires.

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10.22.13

अ॒स्मे ता त॑ इन्द्र सन्तु स॒त्याहिं॑सन्तीरुप॒स्पृश॑।
वि॒द्याम॒ यासां॒ भुजो॑ धेनू॒नां न व॑ज्रिवः ॥

asme tā ta indra santu satyāhiṃsantīrupaspṛśa।
vidyāma yāsāṃ bhujo dhenūnāṃ na vajrivaḥ ॥

Indra, wielder of thunderbolt and justice, may all our prayers, adorations and yajakas, full of love and faith without violence, reaching you in service and worship, be true and fruitful, and may we be blest with pleasing fruits of these like delicious cow’s milk and delicacies.

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10.22.14

अ॒ह॒स्ता यद॒पदी॒ वर्ध॑त॒ क्षाः शची॑भिर्वे॒द्याना॑म्।
शुष्णं॒ परि॑ प्रदक्षि॒णिद्वि॒श्वाय॑वे॒ नि शि॑श्नथः ॥

ahastā yadapadī vardhata kṣāḥ śacībhirvedyānām।
śuṣṇaṃ pari pradakṣiṇidviśvāyave ni śiśnathaḥ ॥

The earth grows and expands without hands or feet by the Sama showers of nature’s existential forces worth knowing, since for the sake of world life you, Indra, repel and destroy the negative forces circumambulating the earth.

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10.22.15

पिबा॑पि॒बेदि॑न्द्र शूर॒ सोमं॒ मा रि॑षण्यो वसवान॒ वसु॒ सन्।
उ॒त त्रा॑यस्व गृण॒तो म॒घोनो॑ म॒हश्च॑ रा॒यो रे॒वत॑स्कृधी नः ॥

pibāpibedindra śūra somaṃ mā riṣaṇyo vasavāna vasu san।
uta trāyasva gṛṇato maghono mahaśca rāyo revataskṛdhī naḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 10.23 · 7 verses

10.23.1

यजा॑मह॒ इन्द्रं॒ वज्र॑दक्षिणं॒ हरी॑णां र॒थ्यं१ विव्र॑तानाम्।
प्र श्मश्रु॒ दोधु॑वदू॒र्ध्वथा॑ भू॒द्वि सेना॑भि॒र्दय॑मानो॒ वि राध॑सा ॥

yajāmaha indraṃ vajradakṣiṇaṃ harīṇāṃ rathyaṃ1 vivratānām।
pra śmaśru dodhuvadūrdhvathā bhūdvi senābhirdayamāno vi rādhasā ॥

We join and adore Indra, lord of cosmic energy, who wields the thunder in his right hand and controls the versatile potentials of complementary currents of cosmic energy in the universal circuit, who with energy shakes the earthly vegetation, rises high, and with his forces and implicit potentials acts as catalytic agent and vests us with natural power and success in achievement.

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10.23.2

हरी॒ न्व॑स्य॒ या वने॑ वि॒दे वस्विन्द्रो॑ म॒घैर्म॒घवा॑ वृत्र॒हा भु॑वत्।
ऋ॒भुर्वाज॑ ऋभु॒क्षाः प॑त्यते॒ शवोऽव॑ क्ष्णौमि॒ दास॑स्य॒ नाम॑ चित् ॥

harī nvasya yā vane vide vasvindro maghairmaghavā vṛtrahā bhuvat।
ṛbhurvāja ṛbhukṣāḥ patyate śavo'va kṣṇaumi dāsasya nāma cit ॥

The wealth of energy which the currents bring into the solar rays are universal whereby Indra becomes powerful with natural forces to break the dark clouds of rain. Master of spiritual and physical strength, Indra rules and protects the wealth, power and honour of the world, under that protection I too wish to eliminate even the last trace of negativity and force of destruction.

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10.23.3

य॒दा वज्रं॒ हिर॑ण्य॒मिदथा॒ रथं॒ हरी॒ यम॑स्य॒ वह॑तो॒ वि सू॒रिभि॑।
आ ति॑ष्ठति म॒घवा॒ सन॑श्रुत॒ इन्द्रो॒ वाज॑स्य दी॒र्घश्र॑वस॒स्पति॑ ॥

yadā vajraṃ hiraṇyamidathā rathaṃ harī yamasya vahato vi sūribhi।
ā tiṣṭhati maghavā sanaśruta indro vājasya dīrghaśravasaspati ॥

When Indra, glorious lord ruler of the world rides his golden chariot of state which complementary forces draw on the course with the energy of solar rays in nature and the light and loyalty of leading citizens in society, then he is celebrated as universal master of the common wealth and the ruler and protector of lasting power, prosperity and honour of the world.

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10.23.4

सो चि॒न्नु वृ॒ष्टिर्यू॒थ्या॒३ स्वा सचाँ॒ इन्द्र॒ श्मश्रू॑णि॒ हरि॑ता॒भि प्रु॑ष्णुते।
अव॑ वेति सु॒क्षयं॑ सु॒ते मधूदिद्धू॑नोति॒ वातो॒ यथा॒ वन॑म् ॥

so cinnu vṛṣṭiryūthyā3 svā sacām̐ indra śmaśrūṇi haritābhi pruṣṇute।
ava veti sukṣayaṃ sute madhūdiddhūnoti vāto yathā vanam ॥

The real shower is that when with his own essential lustre and with his complementary forces Indra sprinkles and fills the waving greenery on earth with

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10.23.5

यो वा॒चा विवा॑चो मृ॒ध्रवा॑चः पु॒रू स॒हस्राशि॑वा ज॒घान॑।
तत्त॒दिद॑स्य॒ पौंस्यं॑ गृणीमसि पि॒तेव॒ यस्तवि॑षीं वावृ॒धे शव॑ ॥

yo vācā vivāco mṛdhravācaḥ purū sahasrāśivā jaghāna।
tattadidasya pauṃsyaṃ gṛṇīmasi piteva yastaviṣīṃ vāvṛdhe śava ॥

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10.23.6

स्तोमं॑ त इन्द्र विम॒दा अ॑जीजन॒न्नपू॑र्व्यं पुरु॒तमं॑ सु॒दान॑वे।
वि॒द्मा ह्य॑स्य॒ भोज॑नमि॒नस्य॒ यदा प॒शुं न गो॒पाः क॑रामहे ॥

stomaṃ ta indra vimadā ajījanannapūrvyaṃ purutamaṃ sudānave।
vidmā hyasya bhojanaminasya yadā paśuṃ na gopāḥ karāmahe ॥

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10.23.7

माकि॑र्न ए॒ना स॒ख्या वि यौ॑षु॒स्तव॑ चेन्द्र विम॒दस्य॑ च॒ ऋषे॑।
वि॒द्मा हि ते॒ प्रम॑तिं देव जामि॒वद॒स्मे ते॑ सन्तु स॒ख्या शि॒वानि॑ ॥

mākirna enā sakhyā vi yauṣustava cendra vimadasya ca ṛṣe।
vidmā hi te pramatiṃ deva jāmivadasme te santu sakhyā śivāni ॥

Ṛgveda 10.24 · 6 verses

10.24.1

इन्द्र॒ सोम॑मि॒मं पि॑ब॒ मधु॑मन्तं च॒मू सु॒तम्।
अ॒स्मे र॒यिं नि धा॑रय॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ सह॒स्रिणं॑ पुरूवसो॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

indra somamimaṃ piba madhumantaṃ camū sutam।
asme rayiṃ ni dhāraya vi vo made sahasriṇaṃ purūvaso vivakṣase ॥

Indra, lord of infinite wealth, power, honour and excellence, accept and bless this soma homage of love and faith, honey sweet, distilled and offered in the ladle of yajna, protect and promote this joyous world of honey sweets extending from earth to the skies, bear and bring us wealth of the world as you in your own divine joy carry the thousandfold burden of this world. You are great, lord of glory.

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10.24.2

त्वां य॒ज्ञेभि॑रु॒क्थैरुप॑ ह॒व्येभि॑रीमहे।
शची॑पते शचीनां॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ श्रेष्ठं॑ नो धेहि॒ वार्यं॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvāṃ yajñebhirukthairupa havyebhirīmahe।
śacīpate śacīnāṃ vi vo made śreṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vāryaṃ vivakṣase ॥

With yajnas, mantras and oblations of holy fragrances we adore and worship you, O lord of omniscience and omnipotence, and we pray that in the ecstasy of your own self and generosity, bear and bring us the best and choicest of your grand gifts for us. O lord, you are ever waxing great and glorious.

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10.24.3

यस्पति॒र्वार्या॑णा॒मसि॑ र॒ध्रस्य॑ चोदि॒ता।
इन्द्र॑ स्तोतॄ॒णाम॑वि॒ता वि वो॒ मदे॑ द्वि॒षो न॑ पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

yaspatirvāryāṇāmasi radhrasya coditā।
indra stotṝṇāmavitā vi vo made dviṣo na pāhyaṃhaso vivakṣase ॥

Indra, you are the master and protector of the best of wealth, beauty and glory of the world, inspirer of the obedient devotee, and saviour and promoter of the celebrants. O lord, in the ecstasy of your own bliss and omnipotence, pray protect us from sin and jealousy. You are ever waxing great and glorious.

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10.24.4

यु॒वं श॑क्रा माया॒विना॑ समी॒ची निर॑मन्थतम्।
वि॒म॒देन॒ यदी॑ळि॒ता नास॑त्या नि॒रम॑न्थतम् ॥

yuvaṃ śakrā māyāvinā samīcī niramanthatam।
vimadena yadīḷitā nāsatyā niramanthatam ॥

Ashvins, complementary powers of nature and humanity, currents of energy, teacher and preacher, scientist and engineer, men and women, powerful, miraculous, you are always working together, and when you are invoked and prayed together by the sage free form passion and pride, O powers ever true and committed, you come into action and generate the fire of life.

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10.24.5

विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अ॑कृपन्त समी॒च्योर्नि॒ष्पत॑न्त्योः।
नास॑त्यावब्रुवन्दे॒वाः पुन॒रा व॑हता॒दिति॑ ॥

viśve devā akṛpanta samīcyorniṣpatantyoḥ।
nāsatyāvabruvandevāḥ punarā vahatāditi ॥

All divinities of nature and humanity shower love and kindness on the complementary powers working together in unison without relent or remiss on their commitment, and as the work goes on, O divinities ever true and never false or failing, the powers of the world exclaim: Go on, go on, that way success lies.

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10.24.6

मधु॑मन्मे प॒राय॑णं॒ मधु॑म॒त्पुन॒राय॑नम्।
ता नो॑ देवा दे॒वत॑या यु॒वं मधु॑मतस्कृतम् ॥

madhumanme parāyaṇaṃ madhumatpunarāyanam।
tā no devā devatayā yuvaṃ madhumataskṛtam ॥

Ashvins, complementary divinities of nature and humanity, let the way beyond be honey sweet for me. Let the way back on return be honey sweet for me. O divines, with your blessings, pray both of you make our life here, hereafter and here again full of honey sweets and joy.

Ṛgveda 10.25 · 11 verses

10.25.1

भ॒द्रं नो॒ अपि॑ वातय॒ मनो॒ दक्ष॑मु॒त क्रतु॑म्।
अधा॑ ते स॒ख्ये अन्ध॑सो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ रण॒न्गावो॒ न यव॑से॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

bhadraṃ no api vātaya mano dakṣamuta kratum।
adhā te sakhye andhaso vi vo made raṇangāvo na yavase vivakṣase ॥

O Soma, lord of peace and bliss, inspire our mind, skill and wisdom, and our yajnic actions to move in the direction of goodness and piety, so that, living in your love and friendship, we may enjoy food and life’s delicacies like cows enjoying their favourite grass and thus partake of your divine joy in life here itself. O Soma, you are great and glorious indeed.

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10.25.2

हृ॒दि॒स्पृश॑स्त आसते॒ विश्वे॑षु सोम॒ धाम॑सु।
अधा॒ कामा॑ इ॒मे मम॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ वि ति॑ष्ठन्ते वसू॒यवो॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

hṛdispṛśasta āsate viśveṣu soma dhāmasu।
adhā kāmā ime mama vi vo made vi tiṣṭhante vasūyavo vivakṣase ॥

O Soma, all over the world in all places, all these devoted seekers of wealth and all these heart felt desires and ambitions of mine worship you and concentrate and abide in your divine peace and joy. O Soma, you are great and glorious indeed.

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10.25.3

उ॒त व्र॒तानि॑ सोम ते॒ प्राहं मि॑नामि पा॒क्या॑।
अधा॑ पि॒तेव॑ सू॒नवे॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ मृ॒ळा नो॑ अ॒भि चि॑द्व॒धाद्विव॑क्षसे ॥

uta vratāni soma te prāhaṃ mināmi pākyā।
adhā piteva sūnave vi vo made mṛḷā no abhi cidvadhādvivakṣase ॥

And O Soma, with a mature mind and intelligence, I follow the rules of your discipline. Then O Soma, as father for the child, pray bless us to partake of your divine joy, be kind and save us from death and deprivation all round. O lord, you are great for the good of all.

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10.25.4

समु॒ प्र य॑न्ति धी॒तय॒ सर्गा॑सोऽव॒ताँ इ॑व।
क्रतुं॑ नः सोम जी॒वसे॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ धा॒रया॑ चम॒साँ इ॑व॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

samu pra yanti dhītaya sargāso'vatām̐ iva।
kratuṃ naḥ soma jīvase vi vo made dhārayā camasām̐ iva vivakṣase ॥

Just as showers of rain and streams of water flow down and rush to the sea, so all our thoughts, prayers, acts and adorations move and reach you, ultimate destination of holy works. Pray accept us and our adorations like ladlefuls of yajnic homage into the joy of your divine presence. O lord you are great for the joy of all.

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10.25.5

तव॒ त्ये सो॑म॒ शक्ति॑भि॒र्निका॑मासो॒ व्यृ॑ण्विरे।
गृत्स॑स्य॒ धीरा॑स्त॒वसो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ व्र॒जं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विनं॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tava tye soma śaktibhirnikāmāso vyṛṇvire।
gṛtsasya dhīrāstavaso vi vo made vrajaṃ gomantamaśvinaṃ vivakṣase ॥

Those devotees with a balanced mind, lovers of divinity, inspired with devotion to the loved and potent Soma, with all their power of concentration in meditation reach the state of joy in your presence, O Soma, wherein they find a settled haven with enlightened mind and senses and a vibrant will here itself. O lord you are really great for all.

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10.25.6

प॒शुं न॑ सोम रक्षसि पुरु॒त्रा विष्ठि॑तं॒ जग॑त्।
स॒माकृ॑णोषि जी॒वसे॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ विश्वा॑ स॒म्पश्य॒न्भुव॑ना॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

paśuṃ na soma rakṣasi purutrā viṣṭhitaṃ jagat।
samākṛṇoṣi jīvase vi vo made viśvā sampaśyanbhuvanā vivakṣase ॥

O Soma, you protect and elevate our enlightened soul. You generate, protect and promote the settled world of vast variety as well for our holy and joyous living for a full life in the presence of your divine bliss. Watching the entire world of existence, you wax great in your glory.

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10.25.7

त्वं न॑ सोम वि॒श्वतो॑ गो॒पा अदा॑भ्यो भव।
सेध॑ राज॒न्नप॒ स्रिधो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ मा नो॑ दु॒शंस॑ ईशता॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvaṃ na soma viśvato gopā adābhyo bhava।
sedha rājannapa sridho vi vo made mā no duśaṃsa īśatā vivakṣase ॥

O Soma, be our guide and dauntless guardian and protector all round in the world. O ruler of the world, ward off all errors, failures, violence and foemen far from us. Let none wicked and malicious boss over us. O lord, you are waxing great in your glory for the joy of

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10.25.8

त्वं न॑ सोम सु॒क्रतु॑र्वयो॒धेया॑य जागृहि।
क्षे॒त्र॒वित्त॑रो॒ मनु॑षो॒ वि वो॒ मदे॑ द्रु॒हो न॑ पा॒ह्यंह॑सो॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvaṃ na soma sukraturvayodheyāya jāgṛhi।
kṣetravittaro manuṣo vi vo made druho na pāhyaṃhaso vivakṣase ॥

Soma, lord of all knowledge and holy action, pray let us awake for living a full life of age and enthusiasm. You know the microcosm and the macrocosm of existence, none other knows. Pray protect us from evil men and from sin and jealousy. O lord you are waxing great in your glory for the joy of all.

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10.25.9

त्वं नो॑ वृत्रहन्त॒मेन्द्र॑स्येन्दो शि॒वः सखा॑।
यत्सीं॒ हव॑न्ते समि॒थे वि वो॒ मदे॒ युध्य॑मानास्तो॒कसा॑तौ॒ विव॑क्षसे ॥

tvaṃ no vṛtrahantamendrasyendo śivaḥ sakhā।
yatsīṃ havante samithe vi vo made yudhyamānāstokasātau vivakṣase ॥

O Soma, greatest dispeller of darkness and want and deprivation, our gracious friend as well as gracious friend of Indra, the ruler, people all round, struggling in their battle of life for the advancement of their future generations, call upon you for help, protection and success since, then, you are waxing great and glorious in your joy for the good of all.

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10.25.10

अ॒यं घ॒ स तु॒रो मद॒ इन्द्र॑स्य वर्धत प्रि॒यः।
अ॒यं क॒क्षीव॑तो म॒हो वि वो॒ मदे॑ म॒तिं विप्र॑स्य वर्धय॒द्विव॑क्षसे ॥

ayaṃ gha sa turo mada indrasya vardhata priyaḥ।
ayaṃ kakṣīvato maho vi vo made matiṃ viprasya vardhayadvivakṣase ॥

This Soma, instant fast, dear happy friend of Indra, the soul, is great, advances the wisdom and vision of the great sage dedicated to assiduous thought and

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10.25.11

अ॒यं विप्रा॑य दा॒शुषे॒ वाजाँ॑ इयर्ति॒ गोम॑तः।
अ॒यं स॒प्तभ्य॒ आ वरं॒ वि वो॒ मदे॒ प्रान्धं श्रो॒णं च॑ तारिष॒द्विव॑क्षसे ॥

ayaṃ viprāya dāśuṣe vājām̐ iyarti gomataḥ।
ayaṃ saptabhya ā varaṃ vi vo made prāndhaṃ śroṇaṃ ca tāriṣadvivakṣase ॥

Ṛgveda 10.26 · 9 verses

10.26.1

प्र ह्यच्छा॑ मनी॒षा स्पा॒र्हा यन्ति॑ नि॒युत॑।
प्र द॒स्रा नि॒युद्र॑थः पू॒षा अ॑विष्टु॒ माहि॑नः ॥

pra hyacchā manīṣā spārhā yanti niyuta।
pra dasrā niyudrathaḥ pūṣā aviṣṭu māhinaḥ ॥

With love and faith do our cherished thoughts, prayers and adorations well directed in meditation reach Pusha, lord of health and fulfilment. Great, beatific and blissful, his chariot of ultimate freedom of moksha is ever in readiness, may the lord ever protect and promote us to that ultimate freedom.

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10.26.2

यस्य॒ त्यन्म॑हि॒त्वं वा॒ताप्य॑म॒यं जन॑।
विप्र॒ आ वं॑सद्धी॒तिभि॒श्चिके॑त सुष्टुती॒नाम् ॥

yasya tyanmahitvaṃ vātāpyamayaṃ jana।
vipra ā vaṃsaddhītibhiściketa suṣṭutīnām ॥

Pusha, whose grandeur of that order, that food for the soul, may this humanity, this vibrant sage, attain by noble thoughts and actions. The lord knows of our sincere prayers and adorations.

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10.26.3

स वे॑द सुष्टुती॒नामिन्दु॒र्न पू॒षा वृषा॑।
अ॒भि प्सुर॑ प्रुषायति व्र॒जं न॒ आ प्रु॑षायति ॥

sa veda suṣṭutīnāmindurna pūṣā vṛṣā।
abhi psura pruṣāyati vrajaṃ na ā pruṣāyati ॥

Pusha, like Soma, the moon, giver of showers, knows of our prayers and adorations. Assuming and pervading all forms of life, he showers his favours of grace on us, he also showers his kindness and favours on our foods, pastures and cows as well.

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10.26.4

मं॒सी॒महि॑ त्वा व॒यम॒स्माकं॑ देव पूषन्।
म॒ती॒नां च॒ साध॑नं॒ विप्रा॑णां चाध॒वम् ॥

maṃsīmahi tvā vayamasmākaṃ deva pūṣan।
matīnāṃ ca sādhanaṃ viprāṇāṃ cādhavam ॥

We know and adore you, divine Pusha, sustainer of life, giver of success to our intelligentsia, pioneer guide and purifier of our vibrant sages.

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10.26.5

प्रत्य॑र्धिर्य॒ज्ञाना॑मश्वह॒यो रथा॑नाम्।
ऋषि॒ स यो मनु॑र्हितो॒ विप्र॑स्य यावयत्स॒खः ॥

pratyardhiryajñānāmaśvahayo rathānām।
ṛṣi sa yo manurhito viprasya yāvayatsakhaḥ ॥

Pusha is the promoter and accomplisher of yajnas, energy, power and mover of the shining stars, all seeing creator of joy, well wisher of humanity and inspiring guide and friend of the sages.

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10.26.6

आ॒धीष॑माणाया॒ पति॑ शु॒चाया॑श्च शु॒चस्य॑ च।
वा॒सो॒वा॒योऽवी॑ना॒मा वासां॑सि॒ मर्मृ॑जत् ॥

ādhīṣamāṇāyā pati śucāyāśca śucasya ca।
vāsovāyo'vīnāmā vāsāṃsi marmṛjat ॥

Pusha is the sustainer of immaculate Prakrti and of the pure intelligent soul, and just as the weaver weaves a cloth of wool, so does he weave out the structure and texture of the physical web of the world and create the bodies of form and adorns them with beauty.

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10.26.7

इ॒नो वाजा॑नां॒ पति॑रि॒नः पु॑ष्टी॒नां सखा॑।
प्र श्मश्रु॑ हर्य॒तो दू॑धो॒द्वि वृथा॒ यो अदा॑भ्यः ॥

ino vājānāṃ patirinaḥ puṣṭīnāṃ sakhā।
pra śmaśru haryato dūdhodvi vṛthā yo adābhyaḥ ॥

Mighty Pusha is the master controller of energies and powers of the world, generous friends of growth and progress, spontaneous energises and inspirer of rising youth, and he is the unchallengeable supreme power over all.

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10.26.8

आ ते॒ रथ॑स्य पूषन्न॒जा धुरं॑ ववृत्युः।
विश्व॑स्या॒र्थिन॒ सखा॑ सनो॒जा अन॑पच्युतः ॥

ā te rathasya pūṣannajā dhuraṃ vavṛtyuḥ।
viśvasyārthina sakhā sanojā anapacyutaḥ ॥

O Pusha, unborn, eternal and undiminishing forces move your chariot wheels on and on, friend of all supplicants of the world, eternal, unborn and infinitely manifestive, imperishable.

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10.26.9

अ॒स्माक॑मू॒र्जा रथं॑ पू॒षा अ॑विष्टु॒ माहि॑नः।
भुव॒द्वाजा॑नां वृ॒ध इ॒मं न॑ शृणव॒द्धव॑म् ॥

asmākamūrjā rathaṃ pūṣā aviṣṭu māhinaḥ।
bhuvadvājānāṃ vṛdha imaṃ na śṛṇavaddhavam ॥

May the mighty Pusha power and protect our chariot of life with divine energy, may the lord be promoter and augmenter of our food, energy and onward progress, and may he listen and grant this prayer of ours.

Ṛgveda 10.27 · 24 verses

10.27.1

अस॒त्सु मे॑ जरित॒ साभि॑वे॒गो यत्सु॑न्व॒ते यज॑मानाय॒ शिक्ष॑म्।
अना॑शीर्दाम॒हम॑स्मि प्रह॒न्ता स॑त्य॒ध्वृतं॑ वृजिना॒यन्त॑मा॒भुम् ॥

asatsu me jarita sābhivego yatsunvate yajamānāya śikṣam।
anāśīrdāmahamasmi prahantā satyadhvṛtaṃ vṛjināyantamābhum ॥

O dedicated celebrant, the divine nature and power is good and true, it is this: I grant the prayer and give the desired object to the dedicated creative Soma yajaka. But I punish and strike down the ungenerous, selfish violator of eternal truth and law persistently addicted to sin, evil and falsehood.

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10.27.2

यदीद॒हं यु॒धये॑ सं॒नया॒न्यदे॑वयून्त॒न्वा॒३ शूशु॑जानान्।
अ॒मा ते॒ तुम्रं॑ वृष॒भं प॑चानि ती॒व्रं सु॒तं प॑ञ्चद॒शं नि षि॑ञ्चम् ॥

yadīdahaṃ yudhaye saṃnayānyadevayūntanvā3 śūśujānān।
amā te tumraṃ vṛṣabhaṃ pacāni tīvraṃ sutaṃ pañcadaśaṃ ni ṣiñcam ॥

If I were to collect forces to fight out the selfish, ungenerous and audacious who are such by their sheer physical prowess and brute force in this house of yours, O divine Ruler of existence, I would train a mighty, generous, enlightened leader, warrior and protector, feed him on distilled essences of fourteen branches of knowledge, application and practice being the fifteenth, and thus perfect the ruler.

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10.27.3

नाहं तं वे॑द॒ य इति॒ ब्रवी॒त्यदे॑वयून्स॒मर॑णे जघ॒न्वान्।
य॒दावाख्य॑त्स॒मर॑ण॒मृघा॑व॒दादिद्ध॑ मे वृष॒भा प्र ब्रु॑वन्ति ॥

nāhaṃ taṃ veda ya iti bravītyadevayūnsamaraṇe jaghanvān।
yadāvākhyatsamaraṇamṛghāvadādiddha me vṛṣabhā pra bruvanti ॥

I know not one who says: I have defeated and destroyed the evil and ungenerous in the battle between right and wrong by myself; instead, when the battle between good and evil is won, then the brave warriors declare that they attribute the victory only to me.

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10.27.4

यदज्ञा॑तेषु वृ॒जने॒ष्वासं॒ विश्वे॑ स॒तो म॒घवा॑नो म आसन्।
जि॒नामि॒ वेत्क्षेम॒ आ सन्त॑मा॒भुं प्र तं क्षि॑णां॒ पर्व॑ते पाद॒गृह्य॑ ॥

yadajñāteṣu vṛjaneṣvāsaṃ viśve sato maghavāno ma āsan।
jināmi vetkṣema ā santamābhuṃ pra taṃ kṣiṇāṃ parvate pādagṛhya ॥

When I am in regions and battles unknown, all existent holy powers are around me. Then in the interest of the good of the world I defeat all negative powers and, catching them by the root, I throw them on the rocks.

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10.27.5

न वा उ॒ मां वृ॒जने॑ वारयन्ते॒ न पर्व॑तासो॒ यद॒हं म॑न॒स्ये।
मम॑ स्व॒नात्कृ॑धु॒कर्णो॑ भयात ए॒वेदनु॒ द्यून्कि॒रण॒ समे॑जात् ॥

na vā u māṃ vṛjane vārayante na parvatāso yadahaṃ manasye।
mama svanātkṛdhukarṇo bhayāta evedanu dyūnkiraṇa samejāt ॥

When I decide to do what I want to do, no powers can obstruct me on the way, not even powers insurmountable as mountains otherwise. At my roar even persons of faintest ear shake with fear. And the sun, commanding boundless light rays goes on way day and night at my command.

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10.27.6

दर्श॒न्न्वत्र॑ शृत॒पाँ अ॑नि॒न्द्रान्बा॑हु॒क्षद॒ शर॑वे॒ पत्य॑मानान्।
घृषुं॑ वा॒ ये नि॑नि॒दुः सखा॑य॒मध्यू॒ न्वे॑षु प॒वयो॑ ववृत्युः ॥

darśannvatra śṛtapām̐ anindrānbāhukṣada śarave patyamānān।
ghṛṣuṃ vā ye niniduḥ sakhāyamadhyū nveṣu pavayo vavṛtyuḥ ॥

When I see forces which oppose, contradict or deny Indra, presiding power of world order, people who wrest the food and drink prepared for honest labour, who twist others’ arm for extortion, who pounce upon the innocent to kill, or those who revile a friend for his candid but unflattering warmth, over all such the strokes of the thunderbolt of justice and punishment would fall and ultimately crush them.

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10.27.7

अभू॒र्वौक्षी॒र्व्यु१ आयु॑रान॒ड्दर्ष॒न्नु पूर्वो॒ अप॑रो॒ नु द॑र्षत्।
द्वे प॒वस्ते॒ परि॒ तं न भू॑तो॒ यो अ॒स्य पा॒रे रज॑सो वि॒वेष॑ ॥

abhūrvaukṣīrvyu1 āyurānaḍdarṣannu pūrvo aparo nu darṣat।
dve pavaste pari taṃ na bhūto yo asya pāre rajaso viveṣa ॥

Indra, unborn and eternal, the seed, the sower and nursing mother and the very life of the world, you destroy the anti-life forces of the earliest times and, later, of the others too. Both earth and heaven comprehend you not, you who transcend these and pervade the infinity beyond.

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10.27.8

गावो॒ यवं॒ प्रयु॑ता अ॒र्यो अ॑क्ष॒न्ता अ॑पश्यं स॒हगो॑पा॒श्चर॑न्तीः।
हवा॒ इद॒र्यो अ॒भित॒ समा॑य॒न्किय॑दासु॒ स्वप॑तिश्छन्दयाते ॥

gāvo yavaṃ prayutā aryo akṣantā apaśyaṃ sahagopāścarantīḥ।
havā idaryo abhita samāyankiyadāsu svapatiśchandayāte ॥

The cows ranged together in the pasture graze and enjoy the grass. I, the master, watch them along with the cowherd. When they are called back they come and stand round the master. The master rejoices in them. Similarly Indra, the master, sees the life around as his cows, rejoices in all life forms, and in the evening of the created world calls them back, and they all abide by and abide in his presence.

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10.27.9

सं यद्वयं॑ यव॒सादो॒ जना॑नाम॒हं य॒वाद॑ उ॒र्वज्रे॑ अ॒न्तः।
अत्रा॑ यु॒क्तो॑ऽवसा॒तार॑मिच्छा॒दथो॒ अयु॑क्तं युनजद्वव॒न्वान् ॥

saṃ yadvayaṃ yavasādo janānāmahaṃ yavāda urvajre antaḥ।
atrā yukto'vasātāramicchādatho ayuktaṃ yunajadvavanvān ॥

Here in the pasture, in the midst of the vast world of experience and pleasure, we live and enjoy together with all those living beings which enjoy the grass and experience the things they love and find as the result of their karma, and I too among humans enjoy my share of karmic bhoga. Here then, joined to the lord giver of life, experience and ultimate freedom and peaceful abode, let the soul love and meditate on the master, Indra, and may the loving master accept the devotee, earlier separated, now joined.

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10.27.10

अत्रेदु॑ मे मंससे स॒त्यमु॒क्तं द्वि॒पाच्च॒ यच्चतु॑ष्पात्संसृ॒जानि॑।
स्त्री॒भिर्यो अत्र॒ वृष॑णं पृत॒न्यादयु॑द्धो अस्य॒ वि भ॑जानि॒ वेद॑ ॥

atredu me maṃsase satyamuktaṃ dvipācca yaccatuṣpātsaṃsṛjāni।
strībhiryo atra vṛṣaṇaṃ pṛtanyādayuddho asya vi bhajāni veda ॥

And here in the world, take it as my own word of truth that it is I who generate the biped humans and the quadruped animals, and whoever aspires to win as a virile warrior but with indulgence with women, I take off their share of the desired attainment even before or without the interaction between their ambition and nature.

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10.27.11

यस्या॑न॒क्षा दु॑हि॒ता जात्वास॒ कस्तां वि॒द्वाँ अ॒भि म॑न्याते अ॒न्धाम्।
क॒त॒रो मे॒निं प्रति॒ तं मु॑चाते॒ य ईं॒ वहा॑ते॒ य ईं॑ वा वरे॒यात् ॥

yasyānakṣā duhitā jātvāsa kastāṃ vidvām̐ abhi manyāte andhām।
kataro meniṃ prati taṃ mucāte ya īṃ vahāte ya īṃ vā vareyāt ॥

Who is the sage and scholar who knows that blind force, that eyeless generative power, Prakrti, mother womb of existence that was there in the pre-existence state of divinity in absolute time and space? Indra, whose consort it was, the Shakti of divinity to generate the various forms of life in historical time and space. Who would wield that mighty force for himself as consort, as Word, as thunder? Who would release her? Who takes her on and controls? Who chooses and loves her? Who except Indra?

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10.27.12

किय॑ती॒ योषा॑ मर्य॒तो व॑धू॒योः परि॑प्रीता॒ पन्य॑सा॒ वार्ये॑ण।
भ॒द्रा व॒धूर्भ॑वति॒ यत्सु॒पेशा॑ स्व॒यं सा मि॒त्रं व॑नुते॒ जने॑ चित् ॥

kiyatī yoṣā maryato vadhūyoḥ pariprītā panyasā vāryeṇa।
bhadrā vadhūrbhavati yatsupeśā svayaṃ sā mitraṃ vanute jane cit ॥

Some maiden feels pleased and satisfied with the dear lovable wealth and speech of the man wooing her for a wife or she is herself pleasing and accepted for her speech and riches. But in reality, that wife is good and fortunate who, noble in person and manners, loves and chooses her friend and husband by herself from amongst the youth.

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10.27.13

प॒त्तो ज॑गार प्र॒त्यञ्च॑मत्ति शी॒र्ष्णा शिर॒ प्रति॑ दधौ॒ वरू॑थम्।
आसी॑न ऊ॒र्ध्वामु॒पसि॑ क्षिणाति॒ न्य॑ङ्ङुत्ता॒नामन्वे॑ति॒ भूमि॑म् ॥

patto jagāra pratyañcamatti śīrṣṇā śira prati dadhau varūtham।
āsīna ūrdhvāmupasi kṣiṇāti nyaṅṅuttānāmanveti bhūmim ॥

Indra emanates and manifests the generated world step by step, then he withdraws it also step by step at the end. The top light of Prakrti, he places and holds up on high as head and heaven. All present and pervasive, the next high form of it he holds in his lap as the middle region, and the lowest of the high he forms as the earth and pervades it.

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10.27.14

बृ॒हन्न॑च्छा॒यो अ॑पला॒शो अर्वा॑ त॒स्थौ मा॒ता विषि॑तो अत्ति॒ गर्भ॑।
अ॒न्यस्या॑ व॒त्सं रि॑ह॒ती मि॑माय॒ कया॑ भु॒वा नि द॑धे धे॒नुरूध॑ ॥

bṛhannacchāyo apalāśo arvā tasthau mātā viṣito atti garbha।
anyasyā vatsaṃ rihatī mimāya kayā bhuvā ni dadhe dhenurūdha ॥

Infinitely great, imperishable beyond mutability and sufferance, all mover, all moving constant, beyond bonds and bounds, he is the all bearing mother womb of existence. Loving and pervading the living forms of the other, Prakrti, as a mother, like his own progeny, he forms and sustains the world with divine peace and bliss of existence as the mother cow holds the milk for her calf.

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10.27.15

स॒प्त वी॒रासो॑ अध॒रादुदा॑यन्न॒ष्टोत्त॒रात्ता॒त्सम॑जग्मिर॒न्ते।
नव॑ प॒श्चाता॑त्स्थिवि॒मन्त॑ आय॒न्दश॒ प्राक्सानु॒ वि ति॑र॒न्त्यश्न॑ ॥

sapta vīrāso adharādudāyannaṣṭottarāttātsamajagmirante।
nava paścātātsthivimanta āyandaśa prāksānu vi tirantyaśna ॥

Seven off-springs came up from the deepest of Prakrti (they are five subtle elements, mind and senses), eight sprang from the upper part (they are eight vasus, sustainers of life, i.e., earth, water, fire, air, space, moon, sun and stars), from behind came nine well placed in position (they are nine planets and nine sense organs), and ten pranas arise from the front and move high up in air.

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10.27.16

द॒शा॒नामेकं॑ कपि॒लं स॑मा॒नं तं हि॑न्वन्ति॒ क्रत॑वे॒ पार्या॑य।
गर्भं॑ मा॒ता सुधि॑तं व॒क्षणा॒स्ववे॑नन्तं तु॒षय॑न्ती बिभर्ति ॥

daśānāmekaṃ kapilaṃ samānaṃ taṃ hinvanti kratave pāryāya।
garbhaṃ mātā sudhitaṃ vakṣaṇāsvavenantaṃ tuṣayantī bibharti ॥

One is the darling of all the ten equally, which they energise and serve for fulfilment of the ultimate purpose of life. Mother Nature bears the soul as its baby well placed in the currents and atomic dynamics of existence, nourishing and pleasing it, though the baby at this stage is unaware of it, but still loves to stay on in the womb.

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10.27.17

पीवा॑नं मे॒षम॑पचन्त वी॒रा न्यु॑प्ता अ॒क्षा अनु॑ दी॒व आ॑सन्।
द्वा धनुं॑ बृह॒तीम॒प्स्व१न्तः प॒वित्र॑वन्ता चरतः पु॒नन्ता॑ ॥

pīvānaṃ meṣamapacanta vīrā nyuptā akṣā anu dīva āsan।
dvā dhanuṃ bṛhatīmapsva1ntaḥ pavitravantā carataḥ punantā ॥

Ten pranas together with the senses, positioned in the holy body for nature’s purpose, mature the living body of the soul. Two of these pranas, i.e., prana and apana, active in the vital waters with warm energy, mature, purify and perfect the growing body for the soul.

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10.27.18

वि क्रो॑श॒नासो॒ विष्व॑ञ्च आय॒न्पचा॑ति॒ नेमो॑ न॒हि पक्ष॑द॒र्धः।
अ॒यं मे॑ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता तदा॑ह॒ द्र्व॑न्न॒ इद्व॑नवत्स॒र्पिर॑न्नः ॥

vi krośanāso viṣvañca āyanpacāti nemo nahi pakṣadardhaḥ।
ayaṃ me devaḥ savitā tadāha drvanna idvanavatsarpirannaḥ ॥

Souls come into the world from various directions in various ways, chanting the name of divinity. Some one matures, another does not mature, remains half way only. This is what Savita, lord of life, giver of light, says to me: the yajna fire which consumes the fuel wood and oblations of ghrta helps the soul to mature through yajna and self-sacrifice. The man who lives on fruit and milk and butter matures with divine love and yajnic fire.

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10.27.19

अप॑श्यं॒ ग्रामं॒ वह॑मानमा॒राद॑च॒क्रया॑ स्व॒धया॒ वर्त॑मानम्।
सिष॑क्त्य॒र्यः प्र यु॒गा जना॑नां स॒द्यः शि॒श्ना प्र॑मिना॒नो नवी॑यान् ॥

apaśyaṃ grāmaṃ vahamānamārādacakrayā svadhayā vartamānam।
siṣaktyaryaḥ pra yugā janānāṃ sadyaḥ śiśnā pramināno navīyān ॥

From far off by observation of nature and from near by meditation, I have perceived and realised the divine power and presence bearing the multitudinous humanity and other forms of life by its own essential might, moving without wheels, that is, moving and yet not moving, being omnipresent, eternal, yet even new in manifestation, who, sole lord of life, creates the male and female pairs of humans from eternity.

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10.27.20

ए॒तौ मे॒ गावौ॑ प्रम॒रस्य॑ यु॒क्तौ मो षु प्र से॑धी॒र्मुहु॒रिन्म॑मन्धि।
आप॑श्चिदस्य॒ वि न॑श॒न्त्यर्थं॒ सूर॑श्च म॒र्क उप॑रो बभू॒वान् ॥

etau me gāvau pramarasya yuktau mo ṣu pra sedhīrmuhurinmamandhi।
āpaścidasya vi naśantyarthaṃ sūraśca marka uparo babhūvān ॥

Lord of life, pray do not deprive me, the mortal man, of these two vital energies of prana and apana joined to my existence, pray keep them integrated with me, active and pleasing. The subtle body and the pranic energies help us reach our divine goal, and may the sun and pranic energies, like the cloud, shower me here below with light and joy.

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10.27.21

अ॒यं यो वज्र॑ पुरु॒धा विवृ॑त्तो॒ऽवः सूर्य॑स्य बृह॒तः पुरी॑षात्।
श्रव॒ इदे॒ना प॒रो अ॒न्यद॑स्ति॒ तद॑व्य॒थी ज॑रि॒माण॑स्तरन्ति ॥

ayaṃ yo vajra purudhā vivṛtto'vaḥ sūryasya bṛhataḥ purīṣāt।
śrava idenā paro anyadasti tadavyathī jarimāṇastaranti ॥

This thunderous pranic energy, which radiates from the mighty orb of the sun in varied ways, comes down to us by the paths of Prakrti. Beyond this is there another path and destination too, revealed and heard, to which the celebrants of divinity free from psychic travails of existence attain beyond the flood of pleasure and pain here.

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10.27.22

वृ॒क्षेवृ॑क्षे॒ निय॑ता मीमय॒द्गौस्ततो॒ वय॒ प्र प॑तान्पूरु॒षाद॑।
अथे॒दं विश्वं॒ भुव॑नं भयात॒ इन्द्रा॑य सु॒न्वदृष॑ये च॒ शिक्ष॑त् ॥

vṛkṣevṛkṣe niyatā mīmayadgaustato vaya pra patānpūruṣāda।
athedaṃ viśvaṃ bhuvanaṃ bhayāta indrāya sunvadṛṣaye ca śikṣat ॥

The string fixed like destiny on every bow twangs with a clang, the arrows fly and fall like cannibals on humanity, consuming life and karma. And then the whole world shakes with fear. O yajaka on the vedi, keep on the offer of soma homage to Indra, the omniscient who knows it all.

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10.27.23

दे॒वानां॒ माने॑ प्रथ॒मा अ॑तिष्ठन्कृ॒न्तत्रा॑देषा॒मुप॑रा॒ उदा॑यन्।
त्रय॑स्तपन्ति पृथि॒वीम॑नू॒पा द्वा बृबू॑कं वहत॒ पुरी॑षम् ॥

devānāṃ māne prathamā atiṣṭhankṛntatrādeṣāmuparā udāyan।
trayastapanti pṛthivīmanūpā dvā bṛbūkaṃ vahata purīṣam ॥

For the formation of the first and basic divine natural causes of cosmic evolution, the original causes already existed in the primordial state of Prakrti. From the disturbance of those primordial causes in that state of unified equilibrium into dynamic state, arose the diversity of subtle and gross elements of material and psychic forms. Three of these (heat, air and water) together mature the earth for life, and two (heat and air) bring the life energy to it.

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10.27.24

सा ते॑ जी॒वातु॑रु॒त तस्य॑ विद्धि॒ मा स्मै॑ता॒दृगप॑ गूहः सम॒र्ये।
आ॒विः स्व॑ कृणु॒ते गूह॑ते बु॒सं स पा॒दुर॑स्य नि॒र्णिजो॒ न मु॑च्यते ॥

sā te jīvāturuta tasya viddhi mā smaitādṛgapa gūhaḥ samarye।
āviḥ sva kṛṇute gūhate busaṃ sa pādurasya nirṇijo na mucyate ॥

Ṛgveda 10.28 · 12 verses

10.28.1

विश्वो॒ ह्य१न्यो अ॒रिरा॑ज॒गाम॒ ममेदह॒ श्वशु॑रो॒ ना ज॑गाम।
ज॒क्षी॒याद्धा॒ना उ॒त सोमं॑ पपीया॒त्स्वा॑शित॒ पुन॒रस्तं॑ जगायात् ॥

viśvo hya1nyo arirājagāma mamedaha śvaśuro nā jagāma।
jakṣīyāddhānā uta somaṃ papīyātsvāśita punarastaṃ jagāyāt ॥

Vasukra’s wife says: All other masterly powers are arrived here. Only the chief is not come. I wish he were here, accept our hospitality of food and drink and, satisfied and fulfilled, go back to his seat. (The soul emerges in the body, takes over and rules over the body system after all other powers have developed and the body is mature for emergence of the soul. So is the social system the soul of which is the sovereign ruling power. So is the cosmos, the ruling soul of the system is Indra.)

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10.28.2

स रोरु॑वद्वृष॒भस्ति॒ग्मशृ॑ङ्गो॒ वर्ष्म॑न्तस्थौ॒ वरि॑म॒न्ना पृ॑थि॒व्याः।
विश्वे॑ष्वेनं वृ॒जने॑षु पामि॒ यो मे॑ कु॒क्षी सु॒तसो॑मः पृ॒णाति॑ ॥

sa roruvadvṛṣabhastigmaśṛṅgo varṣmantasthau varimannā pṛthivyāḥ।
viśveṣvenaṃ vṛjaneṣu pāmi yo me kukṣī sutasomaḥ pṛṇāti ॥

Indra: I, mighty ruling power, harbinger of showers of plenty and prosperity, commanding sharpest forces of defence and offence, abide on top of the mighty expanse of the earth. Whoever the maker of soma that offers me homage and hospitality to my pleasure and satisfaction, I defend, protect and promote in all battles of life.

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10.28.3

अद्रि॑णा ते म॒न्दिन॑ इन्द्र॒ तूया॑न्सु॒न्वन्ति॒ सोमा॒न्पिब॑सि॒ त्वमे॑षाम्।
पच॑न्ति ते वृष॒भाँ अत्सि॒ तेषां॑ पृ॒क्षेण॒ यन्म॑घवन्हू॒यमा॑नः ॥

adriṇā te mandina indra tūyānsunvanti somānpibasi tvameṣām।
pacanti te vṛṣabhām̐ atsi teṣāṃ pṛkṣeṇa yanmaghavanhūyamānaḥ ॥

Vasukra: O mighty ruler of wealth and power, Indra, happy performers of the yajnic system, with the best of equipment, extract exciting soma juice and they prepare sanative tonics from vrshabha herbs, of which, when cordially invited, you drink and taste with pleasure to your satisfaction and fulfilment.

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10.28.4

इ॒दं सु मे॑ जरित॒रा चि॑किद्धि प्रती॒पं शापं॑ न॒द्यो॑ वहन्ति।
लो॒पा॒शः सिं॒हं प्र॒त्यञ्च॑मत्साः क्रो॒ष्टा व॑रा॒हं निर॑तक्त॒ कक्षा॑त् ॥

idaṃ su me jaritarā cikiddhi pratīpaṃ śāpaṃ nadyo vahanti।
lopāśaḥ siṃhaṃ pratyañcamatsāḥ kroṣṭā varāhaṃ niratakta kakṣāt ॥

O celebrant, know this force of my power: By the dynamic force of my system and order, the stream of ordered life can carry off criticism, opposition and contradictions and throw out all poisonous elements, the ordinary vegetarian citizen faces and drives off the violent carnivorous enemy, and a single clarion call would dig out and throw out the most destructive terrorist forces from the darkest den.

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10.28.5

क॒था त॑ ए॒तद॒हमा चि॑केतं॒ गृत्स॑स्य॒ पाक॑स्त॒वसो॑ मनी॒षाम्।
त्वं नो॑ वि॒द्वाँ ऋ॑तु॒था वि वो॑चो॒ यमर्धं॑ ते मघवन्क्षे॒म्या धूः ॥

kathā ta etadahamā ciketaṃ gṛtsasya pākastavaso manīṣām।
tvaṃ no vidvām̐ ṛtuthā vi voco yamardhaṃ te maghavankṣemyā dhūḥ ॥

O lord of wealth and power, all knowing all watching ruler of the world, Indra, how would I, a simple man, understand and know this mysterious ground power and policy of yours, wise and versatile master of the mighty order. O lord, you alone know, you alone can enlighten us about the admirable basis and direction of your policy of peace and progress of humanity according to the time and season.

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10.28.6

ए॒वा हि मां त॒वसं॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ति दि॒वश्चि॑न्मे बृह॒त उत्त॑रा॒ धूः।
पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ नि शि॑शामि सा॒कम॑श॒त्रुं हि मा॒ जनि॑ता ज॒जान॑ ॥

evā hi māṃ tavasaṃ vardhayanti divaścinme bṛhata uttarā dhūḥ।
purū sahasrā ni śiśāmi sākamaśatruṃ hi mā janitā jajāna ॥

Thus do they (assistant powers) exalt me, mighty soul, ruler of the system. The foundation, structure, direction and stability of the system, the power I wield to sustain and rule the system is greater than the vast heavens. A thousand foes I eliminate, all at once, with a single stroke. Indeed the creative powers that generate and manifest me as power generate me without enemy and opposition.

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10.28.7

ए॒वा हि मां त॒वसं॑ ज॒ज्ञुरु॒ग्रं कर्म॑न्कर्म॒न्वृष॑णमिन्द्र दे॒वाः।
वधीं॑ वृ॒त्रं वज्रे॑ण मन्दसा॒नोऽप॑ व्र॒जं म॑हि॒ना दा॒शुषे॑ वम् ॥

evā hi māṃ tavasaṃ jajñurugraṃ karmankarmanvṛṣaṇamindra devāḥ।
vadhīṃ vṛtraṃ vajreṇa mandasāno'pa vrajaṃ mahinā dāśuṣe vam ॥

Thus do the devas, divine powers and faculties create and know me as mighty and formidable, virile and generous in every act of the system. Happily with the mighty vajra, vital power, I break the dark cloud of rain with mighty thunder and open the paths of progress for the creative and generous vital channels of the dynamics of the system.

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10.28.8

दे॒वास॑ आयन्पर॒शूँर॑बिभ्र॒न्वना॑ वृ॒श्चन्तो॑ अ॒भि वि॒ड्भिरा॑यन्।
नि सु॒द्र्वं१ दध॑तो व॒क्षणा॑सु॒ यत्रा॒ कृपी॑ट॒मनु॒ तद्द॑हन्ति ॥

devāsa āyanparaśūm̐rabibhranvanā vṛścanto abhi viḍbhirāyan।
ni sudrvaṃ1 dadhato vakṣaṇāsu yatrā kṛpīṭamanu taddahanti ॥

Let men of power and enlightenment march forward bearing weapons of defence and action, felling forests and oppositions, march forward with people of the land, stay the floods of rivers, release the flow into streams and canals, burning the undergrowth and drying up pools of stagnant water.

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10.28.9

श॒शः क्षु॒रं प्र॒त्यञ्चं॑ जगा॒राद्रिं॑ लो॒गेन॒ व्य॑भेदमा॒रात्।
बृ॒हन्तं॑ चिदृह॒ते र॑न्धयानि॒ वय॑द्व॒त्सो वृ॑ष॒भं शूशु॑वानः ॥

śaśaḥ kṣuraṃ pratyañcaṃ jagārādriṃ logena vyabhedamārāt।
bṛhantaṃ cidṛhate randhayāni vayadvatso vṛṣabhaṃ śūśuvānaḥ ॥

The deer faces and beats up the tiger of fatal paw since I can break up the mountain with a lump of clay from far or near. I can crush the biggest with the tiniest, and the calf, waxing with strength, can force the bull to retreat and run. (This is the might of soul and prana).

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10.28.10

सु॒प॒र्ण इ॒त्था न॒खमा सि॑षा॒याव॑रुद्धः परि॒पदं॒ न सिं॒हः।
नि॒रु॒द्धश्चि॑न्महि॒षस्त॒र्ष्यावा॑न्गो॒धा तस्मा॑ अ॒यथं॑ कर्षदे॒तत् ॥

suparṇa itthā nakhamā siṣāyāvaruddhaḥ paripadaṃ na siṃhaḥ।
niruddhaścinmahiṣastarṣyāvāngodhā tasmā ayathaṃ karṣadetat ॥

Let Suparna, Indra, the soul on top all round of the living system and at the centre of the self, confirm, hold and monitor its power-in-readiness as this: Like the lion in the den ready with his paw, like a rhino in position thirsting to strike (as a battery of force and power calibrated unto the live switch) and the power like the bow string in optimum tension would strike and throw out and far off the negativities and enemies wherever they be, (such is the force and power of prana, spirit and soul of the living system at individual, social and cosmic level) in service for the master, Indra.

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10.28.11

तेभ्यो॑ गो॒धा अ॒यथं॑ कर्षदे॒तद्ये ब्र॒ह्मण॑ प्रति॒पीय॒न्त्यन्नै॑।
सि॒म उ॒क्ष्णो॑ऽवसृ॒ष्टाँ अ॑दन्ति स्व॒यं बला॑नि त॒न्व॑ शृणा॒नाः ॥

tebhyo godhā ayathaṃ karṣadetadye brahmaṇa pratipīyantyannai।
sima ukṣṇo'vasṛṣṭām̐ adanti svayaṃ balāni tanva śṛṇānāḥ ॥

The systemic strength in optimum tension spontaneously throws out those who, feeding on the nutriments provided by the system itself, abuse, revile and sabotage the social order, eating into all the creativities of the system and thereby, at the same time, damage the strength of their bodies by themselves.

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10.28.12

ए॒ते शमी॑भिः सु॒शमी॑ अभूव॒न्ये हि॑न्वि॒रे त॒न्व१ः सोम॑ उ॒क्थैः।
नृ॒वद्वद॒न्नुप॑ नो माहि॒ वाजा॑न्दि॒वि श्रवो॑ दधिषे॒ नाम॑ वी॒रः ॥

ete śamībhiḥ suśamī abhūvanye hinvire tanva1ḥ soma ukthaiḥ।
nṛvadvadannupa no māhi vājāndivi śravo dadhiṣe nāma vīraḥ ॥

Those persons rise to creative power and

Ṛgveda 10.29 · 8 verses

10.29.1

वने॒ न वा॒ यो न्य॑धायि चा॒कञ्छुचि॑र्वां॒ स्तोमो॑ भुरणावजीगः।
यस्येदिन्द्र॑ पुरु॒दिने॑षु॒ होता॑ नृ॒णां नर्यो॒ नृत॑मः क्ष॒पावा॑न् ॥

vane na vā yo nyadhāyi cākañchucirvāṃ stomo bhuraṇāvajīgaḥ।
yasyedindra purudineṣu hotā nṛṇāṃ naryo nṛtamaḥ kṣapāvān ॥

Like the baby bird placed in the nest on the tree, waiting and watching for the mother bird, and the mother bird arriving, may this song of love and purity reach you, O complementary powers of light, Ashvins, the song, of which Indra, ruler of the world, is the inspirer and deity, manliest leader of men, who rules over the day and night of human activity.

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10.29.2

प्र ते॑ अ॒स्या उ॒षस॒ प्राप॑रस्या नृ॒तौ स्या॑म॒ नृत॑मस्य नृ॒णाम्।
अनु॑ त्रि॒शोक॑ श॒तमाव॑ह॒न्नॄन्कुत्से॑न॒ रथो॒ यो अस॑त्सस॒वान् ॥

pra te asyā uṣasa prāparasyā nṛtau syāma nṛtamasya nṛṇām।
anu triśoka śatamāvahannṝnkutsena ratho yo asatsasavān ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, manliest leader of the leaders of humanity, lord of triple splendour of knowledge, action and spiritual advancement, who command a hundred heroes by virtue of power and thunder, source of peace, advancement and bliss, may we ever abide in the light and joy of the dawn of today and of other days to come in our course of life.

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10.29.3

कस्ते॒ मद॑ इन्द्र॒ रन्त्यो॑ भू॒द्दुरो॒ गिरो॑ अ॒भ्यु१ग्रो वि धा॑व।
कद्वाहो॑ अ॒र्वागुप॑ मा मनी॒षा आ त्वा॑ शक्यामुप॒मं राधो॒ अन्नै॑ ॥

kaste mada indra rantyo bhūdduro giro abhyu1gro vi dhāva।
kadvāho arvāgupa mā manīṣā ā tvā śakyāmupamaṃ rādho annai ॥

What is the most exhilarating song of prayer and presentation dear to you? O lustrous lord of force and power, come to us by the doors of yajna in response to our songs of invocation. Harbinger of power and peace, when shall I see you face to face? When will my prayer be fruitful? When shall I be able to regale you with homage and adoration, most eminent master and

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10.29.4

कदु॑ द्यु॒म्नमि॑न्द्र॒ त्वाव॑तो॒ नॄन्कया॑ धि॒या क॑रसे॒ कन्न॒ आग॑न्।
मि॒त्रो न स॒त्य उ॑रुगाय भृ॒त्या अन्ने॑ समस्य॒ यदस॑न्मनी॒षाः ॥

kadu dyumnamindra tvāvato nṝnkayā dhiyā karase kanna āgan।
mitro na satya urugāya bhṛtyā anne samasya yadasanmanīṣāḥ ॥

Indra, when shall we have the light, power and honour of prosperity in life? What is that order of intelligence by which you transform humans to divine consciousness of your presence? When would you reveal your presence to us in direct experience? O lord adorable ever true as friend, when would our thoughts and actions be fruitful and win your favour of food, sustenance and stability for all mankind in peace and

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10.29.5

प्रेर॑य॒ सूरो॒ अर्थं॒ न पा॒रं ये अ॑स्य॒ कामं॑ जनि॒धा इ॑व॒ ग्मन्।
गिर॑श्च॒ ये ते॑ तुविजात पू॒र्वीर्नर॑ इन्द्र प्रति॒शिक्ष॒न्त्यन्नै॑ ॥

preraya sūro arthaṃ na pāraṃ ye asya kāmaṃ janidhā iva gman।
giraśca ye te tuvijāta pūrvīrnara indra pratiśikṣantyannai ॥

Indra, like the sun that leads from darkness to light, inspire and lead humanity to the attainment of their desire for freedom across the world, all who entertain this ambition like their love for home life earlier. O lord of infinite manifestation, bless all those people who adore you with songs of universal exhortation, who guide others to sing and pray with universal voice, and who offer homage to divinity with foods and charity in various forms.

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10.29.6

मात्रे॒ नु ते॒ सुमि॑ते इन्द्र पू॒र्वी द्यौर्म॒ज्मना॑ पृथि॒वी काव्ये॑न।
वरा॑य ते घृ॒तव॑न्तः सु॒तास॒ स्वाद्म॑न्भवन्तु पी॒तये॒ मधू॑नि ॥

mātre nu te sumite indra pūrvī dyaurmajmanā pṛthivī kāvyena।
varāya te ghṛtavantaḥ sutāsa svādmanbhavantu pītaye madhūni ॥

O Indra, lord omniscient and omnipotent, mother earth and the heaven of light, both ancient and eternal in the existential cycle, are created in excellent measure of form and function by your vision and power. May the delicious and refined honey drinks of soma and sumptuous foods gifted by sun and earth be exhilarating and delightful for noble humanity and for their yajnic homage to you.

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10.29.7

आ मध्वो॑ अस्मा असिच॒न्नम॑त्र॒मिन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्णं स हि स॒त्यरा॑धाः।
स वा॑वृधे॒ वरि॑म॒न्ना पृ॑थि॒व्या अ॒भि क्रत्वा॒ नर्य॒ पौंस्यै॑श्च ॥

ā madhvo asmā asicannamatramindrāya pūrṇaṃ sa hi satyarādhāḥ।
sa vāvṛdhe varimannā pṛthivyā abhi kratvā narya pauṃsyaiśca ॥

Let us offer the honey sweet bowl of our heart and soul overflowing with love and faith to Indra who is truly magnificent and munificent. He is the benevolent guide of humanity and supreme leader of leaders and by his powers, potentials and creative actions manifests higher and exalted over the expansive earth and space.

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10.29.8

व्या॑न॒ळिन्द्र॒ पृत॑ना॒ स्वोजा॒ आस्मै॑ यतन्ते स॒ख्याय॑ पू॒र्वीः।
आ स्मा॒ रथं॒ न पृत॑नासु तिष्ठ॒ यं भ॒द्रया॑ सुम॒त्या चो॒दया॑से ॥

vyānaḷindra pṛtanā svojā āsmai yatante sakhyāya pūrvīḥ।
ā smā rathaṃ na pṛtanāsu tiṣṭha yaṃ bhadrayā sumatyā codayāse ॥

Indra, lord of holy light and lustre, pervades the peoples’ heart and soul within and joins them in their struggles in the world outside. The best of people since time immemorial try to win his love and friendship with homage, prayer and meditation. O lord of cosmic chariot, ruler of the world, come to us to bless us and our social order like a master of the chariot among people whom you inspire and bless with clear

Ṛgveda 10.30 · 15 verses

10.30.1

प्र दे॑व॒त्रा ब्रह्म॑णे गा॒तुरे॑त्व॒पो अच्छा॒ मन॑सो॒ न प्रयु॑क्ति।
म॒हीं मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य धा॒सिं पृ॑थु॒ज्रय॑से रीरधा सुवृ॒क्तिम् ॥

pra devatrā brahmaṇe gāturetvapo acchā manaso na prayukti।
mahīṃ mitrasya varuṇasya dhāsiṃ pṛthujrayase rīradhā suvṛktim ॥

Let our voice of thanks and praise, our acts of yajnic creation and self-sacrifice in service of the cosmic sustainer, reach all the divine energies and powers of nature and humanity which are ever on the move and sustain life, and let this expression be the very symbol of the total dedication of our mind and soul. O celebrant, O high priest of yajna, proclaim and realise this our will to live as a mighty gift of the lord of love and judgement, and proclaim as well our vision of the ultimate freedom from selfish attachment, which we would realise in dedication to our own spirit, to the social order, and to the infinite lord of cosmic dynamics with the same love and judgement.

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10.30.2

अध्व॑र्यवो ह॒विष्म॑न्तो॒ हि भू॒ताच्छा॒प इ॑तोश॒तीरु॑शन्तः।
अव॒ याश्चष्टे॑ अरु॒णः सु॑प॒र्णस्तमास्य॑ध्वमू॒र्मिम॒द्या सु॑हस्ताः ॥

adhvaryavo haviṣmanto hi bhūtācchāpa itośatīruśantaḥ।
ava yāścaṣṭe aruṇaḥ suparṇastamāsyadhvamūrmimadyā suhastāḥ ॥

O priests and organisers of the socio-cosmic order, bear and bring the fragrant materials of yajnic action for development, rise with passion and enthusiasm, reach the vaulting waters of life, and with open expert hands today receive the waves which the moon and ocean raise and the flood of light and energy which the sun showers down.

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10.30.3

अध्व॑र्यवो॒ऽप इ॑ता समु॒द्रम॒पां नपा॑तं ह॒विषा॑ यजध्वम्।
स वो॑ दददू॒र्मिम॒द्या सुपू॑तं॒ तस्मै॒ सोमं॒ मधु॑मन्तं सुनोत ॥

adhvaryavo'pa itā samudramapāṃ napātaṃ haviṣā yajadhvam।
sa vo dadadūrmimadyā supūtaṃ tasmai somaṃ madhumantaṃ sunota ॥

O priests and organisers, reach the ocean and the waters of space and connect with the sun and light in space and skies with the right materials of yajna. The sun never allows the waters to exhaust and gives you the purest showers ever. Create and offer the sweetest and most powerful soma oblations to the sun for permanent supply of liquid energies for the sustenance of life.

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10.30.4

यो अ॑नि॒ध्मो दीद॑यद॒प्स्व१न्तर्यं विप्रा॑स॒ ईळ॑ते अध्व॒रेषु॑।
अपां॑ नपा॒न्मधु॑मतीर॒पो दा॒ याभि॒रिन्द्रो॑ वावृ॒धे वी॒र्या॑य ॥

yo anidhmo dīdayadapsva1ntaryaṃ viprāsa īḷate adhvareṣu।
apāṃ napānmadhumatīrapo dā yābhirindro vāvṛdhe vīryāya ॥

O sun who burn and shine in space without fuels of fire, whom priests and scientists serve and adore in yajna, who never allow liquid energies of the world to exhaust, pray give us the honey sweets of liquid energies by which Indra, ruler of the world order on earth, may rise to strength and accomplish great deeds for humanity.

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10.30.5

याभि॒ सोमो॒ मोद॑ते॒ हर्ष॑ते च कल्या॒णीभि॑र्युव॒तिभि॒र्न मर्य॑।
ता अ॑ध्वर्यो अ॒पो अच्छा॒ परे॑हि॒ यदा॑सि॒ञ्चा ओष॑धीभिः पुनीतात् ॥

yābhi somo modate harṣate ca kalyāṇībhiryuvatibhirna marya।
tā adhvaryo apo acchā parehi yadāsiñcā oṣadhībhiḥ punītāt ॥

The liquids with which Soma, the ruling spirit, rejoices and feels exhilarated as men feel happy and exhilarated by noble youthful women, those exciting liquid energies, O high priest of yajna, find from far and near, and when you find them, then cleanse and strengthen the drinks and sanatives for health and joy.

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10.30.6

ए॒वेद्यूने॑ युव॒तयो॑ नमन्त॒ यदी॑मु॒शन्नु॑श॒तीरेत्यच्छ॑।
सं जा॑नते॒ मन॑सा॒ सं चि॑कित्रेऽध्व॒र्यवो॑ धि॒षणाप॑श्च दे॒वीः ॥

evedyūne yuvatayo namanta yadīmuśannuśatīretyaccha।
saṃ jānate manasā saṃ cikitre'dhvaryavo dhiṣaṇāpaśca devīḥ ॥

Just as youthful women submit to young men, and as men with love eagerly advance to loving women, so do the leaders of social and scientific yajna know the liquid energies of nature and with their science and intelligence create, obtain and develop. So do also they develop the energies and competence of the rising youthful generation for the social yajna of the world order of humanity.

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10.30.7

यो वो॑ वृ॒ताभ्यो॒ अकृ॑णोदु लो॒कं यो वो॑ म॒ह्या अ॒भिश॑स्ते॒रमु॑ञ्चत्।
तस्मा॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ मधु॑मन्तमू॒र्मिं दे॑व॒माद॑नं॒ प्र हि॑णोतनापः ॥

yo vo vṛtābhyo akṛṇodu lokaṃ yo vo mahyā abhiśasteramuñcat।
tasmā indrāya madhumantamūrmiṃ devamādanaṃ pra hiṇotanāpaḥ ॥

O people of the social order of the world, committed to honesty and loyalty, the ruler who opens the doors of freedom against inhibition and creates a beautiful world for you, for that Indra, mighty ruler, create honey sweet fragrances of exhilarating environment and offer him divinely joyous foods and drinks of self-fulfilment.

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10.30.8

प्रास्मै॑ हिनोत॒ मधु॑मन्तमू॒र्मिं गर्भो॒ यो व॑ सिन्धवो॒ मध्व॒ उत्स॑।
घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठ॒मीड्य॑मध्व॒रेष्वापो॑ रेवतीः शृणु॒ता हवं॑ मे ॥

prāsmai hinota madhumantamūrmiṃ garbho yo va sindhavo madhva utsa।
ghṛtapṛṣṭhamīḍyamadhvareṣvāpo revatīḥ śṛṇutā havaṃ me ॥

O streams of life aflow, O dynamic people blest with wealth, honour and excellence, listen to my call and exhortation: Create and set in flow the sweetest honeyed waves of joy for this master power and ruler who is the fountain head and fathomless ocean source of your joy and fulfilment, refulgent and illustrious, adorable in the noblest yajnic meets of the world.

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10.30.9

तं सि॑न्धवो मत्स॒रमि॑न्द्र॒पान॑मू॒र्मिं प्र हे॑त॒ य उ॒भे इय॑र्ति।
म॒द॒च्युत॑मौशा॒नं न॑भो॒जां परि॑ त्रि॒तन्तुं॑ वि॒चर॑न्त॒मुत्स॑म् ॥

taṃ sindhavo matsaramindrapānamūrmiṃ pra heta ya ubhe iyarti।
madacyutamauśānaṃ nabhojāṃ pari tritantuṃ vicarantamutsam ॥

O streams of life, dynamic people of the world, inspire and set in motion that joyous wave of living and working worthy of all ruling Indra which helps to realise both ends of life, fulfilment over here and freedom of moksha hereafter, overflowing with divine ecstasy, admirable, heavenly, universal, good for earth, heaven and the middle regions, continuous for three living generations, dynamic as the river and deep as ocean.

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10.30.10

आ॒वर्वृ॑तती॒रध॒ नु द्वि॒धारा॑ गोषु॒युधो॒ न नि॑य॒वं चर॑न्तीः।
ऋषे॒ जनि॑त्री॒र्भुव॑नस्य॒ पत्नी॑र॒पो व॑न्दस्व स॒वृध॒ सयो॑नीः ॥

āvarvṛtatīradha nu dvidhārā goṣuyudho na niyavaṃ carantīḥ।
ṛṣe janitrīrbhuvanasya patnīrapo vandasva savṛdha sayonīḥ ॥

O sage, visionary celebrant of the yajnic world order, respect, honour and celebrate the vibrant people of the land, fluent in action like winding streams, dedicated in thought, word and deed to the two streams of individual and collective good, observing a compact order of law like fighting forces deployed on fields of action over the same one earth, creators, planners and achievers of yajnic development, having a common origin and growing and moving together in one direction.

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10.30.11

हि॒नोता॑ नो अध्व॒रं दे॑वय॒ज्या हि॒नोत॒ ब्रह्म॑ स॒नये॒ धना॑नाम्।
ऋ॒तस्य॒ योगे॒ वि ष्य॑ध्व॒मूध॑ श्रुष्टी॒वरी॑र्भूतना॒स्मभ्य॑मापः ॥

hinotā no adhvaraṃ devayajyā hinota brahma sanaye dhanānām।
ṛtasya yoge vi ṣyadhvamūdha śruṣṭīvarīrbhūtanāsmabhyamāpaḥ ॥

O dynamic powers of nature, O vibrant people of the earth, in worship of the lord supreme, in honour of mother nature’s divinities, and for love and well being of noble humanity, inspire and accelerate our yajnic action in cooperation, for the achievement of wealth, honour and excellence raise the voice of divine knowledge, application and action, in the pursuit of collective action under the laws of nature and grateful humanity, open the sluice gates of clouds and unlock the treasure holds of wealth. O powers of the dynamic flow of existence, be good, creative and blissful for our well being.

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10.30.12

आपो॑ रेवती॒ क्षय॑था॒ हि वस्व॒ क्रतुं॑ च भ॒द्रं बि॑भृ॒थामृतं॑ च।
रा॒यश्च॒ स्थ स्व॑प॒त्यस्य॒ पत्नी॒ सर॑स्वती॒ तद्गृ॑ण॒ते वयो॑ धात् ॥

āpo revatī kṣayathā hi vasva kratuṃ ca bhadraṃ bibhṛthāmṛtaṃ ca।
rāyaśca stha svapatyasya patnī sarasvatī tadgṛṇate vayo dhāt ॥

O cosmic dynamics of mother nature, O fluent streams of earth and the environment, O vibrant people of the land, O generous mothers of mankind, be master rulers of the world’s wealth, promote the yajnic development, well being and immortal values of happy life, be protectors and promoters of the veins of nation’s wealth and makers of the noble generations of humanity’s heroes. May Sarasvati, mother stream of divine knowledge, culture and grace bear and bring good health, full age and vibrant energy for the celebrant.

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10.30.13

प्रति॒ यदापो॒ अदृ॑श्रमाय॒तीर्घृ॒तं पयां॑सि॒ बिभ्र॑ती॒र्मधू॑नि।
अ॒ध्व॒र्युभि॒र्मन॑सा संविदा॒ना इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोमं॒ सुषु॑तं॒ भर॑न्तीः ॥

prati yadāpo adṛśramāyatīrghṛtaṃ payāṃsi bibhratīrmadhūni।
adhvaryubhirmanasā saṃvidānā indrāya somaṃ suṣutaṃ bharantīḥ ॥

Apah, all fluent streams of nature and humanity, dynamic forces, powers and people of the world, I see you rising and coming in response to the call and prayer of the high priests and celebrants of yajna, bearing water, milk and ghrta and the honey sweets of life for fertility and life’s generation, in perfect union with the mind, hopes and aspirations of the priests and yajakas on the vedi and bringing pure distilled Soma beauty, prosperity and joy for Indra, ruling power and reigning glory of life.

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10.30.14

एमा अ॑ग्मन्रे॒वती॑र्जी॒वध॑न्या॒ अध्व॑र्यवः सा॒दय॑ता सखायः।
नि ब॒र्हिषि॑ धत्तन सोम्यासो॒ऽपां नप्त्रा॑ संविदा॒नास॑ एनाः ॥

emā agmanrevatīrjīvadhanyā adhvaryavaḥ sādayatā sakhāyaḥ।
ni barhiṣi dhattana somyāso'pāṃ naptrā saṃvidānāsa enāḥ ॥

Friends, priests and yajakas, these waters, vibrant energies of nature and dynamic powers and personalities of humanity, all overflowing with life, fertility and generative potential, are come here. Give them an honourable place in yajna. They know, they are united with us, and they are blissful, and they never allow the waters of life to exhaust. Know them, seat them on the holy grass and create the beauties and joy of life for all.

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10.30.15

आग्म॒न्नाप॑ उश॒तीर्ब॒र्हिरेदं न्य॑ध्व॒रे अ॑सदन्देव॒यन्ती॑।
अध्व॑र्यवः सुनु॒तेन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॒मभू॑दु वः सु॒शका॑ देवय॒ज्या ॥

āgmannāpa uśatīrbarhiredaṃ nyadhvare asadandevayantī।
adhvaryavaḥ sunutendrāya somamabhūdu vaḥ suśakā devayajyā ॥

Brilliant, fluent and divine energies, powers and personalities, united in love with divinity and noble humanity have come and they are seated on the holy grass in the corporate yajna of love and non-violence for development and the creation of life divine for humanity. O priests, O yajakas, create the soma for Indra, ruling power and reigning glory of life, and may your yajnic prayers and programmes for life and humanity be realised successfully.

Ṛgveda 10.31 · 11 verses

10.31.1

आ नो॑ दे॒वाना॒मुप॑ वेतु॒ शंसो॒ विश्वे॑भिस्तु॒रैरव॑से॒ यज॑त्रः।
तेभि॑र्व॒यं सु॑ष॒खायो॑ भवेम॒ तर॑न्तो॒ विश्वा॑ दुरि॒ता स्या॑म ॥

ā no devānāmupa vetu śaṃso viśvebhisturairavase yajatraḥ।
tebhirvayaṃ suṣakhāyo bhavema taranto viśvā duritā syāma ॥

May the adorable word and wisdom of lord Supreme and all divinities of nature and humanity come to us in communion with all the speed, power and excellence of the world for our protection and progress. May we be good friends with them and cross over all hurdles, sins and evils of existence.

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10.31.2

परि॑ चि॒न्मर्तो॒ द्रवि॑णं ममन्यादृ॒तस्य॑ प॒था नम॒सा वि॑वासेत्।
उ॒त स्वेन॒ क्रतु॑ना॒ सं व॑देत॒ श्रेयां॑सं॒ दक्षं॒ मन॑सा जगृभ्यात् ॥

pari cinmarto draviṇaṃ mamanyādṛtasya pathā namasā vivāset।
uta svena kratunā saṃ vadeta śreyāṃsaṃ dakṣaṃ manasā jagṛbhyāt ॥

Let mortal man love and desire wealth, honour and excellence in the comprehensive context of the world and divinity, shine and refine it with faith and reverence by the path of truth and universal law, speak of it, think and define it with his own conscience in communion with divinity, and then, with his own mind and soul, realise the high degree of expertise, vision and perfection of thought, action and achievement for himself. (Divinity, humanity, nature, the world around, these are the context of our success and achievement.)

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10.31.3

अधा॑यि धी॒तिरस॑सृग्र॒मंशा॑स्ती॒र्थे न द॒स्ममुप॑ य॒न्त्यूमा॑।
अ॒भ्या॑नश्म सुवि॒तस्य॑ शू॒षं नवे॑दसो अ॒मृता॑नामभूम ॥

adhāyi dhītirasasṛgramaṃśāstīrthe na dasmamupa yantyūmā।
abhyānaśma suvitasya śūṣaṃ navedaso amṛtānāmabhūma ॥

Maturity of thought and concentration is achieved, vibrations of thought in waves flow in, protective and illuminative for the spirit in virile posture like waves of flood on the holy shore. Thus may we achieve the power of success and prosperity, thus may we be knowers and achievers of the boons of immortals in knowledge, awareness and, in fact, in our very being.

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10.31.4

नित्य॑श्चाकन्या॒त्स्वप॑ति॒र्दमू॑ना॒ यस्मा॑ उ दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता ज॒जान॑।
भगो॑ वा॒ गोभि॑रर्य॒मेम॑नज्या॒त्सो अ॑स्मै॒ चारु॑श्छदयदु॒त स्या॑त् ॥

nityaścākanyātsvapatirdamūnā yasmā u devaḥ savitā jajāna।
bhago vā gobhiraryamemanajyātso asmai cāruśchadayaduta syāt ॥

May the lord eternal, master of the world’s wealth of Prakrti, generous and potent, love to give and bless humanity for whom Savita, lord creator and generator provides all things of existence, and may Bhaga, lord of universal power and prosperity, and Aryama, lord of justice and dispensation, enlighten him with the word of knowledge, and may the lord of love, beauty and bounty, provide man the sweet shade of protection for advancement.

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10.31.5

इ॒यं सा भू॑या उ॒षसा॑मिव॒ क्षा यद्ध॑ क्षु॒मन्त॒ शव॑सा स॒माय॑न्।
अ॒स्य स्तु॒तिं ज॑रि॒तुर्भिक्ष॑माणा॒ आ न॑ श॒ग्मास॒ उप॑ यन्तु॒ वाजा॑ ॥

iyaṃ sā bhūyā uṣasāmiva kṣā yaddha kṣumanta śavasā samāyan।
asya stutiṃ jariturbhikṣamāṇā ā na śagmāsa upa yantu vājā ॥

When clouds laden with power and plenty of rain, and sages with words of enlightenment and power come and bless the earth, then this world of humanity, like the light and freshness of the dawns, shines and prospers on earth, and seekers of wisdom and power asking the sages for knowledge and wisdom of divinity and power and advancement on earth flock here to us, and we pray may power and prosperity continue to flow in for us and our children.

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10.31.6

अ॒स्येदे॒षा सु॑म॒तिः प॑प्रथा॒नाभ॑वत्पू॒र्व्या भूम॑ना॒ गौः।
अ॒स्य सनी॑ळा॒ असु॑रस्य॒ योनौ॑ समा॒न आ भर॑णे॒ बिभ्र॑माणाः ॥

asyedeṣā sumatiḥ paprathānābhavatpūrvyā bhūmanā gauḥ।
asya sanīḷā asurasya yonau samāna ā bharaṇe bibhramāṇāḥ ॥

This knowledge and wisdom, this Vedic voice of this sage of divinity, may, we pray, be universal, eternal and ever expansive, and may we, united and organised together on this equal and undivided earth, abide under the same one social order of this mighty life-giving ruler, living safe, secure and sustained in a state of peace and progress.

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10.31.7

किं स्वि॒द्वनं॒ क उ॒ स वृ॒क्ष आ॑स॒ यतो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी नि॑ष्टत॒क्षुः।
सं॒त॒स्था॒ने अ॒जरे॑ इ॒तऊ॑ती॒ अहा॑नि पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॑ जरन्त ॥

kiṃ svidvanaṃ ka u sa vṛkṣa āsa yato dyāvāpṛthivī niṣṭatakṣuḥ।
saṃtasthāne ajare itaūtī ahāni pūrvīruṣaso jaranta ॥

Which is that forest, which was that tree, that material cause, from which the Vishvedevas, divine powers of lord Supreme, fashioned forth the heaven and earth sustained in cosmic order in the imperishable universe, safe and protected, which the eternal days and nights and the dawns at morning and evening proclaim and adore.

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10.31.8

नैताव॑दे॒ना प॒रो अ॒न्यद॑स्त्यु॒क्षा स द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी बि॑भर्ति।
त्वचं॑ प॒वित्रं॑ कृणुत स्व॒धावा॒न्यदीं॒ सूर्यं॒ न ह॒रितो॒ वह॑न्ति ॥

naitāvadenā paro anyadastyukṣā sa dyāvāpṛthivī bibharti।
tvacaṃ pavitraṃ kṛṇuta svadhāvānyadīṃ sūryaṃ na harito vahanti ॥

There is no other universe like this nor beyond this, and yet there is one power not just exactly as this but beyond, and that is the mighty generous creator and generator who bears this heaven and earth. That is the master lord of Prakrti, his own Shakti, the mighty material cause of the universe, and he creates and structures the sacred form of it and bears it all as the cosmic energies and space directions bear the sun.

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10.31.9

स्ते॒गो न क्षामत्ये॑ति पृ॒थ्वीं मिहं॒ न वातो॒ वि ह॑ वाति॒ भूम॑।
मि॒त्रो यत्र॒ वरु॑णो अ॒ज्यमा॑नो॒ऽग्निर्वने॒ न व्यसृ॑ष्ट॒ शोक॑म् ॥

stego na kṣāmatyeti pṛthvīṃ mihaṃ na vāto vi ha vāti bhūma।
mitro yatra varuṇo ajyamāno'gnirvane na vyasṛṣṭa śokam ॥

As the sun lights up and transcends the earth, as the wind shakes the cloud of life showers and passes, so does he pervade and transcend the heaven and earth, so does he move the universe to creative activity. Where Mitra, the sun, and Varuna, the moon, i.e., the couple— prana and apana, heat and water, sun and air, sun and moon, energised and impassioned, create and release life energy, heat and desire, there Agni releases the life of life as fire releases heat and vests it in the wood.

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10.31.10

स्त॒रीर्यत्सूत॑ स॒द्यो अ॒ज्यमा॑ना॒ व्यथि॑रव्य॒थीः कृ॑णुत॒ स्वगो॑पा।
पु॒त्रो यत्पूर्व॑ पि॒त्रोर्जनि॑ष्ट श॒म्यां गौर्ज॑गार॒ यद्ध॑ पृ॒च्छान् ॥

starīryatsūta sadyo ajyamānā vyathiravyathīḥ kṛṇuta svagopā।
putro yatpūrva pitrorjaniṣṭa śamyāṃ gaurjagāra yaddha pṛcchān ॥

Like the heifer, mother Prakrti (void of life in

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10.31.11

उ॒त कण्वं॑ नृ॒षद॑ पु॒त्रमा॑हुरु॒त श्या॒वो धन॒माद॑त्त वा॒जी।
प्र कृ॒ष्णाय॒ रुश॑दपिन्व॒तोध॑रृ॒तमत्र॒ नकि॑रस्मा अपीपेत् ॥

uta kaṇvaṃ nṛṣada putramāhuruta śyāvo dhanamādatta vājī।
pra kṛṣṇāya ruśadapinvatodharṛtamatra nakirasmā apīpet ॥

Ṛgveda 10.32 · 9 verses

10.32.1

प्र सु ग्मन्ता॑ धियसा॒नस्य॑ स॒क्षणि॑ व॒रेभि॑र्व॒राँ अ॒भि षु प्र॒सीद॑तः।
अ॒स्माक॒मिन्द्र॑ उ॒भयं॑ जुजोषति॒ यत्सो॒म्यस्यान्ध॑सो॒ बुबो॑धति ॥

pra su gmantā dhiyasānasya sakṣaṇi varebhirvarām̐ abhi ṣu prasīdataḥ।
asmākamindra ubhayaṃ jujoṣati yatsomyasyāndhaso bubodhati ॥

May Indra, omnificent spirit and highest presence of the universe, cherished object of the meditative seeker, move to accept the best of the seeker’s acts of homage and surrender and bless him in his state of clairvoyant ecstasy with the objects of his love and desire. Indeed Indra, who acknowledges the homage and service of the man dedicated to search for divinity, loves, joins and rewards our search for knowledge and action with fulfilment.

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10.32.2

वी॑न्द्र यासि दि॒व्यानि॑ रोच॒ना वि पार्थि॑वानि॒ रज॑सा पुरुष्टुत।
ये त्वा॒ वह॑न्ति॒ मुहु॑रध्व॒राँ उप॒ ते सु व॑न्वन्तु वग्व॒नाँ अ॑रा॒धस॑ ॥

vīndra yāsi divyāni rocanā vi pārthivāni rajasā puruṣṭuta।
ye tvā vahanti muhuradhvarām̐ upa te su vanvantu vagvanām̐ arādhasa ॥

Indra, omnipotent light of the universe, adored and worshipped by all, by your universal light and energy you pervade and radiate over all divine luminaries of earth, heaven and all space. Those who continuously send up their prayers and dedicate their yajnic actions and endeavours to you win the fruits of their prayers and worship and thereby eliminate all their want and deprivations.

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10.32.3

तदिन्मे॑ छन्त्स॒द्वपु॑षो॒ वपु॑ष्टरं पु॒त्रो यज्जानं॑ पि॒त्रोर॒धीय॑ति।
जा॒या पतिं॑ वहति व॒ग्नुना॑ सु॒मत्पुं॒स इद्भ॒द्रो व॑ह॒तुः परि॑ष्कृतः ॥

tadinme chantsadvapuṣo vapuṣṭaraṃ putro yajjānaṃ pitroradhīyati।
jāyā patiṃ vahati vagnunā sumatpuṃsa idbhadro vahatuḥ pariṣkṛtaḥ ॥

Let it be more and more pleasing for me as soul in body form then when man grows more and more handsome than beauty itself in existence, when the child born of parents carries the family line higher forward, when the wife pleases the husband and exhorts him with sweet words to love and noble thoughts, and it is nice and auspicious for the man to be good and cleansed at heart by love and loyalty.

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10.32.4

तदित्स॒धस्थ॑म॒भि चारु॑ दीधय॒ गावो॒ यच्छास॑न्वह॒तुं न धे॒नव॑।
मा॒ता यन्मन्तु॑र्यू॒थस्य॑ पू॒र्व्याभि वा॒णस्य॑ स॒प्तधा॑तु॒रिज्जन॑ ॥

taditsadhasthamabhi cāru dīdhaya gāvo yacchāsanvahatuṃ na dhenava।
mātā yanmanturyūthasya pūrvyābhi vāṇasya saptadhāturijjana ॥

Indra, give us a bright happy home where illuminative voices of divine Vedic wisdom rule and lead the family as horses draw the chariot, where the mother is honoured as the first and intelligent centre of the family and where the inmates are healthy and virile with all the seven vitalities of physical health.

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10.32.5

प्र वोऽच्छा॑ रिरिचे देव॒युष्प॒दमेको॑ रु॒द्रेभि॑र्याति तु॒र्वणि॑।
ज॒रा वा॒ येष्व॒मृते॑षु दा॒वने॒ परि॑ व॒ ऊमे॑भ्यः सिञ्चता॒ मधु॑ ॥

pra vo'cchā ririce devayuṣpadameko rudrebhiryāti turvaṇi।
jarā vā yeṣvamṛteṣu dāvane pari va ūmebhyaḥ siñcatā madhu ॥

O seekers of divinity, there is only one guide and leader for you who creates and provides the ultimate haven for you with the divines. And that is Indra who readily and instantly comes with his powers of justice, reward and punishment. And among the seekers of immortality and freedom, divine worship and adoration alone is the ultimate and unfailing giver. Therefore offer honeyed hospitality and sincere worship for the divinities that provide the means of protection, advancement and immortality.

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10.32.6

नि॒धी॒यमा॑न॒मप॑गूळ्हम॒प्सु प्र मे॑ दे॒वानां॑ व्रत॒पा उ॑वाच।
इन्द्रो॑ वि॒द्वाँ अनु॒ हि त्वा॑ च॒चक्ष॒ तेना॒हम॑ग्ने॒ अनु॑शिष्ट॒ आगा॑म् ॥

nidhīyamānamapagūḷhamapsu pra me devānāṃ vratapā uvāca।
indro vidvām̐ anu hi tvā cacakṣa tenāhamagne anuśiṣṭa āgām ॥

The protector and preserver of the laws of divinities, Indra, divine spirit and teacher, enlightens me and speaks of the fire and spirit of life, Agni, pervasive and concealed in the waters, in particles of Prakrti abounding in space and in the will, awareness and acts of humanity. O Agni, Indra, the spirit, only experiences and watches your presence. Taught, enlightened and committed by Indra, I have come to the realisation of your presence.

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10.32.7

अक्षे॑त्रवित्क्षेत्र॒विदं॒ ह्यप्रा॒ट् स प्रैति॑ क्षेत्र॒विदानु॑शिष्टः।
ए॒तद्वै भ॒द्रम॑नु॒शास॑नस्यो॒त स्रु॒तिं वि॑न्दत्यञ्ज॒सीना॑म् ॥

akṣetravitkṣetravidaṃ hyaprāṭ sa praiti kṣetravidānuśiṣṭaḥ।
etadvai bhadramanuśāsanasyota srutiṃ vindatyañjasīnām ॥

Let the man ignorant of the field of life ask the teacher who knows the field and facts of life and who can communicate, and, thus taught and trained, go forward in the business of living. This only is the holy and auspicious end and aim of teaching and training for life. And this is the way of the evolution and development of tradition by which man gets enlightened on way to progress.

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10.32.8

अ॒द्येदु॒ प्राणी॒दम॑मन्नि॒माहापी॑वृतो अधयन्मा॒तुरूध॑।
एमे॑नमाप जरि॒मा युवा॑न॒महे॑ळ॒न्वसु॑ सु॒मना॑ बभूव ॥

adyedu prāṇīdamamannimāhāpīvṛto adhayanmāturūdha।
emenamāpa jarimā yuvānamaheḷanvasu sumanā babhūva ॥

Just today Indra, the soul, starts receiving the energy of prana in the womb, then, covered in the womb these days, it has the feel of its existence, then, when born it sucks the mother’s milk, then it grows, thought and language comes to it, adolescence and youth, and finally old age takes it over the youth. O lord, let the resident soul in the body be holy at heart without anger and frustration.

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10.32.9

ए॒तानि॑ भ॒द्रा क॑लश क्रियाम॒ कुरु॑श्रवण॒ दद॑तो म॒घानि॑।
दा॒न इद्वो॑ मघवान॒ सो अ॑स्त्व॒यं च॒ सोमो॑ हृ॒दि यं बिभ॑र्मि ॥

etāni bhadrā kalaśa kriyāma kuruśravaṇa dadato maghāni।
dāna idvo maghavāna so astvayaṃ ca somo hṛdi yaṃ bibharmi ॥

O treasure hold of knowledge, Indra, O learned teacher, O listener of my praises and prayers, these are the holy acts of reverence and adoration which we, givers of thanks and presents, perform in homage to your honour. O men of wealth and power of knowledge, let this knowledge and this presentation of thanks and appreciation be a holy gift of gracefulness and culture, and so may this soma of knowledge be for you, the knowledge which I hold at heart in myself.

Ṛgveda 10.33 · 9 verses

10.33.1

प्र मा॑ युयुज्रे प्र॒युजो॒ जना॑नां॒ वहा॑मि स्म पू॒षण॒मन्त॑रेण।
विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॒ अध॒ माम॑रक्षन्दु॒शासु॒रागा॒दिति॒ घोष॑ आसीत् ॥

pra mā yuyujre prayujo janānāṃ vahāmi sma pūṣaṇamantareṇa।
viśve devāso adha māmarakṣanduśāsurāgāditi ghoṣa āsīt ॥

May the divine givers of knowledge and enlightenment to the people inspire and enlighten me too, so I hold the lord giver of life and nourishment dear to my heart in the soul. May the divinities of heaven and earth in nature and humanity protect and promote me. The indomitable is come: this is the declaration.

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10.33.2

सं मा॑ तपन्त्य॒भित॑ स॒पत्नी॑रिव॒ पर्श॑वः।
नि बा॑धते॒ अम॑तिर्न॒ग्नता॒ जसु॒र्वेर्न वे॑वीयते म॒तिः ॥

saṃ mā tapantyabhita sapatnīriva parśavaḥ।
ni bādhate amatirnagnatā jasurverna vevīyate matiḥ ॥

All round the pressures of life oppress me like rival mistresses, adversity, depression and exhaustion bind me down to loss of self-awareness, and my understanding is paralysed like the bird’s before the hunter.

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10.33.3

मूषो॒ न शि॒श्ना व्य॑दन्ति मा॒ध्य॑ स्तो॒तारं॑ ते शतक्रतो।
स॒कृत्सु नो॑ मघवन्निन्द्र मृळ॒याधा॑ पि॒तेव॑ नो भव ॥

mūṣo na śiśnā vyadanti mādhya stotāraṃ te śatakrato।
sakṛtsu no maghavannindra mṛḷayādhā piteva no bhava ॥

As mice eat up the weaver’s thread soaked in starch, so do the afflictions of want and worry consume me, your celebrant, O lord of a hundred grand acts of protection, promotion and boundless generosity. O lord of power and glory, Indra, be kind and save us now as ever, and always be our saviour and protector like a father.

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10.33.4

कु॒रु॒श्रव॑णमावृणि॒ राजा॑नं॒ त्रास॑दस्यवम्।
मंहि॑ष्ठं वा॒घता॒मृषि॑ ॥

kuruśravaṇamāvṛṇi rājānaṃ trāsadasyavam।
maṃhiṣṭhaṃ vāghatāmṛṣi ॥

I, the man of vision and comprehensive judgement, choose and abide by the brilliant ruler, all attentive and universal listener, offspring of the destroyer of evil, want, injustice and violence, and most generous protector and patron of the wise and grateful celebrants.

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10.33.5

यस्य॑ मा ह॒रितो॒ रथे॑ ति॒स्रो वह॑न्ति साधु॒या।
स्तवै॑ स॒हस्र॑दक्षिणे ॥

yasya mā harito rathe tisro vahanti sādhuyā।
stavai sahasradakṣiṇe ॥

I celebrate and adore Indra, generous lord of thousandfold charity of kindness and grace, whose threefold gifts of divine knowledge, holy will and grateful prayer and adoration transport me like three horses of the divine chariot of human life well through and across the world of human existence to the state of freedom from limitations and eternal bliss.

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10.33.6

यस्य॒ प्रस्वा॑दसो॒ गिर॑ उप॒मश्र॑वसः पि॒तुः।
क्षेत्रं॒ न र॒ण्वमू॒चुषे॑ ॥

yasya prasvādaso gira upamaśravasaḥ pituḥ।
kṣetraṃ na raṇvamūcuṣe ॥

I celebrate the brilliant ruler whose words of kindness and grace—fatherly protector, exemplary listener and exceptionally rich and honoured as he is— are like a field shower of joyous generosity for the supplicant.

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10.33.7

अधि॑ पुत्रोपमश्रवो॒ नपा॑न्मित्रातिथेरिहि।
पि॒तुष्टे॑ अस्मि वन्दि॒ता ॥

adhi putropamaśravo napānmitrātitherihi।
pituṣṭe asmi vanditā ॥

O ruler, exemplary kind, exceptionally generous, honourable son and scion of the line of the ruler, friend of friends and strangers alike, I honour and adore your father and your family line. Pray come and bless.

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10.33.8

यदीशी॑या॒मृता॑नामु॒त वा॒ मर्त्या॑नाम्।
जीवे॒दिन्म॒घवा॒ मम॑ ॥

yadīśīyāmṛtānāmuta vā martyānām।
jīvedinmaghavā mama ॥

If I were master controller and ruler of the mortal

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10.33.9

न दे॒वाना॒मति॑ व्र॒तं श॒तात्मा॑ च॒न जी॑वति।
तथा॑ यु॒जा वि वा॑वृते ॥

na devānāmati vrataṃ śatātmā cana jīvati।
tathā yujā vi vāvṛte ॥

Ṛgveda 10.34 · 14 verses

10.34.1

प्रा॒वे॒पा मा॑ बृह॒तो मा॑दयन्ति प्रवाते॒जा इरि॑णे॒ वर्वृ॑तानाः।
सोम॑स्येव मौजव॒तस्य॑ भ॒क्षो वि॒भीद॑को॒ जागृ॑वि॒र्मह्य॑मच्छान् ॥

prāvepā mā bṛhato mādayanti pravātejā iriṇe varvṛtānāḥ।
somasyeva maujavatasya bhakṣo vibhīdako jāgṛvirmahyamacchān ॥

The large quivering dice, made of vibhidika tree grown on grassy green mountain slopes, shaking and rolling awesome on the dice board, tantalise me like the sight of exhilarating drink from a munja grass covered mountain valley, they excite me and I lose my sleep.

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10.34.2

न मा॑ मिमेथ॒ न जि॑हीळ ए॒षा शि॒वा सखि॑भ्य उ॒त मह्य॑मासीत्।
अ॒क्षस्या॒हमे॑कप॒रस्य॑ हे॒तोरनु॑व्रता॒मप॑ जा॒याम॑रोधम् ॥

na mā mimetha na jihīḷa eṣā śivā sakhibhya uta mahyamāsīt।
akṣasyāhamekaparasya hetoranuvratāmapa jāyāmarodham ॥

This gentle lady, my wife, is good to me and to my friends, she never quarrels with me nor does she embarrass or hate me. Alas, for one reason, my persistent addiction to gambling, have I alienated my devoted wife totally dedicated to her life’s duty.

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10.34.3

द्वेष्टि॑ श्व॒श्रूरप॑ जा॒या रु॑णद्धि॒ न ना॑थि॒तो वि॑न्दते मर्डि॒तार॑म्।
अश्व॑स्येव॒ जर॑तो॒ वस्न्य॑स्य॒ नाहं वि॑न्दामि कित॒वस्य॒ भोग॑म् ॥

dveṣṭi śvaśrūrapa jāyā ruṇaddhi na nāthito vindate marḍitāram।
aśvasyeva jarato vasnyasya nāhaṃ vindāmi kitavasya bhogam ॥

Normally speaking, the wife of a gambler feels indifferent and alienated from him, the mother-in-law hates him, the wretched man finds no friends’ sympathy, there is none to comfort him. Like an old, exhausted, broken horse, though he might have been valuable otherwise, no one bids for him. I set no value upon the gambler. Who would?

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10.34.4

अ॒न्ये जा॒यां परि॑ मृशन्त्यस्य॒ यस्यागृ॑ध॒द्वेद॑ने वा॒ज्य१क्षः।
पि॒ता मा॒ता भ्रात॑र एनमाहु॒र्न जा॑नीमो॒ नय॑ता ब॒द्धमे॒तम् ॥

anye jāyāṃ pari mṛśantyasya yasyāgṛdhadvedane vājya1kṣaḥ।
pitā mātā bhrātara enamāhurna jānīmo nayatā baddhametam ॥

Others covet his wife as a possible prize since the mighty dice have cheated him of his money and all wealth. Father, mother, brother, all disown him and say: off with him, we bound and taken. We know him not.

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10.34.5

यदा॒दीध्ये॒ न द॑विषाण्येभिः परा॒यद्भ्योऽव॑ हीये॒ सखि॑भ्यः।
न्यु॑प्ताश्च ब॒भ्रवो॒ वाच॒मक्र॑तँ॒ एमीदे॑षां निष्कृ॒तं जा॒रिणी॑व ॥

yadādīdhye na daviṣāṇyebhiḥ parāyadbhyo'va hīye sakhibhyaḥ।
nyuptāśca babhravo vācamakratam̐ emīdeṣāṃ niṣkṛtaṃ jāriṇīva ॥

When I realise and think I must not play with dice and must not be miserable, even then, having so decided, I succumb to the approaching dice as to seductive friends. Red and shining dice cast in the game rattle and resound, and I walk into the den like a woman stealing to her paramour.

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10.34.6

स॒भामे॑ति कित॒वः पृ॒च्छमा॑नो जे॒ष्यामीति॑ त॒न्वा॒३ शूशु॑जानः।
अ॒क्षासो॑ अस्य॒ वि ति॑रन्ति॒ कामं॑ प्रति॒दीव्ने॒ दध॑त॒ आ कृ॒तानि॑ ॥

sabhāmeti kitavaḥ pṛcchamāno jeṣyāmīti tanvā3 śūśujānaḥ।
akṣāso asya vi tiranti kāmaṃ pratidīvne dadhata ā kṛtāni ॥

Puffed up in body and mind, the gambler moves to the gambling house asking, even assuring, himself in mind: Shall I win? I must, this time. And his dice, held and poised in hand to defeat his rival, inflame his fire to play and win, more and more.

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10.34.7

अ॒क्षास॒ इद॑ङ्कु॒शिनो॑ नितो॒दिनो॑ नि॒कृत्वा॑न॒स्तप॑नास्तापयि॒ष्णव॑।
कु॒मा॒रदे॑ष्णा॒ जय॑तः पुन॒र्हणो॒ मध्वा॒ सम्पृ॑क्ताः कित॒वस्य॑ ब॒र्हणा॑ ॥

akṣāsa idaṅkuśino nitodino nikṛtvānastapanāstāpayiṣṇava।
kumāradeṣṇā jayataḥ punarhaṇo madhvā sampṛktāḥ kitavasya barhaṇā ॥

The dice hold the gambler by the hook, pierce like a dagger, hew down the man and even his family from the root, as a hatchet, burn like fire and torture like incessant pain. For the winner, they bring joyous gifts for the time but later in turn they destroy, and though soaked in honey for the moment, they tear the gambler to pieces at the end.

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10.34.8

त्रि॒प॒ञ्चा॒शः क्री॑ळति॒ व्रात॑ एषां दे॒व इ॑व सवि॒ता स॒त्यध॑र्मा।
उ॒ग्रस्य॑ चिन्म॒न्यवे॒ ना न॑मन्ते॒ राजा॑ चिदेभ्यो॒ नम॒ इत्कृ॑णोति ॥

tripañcāśaḥ krīḷati vrāta eṣāṃ deva iva savitā satyadharmā।
ugrasya cinmanyave nā namante rājā cidebhyo nama itkṛṇoti ॥

The group of fifty-three of those dice is played strictly within unsparing mles of the game like the divine sun observing the laws of its motion. They do not bow even to the strongest of men, indeed the ruler bows and offers obeisance to the dice (if he too is addicted).

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10.34.9

नी॒चा व॑र्तन्त उ॒परि॑ स्फुरन्त्यह॒स्तासो॒ हस्त॑वन्तं सहन्ते।
दि॒व्या अङ्गा॑रा॒ इरि॑णे॒ न्यु॑प्ताः शी॒ताः सन्तो॒ हृद॑यं॒ निर्द॑हन्ति ॥

nīcā vartanta upari sphurantyahastāso hastavantaṃ sahante।
divyā aṅgārā iriṇe nyuptāḥ śītāḥ santo hṛdayaṃ nirdahanti ॥

Some time they go down, some time they spring up high, and although they are armless they beat the strongest armed warrior. Thrown upon the dice board, they can be burning brilliant and some time, even though ice cold, they burn the heart.

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10.34.10

जा॒या त॑प्यते कित॒वस्य॑ ही॒ना मा॒ता पु॒त्रस्य॒ चर॑त॒ क्व॑ स्वित्।
ऋ॒णा॒वा बिभ्य॒द्धन॑मि॒च्छमा॑नो॒ऽन्येषा॒मस्त॒मुप॒ नक्त॑मेति ॥

jāyā tapyate kitavasya hīnā mātā putrasya carata kva svit।
ṛṇāvā bibhyaddhanamicchamāno'nyeṣāmastamupa naktameti ॥

The forsaken wife of the gambler suffers at heart, the mother of her child wandering somewhere feels tortured by loss. Down under loss and debt, pining for money, he is oppressed by fear, and at night goes to other’s home either for shelter or for money the way he can get.

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10.34.11

स्त्रियं॑ दृ॒ष्ट्वाय॑ कित॒वं त॑तापा॒न्येषां॑ जा॒यां सुकृ॑तं च॒ योनि॑म्।
पू॒र्वा॒ह्णे अश्वा॑न्युयु॒जे हि ब॒भ्रून्सो अ॒ग्नेरन्ते॑ वृष॒लः प॑पाद ॥

striyaṃ dṛṣṭvāya kitavaṃ tatāpānyeṣāṃ jāyāṃ sukṛtaṃ ca yonim।
pūrvāhṇe aśvānyuyuje hi babhrūnso agnerante vṛṣalaḥ papāda ॥

The gambler suffers when he sees his wife, and he regrets when he sees another’s wife well settled, their noble acts and comfortable home. Yet again in the forenoon he grabs the tempting dice as a warrior takes to his steed, but when the fire is gone cold, he falls down broken and farlorn.

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10.34.12

यो व॑ सेना॒नीर्म॑ह॒तो ग॒णस्य॒ राजा॒ व्रात॑स्य प्रथ॒मो ब॒भूव॑।
तस्मै॑ कृणोमि॒ न धना॑ रुणध्मि॒ दशा॒हं प्राची॒स्तदृ॒तं व॑दामि ॥

yo va senānīrmahato gaṇasya rājā vrātasya prathamo babhūva।
tasmai kṛṇomi na dhanā ruṇadhmi daśāhaṃ prācīstadṛtaṃ vadāmi ॥

O dice, O gamblers, to that which is the first and foremost of you, the ruler of your mighty order and organisation, the leading warrior over all of you, my homage and salutation with farewell with folded hands and all the ten fingers, open all in front with the vow that I would lose no money any more, and this is the truth I speak. (The gambler shows his ten fingers, may be, because his hands are empty now.)

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10.34.13

अ॒क्षैर्मा दी॑व्यः कृ॒षिमित्कृ॑षस्व वि॒त्ते र॑मस्व ब॒हु मन्य॑मानः।
तत्र॒ गाव॑ कितव॒ तत्र॑ जा॒या तन्मे॒ वि च॑ष्टे सवि॒तायम॒र्यः ॥

akṣairmā dīvyaḥ kṛṣimitkṛṣasva vitte ramasva bahu manyamānaḥ।
tatra gāva kitava tatra jāyā tanme vi caṣṭe savitāyamaryaḥ ॥

Play not with dice. Till the land. Be happy with the land and wealth you produce. Take it that that much is enough and be content. There are the cows, O gambler, there your wife is happy. This is what Savita, lord of life and giver of light has revealed to me.

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10.34.14

मि॒त्रं कृ॑णुध्वं॒ खलु॑ मृ॒ळता॑ नो॒ मा नो॑ घो॒रेण॑ चरता॒भि धृ॒ष्णु।
नि वो॒ नु म॒न्युर्वि॑शता॒मरा॑तिर॒न्यो ब॑भ्रू॒णां प्रसि॑तौ॒ न्व॑स्तु ॥

mitraṃ kṛṇudhvaṃ khalu mṛḷatā no mā no ghoreṇa caratābhi dhṛṣṇu।
ni vo nu manyurviśatāmarātiranyo babhrūṇāṃ prasitau nvastu ॥

Ṛgveda 10.35 · 14 verses

10.35.1

अबु॑ध्रमु॒ त्य इन्द्र॑वन्तो अ॒ग्नयो॒ ज्योति॒र्भर॑न्त उ॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु।
म॒ही द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी चे॑तता॒मपो॒ऽद्या दे॒वाना॒मव॒ आ वृ॑णीमहे ॥

abudhramu tya indravanto agnayo jyotirbharanta uṣaso vyuṣṭiṣu।
mahī dyāvāpṛthivī cetatāmapo'dyā devānāmava ā vṛṇīmahe ॥

In the early hours of the dawn, those flames of morning fire bearing light and energy of the sun awake and awaken the great heaven and earth, dispelling the darkness, and arouse the people to the karmic business of the day. In this very morning hour of the day, we pray for the protection and promotive energy of the divinities of nature and humanity for enlightenment.

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10.35.2

दि॒वस्पृ॑थि॒व्योरव॒ आ वृ॑णीमहे मा॒तॄन्सिन्धू॒न्पर्व॑ताञ्छर्य॒णाव॑तः।
अ॒ना॒गा॒स्त्वं सूर्य॑मु॒षास॑मीमहे भ॒द्रं सोम॑ सुवा॒नो अ॒द्या कृ॑णोतु नः ॥

divaspṛthivyorava ā vṛṇīmahe mātṝnsindhūnparvatāñcharyaṇāvataḥ।
anāgāstvaṃ sūryamuṣāsamīmahe bhadraṃ soma suvāno adyā kṛṇotu naḥ ॥

We pray for the good will, protection and inspiration of heaven and earth for light and nourishment. We want the love and blessings of mother powers, the energy and liquid flow of the streams and seas, showers of clouds, the cool of mountain snows and gifts of soma herbs. We pray for the energies of all that is dynamic and generous in life. Innocent and free from sin, we pray for the rise of a new dawn and light of the sun every day. May the peace, beauty and inspiration of nature at dawn inspired with the love and power of divinity bless us with vision, will and power to act here and now so that we too may rise and shine.

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10.35.3

द्यावा॑ नो अ॒द्य पृ॑थि॒वी अना॑गसो म॒ही त्रा॑येतां सुवि॒ताय॑ मा॒तरा॑।
उ॒षा उ॒च्छन्त्यप॑ बाधताम॒घं स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

dyāvā no adya pṛthivī anāgaso mahī trāyetāṃ suvitāya mātarā।
uṣā ucchantyapa bādhatāmaghaṃ svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

May this new day, the great mother powers of earth and heaven, generous givers of inspiration, light and settlement, protect and promote us, their innocent children, for the sake of happiness and well being. May the bright dawn now rising keep off sin and evil. We pray that the lighted fire and rising light and all enlightened powers of human will and action be good to us and all may be well and blissful.

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10.35.4

इ॒यं न॑ उ॒स्रा प्र॑थ॒मा सु॑दे॒व्यं॑ रे॒वत्स॒निभ्यो॑ रे॒वती॒ व्यु॑च्छतु।
आ॒रे म॒न्युं दु॑र्वि॒दत्र॑स्य धीमहि स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

iyaṃ na usrā prathamā sudevyaṃ revatsanibhyo revatī vyucchatu।
āre manyuṃ durvidatrasya dhīmahi svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

This dawn, this maiden, this first moving power of the early day, blest with wealth and energy of rising life may, we pray, shine, bring us and illuminate divine gifts of life worthy of the holies for the friendly community of seekers. May we cast off the anger and malice of the unbearables and take in and internalise the love and enthusiasm of the most challenging discipline of life divine. We pray may the lighted fire and rising dawn bring all happiness and all round well being of life.

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10.35.5

प्र याः सिस्र॑ते॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॒र्ज्योति॒र्भर॑न्तीरु॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु।
भ॒द्रा नो॑ अ॒द्य श्रव॑से॒ व्यु॑च्छत स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

pra yāḥ sisrate sūryasya raśmibhirjyotirbharantīruṣaso vyuṣṭiṣu।
bhadrā no adya śravase vyucchata svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

The lights of dawn at the break of day which shine with rays of the sun, bearing the message of enlightenment, may, we pray, rise and radiate and be good for us today for our nourishment of body, mind and soul and for our honour and excellence of life. We pray may the lighted fire and rising dawn bring us all happiness and well being of life.

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10.35.6

अ॒न॒मी॒वा उ॒षस॒ आ च॑रन्तु न॒ उद॒ग्नयो॑ जिहतां॒ ज्योति॑षा बृ॒हत्।
आयु॑क्षाताम॒श्विना॒ तूतु॑जिं॒ रथं॑ स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

anamīvā uṣasa ā carantu na udagnayo jihatāṃ jyotiṣā bṛhat।
āyukṣātāmaśvinā tūtujiṃ rathaṃ svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

May the dawns free from ailments bring us good health, and may the yajna fires rise up high with blazing light. Let the day and night keep the fastest chariot in harness for us. We pray may the lighted fire and the rising dawn bring us all happiness and well being of life.

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10.35.7

श्रेष्ठं॑ नो अ॒द्य स॑वित॒र्वरे॑ण्यं भा॒गमा सु॑व॒ स हि र॑त्न॒धा असि॑।
रा॒यो जनि॑त्रीं धि॒षणा॒मुप॑ ब्रुवे स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

śreṣṭhaṃ no adya savitarvareṇyaṃ bhāgamā suva sa hi ratnadhā asi।
rāyo janitrīṃ dhiṣaṇāmupa bruve svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

O Savita, lord of life and giver of light, create for us the highest of our choice share of life’s joy to our satisfaction and pleasure as you are the treasure hold of the jewels of life. I speak and pray to the voice and omniscience of divinity, universal creator of life’s wealth: May the rising dawn and lighted fire bring us all happiness and well being of life.

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10.35.8

पिप॑र्तु मा॒ तदृ॒तस्य॑ प्र॒वाच॑नं दे॒वानां॒ यन्म॑नु॒ष्या॒३ अम॑न्महि।
विश्वा॒ इदु॒स्राः स्पळुदे॑ति॒ सूर्य॑ स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

pipartu mā tadṛtasya pravācanaṃ devānāṃ yanmanuṣyā3 amanmahi।
viśvā idusrāḥ spaḷudeti sūrya svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

May that original voice of divinities, which revealed the nature and laws of existence at the beginning of human creation and which we humans honour, adore and pray for, protect and promote us with fulfilment. The sun rises, the same one, and illuminates all the dawns. We pray may the lighted fire and rising dawn bless us with felicity and total fulfilment.

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10.35.9

अ॒द्वे॒षो अ॒द्य ब॒र्हिष॒ स्तरी॑मणि॒ ग्राव्णां॒ योगे॒ मन्म॑न॒ साध॑ ईमहे।
आ॒दि॒त्यानां॒ शर्म॑णि॒ स्था भु॑रण्यसि स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

adveṣo adya barhiṣa starīmaṇi grāvṇāṃ yoge manmana sādha īmahe।
ādityānāṃ śarmaṇi sthā bhuraṇyasi svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

Today in the congregation of the sages on the holy grass spread on the yajna vedi of search for knowledge without jealousy, anger and malice, we pray for the fulfilment of our aspirations. O man, smart and brilliant as you are, we wish that you enjoy the light and peace of the bliss and warmth of the sun in the zodiacs throughout the year in the inspiring company of eminent scholars and thus advance. We pray that the lighted fire and rising dawn bless us with felicity and total fulfilment.

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10.35.10

आ नो॑ ब॒र्हिः स॑ध॒मादे॑ बृ॒हद्दि॒वि दे॒वाँ ई॑ळे सा॒दया॑ स॒प्त होतॄ॑न्।
इन्द्रं॑ मि॒त्रं वरु॑णं सा॒तये॒ भगं॑ स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

ā no barhiḥ sadhamāde bṛhaddivi devām̐ īḷe sādayā sapta hotṝn।
indraṃ mitraṃ varuṇaṃ sātaye bhagaṃ svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

O lord of light and bliss, O Adityas, phases of the sun and earth on the move, in this joyous hall of yajna in our open ended search for physical, mental and spiritual knowledge and well being, I invoke the brilliancies of nature and humanity and pray let the seven priests be seated for the conduct of the yajna (the seven being senses of perception, senses of volition, speech, mind, discriminative intelligence, selective memory, and the self). We invoke Indra, divine and secular power, Mitra, divine and human love and cohesion with cooperation, Varuna, divine and human judgement and choice in relation to nature and society, and Bhaga, divine glory and human prosperity with power and self confidence, for sure success and victory. We pray may the lighted fire and rising dawn bless us with felicity and self fulfilment.

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10.35.11

त आ॑दित्या॒ आ ग॑ता स॒र्वता॑तये वृ॒धे नो॑ य॒ज्ञम॑वता सजोषसः।
बृह॒स्पतिं॑ पू॒षण॑म॒श्विना॒ भगं॑ स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

ta ādityā ā gatā sarvatātaye vṛdhe no yajñamavatā sajoṣasaḥ।
bṛhaspatiṃ pūṣaṇamaśvinā bhagaṃ svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

May the Adityas come and join us with love and favour for the advancement and comprehensive success of our yajna of universal character and save, protect and promote our yajnic projects of creative progress. We invoke Brhaspati, power of infinite knowledge and speech, Pushan, power of nourishment and growth, Ashvins, complementary powers of nature and humanity, and Bhaga, spirit of universal power and prosperity and pray may the lighted fire and the rising dawn bring us felicity and total self-fulfilment.

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10.35.12

तन्नो॑ देवा यच्छत सुप्रवाच॒नं छ॒र्दिरा॑दित्याः सु॒भरं॑ नृ॒पाय्य॑म्।
पश्वे॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय जी॒वसे॑ स्व॒स्त्य१ग्निं स॑मिधा॒नमी॑महे ॥

tanno devā yacchata supravācanaṃ chardirādityāḥ subharaṃ nṛpāyyam।
paśve tokāya tanayāya jīvase svastya1gniṃ samidhānamīmahe ॥

May the Adityas, divine harbingers of the light of omniscient divinity at the dawn of humanity, give us that universal word of knowledge and that peaceful settlement in life which holds all abundant power and prosperity for the protection and advancement of our human family, the animals, our children and grand children for our good health and full life of joy. We pray may the lighted fire and the rising dawn bring us all felicity and total fulfilment.

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10.35.13

विश्वे॑ अ॒द्य म॒रुतो॒ विश्व॑ ऊ॒ती विश्वे॑ भवन्त्व॒ग्नय॒ समि॑द्धाः।
विश्वे॑ नो दे॒वा अव॒सा ग॑मन्तु॒ विश्व॑मस्तु॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ वाजो॑ अ॒स्मे ॥

viśve adya maruto viśva ūtī viśve bhavantvagnaya samiddhāḥ।
viśve no devā avasā gamantu viśvamastu draviṇaṃ vājo asme ॥

Today in this life of ours, may all the winds and pranic energies and all lighted fires of the world bring us all protections and promotions. May all divine powers of nature and humanity in the world come with all protection, power and progress. May all wealth, honour and excellence of the world, all speed, success and victory be our common human heritage, good fortune

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10.35.14

यं दे॑वा॒सोऽव॑थ॒ वाज॑सातौ॒ यं त्राय॑ध्वे॒ यं पि॑पृ॒थात्यंह॑।
यो वो॑ गोपी॒थे न भ॒यस्य॒ वेद॒ ते स्या॑म दे॒ववी॑तये तुरासः ॥

yaṃ devāso'vatha vājasātau yaṃ trāyadhve yaṃ pipṛthātyaṃha।
yo vo gopīthe na bhayasya veda te syāma devavītaye turāsaḥ ॥

O Vishvedevas, divine powers of nature and humanity, pray let us be, help us all to be, a happy, vibrant and dynamic human community of noble nature, character and action living the life divine and moving ahead on the holy path of life to total fulfilment here and beyond: The person and the community whom you protect, guide and lead to victory in the struggle of existence, whom you save, guard and direct against sin and suffering to success knows no fear. Pray let us be that on the paths of pilgrimage to the Life Divine.

Ṛgveda 10.36 · 14 verses

10.36.1

उ॒षासा॒नक्ता॑ बृह॒ती सु॒पेश॑सा॒ द्यावा॒क्षामा॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा।
इन्द्रं॑ हुवे म॒रुत॒ पर्व॑ताँ अ॒प आ॑दि॒त्यान्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒पः स्व॑ ॥

uṣāsānaktā bṛhatī supeśasā dyāvākṣāmā varuṇo mitro aryamā।
indraṃ huve maruta parvatām̐ apa ādityāndyāvāpṛthivī apaḥ sva ॥

I invoke the rising dawn of the light of day and the soothing darkness of restful night, the radiant illuminative heaven and the vast sheltering stabilising earth, both great and expansive, beautiful and beatific, I invoke Varuna, oceans of earth and spatial vapours, Mitra, friendly warmth of the sun, Aryama, refreshing breezes, Indra, infinite energy and power of nature, Maruts, stormy forces of the winds, clouds and mountains, sun rays, zodiacs of the sun, radiative energy of the sun and magnetic and gravitational energy of earth, the middle regions of space for expansion and the highest regions of light for illumination.

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10.36.2

द्यौश्च॑ नः पृथि॒वी च॒ प्रचे॑तस ऋ॒ताव॑री रक्षता॒मंह॑सो रि॒षः।
मा दु॑र्वि॒दत्रा॒ निरृ॑तिर्न ईशत॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

dyauśca naḥ pṛthivī ca pracetasa ṛtāvarī rakṣatāmaṃhaso riṣaḥ।
mā durvidatrā nirṛtirna īśata taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

The sun and the earth, father and mother, both sources of enlightenment, both committed to divine law and replete with dynamic energy, may, we pray, protect us from sin and violence. Let ignorance, injustice and adversity never dominate our life, let pain and suffering keep off. This is the safety, security and protection of our choice we pray for of the divinities today.

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10.36.3

विश्व॑स्मान्नो॒ अदि॑तिः पा॒त्वंह॑सो मा॒ता मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य रे॒वत॑।
स्व॑र्व॒ज्ज्योति॑रवृ॒कं न॑शीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

viśvasmānno aditiḥ pātvaṃhaso mātā mitrasya varuṇasya revata।
svarvajjyotiravṛkaṃ naśīmahi taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

May the eternal mother power, the divine Shakti, Aditi, protect us from sin and suffering of the world, she being the mother of abundant sun and ocean, love and judgement. May we receive the light of heaven without violence. This is our prayer for protection we may make to the divinities with free choice today.

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10.36.4

ग्रावा॒ वद॒न्नप॒ रक्षां॑सि सेधतु दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॒ निरृ॑तिं॒ विश्व॑म॒त्रिण॑म्।
आ॒दि॒त्यं शर्म॑ म॒रुता॑मशीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

grāvā vadannapa rakṣāṃsi sedhatu duṣṣvapnyaṃ nirṛtiṃ viśvamatriṇam।
ādityaṃ śarma marutāmaśīmahi taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

May the thundering voice of wise sages keep off all destructive forces, evil dreams, want, adversity and fear of death, and all voracious elements of society. May we obtain the protection, peace and enlightenment of the leading lights and stormy troops of society. This is the shelter and protection we now pray for, of our own choice, from the divinities.

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10.36.5

एन्द्रो॑ ब॒र्हिः सीद॑तु॒ पिन्व॑ता॒मिळा॒ बृह॒स्पति॒ साम॑भिरृ॒क्वो अ॑र्चतु।
सु॒प्र॒के॒तं जी॒वसे॒ मन्म॑ धीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

endro barhiḥ sīdatu pinvatāmiḷā bṛhaspati sāmabhirṛkvo arcatu।
supraketaṃ jīvase manma dhīmahi taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

May Indra, omnipotent lord of the universe, enlighten us at heart and bless our yajnic home, may Ila, the earth and the divine voice, raise our health and awareness, may Brhaspati, sagely scholar of the divine Word, adore the spirit with songs of praise, and may we obtain divine wisdom and intelligence and meditate on the light divine. This is the favour and protection of the divinities we pray for today.

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10.36.6

दि॒वि॒स्पृशं॑ य॒ज्ञम॒स्माक॑मश्विना जी॒राध्व॑रं कृणुतं सु॒म्नमि॒ष्टये॑।
प्रा॒चीन॑रश्मि॒माहु॑तं घृ॒तेन॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

divispṛśaṃ yajñamasmākamaśvinā jīrādhvaraṃ kṛṇutaṃ sumnamiṣṭaye।
prācīnaraśmimāhutaṃ ghṛtena taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

May the Ashvins, complementary fire and wind, refine and energise our yajna of love and non-violence, fed on ghrta, rising in high flames as ever before, and may they raise it to the regions of the sun to bring us peace and joy for the fulfilment of our aspirations. This is the favour and protection of the divinities we pray for today.

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10.36.7

उप॑ ह्वये सु॒हवं॒ मारु॑तं ग॒णं पा॑व॒कमृ॒ष्वं स॒ख्याय॑ श॒म्भुव॑म्।
रा॒यस्पोषं॑ सौश्रव॒साय॑ धीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

upa hvaye suhavaṃ mārutaṃ gaṇaṃ pāvakamṛṣvaṃ sakhyāya śambhuvam।
rāyaspoṣaṃ sauśravasāya dhīmahi taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

I invoke and call upon the band of Maruts, vibrant winds of nature and dynamic sages and pioneers of humanity, worthy of service and adoration, pure and purifying and harbingers of peace and well being, all heroic and sublime. I invoke them to win their love and friendship. We study and meditate upon wealth, energy and enrichment for participation in their grace and glory. This is the protective and promotive favour of the divinities we choose to pray for today.

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10.36.8

अ॒पां पेरुं॑ जी॒वध॑न्यं भरामहे देवा॒व्यं॑ सु॒हव॑मध्वर॒श्रिय॑म्।
सु॒र॒श्मिं सोम॑मिन्द्रि॒यं य॑मीमहि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

apāṃ peruṃ jīvadhanyaṃ bharāmahe devāvyaṃ suhavamadhvaraśriyam।
suraśmiṃ somamindriyaṃ yamīmahi taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

We bear Soma at heart, love and honour Soma, spirit of universal peace, vitality and ecstasy, protector and promoter of life’s liquid energies for action, inspirer of life adorable for the divinities, beauty of the yajna of love and non-violence, worthy of invocation and celebration. Beautiful are its flames of fire, its rays of light and its waves of fragrance worthy of being perceived, experienced and internalised, all these we love. And that Soma is the gift, favour and protection of the divinities we choose to pray for, this day.

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10.36.9

स॒नेम॒ तत्सु॑स॒निता॑ स॒नित्व॑भिर्व॒यं जी॒वा जी॒वपु॑त्रा॒ अना॑गसः।
ब्र॒ह्म॒द्विषो॒ विष्व॒गेनो॑ भरेरत॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

sanema tatsusanitā sanitvabhirvayaṃ jīvā jīvaputrā anāgasaḥ।
brahmadviṣo viṣvageno bharerata taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

Let us join and live that Soma spirit of life along with all others who live it with passion and enthusiasm. We are all children of life, living and vibrant with our children and grand children, free from sin and crime. Let others who negate, hate and violate that universal Spirit of love, life and peace bear, for that reason, their negativities and the dispensation thereof. And that favour of the love of Soma and protection against negativities we beg of the divinities this day.

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10.36.10

ये स्था मनो॑र्य॒ज्ञिया॒स्ते शृ॑णोतन॒ यद्वो॑ देवा॒ ईम॑हे॒ तद्द॑दातन।
जैत्रं॒ क्रतुं॑ रयि॒मद्वी॒रव॒द्यश॒स्तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

ye sthā manoryajñiyāste śṛṇotana yadvo devā īmahe taddadātana।
jaitraṃ kratuṃ rayimadvīravadyaśastaddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

And listen all, those who are dedicated to yajna at heart in communion with divine Soma, be steadfast and, O divine souls, bear and bring us that we pray for from you : Bring us the spirit of success and victory, holy yajnic action, wealth, honour and fame with progeny worthy of the brave. That is the favour and prayer of our choice we ask of you this day.

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10.36.11

म॒हद॒द्य म॑ह॒तामा वृ॑णीम॒हेऽवो॑ दे॒वानां॑ बृह॒ताम॑न॒र्वणा॑म्।
यथा॒ वसु॑ वी॒रजा॑तं॒ नशा॑महै॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

mahadadya mahatāmā vṛṇīmahe'vo devānāṃ bṛhatāmanarvaṇām।
yathā vasu vīrajātaṃ naśāmahai taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

Today, the grandeur of the great we ask for, of our own choice, and the protection of the grand progressive and irresistible divinities we pray for, so that we may acquire the security and stability created and established by brave generations of humanity: that is the favour and prayer of our choice for protection of the divinities we ask for this day. 11. Today, the grandeur of the great we ask for, of our own choice, and the protection of the grand progressive and irresistible divinities we pray for, so that we may acquire the security and stability created and established by brave generations of humanity: that is the favour and prayer of our choice for protection of the divinities we ask for this day.

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10.36.12

म॒हो अ॒ग्नेः स॑मिधा॒नस्य॒ शर्म॒ण्यना॑गा मि॒त्रे वरु॑णे स्व॒स्तये॑।
श्रेष्ठे॑ स्याम सवि॒तुः सवी॑मनि॒ तद्दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ अ॒द्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥

maho agneḥ samidhānasya śarmaṇyanāgā mitre varuṇe svastaye।
śreṣṭhe syāma savituḥ savīmani taddevānāmavo adyā vṛṇīmahe ॥

Let us live under the shelter and protection of the great Agni, self-refulgent, self enlightened leading light of the cosmic yajna. Let us live free from sin and evil under the abundant care of Mitra, friendly sun, and Varuna, boundless ocean of space, for the achievement of plenty, prosperity and all round well being. Let us live under the guidance and ruling control of Savita, highest spirit of life, creation and regeneration. This is the gift of protection and progress we choose to ask of the divinities this day.

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10.36.13

ये स॑वि॒तुः स॒त्यस॑वस्य॒ विश्वे॑ मि॒त्रस्य॑ व्र॒ते वरु॑णस्य दे॒वाः।
ते सौभ॑गं वी॒रव॒द्गोम॒दप्नो॒ दधा॑तन॒ द्रवि॑णं चि॒त्रम॒स्मे ॥

ye savituḥ satyasavasya viśve mitrasya vrate varuṇasya devāḥ।
te saubhagaṃ vīravadgomadapno dadhātana draviṇaṃ citramasme ॥

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10.36.14

स॒वि॒ता प॒श्चाता॑त्सवि॒ता पु॒रस्ता॑त्सवि॒तोत्त॒रात्ता॑त्सवि॒ताध॒रात्ता॑त्।
स॒वि॒ता न॑ सुवतु स॒र्वता॑तिं सवि॒ता नो॑ रासतां दी॒र्घमायु॑ ॥

savitā paścātātsavitā purastātsavitottarāttātsavitādharāttāt।
savitā na suvatu sarvatātiṃ savitā no rāsatāṃ dīrghamāyu ॥

Ṛgveda 10.37 · 12 verses

10.37.1

नमो॑ मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ चक्ष॑से म॒हो दे॒वाय॒ तदृ॒तं स॑पर्यत।
दू॒रे॒दृशे॑ दे॒वजा॑ताय के॒तवे॑ दि॒वस्पु॒त्राय॒ सूर्या॑य शंसत ॥

namo mitrasya varuṇasya cakṣase maho devāya tadṛtaṃ saparyata।
dūredṛśe devajātāya ketave divasputrāya sūryāya śaṃsata ॥

Homage and salutations to the eye of the lord of universal love and cosmic judgement, lord of day and deep night, mighty generous light of the world. Observe and abide by that universal law of the lord. Sing and celebrate in honour of the Sun, child of Light, heavenly ensign of divine refulgence, bom of space, the eye that can see as far as the bounds of existence.

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10.37.2

सा मा॑ स॒त्योक्ति॒ परि॑ पातु वि॒श्वतो॒ द्यावा॑ च॒ यत्र॑ त॒तन॒न्नहा॑नि च।
विश्व॑म॒न्यन्नि वि॑शते॒ यदेज॑ति वि॒श्वाहापो॑ वि॒श्वाहोदे॑ति॒ सूर्य॑ ॥

sā mā satyokti pari pātu viśvato dyāvā ca yatra tatanannahāni ca।
viśvamanyanni viśate yadejati viśvāhāpo viśvāhodeti sūrya ॥

May the word of truth abide by me and protect and sustain me all round all time: That Sun, light of the world, is the presence in which the heavens of light and the green earth abide, days and nights arise and expand, wherein the other worlds abide and all else moves and abides, wherein all dynamics of the universe abide and move day and night, wherein the sun rises every morning for all time in the existential world.

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10.37.3

न ते॒ अदे॑वः प्र॒दिवो॒ नि वा॑सते॒ यदे॑त॒शेभि॑ पत॒रै र॑थ॒र्यसि॑।
प्रा॒चीन॑म॒न्यदनु॑ वर्तते॒ रज॒ उद॒न्येन॒ ज्योति॑षा यासि सूर्य ॥

na te adevaḥ pradivo ni vāsate yadetaśebhi patarai ratharyasi।
prācīnamanyadanu vartate raja udanyena jyotiṣā yāsi sūrya ॥

O sun, when you ride your chariot and move on with the radiation of your rays, the earlier darkness of the night does not stay before you, instead it moves on to the other region you left behind, and as you move on, you go forward with your light for another region of the world.

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10.37.4

येन॑ सूर्य॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ बाध॑से॒ तमो॒ जग॑च्च॒ विश्व॑मुदि॒यर्षि॑ भा॒नुना॑।
तेना॒स्मद्विश्वा॒मनि॑रा॒मना॑हुति॒मपामी॑वा॒मप॑ दु॒ष्ष्वप्न्यं॑ सुव ॥

yena sūrya jyotiṣā bādhase tamo jagacca viśvamudiyarṣi bhānunā।
tenāsmadviśvāmanirāmanāhutimapāmīvāmapa duṣṣvapnyaṃ suva ॥

O sun, by the light by which you dispel the darkness, and by the rise by which you go up and light up the moving world in the day, by that very light and enlightenment, pray, dispel and throw out all famine of food in the world,, all poverty of yajnic programmes, all sickness and disease, and all depression and evil dreams bom of want and poverty of light.

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10.37.5

विश्व॑स्य॒ हि प्रेषि॑तो॒ रक्ष॑सि व्र॒तमहे॑ळयन्नु॒च्चर॑सि स्व॒धा अनु॑।
यद॒द्य त्वा॑ सूर्योप॒ब्रवा॑महै॒ तं नो॑ दे॒वा अनु॑ मंसीरत॒ क्रतु॑म् ॥

viśvasya hi preṣito rakṣasi vratamaheḷayannuccarasi svadhā anu।
yadadya tvā sūryopabravāmahai taṃ no devā anu maṃsīrata kratum ॥

O lord of light, moved and inspired by your own divine self and invoked by prayers of the supplicants, you protect and mle the laws and disciplines of the world around, and without passion or disturbance you rise and move according to your own powers and in response to your celebrants’ homage (such as the homage of the planets and yajnic offers of devotees). O sun, whatever we pray for, may the divinities of nature and humanity favour and respond to our yajnic action and prayer.

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10.37.6

तं नो॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी तन्न॒ आप॒ इन्द्र॑ शृण्वन्तु म॒रुतो॒ हवं॒ वच॑।
मा शूने॑ भूम॒ सूर्य॑स्य सं॒दृशि॑ भ॒द्रं जीव॑न्तो जर॒णाम॑शीमहि ॥

taṃ no dyāvāpṛthivī tanna āpa indra śṛṇvantu maruto havaṃ vaca।
mā śūne bhūma sūryasya saṃdṛśi bhadraṃ jīvanto jaraṇāmaśīmahi ॥

That word of invocation and prayer, and that word of homage and prayer with supplication may the heaven and earth as father and mother, waters of earth and space and the learned sages of holy attainments, Indra, omnipotent lord and ruler of the earth, Maruts, pranic energies of life and leading lights of humanity listen, and may they favourably respond. May they never be indifferent. May we live blest in the light of the sun and the illumination of divinity. We pray that living in peace and felicity, we may enjoy a full life of good health and mental and spiritual fulfilment.

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10.37.7

वि॒श्वाहा॑ त्वा सु॒मन॑सः सु॒चक्ष॑सः प्र॒जाव॑न्तो अनमी॒वा अना॑गसः।
उ॒द्यन्तं॑ त्वा मित्रमहो दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ ज्योग्जी॒वाः प्रति॑ पश्येम सूर्य ॥

viśvāhā tvā sumanasaḥ sucakṣasaḥ prajāvanto anamīvā anāgasaḥ।
udyantaṃ tvā mitramaho divedive jyogjīvāḥ prati paśyema sūrya ॥

We pray, O sun, may we be happy at heart, enlightened of vision, blest with noble progeny, free from ill health, sin and evil, and thus happy and healthy, live long to see you rising every day all the time. May we, O sun, see you rising day by day as the greatest friend of ours and live long for a happy time in the light and bliss divine.

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10.37.8

महि॒ ज्योति॒र्बिभ्र॑तं त्वा विचक्षण॒ भास्व॑न्तं॒ चक्षु॑षेचक्षुषे॒ मय॑।
आ॒रोह॑न्तं बृह॒तः पाज॑स॒स्परि॑ व॒यं जी॒वाः प्रति॑ पश्येम सूर्य ॥

mahi jyotirbibhrataṃ tvā vicakṣaṇa bhāsvantaṃ cakṣuṣecakṣuṣe maya।
ārohantaṃ bṛhataḥ pājasaspari vayaṃ jīvāḥ prati paśyema sūrya ॥

O sun, lord of vision watching all, we pray that while we live a long and full life time here on earth, we may continue to see you as the divine power bearing great light of life, shining bright and blessing every living eye with light and joy, and rising high over the vast order of mighty time and the world of existence.

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10.37.9

यस्य॑ ते॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि के॒तुना॒ प्र चेर॑ते॒ नि च॑ वि॒शन्ते॑ अ॒क्तुभि॑।
अ॒ना॒गा॒स्त्वेन॑ हरिकेश सू॒र्याह्ना॑ह्ना नो॒ वस्य॑सावस्य॒सोदि॑हि ॥

yasya te viśvā bhuvanāni ketunā pra cerate ni ca viśante aktubhi।
anāgāstvena harikeśa sūryāhnāhnā no vasyasāvasyasodihi ॥

O Sun, self-refulgent divinity, by whose light and sustaining power all regions of the universe, stars and planets move on with their tasks in their own orbits and then recede into their state of rest as into the night, O lord of radiant light and fire of life, by your inviolable purity of law and natural piety, shine, and emerge more and more bright and excellent for our experience, guidance and sustenance day by day for us.

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10.37.10

शं नो॑ भव॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ शं नो॒ अह्ना॒ शं भा॒नुना॒ शं हि॒मा शं घृ॒णेन॑।
यथा॒ शमध्व॒ञ्छमस॑द्दुरो॒णे तत्सू॑र्य॒ द्रवि॑णं धेहि चि॒त्रम् ॥

śaṃ no bhava cakṣasā śaṃ no ahnā śaṃ bhānunā śaṃ himā śaṃ ghṛṇena।
yathā śamadhvañchamasadduroṇe tatsūrya draviṇaṃ dhehi citram ॥

By your light and gracious eye, let there be peace and bliss for us, peace and well being by day, peace and bliss by light and solar radiation, peace by the cool of snow and peace by soothing warmth of the sun, peace the way it may be possible on our paths of progress, and peace and all round well being in the home. That wondrous variety of wealth, honour and excellence, O Sun, give us by which there may be all round peace and total well being in life.

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10.37.11

अ॒स्माकं॑ देवा उ॒भया॑य॒ जन्म॑ने॒ शर्म॑ यच्छत द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे।
अ॒दत्पिब॑दू॒र्जय॑मान॒माशि॑तं॒ तद॒स्मे शं योर॑र॒पो द॑धातन ॥

asmākaṃ devā ubhayāya janmane śarma yacchata dvipade catuṣpade।
adatpibadūrjayamānamāśitaṃ tadasme śaṃ yorarapo dadhātana ॥

May all you Devas, divinities of nature and humanity, give us peace and felicity for our life, for both humans and animals. Let all that is eating, all that is drinking be strong, energetic and fulfilled. Pray give us that peace and well being which is free from violence, sin and evil.

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10.37.12

यद्वो॑ देवाश्चकृ॒म जि॒ह्वया॑ गु॒रु मन॑सो वा॒ प्रयु॑ती देव॒हेळ॑नम्।
अरा॑वा॒ यो नो॑ अ॒भि दु॑च्छुना॒यते॒ तस्मि॒न्तदेनो॑ वसवो॒ नि धे॑तन ॥

yadvo devāścakṛma jihvayā guru manaso vā prayutī devaheḷanam।
arāvā yo no abhi ducchunāyate tasmintadeno vasavo ni dhetana ॥

Ṛgveda 10.38 · 5 verses

10.38.1

अ॒स्मिन्न॑ इन्द्र पृत्सु॒तौ यश॑स्वति॒ शिमी॑वति॒ क्रन्द॑सि॒ प्राव॑ सा॒तये॑।
यत्र॒ गोषा॑ता धृषि॒तेषु॑ खा॒दिषु॒ विष्व॒क्पत॑न्ति दि॒द्यवो॑ नृ॒षाह्ये॑ ॥

asminna indra pṛtsutau yaśasvati śimīvati krandasi prāva sātaye।
yatra goṣātā dhṛṣiteṣu khādiṣu viṣvakpatanti didyavo nṛṣāhye ॥

Indra, O ruler of the world, in this mighty battle for honour and industry, you roar and thunder, pray defend and protect us to advance to the victory. This is a battle for the reclamation, defence and development of the lands and cows, between bold, undaunted soldiers thirsting for the enemy’s blood, and on them, in this murderous contest, sharp and blazing arrows fall on all sides.

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10.38.2

स न॑ क्षु॒मन्तं॒ सद॑ने॒ व्यू॑र्णुहि॒ गोअ॑र्णसं र॒यिमि॑न्द्र श्र॒वाय्य॑म्।
स्याम॑ ते॒ जय॑तः शक्र मे॒दिनो॒ यथा॑ व॒यमु॒श्मसि॒ तद्व॑सो कृधि ॥

sa na kṣumantaṃ sadane vyūrṇuhi goarṇasaṃ rayimindra śravāyyam।
syāma te jayataḥ śakra medino yathā vayamuśmasi tadvaso kṛdhi ॥

Indra, O lord of power and glory, in this house of the social order abundant in food, water and the wealth of lands and cows, cover, protect and promote the honoured wealth of the nation. O mighty victorious lord, let us be your friends, allies and admirers and, O lord giver of peace, settlement and a good home, pray do as we would wish to fulfil our aspirations.

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10.38.3

यो नो॒ दास॒ आर्यो॑ वा पुरुष्टु॒तादे॑व इन्द्र यु॒धये॒ चिके॑तति।
अ॒स्माभि॑ष्टे सु॒षहा॑ सन्तु॒ शत्र॑व॒स्त्वया॑ व॒यं तान्व॑नुयाम संग॒मे ॥

yo no dāsa āryo vā puruṣṭutādeva indra yudhaye ciketati।
asmābhiṣṭe suṣahā santu śatravastvayā vayaṃ tānvanuyāma saṃgame ॥

O lord most admired and celebrated, Indra, whether it is a power ignoble and slavish in character, or even one dynamic in character but undivine and negative, who challenges us to battle, let those enemies be boldly faced and fought out, and let us all under your leadership, overthrow and destroy them in battle.

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10.38.4

यो द॒भ्रेभि॒र्हव्यो॒ यश्च॒ भूरि॑भि॒र्यो अ॒भीके॑ वरिवो॒विन्नृ॒षाह्ये॑।
तं वि॑खा॒दे सस्नि॑म॒द्य श्रु॒तं नर॑म॒र्वाञ्च॒मिन्द्र॒मव॑से करामहे ॥

yo dabhrebhirhavyo yaśca bhūribhiryo abhīke varivovinnṛṣāhye।
taṃ vikhāde sasnimadya śrutaṃ naramarvāñcamindramavase karāmahe ॥

In the decisive battle of humanity to the point of the destruction of evil and negative forces, we now choose and install that man as Indra, leader for defence, protection and progress, who is adorable equally by the select few and the many, small as well as great, who is clean and pure, reputable and universally rich and powerful to create the space and freedom for thought and action around.

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10.38.5

स्व॒वृजं॒ हि त्वाम॒हमि॑न्द्र शु॒श्रवा॑नानु॒दं वृ॑षभ रध्र॒चोद॑नम्।
प्र मु॑ञ्चस्व॒ परि॒ कुत्सा॑दि॒हा ग॑हि॒ किमु॒ त्वावा॑न्मु॒ष्कयो॑र्ब॒द्ध आ॑सते ॥

svavṛjaṃ hi tvāmahamindra śuśravānānudaṃ vṛṣabha radhracodanam।
pra muñcasva pari kutsādihā gahi kimu tvāvānmuṣkayorbaddha āsate ॥

Come Indra, lord potent and generous, rise and take on the leadership. We hear and know you are powerful by yourself to uproot evil, indefatigable, inspirer of fighting forces, uplifter of the weak and breaker of blockades. Pray be free and free us from terror and violence. How can the brave like you stay back stolen by ravishment in obscurity?

Ṛgveda 10.39 · 14 verses

10.39.1

यो वां॒ परि॑ज्मा सु॒वृद॑श्विना॒ रथो॑ दो॒षामु॒षासो॒ हव्यो॑ ह॒विष्म॑ता।
श॒श्व॒त्त॒मास॒स्तमु॑ वामि॒दं व॒यं पि॒तुर्न नाम॑ सु॒हवं॑ हवामहे ॥

yo vāṃ parijmā suvṛdaśvinā ratho doṣāmuṣāso havyo haviṣmatā।
śaśvattamāsastamu vāmidaṃ vayaṃ piturna nāma suhavaṃ havāmahe ॥

Ashvins, complementary powers of nature and humanity like heat and cold, light and liquids, teacher and preacher, science and technology, swift and smooth is your chariot, turning, moving and going all over the world in all directions. Adored and adorable is it day and night by admiring priests, worthy of invocation by them with homage and havi. Since time immemorial we have been calling on you and this chariot of yours as we chant the holy name of father, and we call upon you, riders of the chariot, now.

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10.39.2

चो॒दय॑तं सू॒नृता॒ पिन्व॑तं॒ धिय॒ उत्पुरं॑धीरीरयतं॒ तदु॑श्मसि।
य॒शसं॑ भा॒गं कृ॑णुतं नो अश्विना॒ सोमं॒ न चारुं॑ म॒घव॑त्सु नस्कृतम् ॥

codayataṃ sūnṛtā pinvataṃ dhiya utpuraṃdhīrīrayataṃ taduśmasi।
yaśasaṃ bhāgaṃ kṛṇutaṃ no aśvinā somaṃ na cāruṃ maghavatsu naskṛtam ॥

Ashvins, inspire, energise and raise the voice of truth and divine law of eternity. Nourish, strengthen and advance the intelligence and will of humanity for action. Raise up, strengthen and confirm the principles and policies which govern and sustain the values of human institutions. That is what we love and desire of you. Create and confirm our share of honour and excellence in the affairs of human society. Vest the beauty and grace of sweetness and culture for our sake among the men of wealth and power.

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10.39.3

अ॒मा॒जुर॑श्चिद्भवथो यु॒वं भगो॑ऽना॒शोश्चि॑दवि॒तारा॑प॒मस्य॑ चित्।
अ॒न्धस्य॑ चिन्नासत्या कृ॒शस्य॑ चिद्यु॒वामिदा॑हुर्भि॒षजा॑ रु॒तस्य॑ चित् ॥

amājuraścidbhavatho yuvaṃ bhago'nāśościdavitārāpamasya cit।
andhasya cinnāsatyā kṛśasya cidyuvāmidāhurbhiṣajā rutasya cit ॥

Ashvins, you are the hope and inspiration of the bed-ridden home-confined old person. You are saviours of the debilitated and the weakest persons who are unable to eat and move. O lovers and observers of the truth and law of nature, you bring light for the blind, strength for the anaemic and health for the chronic sufferers. That is what people call you, “saviours of life”.

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10.39.4

यु॒वं च्यवा॑नं स॒नयं॒ यथा॒ रथं॒ पुन॒र्युवा॑नं च॒रथा॑य तक्षथुः।
निष्टौ॒ग्र्यमू॑हथुर॒द्भ्यस्परि॒ विश्वेत्ता वां॒ सव॑नेषु प्र॒वाच्या॑ ॥

yuvaṃ cyavānaṃ sanayaṃ yathā rathaṃ punaryuvānaṃ carathāya takṣathuḥ।
niṣṭaugryamūhathuradbhyaspari viśvettā vāṃ savaneṣu pravācyā ॥

You rejuvenate the broken old man to fresh youth to go round and enjoy life as the craftsman repairs an old worn out chariot and converts it to new efficiency. You raise the drowned man from the water and revive him to life. That’s why all your works and achievements are praised and celebrated in holy gatherings.

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10.39.5

पु॒रा॒णा वां॑ वी॒र्या॒३ प्र ब्र॑वा॒ जनेऽथो॑ हासथुर्भि॒षजा॑ मयो॒भुवा॑।
ता वां॒ नु नव्या॒वव॑से करामहे॒ऽयं ना॑सत्या॒ श्रद॒रिर्यथा॒ दध॑त् ॥

purāṇā vāṃ vīryā3 pra bravā jane'tho hāsathurbhiṣajā mayobhuvā।
tā vāṃ nu navyāvavase karāmahe'yaṃ nāsatyā śradariryathā dadhat ॥

O physician and surgeon dedicated to truth and goodness of life, your old and ancient deeds I proclaim and praise among people. Be you both harbingers of good health, peace and joy. We celebrate you both as adorable for the sake of health and protection so that this dynamic community may have faith and trust in you.

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10.39.6

इ॒यं वा॑मह्वे शृणु॒तं मे॑ अश्विना पु॒त्राये॑व पि॒तरा॒ मह्यं॑ शिक्षतम्।
अना॑पि॒रज्ञा॑ असजा॒त्याम॑तिः पु॒रा तस्या॑ अ॒भिश॑स्ते॒रव॑ स्पृतम् ॥

iyaṃ vāmahve śṛṇutaṃ me aśvinā putrāyeva pitarā mahyaṃ śikṣatam।
anāpirajñā asajātyāmatiḥ purā tasyā abhiśasterava spṛtam ॥

I, this supplicant girl, request you, Ashvins, pray listen to me, and as father speaks to the child, so please instruct me on matters of health. I am alone and unrelated, ignorant, without kith and kin and immature. Pray protect me with knowledge before the onslaught of the effects of that ignorance.

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10.39.7

यु॒वं रथे॑न विम॒दाय॑ शु॒न्ध्युवं॒ न्यू॑हथुः पुरुमि॒त्रस्य॒ योष॑णाम्।
यु॒वं हवं॑ वध्रिम॒त्या अ॑गच्छतं यु॒वं सुषु॑तिं चक्रथु॒ पुरं॑धये ॥

yuvaṃ rathena vimadāya śundhyuvaṃ nyūhathuḥ purumitrasya yoṣaṇām।
yuvaṃ havaṃ vadhrimatyā agacchataṃ yuvaṃ suṣutiṃ cakrathu puraṃdhaye ॥

O Ashvins, with your knowledge of body and mind, you join the youthful, bright and intelligent daughter of the widely friendly father with a bright young man for their joy and fulfilment. You listen to the call of the barren woman, treat her, restore her fertility, and she is blest with a child for a joyous home life.

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10.39.8

यु॒वं विप्र॑स्य जर॒णामु॑पे॒युष॒ पुन॑ क॒लेर॑कृणुतं॒ युव॒द्वय॑।
यु॒वं वन्द॑नमृश्य॒दादुदू॑पथुर्यु॒वं स॒द्यो वि॒श्पला॒मेत॑वे कृथः ॥

yuvaṃ viprasya jaraṇāmupeyuṣa puna kalerakṛṇutaṃ yuvadvaya।
yuvaṃ vandanamṛśyadādudūpathuryuvaṃ sadyo viśpalāmetave kṛthaḥ ॥

You rejuvenate and restore to vibrant youthfulness the aging veteran scholar in pursuit of research. You raise the man of holiness from chronic ailment to renewed life. And you help the public health authority in community health programmes so that they may go on with their normal activity.

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10.39.9

यु॒वं ह॑ रे॒भं वृ॑षणा॒ गुहा॑ हि॒तमुदै॑रयतं ममृ॒वांस॑मश्विना।
यु॒वमृ॒बीस॑मु॒त त॒प्तमत्र॑य॒ ओम॑न्वन्तं चक्रथुः स॒प्तव॑ध्रये ॥

yuvaṃ ha rebhaṃ vṛṣaṇā guhā hitamudairayataṃ mamṛvāṃsamaśvinā।
yuvamṛbīsamuta taptamatraya omanvantaṃ cakrathuḥ saptavadhraye ॥

You revive the sinking man who has lost consciousness, all but surviving in the brain, and muttering from the subconscious. You cure the man in high fever in the state of delirium and restore him to health, full consciousness and self-immunity with all his five senses, mind and intelligence fully working in perfect order.

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10.39.10

यु॒वं श्वे॒तं पे॒दवे॑ऽश्वि॒नाश्वं॑ न॒वभि॒र्वाजै॑र्नव॒ती च॑ वा॒जिन॑म्।
च॒र्कृत्यं॑ ददथुर्द्राव॒यत्स॑खं॒ भगं॒ न नृभ्यो॒ हव्यं॑ मयो॒भुव॑म् ॥

yuvaṃ śvetaṃ pedave'śvināśvaṃ navabhirvājairnavatī ca vājinam।
carkṛtyaṃ dadathurdrāvayatsakhaṃ bhagaṃ na nṛbhyo havyaṃ mayobhuvam ॥

Ashvins, for the active intelligent soul you give pure unsullied virility and vitality and vibrant swift smartness blest with nine and ninety qualities and faculties of body (nine faculties of sense and mind each energised with ten pranic energies) ever in action onward like a constant friend as you bring for people plenty, prosperity and power full of peace and joy worthy of love and invocation in life for all time.

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10.39.11

न तं रा॑जानावदिते॒ कुत॑श्च॒न नांहो॑ अश्नोति दुरि॒तं नकि॑र्भ॒यम्।
यम॑श्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी पुरोर॒थं कृ॑णु॒थः पत्न्या॑ स॒ह ॥

na taṃ rājānāvadite kutaścana nāṃho aśnoti duritaṃ nakirbhayam।
yamaśvinā suhavā rudravartanī purorathaṃ kṛṇuthaḥ patnyā saha ॥

divine powers, nothing from any where, no sin, no evil, no hate, no fear touches him whom, O Ashvins, easily invoked and approachable, moving by paths free from the pain and suffering of ailments, you join in wedlock and lead forth to a happy home.

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10.39.12

आ तेन॑ यातं॒ मन॑सो॒ जवी॑यसा॒ रथं॒ यं वा॑मृ॒भव॑श्च॒क्रुर॑श्विना।
यस्य॒ योगे॑ दुहि॒ता जाय॑ते दि॒व उ॒भे अह॑नी सु॒दिने॑ वि॒वस्व॑तः ॥

ā tena yātaṃ manaso javīyasā rathaṃ yaṃ vāmṛbhavaścakruraśvinā।
yasya yoge duhitā jāyate diva ubhe ahanī sudine vivasvataḥ ॥

O Ashvins, morning stars divine, come by that chariot of yours faster than mind which the celestial artists crafted for you, that which you yoke in harness and the maiden of heaven walks forth to ride and rise and then both the happy day and soothing night born of the sun move on.

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10.39.13

ता व॒र्तिर्या॑तं ज॒युषा॒ वि पर्व॑त॒मपि॑न्वतं श॒यवे॑ धे॒नुम॑श्विना।
वृक॑स्य चि॒द्वर्ति॑काम॒न्तरा॒स्या॑द्यु॒वं शची॑भिर्ग्रसि॒ताम॑मुञ्चतम् ॥

tā vartiryātaṃ jayuṣā vi parvatamapinvataṃ śayave dhenumaśvinā।
vṛkasya cidvartikāmantarāsyādyuvaṃ śacībhirgrasitāmamuñcatam ॥

O Ashvins, divine powers of knowledge and action, enlightened men and women of the world, harness the victorious chariot of divine vision and inspiration, rise forth and move forward by the road to the clouds, strengthen and raise the rousing voice for sleeping humanity, and with your voice and actions free the poor victims seized and held in the jaws of wolves.

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10.39.14

ए॒तं वां॒ स्तोम॑मश्विनावक॒र्मात॑क्षाम॒ भृग॑वो॒ न रथ॑म्।
न्य॑मृक्षाम॒ योष॑णां॒ न मर्ये॒ नित्यं॒ न सू॒नुं तन॑यं॒ दधा॑नाः ॥

etaṃ vāṃ stomamaśvināvakarmātakṣāma bhṛgavo na ratham।
nyamṛkṣāma yoṣaṇāṃ na marye nityaṃ na sūnuṃ tanayaṃ dadhānāḥ ॥

Ashvins, complementary twin powers of nature and humanity, this song of adoration we offer in your honour as the divine artists craft and offer the celestial chariot for you, and we have adorned it as we always adorn and prepare a bride for the groom. Blest with children and grand children we abide in life (and depend on you for strength and inspiration in the life cycle day and night, through the seasons, year in and year out).

Ṛgveda 10.40 · 14 verses

10.40.1

रथं॒ यान्तं॒ कुह॒ को ह॑ वां नरा॒ प्रति॑ द्यु॒मन्तं॑ सुवि॒ताय॑ भूषति।
प्रा॒त॒र्यावा॑णं वि॒भ्वं॑ वि॒शेवि॑शे॒ वस्तो॑र्वस्तो॒र्वह॑मानं धि॒या शमि॑ ॥

rathaṃ yāntaṃ kuha ko ha vāṃ narā prati dyumantaṃ suvitāya bhūṣati।
prātaryāvāṇaṃ vibhvaṃ viśeviśe vastorvastorvahamānaṃ dhiyā śami ॥

O leading lights of life and humanity, who and where, with holy intelligence and action, crafts, adorns and prepares your mighty spacious, brilliant, and auspicious chariot ever on the move in action going every morning to yajna every day to every people, bearing and bringing all kinds of wealth for the sake of happiness and well being?

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10.40.2

कुह॑ स्विद्दो॒षा कुह॒ वस्तो॑र॒श्विना॒ कुहा॑भिपि॒त्वं क॑रत॒ कुहो॑षतुः।
को वां॑ शयु॒त्रा वि॒धवे॑व दे॒वरं॒ मर्यं॒ न योषा॑ कृणुते स॒धस्थ॒ आ ॥

kuha sviddoṣā kuha vastoraśvinā kuhābhipitvaṃ karata kuhoṣatuḥ।
ko vāṃ śayutrā vidhaveva devaraṃ maryaṃ na yoṣā kṛṇute sadhastha ā ॥

Ashvins, man and woman, where were you at night? Where in the day? Where do you find food and rest? Where do you live? Where do you sleep? Where do you stay together like the widow with her second husband, or a maiden married to a youth? Who invites you to yajna?

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10.40.3

प्रा॒तर्ज॑रेथे जर॒णेव॒ काप॑या॒ वस्तो॑र्वस्तोर्यज॒ता ग॑च्छथो गृ॒हम्।
कस्य॑ ध्व॒स्रा भ॑वथ॒ कस्य॑ वा नरा राजपु॒त्रेव॒ सव॒नाव॑ गच्छथः ॥

prātarjarethe jaraṇeva kāpayā vastorvastoryajatā gacchatho gṛham।
kasya dhvasrā bhavatha kasya vā narā rājaputreva savanāva gacchathaḥ ॥

Early morning, like venerable divinities you are honoured with songs of praise. Venerable and adorable, you visit the devotee’s home day by day. Whose weaknesses do you destroy? And O leading lights of humanity, whose house and yajna do you visit like the princes of a royal realm?

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10.40.4

यु॒वां मृ॒गेव॑ वार॒णा मृ॑ग॒ण्यवो॑ दो॒षा वस्तो॑र्ह॒विषा॒ नि ह्व॑यामहे।
यु॒वं होत्रा॑मृतु॒था जुह्व॑ते न॒रेषं॒ जना॑य वहथः शुभस्पती ॥

yuvāṃ mṛgeva vāraṇā mṛgaṇyavo doṣā vastorhaviṣā ni hvayāmahe।
yuvaṃ hotrāmṛtuthā juhvate nareṣaṃ janāya vahathaḥ śubhaspatī ॥

Looking and searching for you as seekers and saviours, we invoke and invite you with homage day and night. All house holders invoke you and offer you homage of havi according to the seasons, and you, leading lights for humanity, treasure holds of good and promoters of the auspicious, bring food and energy for the people.

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10.40.5

यु॒वां ह॒ घोषा॒ पर्य॑श्विना य॒ती राज्ञ॑ ऊचे दुहि॒ता पृ॒च्छे वां॑ नरा।
भू॒तं मे॒ अह्न॑ उ॒त भू॑तम॒क्तवेऽश्वा॑वते र॒थिने॑ शक्त॒मर्व॑ते ॥

yuvāṃ ha ghoṣā paryaśvinā yatī rājña ūce duhitā pṛcche vāṃ narā।
bhūtaṃ me ahna uta bhūtamaktave'śvāvate rathine śaktamarvate ॥

Ashvins, leading lights of the land, rulers and warriors, this voice of the ruling order like a daughter of the sovereign, going round and knowing every thing of the state, asks you and says : Be up and awake for me day and night and strengthen yourselves and strengthen me to meet the challenges of the forces of horse, chariot and the stormy troopers and thus save me and the social order.

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10.40.6

यु॒वं क॒वी ष्ठ॒ पर्य॑श्विना॒ रथं॒ विशो॒ न कुत्सो॑ जरि॒तुर्न॑शायथः।
यु॒वोर्ह॒ मक्षा॒ पर्य॑श्विना॒ मध्वा॒सा भ॑रत निष्कृ॒तं न योष॑णा ॥

yuvaṃ kavī ṣṭha paryaśvinā rathaṃ viśo na kutso jariturnaśāyathaḥ।
yuvorha makṣā paryaśvinā madhvāsā bharata niṣkṛtaṃ na yoṣaṇā ॥

Ashvins, you are visionary poetic creators, stay fast on the chariot, go to the people and appreciate their songs of adoration as a creator and maker of songs would. The honey sweets of your creation, the honey bees taste and drink with their mouth as a youthful woman loves the sweet beauty of her new home.

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10.40.7

यु॒वं ह॑ भु॒ज्युं यु॒वम॑श्विना॒ वशं॑ यु॒वं शि॒ञ्जार॑मु॒शना॒मुपा॑रथुः।
यु॒वो ररा॑वा॒ परि॑ स॒ख्यमा॑सते यु॒वोर॒हमव॑सा सु॒म्नमा च॑के ॥

yuvaṃ ha bhujyuṃ yuvamaśvinā vaśaṃ yuvaṃ śiñjāramuśanāmupārathuḥ।
yuvo rarāvā pari sakhyamāsate yuvorahamavasā sumnamā cake ॥

Ashvins, protect the protector and sustainer of the people’s standard of living, protect the dependent and supporter, protect him who appreciates and adores, and protect the poet of love and beauty. Your generous admirer loves to be friends with you, and I too pray for your protection and gift of well being. Pray help all these people to complete their journey of life to self-fulfilment.

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10.40.8

यु॒वं ह॑ कृ॒शं यु॒वम॑श्विना श॒युं यु॒वं वि॒धन्तं॑ वि॒धवा॑मुरुष्यथः।
यु॒वं स॒निभ्य॑ स्त॒नय॑न्तमश्वि॒नाप॑ व्र॒जमू॑र्णुथः स॒प्तास्य॑म् ॥

yuvaṃ ha kṛśaṃ yuvamaśvinā śayuṃ yuvaṃ vidhantaṃ vidhavāmuruṣyathaḥ।
yuvaṃ sanibhya stanayantamaśvināpa vrajamūrṇuthaḥ saptāsyam ॥

Ashvins, both of you, pray protect and support the weak, the depressed, the supporter of the weak, and the widow who has lost all support. And, O Ashvins, for the lovers of knowledge and devotees of yajna and divinity, open the seven rousing flood gates of the seven metres of Vedic poetry for chanting and hearing.

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10.40.9

जनि॑ष्ट॒ योषा॑ प॒तय॑त्कनीन॒को वि चारु॑हन्वी॒रुधो॑ दं॒सना॒ अनु॑।
आस्मै॑ रीयन्ते निव॒नेव॒ सिन्ध॑वो॒ऽस्मा अह्ने॑ भवति॒ तत्प॑तित्व॒नम् ॥

janiṣṭa yoṣā patayatkanīnako vi cāruhanvīrudho daṃsanā anu।
āsmai rīyante nivaneva sindhavo'smā ahne bhavati tatpatitvanam ॥

The maiden is grown mature, the suitor comes seeking and proposes for marriage, the plants and creepers bloom according to innate power and potential, streams and rivers, desires and passions for living and continuing, flow down the slopes for the young man, and that is the stage for matrimony when the day of youthfulness is on the high and irrepressible.

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10.40.10

जी॒वं रु॑दन्ति॒ वि म॑यन्ते अध्व॒रे दी॒र्घामनु॒ प्रसि॑तिं दीधियु॒र्नर॑।
वा॒मं पि॒तृभ्यो॒ य इ॒दं स॑मेरि॒रे मय॒ पति॑भ्यो॒ जन॑यः परि॒ष्वजे॑ ॥

jīvaṃ rudanti vi mayante adhvare dīrghāmanu prasitiṃ dīdhiyurnara।
vāmaṃ pitṛbhyo ya idaṃ samerire maya patibhyo janayaḥ pariṣvaje ॥

People yearn for life, live it with tears and ecstasy, exchange vows and positions on the vedi of love and non-violence, and they desire that they live in wedlock as long as they may wish. Those who live in this felicity for their parents and elders, even away from them, would live happy, their wives would love them and bring them peace and joy in their conjugal relationship.

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10.40.11

न तस्य॑ विद्म॒ तदु॒ षु प्र वो॑चत॒ युवा॑ ह॒ यद्यु॑व॒त्याः क्षेति॒ योनि॑षु।
प्रि॒योस्रि॑यस्य वृष॒भस्य॑ रे॒तिनो॑ गृ॒हं ग॑मेमाश्विना॒ तदु॑श्मसि ॥

na tasya vidma tadu ṣu pra vocata yuvā ha yadyuvatyāḥ kṣeti yoniṣu।
priyosriyasya vṛṣabhasya retino gṛhaṃ gamemāśvinā taduśmasi ॥

We know not of that mystery of life, O Ashvins, pray speak of that mystery, that bond and felicity, to the youth who lives in the home of his youthful wife. We only wish that we may find a sweet home with a loving, generous, virile young man, loving at heart and winsome to his wife.

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10.40.12

आ वा॑मगन्सुम॒तिर्वा॑जिनीवसू॒ न्य॑श्विना हृ॒त्सु कामा॑ अयंसत।
अभू॑तं गो॒पा मि॑थु॒ना शु॑भस्पती प्रि॒या अ॑र्य॒म्णो दुर्याँ॑ अशीमहि ॥

ā vāmagansumatirvājinīvasū nyaśvinā hṛtsu kāmā ayaṃsata।
abhūtaṃ gopā mithunā śubhaspatī priyā aryamṇo duryām̐ aśīmahi ॥

O Ashvins, twin powers of domestic complementarity of love and wisdom, masters of the science and art of wedlock and home life, may the benefit of your enlightenment come to us, may there be the joy of life with wisdom and emotional control in our hearts. That way, be our protectors as leading lights in our pursuit of happiness and well being. Bless us that we may love, desire and find a home with loving, enlightened, generous and caring husbands.

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10.40.13

ता म॑न्दसा॒ना मनु॑षो दुरो॒ण आ ध॒त्तं र॒यिं स॒हवी॑रं वच॒स्यवे॑।
कृ॒तं ती॒र्थं सु॑प्रपा॒णं शु॑भस्पती स्था॒णुं प॑थे॒ष्ठामप॑ दुर्म॒तिं ह॑तम् ॥

tā mandasānā manuṣo duroṇa ā dhattaṃ rayiṃ sahavīraṃ vacasyave।
kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ suprapāṇaṃ śubhaspatī sthāṇuṃ patheṣṭhāmapa durmatiṃ hatam ॥

O Ashvins, joyous spirits of love and wisdom, prosperity and generosity, to the celebrant of life and divinity, to the house of humanity, bear and bring wealth, honour and excellence with brave progeny worthy of the celebrant. O givers, protectors and promoters of the good and well being of life, establish a happy home life overflowing with food, drink and freedom of holiness. Pray cast away infirmity, rigidity, hatred and negative disposition that may obstruct our path of progress in life.

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10.40.14

क्व॑ स्विद॒द्य क॑त॒मास्व॒श्विना॑ वि॒क्षु द॒स्रा मा॑दयेते शु॒भस्पती॑।
क ईं॒ नि ये॑मे कत॒मस्य॑ जग्मतु॒र्विप्र॑स्य वा॒ यज॑मानस्य वा गृ॒हम् ॥

kva svidadya katamāsvaśvinā vikṣu dasrā mādayete śubhaspatī।
ka īṃ ni yeme katamasya jagmaturviprasya vā yajamānasya vā gṛham ॥

Ashvins, lustrous divinities, wondrous workers, where have you been today? Among which people have you been enjoying yourselves for the day? Who can make you stay for the day? Which sage’s or which yajamana’s home did you visit for the day?

Ṛgveda 10.41 · 3 verses

10.41.1

स॒मा॒नमु॒ त्यं पु॑रुहू॒तमु॒क्थ्यं१ रथं॑ त्रिच॒क्रं सव॑ना॒ गनि॑ग्मतम्।
परि॑ज्मानं विद॒थ्यं॑ सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑र्व॒यं व्यु॑ष्टा उ॒षसो॑ हवामहे ॥

samānamu tyaṃ puruhūtamukthyaṃ1 rathaṃ tricakraṃ savanā ganigmatam।
parijmānaṃ vidathyaṃ suvṛktibhirvayaṃ vyuṣṭā uṣaso havāmahe ॥

O Ashvins, harbingers of new light and energy, in the light of the dawn with holy chant of mantric formulae, we invoke and call for that constant and invariable, universally loved and invoked, venerable and purposefully specialised three stage three wheeled chariot which would be constantly on the move to reach yajnic programmes all over the earth.

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10.41.2

प्रा॒त॒र्युजं॑ नास॒त्याधि॑ तिष्ठथः प्रात॒र्यावा॑णं मधु॒वाह॑नं॒ रथ॑म्।
विशो॒ येन॒ गच्छ॑थो॒ यज्व॑रीर्नरा की॒रेश्चि॑द्य॒ज्ञं होतृ॑मन्तमश्विना ॥

prātaryujaṃ nāsatyādhi tiṣṭhathaḥ prātaryāvāṇaṃ madhuvāhanaṃ ratham।
viśo yena gacchatho yajvarīrnarā kīreścidyajñaṃ hotṛmantamaśvinā ॥

O Ashvins, harbingers of the light of knowledge and energy of life, leading lights of humanity dedicated to truth and never deviating from your path of rectitude, you ride and guide the chariot harnessed, started and moving in the morning, which bears and brings honey sweets of life and by which you reach the yajnic communities and bless the celebrant’s yajna joined by devotees in unison and cooperation.

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10.41.3

अ॒ध्व॒र्युं वा॒ मधु॑पाणिं सु॒हस्त्य॑म॒ग्निधं॑ वा धृ॒तद॑क्षं॒ दमू॑नसम्।
विप्र॑स्य वा॒ यत्सव॑नानि॒ गच्छ॒थोऽत॒ आ या॑तं मधु॒पेय॑मश्विना ॥

adhvaryuṃ vā madhupāṇiṃ suhastyamagnidhaṃ vā dhṛtadakṣaṃ damūnasam।
viprasya vā yatsavanāni gacchatho'ta ā yātaṃ madhupeyamaśvinā ॥

O Ashvins, harbingers of the light of knowledge and practical power and energy through yajna, whether you go to the dexterous organiser of yajna, bearing honeyed offerings, or you go to the initiator of yajna and fire kindler, expert in the science and power of yajna and at the same time generous and socially oriented, or whether you go to the yajnas of the vibrant scholar specialist, you would have a taste of the honey sweets of life for achievement.

Ṛgveda 10.42 · 11 verses

10.42.1

अस्ते॑व॒ सु प्र॑त॒रं लाय॒मस्य॒न्भूष॑न्निव॒ प्र भ॑रा॒ स्तोम॑मस्मै।
वा॒चा वि॑प्रास्तरत॒ वाच॑म॒र्यो नि रा॑मय जरित॒ सोम॒ इन्द्र॑म् ॥

asteva su prataraṃ lāyamasyanbhūṣanniva pra bharā stomamasmai।
vācā viprāstarata vācamaryo ni rāmaya jarita soma indram ॥

As an expert archer shoots a distant target with the arrow, similarly bear and offer a holy song in honour of divine Indra, thereby exalting him with the beauties of word and music. O sages, with your voice of song overwhelm the other voice, of negation. O celebrant, hold the divine Indra at heart, be happy and let the Presence shine in your peaceful soul.

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10.42.2

दोहे॑न॒ गामुप॑ शिक्षा॒ सखा॑यं॒ प्र बो॑धय जरितर्जा॒रमिन्द्र॑म्।
कोशं॒ न पू॒र्णं वसु॑ना॒ न्यृ॑ष्ट॒मा च्या॑वय मघ॒देया॑य॒ शूर॑म् ॥

dohena gāmupa śikṣā sakhāyaṃ pra bodhaya jaritarjāramindram।
kośaṃ na pūrṇaṃ vasunā nyṛṣṭamā cyāvaya maghadeyāya śūram ॥

O celebrant, with constant churning of the mind, refine and energise your voice of adoration, send it in to your friend Indra, the soul within, and, like a treasurehold overflowing with wealth of light, stir it, wake up the brave soul for the gift of excellence and grandeur.

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10.42.3

किम॒ङ्ग त्वा॑ मघवन्भो॒जमा॑हुः शिशी॒हि मा॑ शिश॒यं त्वा॑ शृणोमि।
अप्न॑स्वती॒ मम॒ धीर॑स्तु शक्र वसु॒विदं॒ भग॑मि॒न्द्रा भ॑रा नः ॥

kimaṅga tvā maghavanbhojamāhuḥ śiśīhi mā śiśayaṃ tvā śṛṇomi।
apnasvatī mama dhīrastu śakra vasuvidaṃ bhagamindrā bharā naḥ ॥

Indra, mighty soul, dear as breath of life, grand and sublime, don’t they say you are the giver of all pleasure and glory of life? Pray bless me too with the wealth of light and grandeur. I hear you are the all omnificent lord. O Lord Almighty, refine and sharpen my vision and understanding to the efficiency of divine attainment. Indra, pray bring us glory and good fortune full of wealth, power and peace.

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10.42.4

त्वां जना॑ ममस॒त्येष्वि॑न्द्र संतस्था॒ना वि ह्व॑यन्ते समी॒के।
अत्रा॒ युजं॑ कृणुते॒ यो ह॒विष्मा॒न्नासु॑न्वता स॒ख्यं व॑ष्टि॒ शूर॑ ॥

tvāṃ janā mamasatyeṣvindra saṃtasthānā vi hvayante samīke।
atrā yujaṃ kṛṇute yo haviṣmānnāsunvatā sakhyaṃ vaṣṭi śūra ॥

Indra, people invoke you for help in contests of righteousness and call upon you while they march to the battle. Here too, however, he alone wins his help who offers faith and yajna, because the mighty one does not love, nor recognise, the friendship of the selfish and the non-performer of Soma-yajna.

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10.42.5

धनं॒ न स्य॒न्द्रं ब॑हु॒लं यो अ॑स्मै ती॒व्रान्सोमाँ॑ आसु॒नोति॒ प्रय॑स्वान्।
तस्मै॒ शत्रू॑न्सु॒तुका॑न्प्रा॒तरह्नो॒ नि स्वष्ट्रा॑न्यु॒वति॒ हन्ति॑ वृ॒त्रम् ॥

dhanaṃ na syandraṃ bahulaṃ yo asmai tīvrānsomām̐ āsunoti prayasvān।
tasmai śatrūnsutukānprātarahno ni svaṣṭrānyuvati hanti vṛtram ॥

Whoever the man of discipline and practice that offers precious gifts of holy and plenteous value and performs effective and powerful soma yajna of peace and pleasure for this divine Indra, ruling lord of humanity, for him Indra dispels all darkness and evil and eliminates all his enemies at the very outset of the day, howsoever strong, violent and well-armed the enemies might be.

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10.42.6

यस्मि॑न्व॒यं द॑धि॒मा शंस॒मिन्द्रे॒ यः शि॒श्राय॑ म॒घवा॒ काम॑म॒स्मे।
आ॒राच्चि॒त्सन्भ॑यतामस्य॒ शत्रु॒र्न्य॑स्मै द्यु॒म्ना जन्या॑ नमन्ताम् ॥

yasminvayaṃ dadhimā śaṃsamindre yaḥ śiśrāya maghavā kāmamasme।
ārāccitsanbhayatāmasya śatrurnyasmai dyumnā janyā namantām ॥

Indra, the ruler in whom we repose our faith with admiration and who assures our fulfilment in all we want and aspire for, is great and all powerful. His enemies, even though they be far off cower with fear and flee, and to him all the wealth and powers born and produced in the land submit in reverence and loyalty.

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10.42.7

आ॒राच्छत्रु॒मप॑ बाधस्व दू॒रमु॒ग्रो यः शम्ब॑ पुरुहूत॒ तेन॑।
अ॒स्मे धे॑हि॒ यव॑म॒द्गोम॑दिन्द्र कृ॒धी धियं॑ जरि॒त्रे वाज॑रत्नाम् ॥

ārācchatrumapa bādhasva dūramugro yaḥ śamba puruhūta tena।
asme dhehi yavamadgomadindra kṛdhī dhiyaṃ jaritre vājaratnām ॥

Indra, ruler of the world, invoked and celebrated by all, by that thunderbolt of power and justice which is lustrous and awful, throw out and keep off from us all social and environmental enemies. Give us abundance of grain, lands and cows, and for the celebrant yajna create an environment of enlightened action productive of the jewel wealth of life.

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10.42.8

प्र यम॒न्तर्वृ॑षस॒वासो॒ अग्म॑न्ती॒व्राः सोमा॑ बहु॒लान्ता॑स॒ इन्द्र॑म्।
नाह॑ दा॒मानं॑ म॒घवा॒ नि यं॑स॒न्नि सु॑न्व॒ते व॑हति॒ भूरि॑ वा॒मम् ॥

pra yamantarvṛṣasavāso agmantīvrāḥ somā bahulāntāsa indram।
nāha dāmānaṃ maghavā ni yaṃsanni sunvate vahati bhūri vāmam ॥

The ruler to whom powerful creations of generous and imaginative artists and inspiring somaic achievements of peaceful projects are offered and dedicated from within the land for highly generative purposes and social values, that ruler, commanding wealth, power and majesty, does not impose any restrictions upon such veteran and generous artists, instead he provides manifold inspiring incentives to the creative minds.

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10.42.9

उ॒त प्र॒हाम॑ति॒दीव्या॑ जयाति कृ॒तं यच्छ्व॒घ्नी वि॑चि॒नोति॑ का॒ले।
यो दे॒वका॑मो॒ न धना॑ रुणद्धि॒ समित्तं रा॒या सृ॑जति स्व॒धावा॑न् ॥

uta prahāmatidīvyā jayāti kṛtaṃ yacchvaghnī vicinoti kāle।
yo devakāmo na dhanā ruṇaddhi samittaṃ rāyā sṛjati svadhāvān ॥

A veteran winner, he counters an attack and wins the opponent just as an expert player or hunter rounds up his prey and chooses the right time to strike and win. He does not restrict or restrain the philanthropist who loves divinity and spends on yajnic projects, instead, master, protector and promoter of wealth and power as he is, he blesses the giver with more and more of wealth.

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10.42.10

गोभि॑ष्टरे॒माम॑तिं दु॒रेवां॒ यवे॑न॒ क्षुधं॑ पुरुहूत॒ विश्वा॑म्।
व॒यं राज॑भिः प्रथ॒मा धना॑न्य॒स्माके॑न वृ॒जने॑ना जयेम ॥

gobhiṣṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām।
vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanānyasmākena vṛjanenā jayema ॥

O ruler of the world invoked and celebrated by all humanity, let us solve the difficult problem of poverty and mental and cultural backwardness by cow development, land development and proper education, and the problem of hunger, by food production across

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10.42.11

बृह॒स्पति॑र्न॒ परि॑ पातु प॒श्चादु॒तोत्त॑रस्मा॒दध॑रादघा॒योः।
इन्द्र॑ पु॒रस्ता॑दु॒त म॑ध्य॒तो न॒ सखा॒ सखि॑भ्यो॒ वरि॑वः कृणोतु ॥

bṛhaspatirna pari pātu paścādutottarasmādadharādaghāyoḥ।
indra purastāduta madhyato na sakhā sakhibhyo varivaḥ kṛṇotu ॥

Ṛgveda 10.43 · 11 verses

10.43.1

अच्छा॑ म॒ इन्द्रं॑ म॒तय॑ स्व॒र्विद॑ स॒ध्रीची॒र्विश्वा॑ उश॒तीर॑नूषत।
परि॑ ष्वजन्ते॒ जन॑यो॒ यथा॒ पतिं॒ मर्यं॒ न शु॒न्ध्युं म॒घवा॑नमू॒तये॑ ॥

acchā ma indraṃ mataya svarvida sadhrīcīrviśvā uśatīranūṣata।
pari ṣvajante janayo yathā patiṃ maryaṃ na śundhyuṃ maghavānamūtaye ॥

All my thoughts, words and actions, all together in perfect unison concentrated on the love and light of divinity, ecstatically adore and celebrate Indra, lord almighty of existence. Just as wives with love embrace their human lover, protector and husband, so do my prayers centre on Indra, lord of glory, power and purity, for all round protection, promotion and well being.

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10.43.2

न घा॑ त्व॒द्रिगप॑ वेति मे॒ मन॒स्त्वे इत्कामं॑ पुरुहूत शिश्रय।
राजे॑व दस्म॒ नि ष॒दोऽधि॑ ब॒र्हिष्य॒स्मिन्सु सोमे॑ऽव॒पान॑मस्तु ते ॥

na ghā tvadrigapa veti me manastve itkāmaṃ puruhūta śiśraya।
rājeva dasma ni ṣado'dhi barhiṣyasminsu some'vapānamastu te ॥

Indra, lord universally invoked and celebrated, may my mind and soul having surrendered its love and ambition to you, never go astray from the presence such as yours. O lord beatific and glorious, you abide on my vedi and in my heart as the sovereign ruling presence. May your divine love, joy and protection ever abide in this mind and soul and bless it with peace and joy in your presence.

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10.43.3

वि॒षू॒वृदिन्द्रो॒ अम॑तेरु॒त क्षु॒धः स इद्रा॒यो म॒घवा॒ वस्व॑ ईशते।
तस्येदि॒मे प्र॑व॒णे स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वो॒ वयो॑ वर्धन्ति वृष॒भस्य॑ शु॒ष्मिण॑ ॥

viṣūvṛdindro amateruta kṣudhaḥ sa idrāyo maghavā vasva īśate।
tasyedime pravaṇe sapta sindhavo vayo vardhanti vṛṣabhasya śuṣmiṇa ॥

Indra, lord of all power and glory, dynamic presence all round in the world, dispels hunger and ignorance, rules and dispenses wealth, power and peace of shelter and settlement. Indeed, under the rule of this mighty generous master, all these seven streams of nature, life and living energy flow on and evolve to perfection. (This is true of both the external world of nature under the law of the cosmic spirit and of the internal world of mind and pranic energy under the rule of the spirit within.)

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10.43.4

वयो॒ न वृ॒क्षं सु॑पला॒शमास॑द॒न्सोमा॑स॒ इन्द्रं॑ म॒न्दिन॑श्चमू॒षद॑।
प्रैषा॒मनी॑कं॒ शव॑सा॒ दवि॑द्युतद्वि॒दत्स्व१र्मन॑वे॒ ज्योति॒रार्य॑म् ॥

vayo na vṛkṣaṃ supalāśamāsadansomāsa indraṃ mandinaścamūṣada।
praiṣāmanīkaṃ śavasā davidyutadvidatsva1rmanave jyotirāryam ॥

Just as birds take to the tree of rich foliage for rest and replenishment of life energy, so the soma cheer and energy of the sevenfold fluent streams of cosmic and individual systems take to Indra, the soul, for life and peace and joy. Then the expressive face of these shines with the splendour of Indra, and thus the living light of divinity descends in showers for the bliss of man.

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10.43.5

कृ॒तं न श्व॒घ्नी वि चि॑नोति॒ देव॑ने सं॒वर्गं॒ यन्म॒घवा॒ सूर्यं॒ जय॑त्।
न तत्ते॑ अ॒न्यो अनु॑ वी॒र्यं॑ शक॒न्न पु॑रा॒णो म॑घव॒न्नोत नूत॑नः ॥

kṛtaṃ na śvaghnī vi cinoti devane saṃvargaṃ yanmaghavā sūryaṃ jayat।
na tatte anyo anu vīryaṃ śakanna purāṇo maghavannota nūtanaḥ ॥

Just as a player in the game casts the die and wins and piles up his gains, so does Indra, lord omnipotent and omnificent, in this pleasure garden of the dynamics of existence win over the sun and the rain bearing cloud. O lord almighty, no one else can possibly

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10.43.6

विशं॑विशं म॒घवा॒ पर्य॑शायत॒ जना॑नां॒ धेना॑ अव॒चाक॑श॒द्वृषा॑।
यस्याह॑ श॒क्रः सव॑नेषु॒ रण्य॑ति॒ स ती॒व्रैः सोमै॑ सहते पृतन्य॒तः ॥

viśaṃviśaṃ maghavā paryaśāyata janānāṃ dhenā avacākaśadvṛṣā।
yasyāha śakraḥ savaneṣu raṇyati sa tīvraiḥ somai sahate pṛtanyataḥ ॥

The lord of glory abides with all people of the world whosoever they be. The generous lord knows, listens and grants all prayers of the people. Whosoever the devotee whose yajnas the mighty one joins and enjoys, that celebrant wins over all his rivals and adversaries by the power of his ardent soma offerings of holy action in yajna.

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10.43.7

आपो॒ न सिन्धु॑म॒भि यत्स॒मक्ष॑र॒न्सोमा॑स॒ इन्द्रं॑ कु॒ल्या इ॑व ह्र॒दम्।
वर्ध॑न्ति॒ विप्रा॒ महो॑ अस्य॒ साद॑ने॒ यवं॒ न वृ॒ष्टिर्दि॒व्येन॒ दानु॑ना ॥

āpo na sindhumabhi yatsamakṣaransomāsa indraṃ kulyā iva hradam।
vardhanti viprā maho asya sādane yavaṃ na vṛṣṭirdivyena dānunā ॥

As rivers flow into the sea, as streams of rain flow into the lake, so do the beauties of faith and pleasure in soma yajnas concentrate on Indra, glory of the world. As showers of rain with profuse divine generosity raise the crops of barley and the plants grow up in ecstasy, so in the homely presence of this generous lord of sublimity, saints and sages rise and shine in moral and spiritual grandeur.

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10.43.8

वृषा॒ न क्रु॒द्धः प॑तय॒द्रज॒स्स्वा यो अ॒र्यप॑त्नी॒रकृ॑णोदि॒मा अ॒पः।
स सु॑न्व॒ते म॒घवा॑ जी॒रदा॑न॒वेऽवि॑न्द॒ज्ज्योति॒र्मन॑वे ह॒विष्म॑ते ॥

vṛṣā na kruddhaḥ patayadrajassvā yo aryapatnīrakṛṇodimā apaḥ।
sa sunvate maghavā jīradānave'vindajjyotirmanave haviṣmate ॥

Just as the swelling cloud causes the vapours of water in the skies to be released of itself and lets these showers of rain fall upon the earth, so does Indra, lord of glorious generosity, bring showers of light and bliss for the generous man of charity who offers the homage of soma to the lord for humanity.

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10.43.9

उज्जा॑यतां पर॒शुर्ज्योति॑षा स॒ह भू॒या ऋ॒तस्य॑ सु॒दुघा॑ पुराण॒वत्।
वि रो॑चतामरु॒षो भा॒नुना॒ शुचि॒ स्व१र्ण शु॒क्रं शु॑शुचीत॒ सत्प॑तिः ॥

ujjāyatāṃ paraśurjyotiṣā saha bhūyā ṛtasya sudughā purāṇavat।
vi rocatāmaruṣo bhānunā śuci sva1rṇa śukraṃ śuśucīta satpatiḥ ॥

Let the thunderbolt of power and justice arise, let the voice of truth and law divine be generous, creative and fruitful as ever before, let the bright sun rise with its immaculate light and glory, may the lord protector and promoter of the good reveal the light and power of divinity as the bliss of heaven.

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10.43.10

गोभि॑ष्टरे॒माम॑तिं दु॒रेवां॒ यवे॑न॒ क्षुधं॑ पुरुहूत॒ विश्वा॑म्।
व॒यं राज॑भिः प्रथ॒मा धना॑न्य॒स्माके॑न वृ॒जने॑ना जयेम ॥

gobhiṣṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām।
vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanānyasmākena vṛjanenā jayema ॥

Let us dispel the darkness of ignorance with the communication of universal knowledge, let us remove the world’s hunger with food production, let us reclaim our original wealth of knowledge, power and prosperity with our innate lights and enlightened actions.

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10.43.11

बृह॒स्पति॑र्न॒ परि॑ पातु प॒श्चादु॒तोत्त॑रस्मा॒दध॑रादघा॒योः।
इन्द्र॑ पु॒रस्ता॑दु॒त म॑ध्य॒तो न॒ सखा॒ सखि॑भ्यो॒ वरि॑वः कृणोतु ॥

bṛhaspatirna pari pātu paścādutottarasmādadharādaghāyoḥ।
indra purastāduta madhyato na sakhā sakhibhyo varivaḥ kṛṇotu ॥

May Brhaspati, lord of Infinity and the master of knowledge protect us against the violence of sin and sinners upfront, behind, above or below. May Indra, ruler and friend of humanity, create and lead us to the wealth of life for us and our friends, all at present and in our midst.

Ṛgveda 10.44 · 11 verses

10.44.1

आ या॒त्विन्द्र॒ स्वप॑ति॒र्मदा॑य॒ यो धर्म॑णा तूतुजा॒नस्तुवि॑ष्मान्।
प्र॒त्व॒क्षा॒णो अति॒ विश्वा॒ सहां॑स्यपा॒रेण॑ मह॒ता वृष्ण्ये॑न ॥

ā yātvindra svapatirmadāya yo dharmaṇā tūtujānastuviṣmān।
pratvakṣāṇo ati viśvā sahāṃsyapāreṇa mahatā vṛṣṇyena ॥

May Indra, lord ruler of his world of reality, come, arise in view, in our consciousness, for the joy of his devotees. Mighty is he, loving, bright and accepting by his own essential nature and the laws of life, and, by his boundless grandeur and generosity, he takes on all challenges of counterforces and reduces them to naught for his people. (The mantra may be applied to Divinity or to the ruling power).

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10.44.2

सु॒ष्ठामा॒ रथ॑ सु॒यमा॒ हरी॑ ते मि॒म्यक्ष॒ वज्रो॑ नृपते॒ गभ॑स्तौ।
शीभं॑ राजन्सु॒पथा या॑ह्य॒र्वाङ्वर्धा॑म ते प॒पुषो॒ वृष्ण्या॑नि ॥

suṣṭhāmā ratha suyamā harī te mimyakṣa vajro nṛpate gabhastau।
śībhaṃ rājansupathā yāhyarvāṅvardhāma te papuṣo vṛṣṇyāni ॥

Stable, strong and perfectly directed is your chariot, controlled and accurate your dual powers of motion. O refulgent ruler and protector of the people, in your hands you hold the controls of the thunder power of force and justice. Pray come at the fastest by the safest and straightest path to us right here. We celebrate and exalt your powers and generosity, and you love to protect and promote your celebrants.

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10.44.3

एन्द्र॒वाहो॑ नृ॒पतिं॒ वज्र॑बाहुमु॒ग्रमु॒ग्रास॑स्तवि॒षास॑ एनम्।
प्रत्व॑क्षसं वृष॒भं स॒त्यशु॑ष्म॒मेम॑स्म॒त्रा स॑ध॒मादो॑ वहन्तु ॥

endravāho nṛpatiṃ vajrabāhumugramugrāsastaviṣāsa enam।
pratvakṣasaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ satyaśuṣmamemasmatrā sadhamādo vahantu ॥

May the mighty, blazing, penetrating, vigorous and refining radiations of this Indra, protector and promoter of humanity, thunder armed, virile and generous, indomitable upholder of truth, come in unison with inspiring strength and bring him to us for our social and spiritual good.

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10.44.4

ए॒वा पतिं॑ द्रोण॒साचं॒ सचे॑तसमू॒र्जः स्क॒म्भं ध॒रुण॒ आ वृ॑षायसे।
ओज॑ कृष्व॒ सं गृ॑भाय॒ त्वे अप्यसो॒ यथा॑ केनि॒पाना॑मि॒नो वृ॒धे ॥

evā patiṃ droṇasācaṃ sacetasamūrjaḥ skambhaṃ dharuṇa ā vṛṣāyase।
oja kṛṣva saṃ gṛbhāya tve apyaso yathā kenipānāmino vṛdhe ॥

Thus do solar radiations transmit the presence of Indra, lord protector and ruler pervasive in the world of humanity, all aware, the pillar of universal energy, strength and power. Thus do we exalt and celebrate Indra. O lord, you are the shower of power and generosity in the all-sustaining world of yours. Pray create and give us the strength of life, hold us in your power and presence for our promotion and progress since you are the ultimate lord and master of the dedicated aspirants for light.

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10.44.5

गम॑न्न॒स्मे वसू॒न्या हि शंसि॑षं स्वा॒शिषं॒ भर॒मा या॑हि सो॒मिन॑।
त्वमी॑शिषे॒ सास्मिन्ना स॑त्सि ब॒र्हिष्य॑नाधृ॒ष्या तव॒ पात्रा॑णि॒ धर्म॑णा ॥

gamannasme vasūnyā hi śaṃsiṣaṃ svāśiṣaṃ bharamā yāhi somina।
tvamīśiṣe sāsminnā satsi barhiṣyanādhṛṣyā tava pātrāṇi dharmaṇā ॥

Indra, may wealths, peace and honours of the world come to us, I wish and pray. Come, accept the homage of the celebrant’s song of praise. You rule all, come and abide in this holy seat of yajna and love of the heart. Bold and undaunted, we are your celebrants by the nature and Dharma of our being.

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10.44.6

पृथ॒क्प्राय॑न्प्रथ॒मा दे॒वहू॑त॒योऽकृ॑ण्वत श्रव॒स्या॑नि दु॒ष्टरा॑।
न ये शे॒कुर्य॒ज्ञियां॒ नाव॑मा॒रुह॑मी॒र्मैव ते न्य॑विशन्त॒ केप॑यः ॥

pṛthakprāyanprathamā devahūtayo'kṛṇvata śravasyāni duṣṭarā।
na ye śekuryajñiyāṃ nāvamāruhamīrmaiva te nyaviśanta kepayaḥ ॥

People of the first order dedicated to divinity and yajnic piety go forward by holy paths of the first order and perform admirable acts of the most difficult order. But those who cannot board the ark of yajnic order and divine love, men of unclean character, doubtful mind and crooked ways, lie about here in the lower and lowest orders of being.

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10.44.7

ए॒वैवापा॒गप॑रे सन्तु दू॒ढ्योऽश्वा॒ येषां॑ दु॒र्युज॑ आयुयु॒ज्रे।
इ॒त्था ये प्रागुप॑रे॒ सन्ति॑ दा॒वने॑ पु॒रूणि॒ यत्र॑ व॒युना॑नि॒ भोज॑ना ॥

evaivāpāgapare santu dūḍhyo'śvā yeṣāṃ duryuja āyuyujre।
itthā ye prāgupare santi dāvane purūṇi yatra vayunāni bhojanā ॥

Thus do people of evil disposition keep wallowing in low states of existence whose mind and senses are engaged in wrong things like restive horses. And thus do others of the first and higher disposition fare who are dedicated here itself to the higher omnificent divinity in which infinite gifts of freedom, peace and happiness abound.

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10.44.8

गि॒रीँरज्रा॒न्रेज॑मानाँ अधारय॒द्द्यौः क्र॑न्दद॒न्तरि॑क्षाणि कोपयत्।
स॒मी॒ची॒ने धि॒षणे॒ वि ष्क॑भायति॒ वृष्ण॑ पी॒त्वा मद॑ उ॒क्थानि॑ शंसति ॥

girīm̐rajrānrejamānām̐ adhārayaddyauḥ krandadantarikṣāṇi kopayat।
samīcīne dhiṣaṇe vi ṣkabhāyati vṛṣṇa pītvā mada ukthāni śaṃsati ॥

He wields the dynamics of nature, fixes the mountains and moves the roaring clouds. He holds the raging heavens and shakes the violent skies. He holds both earth and heaven together and, the glorious sun having drunk up the vapours, showers down the rains in joy like the overflow of divine ecstasy in the music of song.

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10.44.9

इ॒मं बि॑भर्मि॒ सुकृ॑तं ते अङ्कु॒शं येना॑रु॒जासि॑ मघवञ्छफा॒रुज॑।
अ॒स्मिन्सु ते॒ सव॑ने अस्त्वो॒क्यं॑ सु॒त इ॒ष्टौ म॑घवन्बो॒ध्याभ॑गः ॥

imaṃ bibharmi sukṛtaṃ te aṅkuśaṃ yenārujāsi maghavañchaphāruja।
asminsu te savane astvokyaṃ suta iṣṭau maghavanbodhyābhagaḥ ॥

I happily abide by this law and discipline of yours, Indra, which is divinely maintained and sustained, the law by which, O lord of power and glory, you punish those who strike life by their hoof and claw. May your presence abide in this holy seat of my yajna in the heart and soul. May your divine majesty, O lord of glory, know and fulfil our desire in this cherished act of love and faith.

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10.44.10

गोभि॑ष्टरे॒माम॑तिं दु॒रेवां॒ यवे॑न॒ क्षुधं॑ पुरुहूत॒ विश्वा॑म्।
व॒यं राज॑भिः प्रथ॒मा धना॑न्य॒स्माके॑न वृ॒जने॑ना जयेम ॥

gobhiṣṭaremāmatiṃ durevāṃ yavena kṣudhaṃ puruhūta viśvām।
vayaṃ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanānyasmākena vṛjanenā jayema ॥

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10.44.11

बृह॒स्पति॑र्न॒ परि॑ पातु प॒श्चादु॒तोत्त॑रस्मा॒दध॑रादघा॒योः।
इन्द्र॑ पु॒रस्ता॑दु॒त म॑ध्य॒तो न॒ सखा॒ सखि॑भ्यो॒ वरि॑वः कृणोतु ॥

bṛhaspatirna pari pātu paścādutottarasmādadharādaghāyoḥ।
indra purastāduta madhyato na sakhā sakhibhyo varivaḥ kṛṇotu ॥

Ṛgveda 10.45 · 12 verses

10.45.1

दि॒वस्परि॑ प्रथ॒मं ज॑ज्ञे अ॒ग्निर॒स्मद्द्वि॒तीयं॒ परि॑ जा॒तवे॑दाः।
तृ॒तीय॑म॒प्सु नृ॒मणा॒ अज॑स्र॒मिन्धा॑न एनं जरते स्वा॒धीः ॥

divaspari prathamaṃ jajñe agnirasmaddvitīyaṃ pari jātavedāḥ।
tṛtīyamapsu nṛmaṇā ajasramindhāna enaṃ jarate svādhīḥ ॥

Agni first manifests as light in the high heavenly region in the form of the sun. Secondly it manifests as Jataveda, vital heat in all earthly forms around us. In the third form it manifests as energy in waters in the middle regions of space as electricity. Agni is the vital energy which enables humanity to live and work. Man as self-intelligent being lights this perpetual Agni and thereby exalts and celebrates the eternal creative spirit of existence.

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10.45.2

वि॒द्मा ते॑ अग्ने त्रे॒धा त्र॒याणि॑ वि॒द्मा ते॒ धाम॒ विभृ॑ता पुरु॒त्रा।
वि॒द्मा ते॒ नाम॑ पर॒मं गुहा॒ यद्वि॒द्मा तमुत्सं॒ यत॑ आज॒गन्थ॑ ॥

vidmā te agne tredhā trayāṇi vidmā te dhāma vibhṛtā purutrā।
vidmā te nāma paramaṃ guhā yadvidmā tamutsaṃ yata ājagantha ॥

Agni, universal vital energy, we know the three modes in which you menifest in three different forms, structures, properties and functions. All pervasive energy, we know the three regions in which you abide. For sure we know the deepest secret cave where your abode is since we know the infinite source from where you arise and manifest as Agni, Vayu and Aditya on earth, in sky and in heaven.

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10.45.3

स॒मु॒द्रे त्वा॑ नृ॒मणा॑ अ॒प्स्व१न्तर्नृ॒चक्षा॑ ईधे दि॒वो अ॑ग्न॒ ऊध॑न्।
तृ॒तीये॑ त्वा॒ रज॑सि तस्थि॒वांस॑म॒पामु॒पस्थे॑ महि॒षा अ॑वर्धन् ॥

samudre tvā nṛmaṇā apsva1ntarnṛcakṣā īdhe divo agna ūdhan।
tṛtīye tvā rajasi tasthivāṃsamapāmupasthe mahiṣā avardhan ॥

Agni, the fluid energy excites and kindles you in the currents in the depths of the waters; in the region of light, the sun that illuminates the world of humanity produces and radiates you; and in the third region of the skies, the energy of the winds produces and augments you as you abide in the depths of the cloud.

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10.45.4

अक्र॑न्दद॒ग्निः स्त॒नय॑न्निव॒ द्यौः क्षामा॒ रेरि॑हद्वी॒रुध॑ सम॒ञ्जन्।
स॒द्यो ज॑ज्ञा॒नो वि हीमि॒द्धो अख्य॒दा रोद॑सी भा॒नुना॑ भात्य॒न्तः ॥

akrandadagniḥ stanayanniva dyauḥ kṣāmā rerihadvīrudha samañjan।
sadyo jajñāno vi hīmiddho akhyadā rodasī bhānunā bhātyantaḥ ॥

Agni roars as if thundering and shaking the skies, at the same time reaching and kissing the earth and beautifying the greenery. Always present, instantly rising, it proclaims itself, shines, and fills the heaven and earth with its light.

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10.45.5

श्री॒णामु॑दा॒रो ध॒रुणो॑ रयी॒णां म॑नी॒षाणां॒ प्रार्प॑ण॒ सोम॑गोपाः।
वसु॑ सू॒नुः सह॑सो अ॒प्सु राजा॒ वि भा॒त्यग्र॑ उ॒षसा॑मिधा॒नः ॥

śrīṇāmudāro dharuṇo rayīṇāṃ manīṣāṇāṃ prārpaṇa somagopāḥ।
vasu sūnuḥ sahaso apsu rājā vi bhātyagra uṣasāmidhānaḥ ॥

Liberal source giver of light, beauty and life’s graces, treasure home of wealths, honours and excellences, harbinger of intellectual smartness and fulfilment, protector and promoter of the soma energies of life, shelter home of peace and comfort, child as well as energiser of strength and courage, and the ruling inspirer of the soul in will and actions, Agni, kindled and rising, shines in advance of the dawns at the horizon.

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10.45.6

विश्व॑स्य के॒तुर्भुव॑नस्य॒ गर्भ॒ आ रोद॑सी अपृणा॒ज्जाय॑मानः।
वी॒ळुं चि॒दद्रि॑मभिनत्परा॒यञ्जना॒ यद॒ग्निमय॑जन्त॒ पञ्च॑ ॥

viśvasya keturbhuvanasya garbha ā rodasī apṛṇājjāyamānaḥ।
vīḷuṃ cidadrimabhinatparāyañjanā yadagnimayajanta pañca ॥

Illuminator of the world, pervasive life energy of the universe, as it rises it fills the heaven and earth with light and life. Moving ahead and penetrating, it breaks the mighty strong cloud, and for this reason of its energy, power and light all communities of the world kindle and adore it in their yajnic projects of creation and production.

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10.45.7

उ॒शिक्पा॑व॒को अ॑र॒तिः सु॑मे॒धा मर्ते॑ष्व॒ग्निर॒मृतो॒ नि धा॑यि।
इय॑र्ति धू॒मम॑रु॒षं भरि॑भ्र॒दुच्छु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॒ द्यामिन॑क्षन् ॥

uśikpāvako aratiḥ sumedhā marteṣvagniramṛto ni dhāyi।
iyarti dhūmamaruṣaṃ bharibhraducchukreṇa śociṣā dyāminakṣan ॥

Charming, purifying, dynamic, inspiring the mind and intelligence to acts of holiness, immortal Agni pervades in all mortal forms of nature and humanity. It bears and emanates light, sets in motion free fragrance for life and, with powerful pure light, fills the heavens of space.

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10.45.8

दृ॒शा॒नो रु॒क्म उ॑र्वि॒या व्य॑द्यौद्दु॒र्मर्ष॒मायु॑ श्रि॒ये रु॑चा॒नः।
अ॒ग्निर॒मृतो॑ अभव॒द्वयो॑भि॒र्यदे॑नं॒ द्यौर्ज॒नय॑त्सु॒रेता॑ ॥

dṛśāno rukma urviyā vyadyauddurmarṣamāyu śriye rucānaḥ।
agniramṛto abhavadvayobhiryadenaṃ dyaurjanayatsuretā ॥

All watching and self-revealed, glorious Agni shines awfully, infinite light, indomitable life and pranic energy, all refulgent for the beauty and grace of life. Agni is immortal and eternal with waves of living energy since the heavenly divine life spirit of existence generates it as it is.

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10.45.9

यस्ते॑ अ॒द्य कृ॒णव॑द्भद्रशोचेऽपू॒पं दे॑व घृ॒तव॑न्तमग्ने।
प्र तं न॑य प्रत॒रं वस्यो॒ अच्छा॒भि सु॒म्नं दे॒वभ॑क्तं यविष्ठ ॥

yaste adya kṛṇavadbhadraśoce'pūpaṃ deva ghṛtavantamagne।
pra taṃ naya prataraṃ vasyo acchābhi sumnaṃ devabhaktaṃ yaviṣṭha ॥

Agni, holy light of life, self-refulgent generous divinity, whoever the dedicated celebrant of the divine that prepares and offers you homage and yajna with perfect discipline of mind and sense, pray bless him, O power ever youthful, with honour and excellence of high order and the peace and comfort of a happy home.

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10.45.10

आ तं भ॑ज सौश्रव॒सेष्व॑ग्न उ॒क्थौ॑क्थ॒ आ भ॑ज श॒स्यमा॑ने।
प्रि॒यः सूर्ये॑ प्रि॒यो अ॒ग्ना भ॑वा॒त्युज्जा॒तेन॑ भि॒नद॒दुज्जनि॑त्वैः ॥

ā taṃ bhaja sauśravaseṣvagna ukthauktha ā bhaja śasyamāne।
priyaḥ sūrye priyo agnā bhavātyujjātena bhinadadujjanitvaiḥ ॥

O self-refulgent Agni, love the celebrant, bless him among the celebrities of high renown, love and bless him in every celebrative song of adoration, Let him be dear to the sun, a darling of the fire to enjoy the favour and blessings of these divinities. May he rise with what he has created and achieved. May he rise by all that he is going to create and achieve.

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10.45.11

त्वाम॑ग्ने॒ यज॑माना॒ अनु॒ द्यून्विश्वा॒ वसु॑ दधिरे॒ वार्या॑णि।
त्वया॑ स॒ह द्रवि॑णमि॒च्छमा॑ना व्र॒जं गोम॑न्तमु॒शिजो॒ वि व॑व्रुः ॥

tvāmagne yajamānā anu dyūnviśvā vasu dadhire vāryāṇi।
tvayā saha draviṇamicchamānā vrajaṃ gomantamuśijo vi vavruḥ ॥

Agni, lord of light and glory, those who offer you yajnic homage and worship are blest with all the world’s wealth, peace and comfort of their choice. Seeking and aspiring for honour and excellence, loving sages and pioneers of progress not only achieve but also open the gates of further possibilities on earth abounding in lands, cows, and culture of knowledge and grace.

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10.45.12

अस्ता॑व्य॒ग्निर्न॒रां सु॒शेवो॑ वैश्वान॒र ऋषि॑भि॒ सोम॑गोपाः।
अ॒द्वे॒षे द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी हु॑वेम॒ देवा॑ ध॒त्त र॒यिम॒स्मे सु॒वीर॑म् ॥

astāvyagnirnarāṃ suśevo vaiśvānara ṛṣibhi somagopāḥ।
adveṣe dyāvāpṛthivī huvema devā dhatta rayimasme suvīram ॥

Agni, self-refulgent light and fire of life, blissful guardian of humanity, world guide and pioneer of leading lights, protector and promoter of the soma beauty and glory of life is praised and exalted by seers and poetic celebrants. We invoke and pray for the blessings of loving heaven and earth free from anger and jealousy. We pray may the divinities bear and bring us wealth, honour and excellence with brave generations of progeny.

Ṛgveda 10.46 · 10 verses

10.46.1

प्र होता॑ जा॒तो म॒हान्न॑भो॒विन्नृ॒षद्वा॑ सीदद॒पामु॒पस्थे॑।
दधि॒र्यो धायि॒ स ते॒ वयां॑सि य॒न्ता वसू॑नि विध॒ते त॑नू॒पाः ॥

pra hotā jāto mahānnabhovinnṛṣadvā sīdadapāmupasthe।
dadhiryo dhāyi sa te vayāṃsi yantā vasūni vidhate tanūpāḥ ॥

High priest of the cosmic yajna of creation, universally self-manifested, great and glorious, pervasive in space and things even beyond the senses, abiding in the heart and soul of humanity, Agni rolls at the heart of the dynamics of existence. O man, the omnipresent light of the universe which holds, controls and sustains everything is celebrated in the Vedas and worshipped at heart. It is Agni, sustainer of the individual body and the cosmic form, ruler and controller of everything, that bears and brings you all food and energies and blesses you with all wealth, honour and excellence of life.

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10.46.2

इ॒मं वि॒धन्तो॑ अ॒पां स॒धस्थे॑ प॒शुं न न॒ष्टं प॒दैरनु॑ ग्मन्।
गुहा॒ चत॑न्तमु॒शिजो॒ नमो॑भिरि॒च्छन्तो॒ धीरा॒ भृग॑वोऽविन्दन् ॥

imaṃ vidhanto apāṃ sadhasthe paśuṃ na naṣṭaṃ padairanu gman।
guhā catantamuśijo namobhiricchanto dhīrā bhṛgavo'vindan ॥

Just as people search for a lost animal by following the foot prints of the animal in the forest, similarly seekers and aspirants of this Agni, omnipresent in the dynamics of existence, try to search for it by the overt as well as covert marks of its presence in the wide world of nature, and the deeply dedicated brilliant sages, loving and patient in their persistent search with yajnic homage, self-dedication and surrender, find it vibrating in the cave of the heart and soul.

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10.46.3

इ॒मं त्रि॒तो भूर्य॑विन्ददि॒च्छन्वै॑भूव॒सो मू॒र्धन्यघ्न्या॑याः।
स शेवृ॑धो जा॒त आ ह॒र्म्येषु॒ नाभि॒र्युवा॑ भवति रोच॒नस्य॑ ॥

imaṃ trito bhūryavindadicchanvaibhūvaso mūrdhanyaghnyāyāḥ।
sa śevṛdho jāta ā harmyeṣu nābhiryuvā bhavati rocanasya ॥

The ardent lover of divinity, Trita, the man having got over threefold suffering of body, mind and soul through knowledge, good work and meditation, finds this Agni presence on top of inviolable nature and earthly life in the absolute state of consciousness. Thus realised in spiritual manifestation, Agni, harbinger and augmenter of spiritual felicity, becomes the centre hold of happy homes and a youthful presence of divinity in the mind of enlightened souls.

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10.46.4

म॒न्द्रं होता॑रमु॒शिजो॒ नमो॑भि॒ प्राञ्चं॑ य॒ज्ञं ने॒तार॑मध्व॒राणा॑म्।
वि॒शाम॑कृण्वन्नर॒तिं पा॑व॒कं ह॑व्य॒वाहं॒ दध॑तो॒ मानु॑षेषु ॥

mandraṃ hotāramuśijo namobhi prāñcaṃ yajñaṃ netāramadhvarāṇām।
viśāmakṛṇvannaratiṃ pāvakaṃ havyavāhaṃ dadhato mānuṣeṣu ॥

Earnest men of love, passion and faith among people hold at heart and with homage serve Agni, the power that is joyous, yajnic creator giver and organiser, foremost leader directly realised, worthy of love and reverence, leading power of creative programmes of love and non-violence, cleanser and purifier, harbinger of holy materials for social development. They hold Agni at heart and create and exalt it as the prime power among the people.

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10.46.5

प्र भू॒र्जय॑न्तं म॒हां वि॑पो॒धां मू॒रा अमू॑रं पु॒रां द॒र्माण॑म्।
नय॑न्तो॒ गर्भं॑ व॒नां धियं॑ धु॒र्हिरि॑श्मश्रुं॒ नार्वा॑णं॒ धन॑र्चम् ॥

pra bhūrjayantaṃ mahāṃ vipodhāṃ mūrā amūraṃ purāṃ darmāṇam।
nayanto garbhaṃ vanāṃ dhiyaṃ dhurhiriśmaśruṃ nārvāṇaṃ dhanarcam ॥

Earnest men of love, passion and faith, but, being human, limited in intelligence, hold at heart, worship and serve Agni pervading and dominating the world of existence, great, sustainer of the vibrant wise, all knowing and wise, breaker of the strongholds of negativity and darkness, the original seed and source of life, beatific, supremely intelligent, golden flamed and divinely adorable. Men hold at heart, worship and serve this omnipresent Agni being more dynamic than the dynamics of nature, the instant presence that it is.

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10.46.6

नि प॒स्त्या॑सु त्रि॒तः स्त॑भू॒यन्परि॑वीतो॒ योनौ॑ सीदद॒न्तः।
अत॑ सं॒गृभ्या॑ वि॒शां दमू॑ना॒ विध॑र्मणाय॒न्त्रैरी॑यते॒ नॄन् ॥

ni pastyāsu tritaḥ stabhūyanparivīto yonau sīdadantaḥ।
ata saṃgṛbhyā viśāṃ damūnā vidharmaṇāyantrairīyate nṝn ॥

Agni, the light of three worlds, all supportive and sustaining, enveloped in light and flames, sits in the vedi in the homes as in the midst of regions of the universe, and from there, having received the homage of yajnic oblations, the generous Agni reaches the leading divinities of nature and humanity in various ways according to different laws of nature.

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10.46.7

अ॒स्याजरा॑सो द॒माम॒रित्रा॑ अ॒र्चद्धू॑मासो अ॒ग्नय॑ पाव॒काः।
श्वि॒ती॒चय॑ श्वा॒त्रासो॑ भुर॒ण्यवो॑ वन॒र्षदो॑ वा॒यवो॒ न सोमा॑ ॥

asyājarāso damāmaritrā arcaddhūmāso agnaya pāvakāḥ।
śvitīcaya śvātrāso bhuraṇyavo vanarṣado vāyavo na somā ॥

The eternal, adorable and all saving flames and fragrances of the powerful fires of this Agni are purifying, sanctifying, invigorating, instantly effective, pervasive in forests, clouds and waters, and they are vibrant and blissful as the soothing pleasures of soma.

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10.46.8

प्र जि॒ह्वया॑ भरते॒ वेपो॑ अ॒ग्निः प्र व॒युना॑नि॒ चेत॑सा पृथि॒व्याः।
तमा॒यव॑ शु॒चय॑न्तं पाव॒कं म॒न्द्रं होता॑रं दधिरे॒ यजि॑ष्ठम् ॥

pra jihvayā bharate vepo agniḥ pra vayunāni cetasā pṛthivyāḥ।
tamāyava śucayantaṃ pāvakaṃ mandraṃ hotāraṃ dadhire yajiṣṭham ॥

Agni, light of omniscience, vests humanity with the wisdom, will and power of action, and also with the awareness of the laws of the expansive universe, by the flames of its powerful Vedic voice of revelations. And the people hold, adore, serve and follow that Agni, the most lovable and adorable, purifying, sanctifying and joyous power which is the high priest of the dynamics of existence, the receiver and a thousandfold giver.

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10.46.9

द्यावा॒ यम॒ग्निं पृ॑थि॒वी जनि॑ष्टा॒माप॒स्त्वष्टा॒ भृग॑वो॒ यं सहो॑भिः।
ई॒ळेन्यं॑ प्रथ॒मं मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑ दे॒वास्त॑तक्षु॒र्मन॑वे॒ यज॑त्रम् ॥

dyāvā yamagniṃ pṛthivī janiṣṭāmāpastvaṣṭā bhṛgavo yaṃ sahobhiḥ।
īḷenyaṃ prathamaṃ mātariśvā devāstatakṣurmanave yajatram ॥

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10.46.10

यं त्वा॑ दे॒वा द॑धि॒रे ह॑व्य॒वाहं॑ पुरु॒स्पृहो॒ मानु॑षासो॒ यज॑त्रम्।
स याम॑न्नग्ने स्तुव॒ते वयो॑ धा॒ प्र दे॑व॒यन्य॒शस॒ सं हि पू॒र्वीः ॥

yaṃ tvā devā dadhire havyavāhaṃ puruspṛho mānuṣāso yajatram।
sa yāmannagne stuvate vayo dhā pra devayanyaśasa saṃ hi pūrvīḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 10.47 · 8 verses

10.47.1

ज॒गृ॒भ्मा ते॒ दक्षि॑णमिन्द्र॒ हस्तं॑ वसू॒यवो॑ वसुपते॒ वसू॑नाम्।
वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॒ गोप॑तिं शूर॒ गोना॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

jagṛbhmā te dakṣiṇamindra hastaṃ vasūyavo vasupate vasūnām।
vidmā hi tvā gopatiṃ śūra gonāmasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

Indra, lord ruler, controller, promoter and giver of the world’s wealth, peace, comfort and joy, we, seekers of wealth, honours and excellence, hold on to your liberal hand of generosity. Lord of omnipotence, we know that you are the ruler and controller of the earths, stars, knowledge, wisdom and culture of life. Pray bless us with profuse and wondrous source wealth of the world with honours, excellence and happiness.

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10.47.2

स्वा॒यु॒धं स्वव॑सं सुनी॒थं चतु॑समुद्रं ध॒रुणं॑ रयी॒णाम्।
च॒र्कृत्यं॒ शंस्यं॒ भूरि॑वारम॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

svāyudhaṃ svavasaṃ sunīthaṃ catusamudraṃ dharuṇaṃ rayīṇām।
carkṛtyaṃ śaṃsyaṃ bhūrivāramasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

We know you, Indra, wielder of mighty weapons, unfailing guardian, noble guide, pervasive all round in the four quarters of space, treasure-hold of universal wealth, constantly doing and glorified, adorable and infinite source of choicest boons. Pray bear and bring us abundant and wondrous wealth of the world.

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10.47.3

सु॒ब्रह्मा॑णं दे॒वव॑न्तं बृ॒हन्त॑मु॒रुं ग॑भी॒रं पृ॒थुबु॑ध्नमिन्द्र।
श्रु॒तऋ॑षिमु॒ग्रम॑भिमाति॒षाह॑म॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

subrahmāṇaṃ devavantaṃ bṛhantamuruṃ gabhīraṃ pṛthubudhnamindra।
śrutaṛṣimugramabhimātiṣāhamasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

We know you, Indra, lord of divine speech, highest lover of divinities, greatest, boundless, deepest, foundation of the expansive universe, exalted among seers and sages, blazing lustrous, destroyer of opponents. Pray, bear and bring us abundant and wondrous wealth of the world.

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10.47.4

स॒नद्वा॑जं॒ विप्र॑वीरं॒ तरु॑त्रं धन॒स्पृतं॑ शूशु॒वांसं॑ सु॒दक्ष॑म्।
द॒स्यु॒हनं॑ पू॒र्भिद॑मिन्द्र स॒त्यम॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

sanadvājaṃ vipravīraṃ tarutraṃ dhanaspṛtaṃ śūśuvāṃsaṃ sudakṣam।
dasyuhanaṃ pūrbhidamindra satyamasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

We know you, Indra, abundant in food, energy and advancement, commanding the brave and intelligent, guiding presence over the ocean of existence, infinitely opulent, giver of strength and sure success, most powerful, destroyer of evil and negativity, breaker of mountainous obstructions, ever true and eternal. O lord omnipotent, give us wondrous wealth of life in abundance.

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10.47.5

अश्वा॑वन्तं र॒थिनं॑ वी॒रव॑न्तं सह॒स्रिणं॑ श॒तिनं॒ वाज॑मिन्द्र।
भ॒द्रव्रा॑तं॒ विप्र॑वीरं स्व॒र्षाम॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

aśvāvantaṃ rathinaṃ vīravantaṃ sahasriṇaṃ śatinaṃ vājamindra।
bhadravrātaṃ vipravīraṃ svarṣāmasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

We know you, Indra, equipped with dynamic forces, cosmic chariot and brave powers of the world, abundant in hundredfold, thousandfold, even infinite energy, power and victory, assisted by excellent powers of natural law, served by the wise and brave sages, the lord all blissful. Pray give us abundant and wondrous wealth of the wonderful world of life.

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10.47.6

प्र स॒प्तगु॑मृ॒तधी॑तिं सुमे॒धां बृह॒स्पतिं॑ म॒तिरच्छा॑ जिगाति।
य आ॑ङ्गिर॒सो नम॑सोप॒सद्यो॒ऽस्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

pra saptagumṛtadhītiṃ sumedhāṃ bṛhaspatiṃ matiracchā jigāti।
ya āṅgiraso namasopasadyo'smabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

We know you Indra, lord of the seven-fold world of existence sung by seven priests with seven songs of the Veda, lord of infinite intelligence, presiding over the expansive universe whom the man of intelligence adores and who is directly invoked with homage and prayer of the man of dynamic faith. Pray give us the wondrous wealth of the world full of abundant creative possibilities.

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10.47.7

वनी॑वानो॒ मम॑ दू॒तास॒ इन्द्रं॒ स्तोमा॑श्चरन्ति सुम॒तीरि॑या॒नाः।
हृ॒दि॒स्पृशो॒ मन॑सा व॒च्यमा॑ना अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

vanīvāno mama dūtāsa indraṃ stomāścaranti sumatīriyānāḥ।
hṛdispṛśo manasā vacyamānā asmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

My songs of adoration full of love and faith, vibrating with holy thoughts, expressive of the language of my mind and touching the heart, reach Indra like messengers of my soul. Indra, pray give us wondrous wealth of the world in abundance.

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10.47.8

यत्त्वा॒ यामि॑ द॒द्धि तन्न॑ इन्द्र बृ॒हन्तं॒ क्षय॒मस॑मं॒ जना॑नाम्।
अ॒भि तद्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी गृ॑णीताम॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑ ॥

yattvā yāmi daddhi tanna indra bṛhantaṃ kṣayamasamaṃ janānām।
abhi taddyāvāpṛthivī gṛṇītāmasmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dā ॥

Ṛgveda 10.48 · 11 verses

10.48.1

अ॒हं भु॑वं॒ वसु॑नः पू॒र्व्यस्पति॑र॒हं धना॑नि॒ सं ज॑यामि॒ शश्व॑तः।
मां ह॑वन्ते पि॒तरं॒ न ज॒न्तवो॒ऽहं दा॒शुषे॒ वि भ॑जामि॒ भोज॑नम् ॥

ahaṃ bhuvaṃ vasunaḥ pūrvyaspatirahaṃ dhanāni saṃ jayāmi śaśvataḥ।
māṃ havante pitaraṃ na jantavo'haṃ dāśuṣe vi bhajāmi bhojanam ॥

I am the eternal lord, master protector and promoter of the world of existence. I create, raise, protect and rule over the eternal wealths of the world. Living beings call on me as father, mother and saviour guardian. I provide food and sustenance for generous humanity dedicated to service and yajna.

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10.48.2

अ॒हमिन्द्रो॒ रोधो॒ वक्षो॒ अथ॑र्वणस्त्रि॒ताय॒ गा अ॑जनय॒महे॒रधि॑।
अ॒हं दस्यु॑भ्य॒ परि॑ नृ॒म्णमा द॑दे गो॒त्रा शिक्ष॑न्दधी॒चे मा॑त॒रिश्व॑ने ॥

ahamindro rodho vakṣo atharvaṇastritāya gā ajanayamaheradhi।
ahaṃ dasyubhya pari nṛmṇamā dade gotrā śikṣandadhīce mātariśvane ॥

I am the corselet and the centre-hold of pranic energy in the state of tension and equilibrium. I create the streams of vapour over the cloud and waves of energy for the three realms of earth, heaven and the middle regions. I collect and disburse wealth of materials and energies from and for the dynamics of evolution, and I give protection and perception of sense and response to the foetus in the mother’s womb.

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10.48.3

मह्यं॒ त्वष्टा॒ वज्र॑मतक्षदाय॒सं मयि॑ दे॒वासो॑ऽवृज॒न्नपि॒ क्रतु॑म्।
ममानी॑कं॒ सूर्य॑स्येव दु॒ष्टरं॒ मामार्य॑न्ति कृ॒तेन॒ कर्त्वे॑न च ॥

mahyaṃ tvaṣṭā vajramatakṣadāyasaṃ mayi devāso'vṛjannapi kratum।
mamānīkaṃ sūryasyeva duṣṭaraṃ māmāryanti kṛtena kartvena ca ॥

For me, Tvashta, formative faculty of divine nature, creates the thunderbolt of steel. For me, the divinities of nature and humanity perform their tasks and surrender them unto me. My blazing power is insurmountable like the sun’s, and all actions past, present and future in nature or humanity must come to me for effectual fulfilment.

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10.48.4

अ॒हमे॒तं ग॒व्यय॒मश्व्यं॑ प॒शुं पु॑री॒षिणं॒ साय॑केना हिर॒ण्यय॑म्।
पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ नि शि॑शामि दा॒शुषे॒ यन्मा॒ सोमा॑स उ॒क्थिनो॒ अम॑न्दिषुः ॥

ahametaṃ gavyayamaśvyaṃ paśuṃ purīṣiṇaṃ sāyakenā hiraṇyayam।
purū sahasrā ni śiśāmi dāśuṣe yanmā somāsa ukthino amandiṣuḥ ॥

When men of soma peace and piety chant hymns of praise in gratitude to cosmic divinity, it pleases me, and this man of perceptive senses, thinking mind, penetrative vision, energetic character and a golden heart, I vest with the abundance of a thousand capacities and capabilities of refinement for rooting out sin and evil.

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10.48.5

अ॒हमिन्द्रो॒ न परा॑ जिग्य॒ इद्धनं॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽव॑ तस्थे॒ कदा॑ च॒न।
सोम॒मिन्मा॑ सु॒न्वन्तो॑ याचता॒ वसु॒ न मे॑ पूरवः स॒ख्ये रि॑षाथन ॥

ahamindro na parā jigya iddhanaṃ na mṛtyave'va tasthe kadā cana।
somaminmā sunvanto yācatā vasu na me pūravaḥ sakhye riṣāthana ॥

I am Indra, the powerful, never defeated. None can deprive me of my identity. I exist not for death. O makers of soma, ask me for the wealth and peace of life. Men who abide in friendship with me never come to harm.

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10.48.6

अ॒हमे॒ताञ्छाश्व॑सतो॒ द्वाद्वेन्द्रं॒ ये वज्रं॑ यु॒धयेऽकृ॑ण्वत।
आ॒ह्वय॑मानाँ॒ अव॒ हन्म॑नाहनं दृ॒ळ्हा वद॒न्नन॑मस्युर्नम॒स्विन॑ ॥

ahametāñchāśvasato dvādvendraṃ ye vajraṃ yudhaye'kṛṇvata।
āhvayamānām̐ ava hanmanāhanaṃ dṛḷhā vadannanamasyurnamasvina ॥

I destroy those challengers who, panting for battle in two’s, raise their thunder weapon and challenge the mighty ruling power of the system. I throw them off without the weapon, without bending in compromise either, but with a determined mind and the warning word of the inevitable.

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10.48.7

अ॒भी॒३दमेक॒मेको॑ अस्मि नि॒ष्षाळ॒भी द्वा किमु॒ त्रय॑ करन्ति।
खले॒ न प॒र्षान्प्रति॑ हन्मि॒ भूरि॒ किं मा॑ निन्दन्ति॒ शत्र॑वोऽनि॒न्द्राः ॥

abhī3damekameko asmi niṣṣāḷabhī dvā kimu traya karanti।
khale na parṣānprati hanmi bhūri kiṃ mā nindanti śatravo'nindrāḥ ॥

I am one, the absolute without a second. I am destroyer of the enemies who do not recognise me, Indra, centrality of the system. Those who challenge me, I destroy, whether it is one or two or three. I crush them all as sheaves of com on the threshing floor. It is a pity they revile me.

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10.48.8

अ॒हं गु॒ङ्गुभ्यो॑ अतिथि॒ग्वमिष्क॑र॒मिषं॒ न वृ॑त्र॒तुरं॑ वि॒क्षु धा॑रयम्।
यत्प॑र्णय॒घ्न उ॒त वा॑ करञ्ज॒हे प्राहं म॒हे वृ॑त्र॒हत्ये॒ अशु॑श्रवि ॥

ahaṃ guṅgubhyo atithigvamiṣkaramiṣaṃ na vṛtraturaṃ vikṣu dhārayam।
yatparṇayaghna uta vā karañjahe prāhaṃ mahe vṛtrahatye aśuśravi ॥

For the protection and advancement of the unostentatious people of piety and creativity among humanity, I hold and maintain persons and powers that are hospitable, producers of food, and destroyers of sin, evil and violence, and I protect them like the very nourishment of society, since I am known and celebrated for what I am and what I do : eliminate the forces counter to growth, break the cloud for rain, and dispel darkness, want and ignorance.

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10.48.9

प्र मे॒ नमी॑ सा॒प्य इ॒षे भु॒जे भू॒द्गवा॒मेषे॑ स॒ख्या कृ॑णुत द्वि॒ता।
दि॒द्युं यद॑स्य समि॒थेषु॑ मं॒हय॒मादिदे॑नं॒ शंस्य॑मु॒क्थ्यं॑ करम् ॥

pra me namī sāpya iṣe bhuje bhūdgavāmeṣe sakhyā kṛṇuta dvitā।
didyuṃ yadasya samitheṣu maṃhayamādidenaṃ śaṃsyamukthyaṃ karam ॥

My celebrant is worthy of love and honour, because he is for sustenance, enjoyment and procurement of knowledge for society. He is loved and honoured for two reasons: for friendship and for enlightenment. And when I have given him the light in abundance in the battles of life, only then I raise him to the position of praise and celebration.

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10.48.10

प्र नेम॑स्मिन्ददृशे॒ सोमो॑ अ॒न्तर्गो॒पा नेम॑मा॒विर॒स्था कृ॑णोति।
स ति॒ग्मशृ॑ङ्गं वृष॒भं युयु॑त्सन्द्रु॒हस्त॑स्थौ बहु॒ले ब॒द्धो अ॒न्तः ॥

pra nemasmindadṛśe somo antargopā nemamāvirasthā kṛṇoti।
sa tigmaśṛṅgaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ yuyutsandruhastasthau bahule baddho antaḥ ॥

Among some people, Indra manifests as soma, divine spirit of joy, beauty and peace, the protector within. Among others, the lord manifests as a bolt from the blue, the sudden fall of thunder. Fighting the sharply armed, strongly determined forces, he stands and subdues like a fury. Thus does Indra manifest, abiding within, among all.

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10.48.11

आ॒दि॒त्यानां॒ वसू॑नां रु॒द्रिया॑णां दे॒वो दे॒वानां॒ न मि॑नामि॒ धाम॑।
ते मा॑ भ॒द्राय॒ शव॑से ततक्षु॒रप॑राजित॒मस्तृ॑त॒मषा॑ळ्हम् ॥

ādityānāṃ vasūnāṃ rudriyāṇāṃ devo devānāṃ na mināmi dhāma।
te mā bhadrāya śavase tatakṣuraparājitamastṛtamaṣāḷham ॥

Light of lights, generous and potent, I never violate, frustrate or transgress the identity, function and power of the Adityas, zodiacs of the sun, of Vasus, natural spheres of life sustenance, or Rudras, forces such as winds and pranic energies. Nor do I ever disturb the aditya, rudra and vasu scholars of knowledge and divine service. Let them all realise me and manifest my spirit and presence for their good and fulfilment of their prowess: me, Indra, undaunted, unviolated and unopposed.

Ṛgveda 10.49 · 11 verses

10.49.1

अ॒हं दां॑ गृण॒ते पूर्व्यं॒ वस्व॒हं ब्रह्म॑ कृणवं॒ मह्यं॒ वर्ध॑नम्।
अ॒हं भु॑वं॒ यज॑मानस्य चोदि॒ताय॑ज्वनः साक्षि॒ विश्व॑स्मि॒न्भरे॑ ॥

ahaṃ dāṃ gṛṇate pūrvyaṃ vasvahaṃ brahma kṛṇavaṃ mahyaṃ vardhanam।
ahaṃ bhuvaṃ yajamānasya coditāyajvanaḥ sākṣi viśvasminbhare ॥

I give to the celebrant of divinity eternal peace and freedom of the soul, the highest value of life across the world of existence. I create the eternal song of existence for self celebration in joyous exaltation. I am the giver of inspiration to the yajnic performer and partner in cosmic evolution, and I subdue the negationist and uncreative soul in the entire struggle of life for evolution.

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10.49.2

मां धु॒रिन्द्रं॒ नाम॑ दे॒वता॑ दि॒वश्च॒ ग्मश्चा॒पां च॑ ज॒न्तव॑।
अ॒हं हरी॒ वृष॑णा॒ विव्र॑ता र॒घू अ॒हं वज्रं॒ शव॑से धृ॒ष्ण्वा द॑दे ॥

māṃ dhurindraṃ nāma devatā divaśca gmaścāpāṃ ca jantava।
ahaṃ harī vṛṣaṇā vivratā raghū ahaṃ vajraṃ śavase dhṛṣṇvā dade ॥

Living beings of land, waters, heaven and all spaces and all that move, they accept and adore me in faith as Indra, the omnipotent sustained I keep the twofold dynamic forces of high velocity constantly on the move in the cosmic process of evolution, and I, power supreme, wield the thunderbolt as my sceptre of omnipotent justice and dispensation.

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10.49.3

अ॒हमत्कं॑ क॒वये॑ शिश्नथं॒ हथै॑र॒हं कुत्स॑मावमा॒भिरू॒तिभि॑।
अ॒हं शुष्ण॑स्य॒ श्नथि॑ता॒ वध॑र्यमं॒ न यो र॒र आर्यं॒ नाम॒ दस्य॑वे ॥

ahamatkaṃ kavaye śiśnathaṃ hathairahaṃ kutsamāvamābhirūtibhi।
ahaṃ śuṣṇasya śnathitā vadharyamaṃ na yo rara āryaṃ nāma dasyave ॥

I pierce and dispel the darkness for the visionary seer, giving him the break-through and the light with radiations of illuminations and revelation. I protect the sage with these modes of protection and advancement. I, dispeller and destroyer of drought and want, wield the thunderbolt for the negationist and the destroyer whom I do not recognise by the name of a creative positivist.

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10.49.4

अ॒हं पि॒तेव॑ वेत॒सूँर॒भिष्ट॑ये॒ तुग्रं॒ कुत्सा॑य॒ स्मदि॑भं च रन्धयम्।
अ॒हं भु॑वं॒ यज॑मानस्य रा॒जनि॒ प्र यद्भरे॒ तुज॑ये॒ न प्रि॒याधृषे॑ ॥

ahaṃ piteva vetasūm̐rabhiṣṭaye tugraṃ kutsāya smadibhaṃ ca randhayam।
ahaṃ bhuvaṃ yajamānasya rājani pra yadbhare tujaye na priyādhṛṣe ॥

Like a father for the good of the man of creative generosity, I subdue and throw out the obstinate and persistent forces of bruteness, violence and terror. I am for the advancement of the man of yajnic creativity and enlightenment, and I have nothing good for the violent and the bully.

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10.49.5

अ॒हं र॑न्धयं॒ मृग॑यं श्रु॒तर्व॑णे॒ यन्माजि॑हीत व॒युना॑ च॒नानु॒षक्।
अ॒हं वे॒शं न॒म्रमा॒यवे॑ऽकरम॒हं सव्या॑य॒ पड्गृ॑भिमरन्धयम् ॥

ahaṃ randhayaṃ mṛgayaṃ śrutarvaṇe yanmājihīta vayunā canānuṣak।
ahaṃ veśaṃ namramāyave'karamahaṃ savyāya paḍgṛbhimarandhayam ॥

I subdue the roaming mind of the learned man so that it matures and, always by thought and action, it abides in me without going astray. I condition the inner spirit of man to humility, love and kindness, and I remove the obstacles from the path of the man on way to progress.

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10.49.6

अ॒हं स यो नव॑वास्त्वं बृ॒हद्र॑थं॒ सं वृ॒त्रेव॒ दासं॑ वृत्र॒हारु॑जम्।
यद्व॒र्धय॑न्तं प्र॒थय॑न्तमानु॒षग्दू॒रे पा॒रे रज॑सो रोच॒नाक॑रम् ॥

ahaṃ sa yo navavāstvaṃ bṛhadrathaṃ saṃ vṛtreva dāsaṃ vṛtrahārujam।
yadvardhayantaṃ prathayantamānuṣagdūre pāre rajaso rocanākaram ॥

I am that who, like breaking of the cloud, destroy the evil tendencies of body and mind extending to new areas like epidemics expanding and covering large terrilories, and thus I am that who throw away for all time all that sin and darkness which would otherwise go on rising and expanding in effect and intensity.

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10.49.7

अ॒हं सूर्य॑स्य॒ परि॑ याम्या॒शुभि॒ प्रैत॒शेभि॒र्वह॑मान॒ ओज॑सा।
यन्मा॑ सा॒वो मनु॑ष॒ आह॑ नि॒र्णिज॒ ऋध॑क्कृषे॒ दासं॒ कृत्व्यं॒ हथै॑ ॥

ahaṃ sūryasya pari yāmyāśubhi praitaśebhirvahamāna ojasā।
yanmā sāvo manuṣa āha nirṇija ṛdhakkṛṣe dāsaṃ kṛtvyaṃ hathai ॥

I manifest all round in glory as my presence is conducted by fast radiations of sun rays, and when the celebrant of soma yajna for peace and joy calls on me for fulfilment of his essential nature in divinity, immediately I strike off all impediments by strokes of the thunderbolt as the negativities deserve.

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10.49.8

अ॒हं स॑प्त॒हा नहु॑षो॒ नहु॑ष्टर॒ प्राश्रा॑वयं॒ शव॑सा तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म्।
अ॒हं न्य१न्यं सह॑सा॒ सह॑स्करं॒ नव॒ व्राध॑तो नव॒तिं च॑ वक्षयम् ॥

ahaṃ saptahā nahuṣo nahuṣṭara prāśrāvayaṃ śavasā turvaśaṃ yadum।
ahaṃ nya1nyaṃ sahasā sahaskaraṃ nava vrādhato navatiṃ ca vakṣayam ॥

I am the destroyer of sevenfold darkness (of passion, anger, greed, infatuation, pride, fear and sorrow) by sevenfold light of divinity. I am the bond between humanity and divinity, stronger than strength itself. The aspiring man of action and effort, I raise to heights of honour and fame. Others, I fortify with courage and patience, and the rising ones, I cause to rise higher by nine and ninety times for a full life of hundred years.

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10.49.9

अ॒हं स॒प्त स्र॒वतो॑ धारयं॒ वृषा॑ द्रवि॒त्न्व॑ पृथि॒व्यां सी॒रा अधि॑।
अ॒हमर्णां॑सि॒ वि ति॑रामि सु॒क्रतु॑र्यु॒धा वि॑दं॒ मन॑वे गा॒तुमि॒ष्टये॑ ॥

ahaṃ sapta sravato dhārayaṃ vṛṣā dravitnva pṛthivyāṃ sīrā adhi।
ahamarṇāṃsi vi tirāmi sukraturyudhā vidaṃ manave gātumiṣṭaye ॥

Infinite, generous and omnipotent, I cause the seven streams to flow and the seven seas to roll on earth, and I cause the seven streams of blood and nerve to flow in the body. Master of holy action, I provide for the river’s flow, and with the dynamics of nature and society, I provide the paths of progress for humanity on way to fulfilment.

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10.49.10

अ॒हं तदा॑सु धारयं॒ यदा॑सु॒ न दे॒वश्च॒न त्वष्टाधा॑रय॒द्रुश॑त्।
स्पा॒र्हं गवा॒मूध॑स्सु व॒क्षणा॒स्वा मधो॒र्मधु॒ श्वात्र्यं॒ सोम॑मा॒शिर॑म् ॥

ahaṃ tadāsu dhārayaṃ yadāsu na devaścana tvaṣṭādhārayadruśat।
spārhaṃ gavāmūdhassu vakṣaṇāsvā madhormadhu śvātryaṃ somamāśiram ॥

I create and cause to flow that bright fluid in these seas and streams of earth and the body which no bright power of nature or humanity, not even Tvashta, the divine artist, could have created and made to flow: the lovely milk in cow’s udders, honey sweet waters in the rivers, and the sparkling life blood in the body’s

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10.49.11

ए॒वा दे॒वाँ इन्द्रो॑ विव्ये॒ नॄन्प्र च्यौ॒त्नेन॑ म॒घवा॑ स॒त्यरा॑धाः।
विश्वेत्ता ते॑ हरिवः शचीवो॒ऽभि तु॒रास॑ स्वयशो गृणन्ति ॥

evā devām̐ indro vivye nṝnpra cyautnena maghavā satyarādhāḥ।
viśvettā te harivaḥ śacīvo'bhi turāsa svayaśo gṛṇanti ॥

Ṛgveda 10.50 · 7 verses

10.50.1

प्र वो॑ म॒हे मन्द॑माना॒यान्ध॒सोऽर्चा॑ वि॒श्वान॑राय विश्वा॒भुवे॑।
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ यस्य॒ सुम॑खं॒ सहो॒ महि॒ श्रवो॑ नृ॒म्णं च॒ रोद॑सी सप॒र्यत॑ ॥

pra vo mahe mandamānāyāndhaso'rcā viśvānarāya viśvābhuve।
indrasya yasya sumakhaṃ saho mahi śravo nṛmṇaṃ ca rodasī saparyata ॥

You seekers and celebrants, offer reverence and homage with service, prayer and selfless work to Indra, omnipresent guide, giver of happiness and fulfilment to all people of the world, whose holiness of universal creativity, strength, grandeur, honour and glory, and gracious generosity, both heaven and earth proclaim and adore.

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10.50.2

सो चि॒न्नु सख्या॒ नर्य॑ इ॒नः स्तु॒तश्च॒र्कृत्य॒ इन्द्रो॒ माव॑ते॒ नरे॑।
विश्वा॑सु धू॒र्षु वा॑ज॒कृत्ये॑षु सत्पते वृ॒त्रे वा॒प्स्व१भि शू॑र मन्दसे ॥

so cinnu sakhyā narya inaḥ stutaścarkṛtya indro māvate nare।
viśvāsu dhūrṣu vājakṛtyeṣu satpate vṛtre vāpsva1bhi śūra mandase ॥

He, Indra, Lord of heaven and earth, leader and master of humanity with love and friendship for all, loved and adored universally, is worthy of worship for all men like me. O lord omnipotent protector and promoter of the good and true, you rejoice, exhilarate and energise us in all top situations worth challenging in the world, in all battles of the brave worth winning, and in all states of darkness and showers of the clouds.

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10.50.3

के ते नर॑ इन्द्र॒ ये त॑ इ॒षे ये ते॑ सु॒म्नं स॑ध॒न्य१मिय॑क्षान्।
के ते॒ वाजा॑यासु॒र्या॑य हिन्विरे॒ के अ॒प्सु स्वासू॒र्वरा॑सु॒ पौंस्ये॑ ॥

ke te nara indra ye ta iṣe ye te sumnaṃ sadhanya1miyakṣān।
ke te vājāyāsuryāya hinvire ke apsu svāsūrvarāsu pauṃsye ॥

Indra, who are those people that try to win your favour of sustenance and enlightenment, who realise your divine bliss of peace and well being, who exert themselves to win the strength and spirit of life and joy of divinity, and who delight in their own acts of ambition, manliness and generosity?

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10.50.4

भुव॒स्त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑णा म॒हान्भुवो॒ विश्वे॑षु॒ सव॑नेषु य॒ज्ञिय॑।
भुवो॒ नॄँश्च्यौ॒त्नो विश्व॑स्मि॒न्भरे॒ ज्येष्ठ॑श्च॒ मन्त्रो॑ विश्वचर्षणे ॥

bhuvastvamindra brahmaṇā mahānbhuvo viśveṣu savaneṣu yajñiya।
bhuvo nṝm̐ścyautno viśvasminbhare jyeṣṭhaśca mantro viśvacarṣaṇe ॥

Indra, you are great by virtue of your infinity and eternity of Being and the eternal Word of Being and Divinity. In all holy works of creativity in the world, you are adorable. In all struggles of existence, you are the power and inspiration of humanity. And you are the first, highest and the most sacred chant of human consciousness of divinity, O lord all watching and inspiring for the world.

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10.50.5

अवा॒ नु कं॒ ज्याया॑न्य॒ज्ञव॑नसो म॒हीं त॒ ओमा॑त्रां कृ॒ष्टयो॑ विदुः।
असो॒ नु क॑म॒जरो॒ वर्धा॑श्च॒ विश्वेदे॒ता सव॑ना तूतु॒मा कृ॑षे ॥

avā nu kaṃ jyāyānyajñavanaso mahīṃ ta omātrāṃ kṛṣṭayo viduḥ।
aso nu kamajaro vardhāśca viśvedetā savanā tūtumā kṛṣe ॥

Indra, you are great, pray protect and promote the lovers and performers of the divine yajna of faith and creativity. People know the grandeur and greatness of your power of protection. Unaging and imperishable you are, pray promote life and all. Indeed, ultimately, it is you who effect all these acts of creation and progress with strength and speed.

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10.50.6

ए॒ता विश्वा॒ सव॑ना तूतु॒मा कृ॑षे स्व॒यं सू॑नो सहसो॒ यानि॑ दधि॒षे।
वरा॑य ते॒ पात्रं॒ धर्म॑णे॒ तना॑ य॒ज्ञो मन्त्रो॒ ब्रह्मोद्य॑तं॒ वच॑ ॥

etā viśvā savanā tūtumā kṛṣe svayaṃ sūno sahaso yāni dadhiṣe।
varāya te pātraṃ dharmaṇe tanā yajño mantro brahmodyataṃ vaca ॥

You perform all these acts of holiness, O inspirer of force and power, which you hold and sustain. May your protection be for safety and peace, wealth for Dharma mantra, for communion, and the song be for Divinity.

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10.50.7

ये ते॑ विप्र ब्रह्म॒कृत॑ सु॒ते सचा॒ वसू॑नां च॒ वसु॑नश्च दा॒वने॑।
प्र ते सु॒म्नस्य॒ मन॑सा प॒था भु॑व॒न्मदे॑ सु॒तस्य॑ सो॒म्यस्यान्ध॑सः ॥

ye te vipra brahmakṛta sute sacā vasūnāṃ ca vasunaśca dāvane।
pra te sumnasya manasā pathā bhuvanmade sutasya somyasyāndhasaḥ ॥

Lord of vibrant generosity, the celebrants of divinity in song together in this assembly wait for your gift of the highest wealth of wealths. May they, with their heart and soul and by the path of rectitude, abide in the peace and joy of the soma gift of your grace of spiritual food they pray for.

Ṛgveda 10.51 · 9 verses

10.51.1

म॒हत्तदुल्बं॒ स्थवि॑रं॒ तदा॑सी॒द्येनावि॑ष्टितः प्रवि॒वेशि॑था॒पः।
विश्वा॑ अपश्यद्बहु॒धा ते॑ अग्ने॒ जात॑वेदस्त॒न्वो॑ दे॒व एक॑ ॥

mahattadulbaṃ sthaviraṃ tadāsīdyenāviṣṭitaḥ praviveśithāpaḥ।
viśvā apaśyadbahudhā te agne jātavedastanvo deva eka ॥

O Agni, Jataveda, cognizable in existential forms, great is that form, that cover, that medium, fine and firm, clothed in which you enter upon the course of life in existence. There is one Divinity which watches all your body forms existent in nature in various media in the world.

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10.51.2

को मा॑ ददर्श कत॒मः स दे॒वो यो मे॑ त॒न्वो॑ बहु॒धा प॒र्यप॑श्यत्।
क्वाह॑ मित्रावरुणा क्षियन्त्य॒ग्नेर्विश्वा॑ स॒मिधो॑ देव॒यानी॑ ॥

ko mā dadarśa katamaḥ sa devo yo me tanvo bahudhā paryapaśyat।
kvāha mitrāvaruṇā kṣiyantyagnerviśvā samidho devayānī ॥

O Devas, who saw me? Which is that Divine who sees me in my body forms in so many ways? O Mitra and Varuna, O sun and moon, O vital energies of prana and udana, say where abide all my bright and vital waves and flames of fire and energy in the world which light up the paths of divinity and lead humanity

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10.51.3

ऐच्छा॑म त्वा बहु॒धा जा॑तवेद॒ प्रवि॑ष्टमग्ने अ॒प्स्वोष॑धीषु।
तं त्वा॑ य॒मो अ॑चिकेच्चित्रभानो दशान्तरु॒ष्याद॑ति॒रोच॑मानम् ॥

aicchāma tvā bahudhā jātaveda praviṣṭamagne apsvoṣadhīṣu।
taṃ tvā yamo acikeccitrabhāno daśāntaruṣyādatirocamānam ॥

O Jataveda, manifest in all that is born and come into existence, Agni, we seek for you, co-existent as you are with all waters, motions, plants and trees. Yama, the One Divine who directs all things in existence knows you and watches you, O mysterious presence of infinite forms, shining, illuminating, energising and vitalising life from the depth of ten orders of existence: ten sense organs, ten pranas, and ten physical abodes, i.e., earth, skies, heavens of light, the fire, electric energy, the sun, waters, plants, trees and the living bodies.

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10.51.4

हो॒त्राद॒हं व॑रुण॒ बिभ्य॑दायं॒ नेदे॒व मा॑ यु॒नज॒न्नत्र॑ दे॒वाः।
तस्य॑ मे त॒न्वो॑ बहु॒धा निवि॑ष्टा ए॒तमर्थं॒ न चि॑केता॒हम॒ग्निः ॥

hotrādahaṃ varuṇa bibhyadāyaṃ nedeva mā yunajannatra devāḥ।
tasya me tanvo bahudhā niviṣṭā etamarthaṃ na ciketāhamagniḥ ॥

O Varuna, lord of judgement and choice, soothing spirit of waters cool in peace, afraid of self-sacrifice to the senses and to the fiery divinities, I, the soul, come to you from the burning fire. Here neither the senses nor the divinities would consume me. As such my body and body organs with all waves and vibrations are completely merged in you. Here I know no such purpose as there in the fire.

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10.51.5

एहि॒ मनु॑र्देव॒युर्य॒ज्ञका॑मोऽरं॒कृत्या॒ तम॑सि क्षेष्यग्ने।
सु॒गान्प॒थः कृ॑णुहि देव॒याना॒न्वह॑ ह॒व्यानि॑ सुमन॒स्यमा॑नः ॥

ehi manurdevayuryajñakāmo'raṃkṛtyā tamasi kṣeṣyagne।
sugānpathaḥ kṛṇuhi devayānānvaha havyāni sumanasyamānaḥ ॥

Agni, come, you are the soul, director of your divine senses and mind, thoughtful and intelligent, lover of divinities, dedicated to yajna. But you are still steeped in darkness. Come, get ready for yajnic performer. Prepare the paths of divinity for yourself and, happy at heart, carry the holy fragrances to the divinities by yajna.

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10.51.6

अ॒ग्नेः पूर्वे॒ भ्रात॑रो॒ अर्थ॑मे॒तं र॒थीवाध्वा॑न॒मन्वाव॑रीवुः।
तस्मा॑द्भि॒या व॑रुण दू॒रमा॑यं गौ॒रो न क्षे॒प्नोर॑विजे॒ ज्याया॑ ॥

agneḥ pūrve bhrātaro arthametaṃ rathīvādhvānamanvāvarīvuḥ।
tasmādbhiyā varuṇa dūramāyaṃ gauro na kṣepnoravije jyāyā ॥

O Varuna, earlier my brothers created the same paths for themselves as a charioteer selects the road for himself, but they went off. For that reason I have come this far to you here, and I tremble with fear as a deer shakes with fear from the twang of the bow string of a hunter.

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10.51.7

कु॒र्मस्त॒ आयु॑र॒जरं॒ यद॑ग्ने॒ यथा॑ यु॒क्तो जा॑तवेदो॒ न रिष्या॑।
अथा॑ वहासि सुमन॒स्यमा॑नो भा॒गं दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒विष॑ सुजात ॥

kurmasta āyurajaraṃ yadagne yathā yukto jātavedo na riṣyā।
athā vahāsi sumanasyamāno bhāgaṃ devebhyo haviṣa sujāta ॥

O Agni, O soul, known as born in the body, we create and ordain an unaging life for you so that joined to that life divine you come to no hurt, nor would you die, and then, happy at heart, happily born, you carry to the divinities that share of the yajnic homage which is meant to be dedicated to them.

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10.51.8

प्र॒या॒जान्मे॑ अनुया॒जाँश्च॒ केव॑ला॒नूर्ज॑स्वन्तं ह॒विषो॑ दत्त भा॒गम्।
घृ॒तं चा॒पां पुरु॑षं॒ चौष॑धीनाम॒ग्नेश्च॑ दी॒र्घमायु॑रस्तु देवाः ॥

prayājānme anuyājām̐śca kevalānūrjasvantaṃ haviṣo datta bhāgam।
ghṛtaṃ cāpāṃ puruṣaṃ cauṣadhīnāmagneśca dīrghamāyurastu devāḥ ॥

O Devas, give me the prayaja, food part of yajnic offerings, and the anuyaja, supplimentary part of food, and that part of the offerings which gives energy, light and vision, the lustre of liquid energy, vitality from herbs and plants, long age of health for the soul and freedom from death. O Devas, brilliant, illuminative generous givers. Give me only that part which is mine.

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10.51.9

तव॑ प्रया॒जा अ॑नुया॒जाश्च॒ केव॑ल॒ ऊर्ज॑स्वन्तो ह॒विष॑ सन्तु भा॒गाः।
तवा॑ग्ने य॒ज्ञो॒३ऽयम॑स्तु॒ सर्व॒स्तुभ्यं॑ नमन्तां प्र॒दिश॒श्चत॑स्रः ॥

tava prayājā anuyājāśca kevala ūrjasvanto haviṣa santu bhāgāḥ।
tavāgne yajño3'yamastu sarvastubhyaṃ namantāṃ pradiśaścatasraḥ ॥

O Agni, O Soul, yours is the prayaja part of yajnic food, yours is anuyaja, the supplimentary part. Let all this be for experience and for the realisation of your essential spiritual nature. And let your share be

Ṛgveda 10.52 · 6 verses

10.52.1

विश्वे॑ देवाः शा॒स्तन॑ मा॒ यथे॒ह होता॑ वृ॒तो म॒नवै॒ यन्नि॒षद्य॑।
प्र मे॑ ब्रूत भाग॒धेयं॒ यथा॑ वो॒ येन॑ प॒था ह॒व्यमा वो॒ वहा॑नि ॥

viśve devāḥ śāstana mā yatheha hotā vṛto manavai yanniṣadya।
pra me brūta bhāgadheyaṃ yathā vo yena pathā havyamā vo vahāni ॥

O Vishvedevas, generous brilliancies of nature and humanity, instruct me that, selected, elected, appointed and seated in my position as organiser and high priest of the yajnic social system, how I should think and act and how and in what way or ways I shall carry out my responsibilities and fulfil my obligations to you in the social system to offer you your share of sustenance.

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10.52.2

अ॒हं होता॒ न्य॑सीदं॒ यजी॑या॒न्विश्वे॑ दे॒वा म॒रुतो॑ मा जुनन्ति।
अह॑रहरश्वि॒नाध्व॑र्यवं वां ब्र॒ह्मा स॒मिद्भ॑वति॒ साहु॑तिर्वाम् ॥

ahaṃ hotā nyasīdaṃ yajīyānviśve devā maruto mā junanti।
aharaharaśvinādhvaryavaṃ vāṃ brahmā samidbhavati sāhutirvām ॥

I am the hota, performer of yajna, calling to the fire and offering oblations into the vedi, seated on the vedi one in unison with all people. All divinities of the world and Maruts, vibrant youth, like winds of storm, inspire and energise me. O Ashvins, complementary powers of nature and humanity, men and women, teachers and preachers in the socio-economic system, yours is the conduct of the organisation of yajna day by day at and from the very rise of dawn. Let the Vedic scholar, bright and cool like the moon be the Brahma, presiding high priest, and act like ignition and illumination of the fire, and let that light and fire be the concluding oblation into the fire.

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10.52.3

अ॒यं यो होता॒ किरु॒ स य॒मस्य॒ कमप्यू॑हे॒ यत्स॑म॒ञ्जन्ति॑ दे॒वाः।
अह॑रहर्जायते मा॒सिमा॒स्यथा॑ दे॒वा द॑धिरे हव्य॒वाह॑म् ॥

ayaṃ yo hotā kiru sa yamasya kamapyūhe yatsamañjanti devāḥ।
aharaharjāyate māsimāsyathā devā dadhire havyavāham ॥

Who is this hota, yajnic performer, who carries out any and all the powers and obligations of Yama, order and controller of the whole system, whom all the devas, brilliancies of the system, anoint, prepare and honour? He rises higher and higher day by day, month by month, and all the devas, divine powers, uphold and support him while he conducts the vital economy of the yajnic system.

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10.52.4

मां दे॒वा द॑धिरे हव्य॒वाह॒मप॑म्लुक्तं ब॒हु कृ॒च्छ्रा चर॑न्तम्।
अ॒ग्निर्वि॒द्वान्य॒ज्ञं न॑ कल्पयाति॒ पञ्च॑यामं त्रि॒वृतं॑ स॒प्तत॑न्तुम् ॥

māṃ devā dadhire havyavāhamapamluktaṃ bahu kṛcchrā carantam।
agnirvidvānyajñaṃ na kalpayāti pañcayāmaṃ trivṛtaṃ saptatantum ॥

Me the devas, divines, honour and uphold while I conduct the powers and obligations of the yajnic system for them and face the many difficult and most laborious situations even in the minutest details with perfect discipline. Hence they all say: This Agni, the light and fire of the system, well aware of life and its conduct, accomplishes the yajna, threefold, five ways and seven stages.

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10.52.5

आ वो॑ यक्ष्यमृत॒त्वं सु॒वीरं॒ यथा॑ वो देवा॒ वरि॑व॒ करा॑णि।
आ बा॒ह्वोर्वज्र॒मिन्द्र॑स्य धेया॒मथे॒मा विश्वा॒ पृत॑ना जयाति ॥

ā vo yakṣyamṛtatvaṃ suvīraṃ yathā vo devā variva karāṇi।
ā bāhvorvajramindrasya dheyāmathemā viśvā pṛtanā jayāti ॥

O devas, as I do honour and service to you in the best manner, as I pray for your gifts of immortality, virility and vitality, and as I hold in hands the ruler’s thunderbolt of justice and dispensation, this way does man win all the battles of life.

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10.52.6

त्रीणि॑ श॒ता त्री स॒हस्रा॑ण्य॒ग्निं त्रिं॒शच्च॑ दे॒वा नव॑ चासपर्यन्।
औक्ष॑न्घृ॒तैरस्तृ॑णन्ब॒र्हिर॑स्मा॒ आदिद्धोता॑रं॒ न्य॑सादयन्त ॥

trīṇi śatā trī sahasrāṇyagniṃ triṃśacca devā nava cāsaparyan।
aukṣanghṛtairastṛṇanbarhirasmā ādiddhotāraṃ nyasādayanta ॥

Three thousand three hundred thirty and nine are the divinities that serve this yajaka, Agni, shower it with brightest ghrta and cover the vedi with holy grass, and they seat the high priest over the yajna of the cosmos, nature, society, and also the individual living soul.

Ṛgveda 10.53 · 11 verses

10.53.1

यमैच्छा॑म॒ मन॑सा॒ सो॒३ऽयमागा॑द्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ वि॒द्वान्परु॑षश्चिकि॒त्वान्।
स नो॑ यक्षद्दे॒वता॑ता॒ यजी॑या॒न्नि हि षत्स॒दन्त॑र॒ पूर्वो॑ अ॒स्मत् ॥

yamaicchāma manasā so3'yamāgādyajñasya vidvānparuṣaścikitvān।
sa no yakṣaddevatātā yajīyānni hi ṣatsadantara pūrvo asmat ॥

He whom we Devas loved and sought with heart and mind is come. He knows the integrated process of yajnic union, knows all and every part of it. May this unifying principle of life, most venerable, join us here in the yajna of life, infact it was abiding here itself within before we joined. (The Devas are the divine principles and faculties of life, and Agni whom the Devas love and seek is the life itself, the soul, which integrates the faculties with the identity that the soul acquires with the body and the faculties, all united in one organismic individual form. Reference may be made to Aitareya

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10.53.2

अरा॑धि॒ होता॑ नि॒षदा॒ यजी॑यान॒भि प्रयां॑सि॒ सुधि॑तानि॒ हि ख्यत्।
यजा॑महै य॒ज्ञिया॒न्हन्त॑ दे॒वाँ ईळा॑महा॒ ईड्याँ॒ आज्ये॑न ॥

arādhi hotā niṣadā yajīyānabhi prayāṃsi sudhitāni hi khyat।
yajāmahai yajñiyānhanta devām̐ īḷāmahā īḍyām̐ ājyena ॥

The high priest, Agni, lovable and adorable, is seated on the vedi. Honoured and adored, he also observes with interest and favour the sacred offerings placed with faith and reverence on the vedi in homage. We adore and worship all the divine powers that deserve and command our worship and adoration. They deserve service and we adore and worship them with the homage of ghrta and fragrant havi.

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10.53.3

सा॒ध्वीम॑कर्दे॒ववी॑तिं नो अ॒द्य य॒ज्ञस्य॑ जि॒ह्वाम॑विदाम॒ गुह्या॑म्।
स आयु॒रागा॑त्सुर॒भिर्वसा॑नो भ॒द्राम॑कर्दे॒वहू॑तिं नो अ॒द्य ॥

sādhvīmakardevavītiṃ no adya yajñasya jihvāmavidāma guhyām।
sa āyurāgātsurabhirvasāno bhadrāmakardevahūtiṃ no adya ॥

May Agni beatify our yajnic service to the assemblage of divinities on the vedi today so that we may have their blessings and hear the secret voice of divinity by the flames. May the life spirit, harbinger of health and happiness, come today bearing the fragrance of life and render our divine worship full of blessings and all round well being.

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10.53.4

तद॒द्य वा॒चः प्र॑थ॒मं म॑सीय॒ येनासु॑राँ अ॒भि दे॒वा असा॑म।
ऊर्जा॑द उ॒त य॑ज्ञियास॒ पञ्च॑ जना॒ मम॑ हो॒त्रं जु॑षध्वम् ॥

tadadya vācaḥ prathamaṃ masīya yenāsurām̐ abhi devā asāma।
ūrjāda uta yajñiyāsa pañca janā mama hotraṃ juṣadhvam ॥

I, Agni, presiding power of corporate life by yajna, now think and meditate upon that first, highest and eternal Word, AUM, by which we, yajnic souls dedicated to divinity, may overcome the evil adversaries. Let all those who live on energy foods and join together for noble creative works in the spirit of yajna, and the people of all the five classes and communities listen and follow my call to action.

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10.53.5

पञ्च॒ जना॒ मम॑ हो॒त्रं जु॑षन्तां॒ गोजा॑ता उ॒त ये य॒ज्ञिया॑सः।
पृ॒थि॒वी न॒ पार्थि॑वात्पा॒त्वंह॑सो॒ऽन्तरि॑क्षं दि॒व्यात्पा॑त्व॒स्मान् ॥

pañca janā mama hotraṃ juṣantāṃ gojātā uta ye yajñiyāsaḥ।
pṛthivī na pārthivātpātvaṃhaso'ntarikṣaṃ divyātpātvasmān ॥

Let the people of all five classes and communities listen to my call to action, children of the earth, lovers of the common voice of divinity, and all of those dedicated to united action for creativity and production, and may mother earth protect us against sin and evil earthly, and may the skies protect us against all dangers from the space above.

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10.53.6

तन्तुं॑ त॒न्वन्रज॑सो भा॒नुमन्वि॑हि॒ ज्योति॑ष्मतः प॒थो र॑क्ष धि॒या कृ॒तान्।
अ॒नु॒ल्ब॒णं व॑यत॒ जोगु॑वा॒मपो॒ मनु॑र्भव ज॒नया॒ दैव्यं॒ जन॑म् ॥

tantuṃ tanvanrajaso bhānumanvihi jyotiṣmataḥ patho rakṣa dhiyā kṛtān।
anulbaṇaṃ vayata joguvāmapo manurbhava janayā daivyaṃ janam ॥

Spinning and expanding the thread of life divine, pursue the light of the sun across the skies and space. Protect and follow the paths of light created by the wise with thought and vision. Weave the web of the sinless spontaneous men of word and vision in action. Be Man, build up a community of enlightened people, human and close to divinity.

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10.53.7

अ॒क्षा॒नहो॑ नह्यतनो॒त सो॑म्या॒ इष्कृ॑णुध्वं रश॒ना ओत पिं॑शत।
अ॒ष्टाव॑न्धुरं वहता॒भितो॒ रथं॒ येन॑ दे॒वासो॒ अन॑यन्न॒भि प्रि॒यम् ॥

akṣānaho nahyatanota somyā iṣkṛṇudhvaṃ raśanā ota piṃśata।
aṣṭāvandhuraṃ vahatābhito rathaṃ yena devāso anayannabhi priyam ॥

Lovers of Soma, peace and joy, bind the traces, harness the horses, tighten the reins and refine them to perfection, move on the eightfold chariot all round, the chariot by which the divines bring in the dearest treasures of life. (This mantra is a metaphor of the eightfold path of yoga from the control of senses and mind to the attainment of samadhi which marks the communion of the soul with divinity.)

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10.53.8

अश्म॑न्वती रीयते॒ सं र॑भध्व॒मुत्ति॑ष्ठत॒ प्र त॑रता सखायः।
अत्रा॑ जहाम॒ ये अस॒न्नशे॑वाः शि॒वान्व॒यमुत्त॑रेमा॒भि वाजा॑न् ॥

aśmanvatī rīyate saṃ rabhadhvamuttiṣṭhata pra taratā sakhāyaḥ।
atrā jahāma ye asannaśevāḥ śivānvayamuttaremābhi vājān ॥

The rocky river of life flows on in flood. Hold on fast together, friends, rise and swim to the shore, let us jettison all that is inauspicious here. Let us swim and cross over to attain the trophies of victory.

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10.53.9

त्वष्टा॑ मा॒या वे॑द॒पसा॑म॒पस्त॑मो॒ बिभ्र॒त्पात्रा॑ देव॒पाना॑नि॒ शंत॑मा।
शिशी॑ते नू॒नं प॑र॒शुं स्वा॑य॒सं येन॑ वृ॒श्चादेत॑शो॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑ ॥

tvaṣṭā māyā vedapasāmapastamo bibhratpātrā devapānāni śaṃtamā।
śiśīte nūnaṃ paraśuṃ svāyasaṃ yena vṛścādetaśo brahmaṇaspati ॥

The cosmic maker Tvashta, supreme expert of the artists of the world, knows the mysteries of karma and the secrets of fortune or misfortune, and most beneficent as he is, he carves and fills the most delicious cups of joy for the holies. The lord of cosmic wisdom also makes and sharpens the golden axe of knowledge, justice and dispensation whereby the man who attains to this prize knowledge cuts at the root of his karmic tree and drinks the nectar of universal sweets of freedom from the divine cup.

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10.53.10

स॒तो नू॒नं क॑वय॒ सं शि॑शीत॒ वाशी॑भि॒र्याभि॑र॒मृता॑य॒ तक्ष॑थ।
वि॒द्वांस॑ प॒दा गुह्या॑नि कर्तन॒ येन॑ दे॒वासो॑ अमृत॒त्वमा॑न॒शुः ॥

sato nūnaṃ kavaya saṃ śiśīta vāśībhiryābhiramṛtāya takṣatha।
vidvāṃsa padā guhyāni kartana yena devāso amṛtatvamānaśuḥ ॥

O men of vision and seekers of divinity, sharpen and refine your golden axe of knowledge with the voice of Brahmanaspati, lord omniscient, by which you prepare for the attainment of immortality. O scholars of knowledge, carve out the mystical paths to divinity, work out the progressive stages by which the seekers of divinity attained to the nectar of life eternal.

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10.53.11

गर्भे॒ योषा॒मद॑धुर्व॒त्समा॒सन्य॑पी॒च्ये॑न॒ मन॑सो॒त जि॒ह्वया॑।
स वि॒श्वाहा॑ सु॒मना॑ यो॒ग्या अ॒भि सि॑षा॒सनि॑र्वनते का॒र इज्जिति॑म् ॥

garbhe yoṣāmadadhurvatsamāsanyapīcyena manasota jihvayā।
sa viśvāhā sumanā yogyā abhi siṣāsanirvanate kāra ijjitim ॥

Ṛgveda 10.54 · 6 verses

10.54.1

तां सु ते॑ की॒र्तिं म॑घवन्महि॒त्वा यत्त्वा॑ भी॒ते रोद॑सी॒ अह्व॑येताम्।
प्रावो॑ दे॒वाँ आति॑रो॒ दास॒मोज॑ प्र॒जायै॑ त्वस्यै॒ यदशि॑क्ष इन्द्र ॥

tāṃ su te kīrtiṃ maghavanmahitvā yattvā bhīte rodasī ahvayetām।
prāvo devām̐ ātiro dāsamoja prajāyai tvasyai yadaśikṣa indra ॥

Indra, lord of glory, I celebrate that renown of yours by the greatness of which the earth and heaven, both struck with awe, call upon you and glorify, by which you protect the holy and generous brilliancies, subdue the unholy negatives and destroyers, and by which you award the strength and lustre of life to your people.

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10.54.2

यदच॑रस्त॒न्वा॑ वावृधा॒नो बला॑नीन्द्र प्रब्रुवा॒णो जने॑षु।
मा॒येत्सा ते॒ यानि॑ यु॒द्धान्या॒हुर्नाद्य शत्रुं॑ न॒नु पु॒रा वि॑वित्से ॥

yadacarastanvā vāvṛdhāno balānīndra prabruvāṇo janeṣu।
māyetsā te yāni yuddhānyāhurnādya śatruṃ nanu purā vivitse ॥

As you pervade among people, self-exalting by the power of your presence, and thereby manifest your own glory, and as poets and sages sing and celebrate your battles against evils within and without in the world of humanity, all this glory is but your own essential divine potential, and that is why you have had no enemy ever before nor do you have any even now.

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10.54.3

क उ॒ नु ते॑ महि॒मन॑ समस्या॒स्मत्पूर्व॒ ऋष॒योऽन्त॑मापुः।
यन्मा॒तरं॑ च पि॒तरं॑ च सा॒कमज॑नयथास्त॒न्व१ः स्वाया॑ ॥

ka u nu te mahimana samasyāsmatpūrva ṛṣayo'ntamāpuḥ।
yanmātaraṃ ca pitaraṃ ca sākamajanayathāstanva1ḥ svāyā ॥

Which ancient sages and seers before us could ever comprehend the bounds of this absolute glory of yours since you brought into existence both earth and heaven together as mother and father of life from your own material power of Prakrti?

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10.54.4

च॒त्वारि॑ ते असु॒र्या॑णि॒ नामादा॑भ्यानि महि॒षस्य॑ सन्ति।
त्वम॒ङ्ग तानि॒ विश्वा॑नि वित्से॒ येभि॒ कर्मा॑णि मघवञ्च॒कर्थ॑ ॥

catvāri te asuryāṇi nāmādābhyāni mahiṣasya santi।
tvamaṅga tāni viśvāni vitse yebhi karmāṇi maghavañcakartha ॥

O great and glorious Indra, four are your states of being, four the modifications of existential manifestation, all of them living and imperishable, which all, O dear lord of life of the universe, you know and by which, O lord of cosmic majesty, you perform the acts of universal life in existence. (The four states of cosmic being are waking, dreaming, sleeping and the transcendent Absolute. Four states of existence are generation, sustenance, withdrawal and the trans-existential state. Four Prakrti modifications are Prakrti, mahat, ahankara and the specifics of material and mental forms of physical, biological and psychic stages of evolution which are then absorbed into the Absolute state at the end.) Reference may also be made to ‘Om’ which is the divine Word, the name of divinity consisting of four matras A, U, and M and the fourth is silent and absolute. 4 A’ refers to the waking, that is, the objective state of existence which is the subject of science. ‘U’ refers to the imaginative and subjective state which is the subject of psychology and meditation upto the stage of ‘vitark’ and ‘vichara’ samadhi, and ‘M’ refers to the sleep state which is realisable in ‘Ananda’ state of Samadhi. All these are covered under the Samprajnata Samadhi. The fourth, transcendent state, is realisable in Asamprajnata samadhi which is Transcendental Meditation).

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10.54.5

त्वं विश्वा॑ दधिषे॒ केव॑लानि॒ यान्या॒विर्या च॒ गुहा॒ वसू॑नि।
काम॒मिन्मे॑ मघव॒न्मा वि ता॑री॒स्त्वमा॑ज्ञा॒ता त्वमि॑न्द्रासि दा॒ता ॥

tvaṃ viśvā dadhiṣe kevalāni yānyāviryā ca guhā vasūni।
kāmaminme maghavanmā vi tārīstvamājñātā tvamindrāsi dātā ॥

You bear and absolutely comprehend all the treasures of existence, manifest as well as unmanifest. Pray do not frustrate my longing for fulfilment. Indra, you are the knower, the ordainer and the giver.

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10.54.6

यो अद॑धा॒ज्ज्योति॑षि॒ ज्योति॑र॒न्तर्यो असृ॑ज॒न्मधु॑ना॒ सं मधू॑नि।
अध॑ प्रि॒यं शू॒षमिन्द्रा॑य॒ मन्म॑ ब्रह्म॒कृतो॑ बृ॒हदु॑क्थादवाचि ॥

yo adadhājjyotiṣi jyotirantaryo asṛjanmadhunā saṃ madhūni।
adha priyaṃ śūṣamindrāya manma brahmakṛto bṛhadukthādavāci ॥

In honour of Indra who vests light in the stars and creates honey sweets of life with the honey sweets of divinity, and to that Indra, poets of divinity sing with love and faith songs of thought, beauty and power from their articulate meditation on the Infinite.

Ṛgveda 10.55 · 8 verses

10.55.1

दू॒रे तन्नाम॒ गुह्यं॑ परा॒चैर्यत्त्वा॑ भी॒ते अह्व॑येतां वयो॒धै।
उद॑स्तभ्नाः पृथि॒वीं द्याम॒भीके॒ भ्रातु॑ पु॒त्रान्म॑घवन्तित्विषा॒णः ॥

dūre tannāma guhyaṃ parācairyattvā bhīte ahvayetāṃ vayodhai।
udastabhnāḥ pṛthivīṃ dyāmabhīke bhrātu putrānmaghavantitviṣāṇaḥ ॥

Far too distant and far too deep is that name and lustre, O lord of glory, Indra, for indifferent people to understand and appreciate which the heaven and earth struck with awe call upon for sustenance. O lord of glory, you sustain both heaven and earth in space in complementarity with each other and illuminate the rays of the sun and lightning of the cloud, both brotherly providers of sustenance to life.

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10.55.2

म॒हत्तन्नाम॒ गुह्यं॑ पुरु॒स्पृग्येन॑ भू॒तं ज॒नयो॒ येन॒ भव्य॑म्।
प्र॒त्नं जा॒तं ज्योति॒र्यद॑स्य प्रि॒यं प्रि॒याः सम॑विशन्त॒ पञ्च॑ ॥

mahattannāma guhyaṃ puruspṛgyena bhūtaṃ janayo yena bhavyam।
pratnaṃ jātaṃ jyotiryadasya priyaṃ priyāḥ samaviśanta pañca ॥

Great and deeply glorious is that name and divine presence universally loved and adored by which you create all that has been and that which would be. That light and glory of this Indra is eternal, ever existent and dear to all into which all the five people that love him and are dear to him and all the five elements of nature retire (when the cycle of existence has run a full circle).

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10.55.3

आ रोद॑सी अपृणा॒दोत मध्यं॒ पञ्च॑ दे॒वाँ ऋ॑तु॒शः स॒प्तस॑प्त।
चतु॑स्त्रिंशता पुरु॒धा वि च॑ष्टे॒ सरू॑पेण॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ विव्र॑तेन ॥

ā rodasī apṛṇādota madhyaṃ pañca devām̐ ṛtuśaḥ saptasapta।
catustriṃśatā purudhā vi caṣṭe sarūpeṇa jyotiṣā vivratena ॥

That glorious presence pervades and fills heaven and earth and the middle regions, fills and energises the five divine elements, five senses, five pranas, seven regions of the universe, seven rays of light, forty nine orders of the winds, all according to the seasons of time, and it watches and illuminates thirty four orders of divine powers of eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, nature’s nourishment by Prajapati, nature’s energy of fire, electricity and light, and Vak, the articulation of consciousness, all in many ways, with different functions and effects.

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10.55.4

यदु॑ष॒ औच्छ॑ प्रथ॒मा वि॒भाना॒मज॑नयो॒ येन॑ पु॒ष्टस्य॑ पु॒ष्टम्।
यत्ते॑ जामि॒त्वमव॑रं॒ पर॑स्या म॒हन्म॑ह॒त्या अ॑सुर॒त्वमेक॑म् ॥

yaduṣa auccha prathamā vibhānāmajanayo yena puṣṭasya puṣṭam।
yatte jāmitvamavaraṃ parasyā mahanmahatyā asuratvamekam ॥

O Dawn, when you arise and shine first of the lights of the lord, Indra, and bring in fresh life for the world generated and nourished by Indra, then your motherly love for humanity is the one unique and great life giving blessing of the supreme spirit of divinity for humanity on this earth.

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10.55.5

वि॒धुं द॑द्रा॒णं सम॑ने बहू॒नां युवा॑नं॒ सन्तं॑ पलि॒तो ज॑गार।
दे॒वस्य॑ पश्य॒ काव्यं॑ महि॒त्वाद्या म॒मार॒ स ह्यः समा॑न ॥

vidhuṃ dadrāṇaṃ samane bahūnāṃ yuvānaṃ santaṃ palito jagāra।
devasya paśya kāvyaṃ mahitvādyā mamāra sa hyaḥ samāna ॥

Old age consumes even the youthful man of versatile action whom many fear to face in battle and flee. Look at the inscrutable power of the lord divine by whose inevitable law of mutability the man who was living yesterday is dead today, and the one that dies today would be living to tomorrow.

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10.55.6

शाक्म॑ना शा॒को अ॑रु॒णः सु॑प॒र्ण आ यो म॒हः शूर॑ स॒नादनी॑ळः।
यच्चि॒केत॑ स॒त्यमित्तन्न मोघं॒ वसु॑ स्पा॒र्हमु॒त जेतो॒त दाता॑ ॥

śākmanā śāko aruṇaḥ suparṇa ā yo mahaḥ śūra sanādanīḷaḥ।
yacciketa satyamittanna moghaṃ vasu spārhamuta jetota dātā ॥

He is Almighty by might supreme, blazing lustrous, high flying and all caring, great, brave, eternally unbound by space. What he knows is truth inviolable, never infructuous, he is universal haven, lovable, all conqueror, all giving.

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10.55.7

ऐभि॑र्ददे॒ वृष्ण्या॒ पौंस्या॑नि॒ येभि॒रौक्ष॑द्वृत्र॒हत्या॑य व॒ज्री।
ये कर्म॑णः क्रि॒यमा॑णस्य म॒ह्न ऋ॑तेक॒र्ममु॒दजा॑यन्त दे॒वाः ॥

aibhirdade vṛṣṇyā pauṃsyāni yebhiraukṣadvṛtrahatyāya vajrī।
ye karmaṇaḥ kriyamāṇasya mahna ṛtekarmamudajāyanta devāḥ ॥

With these potent and positive waves of natural energy, the virile Indra, wielder of thunderbolt, assumes those powers for breaking the clouds of darkness and want by which he brings about the showers of rain for the world of existence, which powers too for bringing about the showers of positive action and creativity arise from the grandeur of the omnipotent original doer of cosmic karma.

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10.55.8

यु॒जा कर्मा॑णि ज॒नय॑न्वि॒श्वौजा॑ अशस्ति॒हा वि॒श्वम॑नास्तुरा॒षाट्।
पी॒त्वी सोम॑स्य दि॒व आ वृ॑धा॒नः शूरो॒ निर्यु॒धाध॑म॒द्दस्यू॑न् ॥

yujā karmāṇi janayanviśvaujā aśastihā viśvamanāsturāṣāṭ।
pītvī somasya diva ā vṛdhānaḥ śūro niryudhādhamaddasyūn ॥

Originally causing and bringing about the dynamics of cosmic karma, the Lord Almighty of the world, destroyer of negatives and despicables, all-knowing cosmic mind, instant and total victor, protector of soma, augmenter of light, almighty, blows the conch and blows away the forces of nescience.

Ṛgveda 10.56 · 7 verses

10.56.1

इ॒दं त॒ एकं॑ प॒र ऊ॑ त॒ एकं॑ तृ॒तीये॑न॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ सं वि॑शस्व।
सं॒वेश॑ने त॒न्व१श्चारु॑रेधि प्रि॒यो दे॒वानां॑ पर॒मे ज॒नित्रे॑ ॥

idaṃ ta ekaṃ para ū ta ekaṃ tṛtīyena jyotiṣā saṃ viśasva।
saṃveśane tanva1ścāruredhi priyo devānāṃ parame janitre ॥

This (body, this life time) is one mode of your existence. The one next (mind and karma) is another such. By the third (spiritual and meditative life) join you with life eternal. On merging of the soul, happy and darling of the divinities, be free in the presence of the supreme creator of the world.

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10.56.2

त॒नूष्टे॑ वाजिन्त॒न्वं१ नय॑न्ती वा॒मम॒स्मभ्यं॒ धातु॒ शर्म॒ तुभ्य॑म्।
अह्रु॑तो म॒हो ध॒रुणा॑य दे॒वान्दि॒वी॑व॒ ज्योति॒ स्वमा मि॑मीयाः ॥

tanūṣṭe vājintanvaṃ1 nayantī vāmamasmabhyaṃ dhātu śarma tubhyam।
ahruto maho dharuṇāya devāndivīva jyoti svamā mimīyāḥ ॥

O dynamic soul, may your life here in the body carrying your self bring precious wealth of joy to us and peace and comfort to you. Living an honest natural life, great in your own self, in service of the sustainer of divinities, create your own light and bliss for yourself, pursuing the light of the heart within as the light of heaven above.

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10.56.3

वा॒ज्य॑सि॒ वाजि॑नेना सुवे॒नीः सु॑वि॒तः स्तोमं॑ सुवि॒तो दिवं॑ गाः।
सु॒वि॒तो धर्म॑ प्रथ॒मानु॑ स॒त्या सु॑वि॒तो दे॒वान्सु॑वि॒तोऽनु॒ पत्म॑ ॥

vājyasi vājinenā suvenīḥ suvitaḥ stomaṃ suvito divaṃ gāḥ।
suvito dharma prathamānu satyā suvito devānsuvito'nu patma ॥

You are the dynamic soul by virtue of your innate power and potential. Realising your love of life, living in peace and prosperity, rise to the heights of your own self-glory, happy and pious, and reach the heights of heaven. Happy in rectitude, follow the first, original and eternal Dharma. Happy and self-realised, rise to the life divine to the joy of the divines, and, a blessed soul, attain to the Spirit Eternal of the universe.

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10.56.4

म॒हि॒म्न ए॑षां पि॒तर॑श्च॒नेशि॑रे दे॒वा दे॒वेष्व॑दधु॒रपि॒ क्रतु॑म्।
सम॑विव्यचुरु॒त यान्यत्वि॑षु॒रैषां॑ त॒नूषु॒ नि वि॑विशु॒ पुन॑ ॥

mahimna eṣāṃ pitaraścaneśire devā deveṣvadadhurapi kratum।
samavivyacuruta yānyatviṣuraiṣāṃ tanūṣu ni viviśu puna ॥

The forefathers lived in the grand manner of these divinities such as light of the sun and moon to their own will and desire as if commanding the bliss and beauty of these. Divine were they who raised their acts and worship to the presence and piety of divinities. They join those lights of divinity which shine and then again they come back to join life in their existential bodies.

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10.56.5

सहो॑भि॒र्विश्वं॒ परि॑ चक्रमू॒ रज॒ पूर्वा॒ धामा॒न्यमि॑ता॒ मिमा॑नाः।
त॒नूषु॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒ नि ये॑मिरे॒ प्रासा॑रयन्त पुरु॒ध प्र॒जा अनु॑ ॥

sahobhirviśvaṃ pari cakramū raja pūrvā dhāmānyamitā mimānāḥ।
tanūṣu viśvā bhuvanā ni yemire prāsārayanta purudha prajā anu ॥

These souls by their own karmic potential roam around across all regions of the world, freely ranging over boundless worlds of high order, sajourning in various body forms across the spaces begetting and extending the creativity of life in various ways according to the law of karma.

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10.56.6

द्विधा॑ सू॒नवोऽसु॑रं स्व॒र्विद॒मास्था॑पयन्त तृ॒तीये॑न॒ कर्म॑णा।
स्वां प्र॒जां पि॒तर॒ पित्र्यं॒ सह॒ आव॑रेष्वदधु॒स्तन्तु॒मात॑तम् ॥

dvidhā sūnavo'suraṃ svarvidamāsthāpayanta tṛtīyena karmaṇā।
svāṃ prajāṃ pitara pitryaṃ saha āvareṣvadadhustantumātatam ॥

Children of divinity, creative and procreative souls, by their third, familial, karma, vesting the vital and spiritual life principle further along with the procreative vitality, establish their own progeny in the next generation which is the extension of the thread of life in natural piety.

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10.56.7

ना॒वा न क्षोद॑ प्र॒दिश॑ पृथि॒व्याः स्व॒स्तिभि॒रति॑ दु॒र्गाणि॒ विश्वा॑।
स्वां प्र॒जां बृ॒हदु॑क्थो महि॒त्वाव॑रेष्वदधा॒दा परे॑षु ॥

nāvā na kṣoda pradiśa pṛthivyāḥ svastibhirati durgāṇi viśvā।
svāṃ prajāṃ bṛhaduktho mahitvāvareṣvadadhādā pareṣu ॥

Ṛgveda 10.57 · 6 verses

10.57.1

मा प्र गा॑म प॒थो व॒यं मा य॒ज्ञादि॑न्द्र सो॒मिन॑।
मान्तः स्थु॑र्नो॒ अरा॑तयः ॥

mā pra gāma patho vayaṃ mā yajñādindra somina।
māntaḥ sthurno arātayaḥ ॥

Indra, O Lord Almighty, let us, lovers of soma peace, enlightenment and life’s joy never deviate from the path of rectitude and never forsake the creative way of yajnic living. Let no want, malignity, adversity and illiberality dwell among us.

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10.57.2

यो य॒ज्ञस्य॑ प्र॒साध॑न॒स्तन्तु॑र्दे॒वेष्वात॑तः।
तमाहु॑तं नशीमहि ॥

yo yajñasya prasādhanastanturdeveṣvātataḥ।
tamāhutaṃ naśīmahi ॥

There is a thread of unity, love, cooperation and active continuity in the web of life in nature’s divinities, and a similar bond of unity in an enlightened community which alone keeps it together and leads it on way to corporate progress. It is created and maintained with relentless self sacrifice in the spirit of yajna. Let us attain and maintain that very bond of yajnic unity for our progress and prosperity. (That is the bond of Agni, vital heat and love.)

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10.57.3

मनो॒ न्वा हु॑वामहे नाराशं॒सेन॒ सोमे॑न।
पि॒तॄ॒णां च॒ मन्म॑भिः ॥

mano nvā huvāmahe nārāśaṃsena somena।
pitṝṇāṃ ca manmabhiḥ ॥

We invoke the mind, alert ourselves and, with songs of human approbation and celebration, join with the thoughts and wisdom of our parents and ancestors to maintain the thread of continuity.

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10.57.4

आ त॑ एतु॒ मन॒ पुन॒ क्रत्वे॒ दक्षा॑य जी॒वसे॑।
ज्योक्च॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे ॥

ā ta etu mana puna kratve dakṣāya jīvase।
jyokca sūryaṃ dṛśe ॥

Let your mind and spirit arise and be alert again and again, continuously, for noble action, expertise of performance, joyous living, and to see the sun for light and enlightenment for a long long time of health and happiness.

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10.57.5

पुन॑र्नः पितरो॒ मनो॒ ददा॑तु॒ दैव्यो॒ जन॑।
जी॒वं व्रातं॑ सचेमहि ॥

punarnaḥ pitaro mano dadātu daivyo jana।
jīvaṃ vrātaṃ sacemahi ॥

May our parents, seniors, the spirit and wisdom

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10.57.6

व॒यं सो॑म व्र॒ते तव॒ मन॑स्त॒नूषु॒ बिभ्र॑तः।
प्र॒जाव॑न्तः सचेमहि ॥

vayaṃ soma vrate tava manastanūṣu bibhrataḥ।
prajāvantaḥ sacemahi ॥

Ṛgveda 10.58 · 12 verses

10.58.1

यत्ते॑ य॒मं वै॑वस्व॒तं मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

O man, that mind of yours that wanders far to the sun and broods over time and death, that we restore to normalcy, here to stay at peace for the good life.

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10.58.2

यत्ते॒ दिवं॒ यत्पृ॑थि॒वीं मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte divaṃ yatpṛthivīṃ mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far and roams over earth and heaven, we bring it back to normalcy, here to be at peace for the good life for you.

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10.58.3

यत्ते॒ भूमिं॒ चतु॑र्भृष्टिं॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte bhūmiṃ caturbhṛṣṭiṃ mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far over lands and deserts burning and blazing all round, we bring it back for you, to be at peace here for the good life.

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10.58.4

यत्ते॒ चत॑स्रः प्र॒दिशो॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte catasraḥ pradiśo mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind which wanders far over all the four directions of space, that we bring back for you, here to be at peace for the good life.

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10.58.5

यत्ते॑ समु॒द्रम॑र्ण॒वं मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte samudramarṇavaṃ mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far over the sea and the waters of space, we bring back for you, here to be at peace for you for the good life.

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10.58.6

यत्ते॒ मरी॑चीः प्र॒वतो॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte marīcīḥ pravato mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far over heavenly heights and radiating rays of light, we bring back to normalcy here for you to be at peace for the good life.

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10.58.7

यत्ते॑ अ॒पो यदोष॑धी॒र्मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte apo yadoṣadhīrmano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far over waters, herbs and trees, we bring back to normalcy for you to be at peace for the good life.

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10.58.8

यत्ते॒ सूर्यं॒ यदु॒षसं॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte sūryaṃ yaduṣasaṃ mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far to the sun and the dawn, we bring back to normalcy, here to be at peace for you for the good life.

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10.58.9

यत्ते॒ पर्व॑तान्बृह॒तो मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte parvatānbṛhato mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

mountains and vast floating clouds, we bring back to normalcy, here to be at peace for your good life.

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10.58.10

यत्ते॒ विश्व॑मि॒दं जग॒न्मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte viśvamidaṃ jaganmano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far over this wide world, we bring back to normalcy, here to be at peace for you so that you may live happy.

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10.58.11

यत्ते॒ परा॑ परा॒वतो॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte parā parāvato mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far and farther over regions unknown, we bring back to normalcy, here to be at peace for your good life.

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10.58.12

यत्ते॑ भू॒तं च॒ भव्यं॑ च॒ मनो॑ ज॒गाम॑ दूर॒कम्।
तत्त॒ आ व॑र्तयामसी॒ह क्षया॑य जी॒वसे॑ ॥

yatte bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca mano jagāma dūrakam।
tatta ā vartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ॥

Your mind that wanders far over the past and the future that is unpredictable, we bring back to normalcy, here to be at peace for your happy life.

Ṛgveda 10.59 · 10 verses

10.59.1

प्र ता॒र्यायु॑ प्रत॒रं नवी॑य॒ स्थाता॑रेव॒ क्रतु॑मता॒ रथ॑स्य।
अध॒ च्यवा॑न॒ उत्त॑वी॒त्यर्थं॑ परात॒रं सु निरृ॑तिर्जिहीताम् ॥

pra tāryāyu prataraṃ navīya sthātāreva kratumatā rathasya।
adha cyavāna uttavītyarthaṃ parātaraṃ su nirṛtirjihītām ॥

Let new life and new initiative rise and advance higher and higher as the dynamic master of the chariot constantly moves forward and as the progressive pioneer achieves his goal and moves higher and higher. Let want and adversity fall off and depart far and farther.

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10.59.2

साम॒न्नु रा॒ये नि॑धि॒मन्न्वन्नं॒ करा॑महे॒ सु पु॑रु॒ध श्रवां॑सि।
ता नो॒ विश्वा॑नि जरि॒ता म॑मत्तु परात॒रं सु निरृ॑तिर्जिहीताम् ॥

sāmannu rāye nidhimannvannaṃ karāmahe su purudha śravāṃsi।
tā no viśvāni jaritā mamattu parātaraṃ su nirṛtirjihītām ॥

Let us create peace for wealth and food in abundance with security and many other forms of life’s values and excellence so that the poet, the singer and the senior too may enjoy life without worry and want, and adversity, fear and insecurity may fall off and depart far and farther for good.

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10.59.3

अ॒भी ष्व१र्यः पौंस्यै॑र्भवेम॒ द्यौर्न भूमिं॑ गि॒रयो॒ नाज्रा॑न्।
ता नो॒ विश्वा॑नि जरि॒ता चि॑केत परात॒रं सु निरृ॑तिर्जिहीताम् ॥

abhī ṣva1ryaḥ pauṃsyairbhavema dyaurna bhūmiṃ girayo nājrān।
tā no viśvāni jaritā ciketa parātaraṃ su nirṛtirjihītām ॥

As the sun overwhelms the earth, as thunder overwhelms the clouds and clouds overwhelm the fields with rain, so may we overwhelm the negativities and enemies of life and society with our natural and essential strength, virtues and achievements so that the poet, the singer, the senior, the assessor and the admirer may know, and want and adversity, fear and insecurity may fall off and disappear for good.

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10.59.4

मो षु ण॑ सोम मृ॒त्यवे॒ परा॑ दा॒ पश्ये॑म॒ नु सूर्य॑मु॒च्चर॑न्तम्।
द्युभि॑र्हि॒तो ज॑रि॒मा सू नो॑ अस्तु परात॒रं सु निरृ॑तिर्जिहीताम् ॥

mo ṣu ṇa soma mṛtyave parā dā paśyema nu sūryamuccarantam।
dyubhirhito jarimā sū no astu parātaraṃ su nirṛtirjihītām ॥

O Soma, lord of peace and prosperity, give us not up to death and decay. Let us go on and advance with the rising sun day by day. Let our growth in time be positive for our good day by day. Let want, adversity, ill health and death stay far away from us.

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10.59.5

असु॑नीते॒ मनो॑ अ॒स्मासु॑ धारय जी॒वात॑वे॒ सु प्र ति॑रा न॒ आयु॑।
रा॒र॒न्धि न॒ सूर्य॑स्य सं॒दृशि॑ घृ॒तेन॒ त्वं त॒न्वं॑ वर्धयस्व ॥

asunīte mano asmāsu dhāraya jīvātave su pra tirā na āyu।
rārandhi na sūryasya saṃdṛśi ghṛtena tvaṃ tanvaṃ vardhayasva ॥

O mother harbinger of pranic energy, bless us with the strength of mind and morale, and for our good living give us good health and long full age. Mature and establish us in the light of the sun and the vision of divinity, and with the lustre and energy of nature raise our health and age to the heights of perfection.

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10.59.6

असु॑नीते॒ पुन॑र॒स्मासु॒ चक्षु॒ पुन॑ प्रा॒णमि॒ह नो॑ धेहि॒ भोग॑म्।
ज्योक्प॑श्येम॒ सूर्य॑मु॒च्चर॑न्त॒मनु॑मते मृ॒ळया॑ नः स्व॒स्ति ॥

asunīte punarasmāsu cakṣu puna prāṇamiha no dhehi bhogam।
jyokpaśyema sūryamuccarantamanumate mṛḷayā naḥ svasti ॥

O divine Spirit of life and energy, bless us constantly with the faculty of vision, constant pranic energy too, and vest in here in the body the capacity and faculties to live and enjoy the sweets of life. O motherly spirit of love and acceptance, may we see the rising sun for a long time. Be pleased and kind and bless us with happiness and well being all through in life.

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10.59.7

पुन॑र्नो॒ असुं॑ पृथि॒वी द॑दातु॒ पुन॒र्द्यौर्दे॒वी पुन॑र॒न्तरि॑क्षम्।
पुन॑र्न॒ सोम॑स्त॒न्वं॑ ददातु॒ पुन॑ पू॒षा प॒थ्यां॒३ या स्व॒स्तिः ॥

punarno asuṃ pṛthivī dadātu punardyaurdevī punarantarikṣam।
punarna somastanvaṃ dadātu puna pūṣā pathyāṃ3 yā svastiḥ ॥

May the earth give us pranic energy of life again. So may the divine sun and the generous sky give us life again. May Soma, divine spirit of joy and peace, give us the body again, and may Pusha, divine spirit of nourishment, place us on the journey of life again and give us happiness and well being.

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10.59.8

शं रोद॑सी सु॒बन्ध॑वे य॒ह्वी ऋ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तरा॑।
भर॑ता॒मप॒ यद्रपो॒ द्यौः पृ॑थिवि क्ष॒मा रपो॒ मो षु ते॒ किं च॒नाम॑मत् ॥

śaṃ rodasī subandhave yahvī ṛtasya mātarā।
bharatāmapa yadrapo dyauḥ pṛthivi kṣamā rapo mo ṣu te kiṃ canāmamat ॥

May the mighty heaven and earth, mother spirits of truth and waters of life bring peace and joy for the holy child and loving brother of living beings. May the sun and earth, father and mother, make up whatever be wanting in body, mind and spirit and the child’s senses of values. May they strengthen the child against sin and evil and forgive him for his pitfalls in the struggle for self-realisation. O man, may nothing whatever, sin or sorrow, hurt and violate you ever against your self-identity.

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10.59.9

अव॑ द्व॒के अव॑ त्रि॒का दि॒वश्च॑रन्ति भेष॒जा।
क्ष॒मा च॑रि॒ष्ण्वे॑क॒कं भर॑ता॒मप॒ यद्रपो॒ द्यौः पृ॑थिवि क्ष॒मा रपो॒ मो षु ते॒ किं च॒नाम॑मत् ॥

ava dvake ava trikā divaścaranti bheṣajā।
kṣamā cariṣṇvekakaṃ bharatāmapa yadrapo dyauḥ pṛthivi kṣamā rapo mo ṣu te kiṃ canāmamat ॥

In two’s (as the Ashvins or prana and apana) and in three’s (as Ila, Sarasvati and bharati, or as light, electric energy and water) the sanatives for life and health flow from the heavenly region of light and one by one be active on earth. May the sun and earth make up what is wanting in body, mind and spirit. May they strengthen humanity against sin and evil and forgive us in the struggle for self-realisation. O man, may nothing whatever, sin or sorrow, hurt and violate you ever against your self-identity.

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10.59.10

समि॑न्द्रेरय॒ गाम॑न॒ड्वाहं॒ य आव॑हदुशी॒नरा॑ण्या॒ अन॑।
भर॑ता॒मप॒ यद्रपो॒ द्यौः पृ॑थिवि क्ष॒मा रपो॒ मो षु ते॒ किं च॒नाम॑मत् ॥

samindreraya gāmanaḍvāhaṃ ya āvahaduśīnarāṇyā ana।
bharatāmapa yadrapo dyauḥ pṛthivi kṣamā rapo mo ṣu te kiṃ canāmamat ॥

Ṛgveda 10.60 · 12 verses

10.60.1

आ जनं॑ त्वे॒षसं॑दृशं॒ माही॑नाना॒मुप॑स्तुतम्।
अग॑न्म॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ नम॑ ॥

ā janaṃ tveṣasaṃdṛśaṃ māhīnānāmupastutam।
aganma bibhrato nama ॥

Bearing gifts of homage we come to the man of radiant glory, honoured and celebrated by the greatest of the great.

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10.60.2

अस॑मातिं नि॒तोश॑नं त्वे॒षं नि॑य॒यिनं॒ रथ॑म्।
भ॒जेर॑थस्य॒ सत्प॑तिम् ॥

asamātiṃ nitośanaṃ tveṣaṃ niyayinaṃ ratham।
bhajerathasya satpatim ॥

We come to the incomparable lord and protector of the true and the good, destroyer of evil and darkness, radiant illustrious, commander of the chariot of victory in the battles of rectitude.

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10.60.3

यो जना॑न्महि॒षाँ इ॑वातित॒स्थौ पवी॑रवान्।
उ॒ताप॑वीरवान्यु॒धा ॥

yo janānmahiṣām̐ ivātitasthau pavīravān।
utāpavīravānyudhā ॥

We have come to the mighty hero who, whether armed or without arms, overthrows adversaries as a lion overthrows wild buffaloes.

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10.60.4

यस्ये॑क्ष्वा॒कुरुप॑ व्र॒ते रे॒वान्म॑रा॒य्येध॑ते।
दि॒वी॑व॒ पञ्च॑ कृ॒ष्टय॑ ॥

yasyekṣvākurupa vrate revānmarāyyedhate।
divīva pañca kṛṣṭaya ॥

We have come to the ruling lord under whose order of law, justice and discipline, the enlightened, the opulent and the brilliant fighters and indeed all the five classes of people in their own professional fields live happy and free as in heaven on earth.

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10.60.5

इन्द्र॑ क्ष॒त्रास॑मातिषु॒ रथ॑प्रोष्ठेषु धारय।
दि॒वी॑व॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे ॥

indra kṣatrāsamātiṣu rathaproṣṭheṣu dhāraya।
divīva sūryaṃ dṛśe ॥

Indra, lord of light and law, ruler of the world, first among exceptional equals of the chariot commanders of the world, pray hold and rule the order of the commonwealth of humanity as the lord supreme holds the sun in heaven for all the worlds to see.

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10.60.6

अ॒गस्त्य॑स्य॒ नद्भ्य॒ सप्ती॑ युनक्षि॒ रोहि॑ता।
प॒णीन्न्य॑क्रमीर॒भि विश्वा॑न्राजन्नरा॒धस॑ ॥

agastyasya nadbhya saptī yunakṣi rohitā।
paṇīnnyakramīrabhi viśvānrājannarādhasa ॥

For the supporters and admirers of the simple, sinless, enlightened and disciplined ruling soul of the order, you harness two nimble bright forces of internal discipline and external defence, and, O refulgent ruler of the system, you control all the greedy, selfish, uncreative and uncommitted elements of the world order.

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10.60.7

अ॒यं मा॒तायं पि॒तायं जी॒वातु॒राग॑मत्।
इ॒दं तव॑ प्र॒सर्प॑णं॒ सुब॑न्ध॒वेहि॒ निरि॑हि ॥

ayaṃ mātāyaṃ pitāyaṃ jīvāturāgamat।
idaṃ tava prasarpaṇaṃ subandhavehi nirihi ॥

O holy brother, O friend, O brilliant soul of the system, this systemic order is your mother, your father, come up as your life giver. Come in, come here, O soul and ruler of the system, this is your haven and home for life’s advancement, its meaning and purpose.

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10.60.8

यथा॑ यु॒गं व॑र॒त्रया॒ नह्य॑न्ति ध॒रुणा॑य॒ कम्।
ए॒वा दा॑धार ते॒ मनो॑ जी॒वात॑वे॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तये ॥

yathā yugaṃ varatrayā nahyanti dharuṇāya kam।
evā dādhāra te mano jīvātave na mṛtyave'tho ariṣṭatātaye ॥

As they bind the yoke fast with thongs for the balance and stability of the chariot on the move, so does the lord hold fast your mind and spirit, not for death but for your life, fulfilment and freedom from evil and misfortune.

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10.60.9

यथे॒यं पृ॑थि॒वी म॒ही दा॒धारे॒मान्वन॒स्पती॑न्।
ए॒वा दा॑धार ते॒ मनो॑ जी॒वात॑वे॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तये ॥

yatheyaṃ pṛthivī mahī dādhāremānvanaspatīn।
evā dādhāra te mano jīvātave na mṛtyave'tho ariṣṭatātaye ॥

O man, just as this great earth holds and bears these herbs and trees (for the sustenance of life), so does the soul hold and bear your mind and spirit, not for death but for your life, fulfilment and freedom from evil and misfortune.

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10.60.10

य॒माद॒हं वै॑वस्व॒तात्सु॒बन्धो॒र्मन॒ आभ॑रम्।
जी॒वात॑वे॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तये ॥

yamādahaṃ vaivasvatātsubandhormana ābharam।
jīvātave na mṛtyave'tho ariṣṭatātaye ॥

I, the spirit of man, holy and blessed, bear my mind from Yama, lord of light and law, I receive my spirit of energy from the sun, I bear and hold it in equipoise, not for death but for the pleasure and fulfilment of life and freedom from sin and evil.

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10.60.11

न्य१ग्वातोऽव॑ वाति॒ न्य॑क्तपति॒ सूर्य॑।
नी॒चीन॑म॒घ्न्या दु॑हे॒ न्य॑ग्भवतु ते॒ रप॑ ॥

nya1gvāto'va vāti nyaktapati sūrya।
nīcīnamaghnyā duhe nyagbhavatu te rapa ॥

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10.60.12

अ॒यं मे॒ हस्तो॒ भग॑वान॒यं मे॒ भग॑वत्तरः।
अ॒यं मे॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजो॒ऽयं शि॒वाभि॑मर्शनः ॥

ayaṃ me hasto bhagavānayaṃ me bhagavattaraḥ।
ayaṃ me viśvabheṣajo'yaṃ śivābhimarśanaḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 10.61 · 27 verses

10.61.1

इ॒दमि॒त्था रौद्रं॑ गू॒र्तव॑चा॒ ब्रह्म॒ क्रत्वा॒ शच्या॑म॒न्तरा॒जौ।
क्रा॒णा यद॑स्य पि॒तरा॑ मंहने॒ष्ठाः पर्ष॑त्प॒क्थे अह॒न्ना स॒प्त होतॄ॑न् ॥

idamitthā raudraṃ gūrtavacā brahma kratvā śacyāmantarājau।
krāṇā yadasya pitarā maṃhaneṣṭhāḥ parṣatpakthe ahannā sapta hotṝn ॥

The eloquent scholar displays his knowledge, in theory and practice, of this divine Vedic voice of the mysterious truth of nature and divinity in relation to Rudra, lord omnipotent of natural justice and dispensation, in the assembly of the wise and brave where his parents, teachers and eminent scholars are present on the day of academic accomplishment and satisfies all the seven high priests of his educational yajna with a sense of fulfilment.

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10.61.2

स इद्दा॒नाय॒ दभ्या॑य व॒न्वञ्च्यवा॑न॒ सूदै॑रमिमीत॒ वेदि॑म्।
तूर्व॑याणो गू॒र्तव॑चस्तम॒ क्षोदो॒ न रेत॑ इ॒तऊ॑ति सिञ्चत् ॥

sa iddānāya dabhyāya vanvañcyavāna sūdairamimīta vedim।
tūrvayāṇo gūrtavacastama kṣodo na reta itaūti siñcat ॥

Thus accomplished for a creative and corrective role in life, equipped with right means and methods of art and science, he prepares the vedi, i.e., a full programme of family life and social action, for himself. Dynamic and assertive in action, bold in speech, agreeable in tone and deep in meaning, he collects the spirit of virility in the mind as in a deep reservoir and expresses it for the protection and promotion of human dignity and happiness.

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10.61.3

मनो॒ न येषु॒ हव॑नेषु ति॒ग्मं विप॒ शच्या॑ वनु॒थो द्रव॑न्ता।
आ यः शर्या॑भिस्तुविनृ॒म्णो अ॒स्याश्री॑णीता॒दिशं॒ गभ॑स्तौ ॥

mano na yeṣu havaneṣu tigmaṃ vipa śacyā vanutho dravantā।
ā yaḥ śaryābhistuvinṛmṇo asyāśrīṇītādiśaṃ gabhastau ॥

O men and women of the land, O Ashvins, O sun and moon, with voice and action, honour the call of this vibrant scholar and master of ample wealth and power who, with all the means and methods on hand, exhorts you to join the yajnic programmes of development to which you rush at the speed of the fastest and sharpest mind.

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10.61.4

कृ॒ष्णा यद्गोष्व॑रु॒णीषु॒ सीद॑द्दि॒वो नपा॑ताश्विना हुवे वाम्।
वी॒तं मे॑ य॒ज्ञमा ग॑तं मे॒ अन्नं॑ वव॒न्वांसा॒ नेष॒मस्मृ॑तध्रू ॥

kṛṣṇā yadgoṣvaruṇīṣu sīdaddivo napātāśvinā huve vām।
vītaṃ me yajñamā gataṃ me annaṃ vavanvāṃsā neṣamasmṛtadhrū ॥

Ashvins, children of light, when the darkness of night mingles with the crimson lights of the morning, I call upon you, come and join the lovely yajna for me, forget about all undesirables and negativities, enjoy yourselves and partake of the holy food to your heart’s desire.

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10.61.5

प्रथि॑ष्ट॒ यस्य॑ वी॒रक॑र्ममि॒ष्णदनु॑ष्ठितं॒ नु नर्यो॒ अपौ॑हत्।
पुन॒स्तदा वृ॑हति॒ यत्क॒नाया॑ दुहि॒तुरा अनु॑भृतमन॒र्वा ॥

prathiṣṭa yasya vīrakarmamiṣṇadanuṣṭhitaṃ nu naryo apauhat।
punastadā vṛhati yatkanāyā duhiturā anubhṛtamanarvā ॥

That most expansive creativity and generative vitality of Rudra Prajapati, lord creator, animated and vested in nature, which also is an irresistible human impulse, further expands into life when it is received and borne to maturity by the loving youthful maiden, motherly agent of nature’s innate urge for self-fulfilment.

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10.61.6

म॒ध्या यत्कर्त्व॒मभ॑वद॒भीके॒ कामं॑ कृण्वा॒ने पि॒तरि॑ युव॒त्याम्।
म॒ना॒नग्रेतो॑ जहतुर्वि॒यन्ता॒ सानौ॒ निषि॑क्तं सुकृ॒तस्य॒ योनौ॑ ॥

madhyā yatkartvamabhavadabhīke kāmaṃ kṛṇvāne pitari yuvatyām।
manānagreto jahaturviyantā sānau niṣiktaṃ sukṛtasya yonau ॥

When the generator, father, and the youthful maiden, the mother, both joined in love and marriage with the desire to fulfil their obligation to Prajapati, lord of the household, have begot and brought up the progeny and have fulfilled their obligation in common, they give up and retire. All this, love, desire, accomplishment and fulfilment, is an extension of the process of divine creativity initiated on top of heaven at the centre of cosmic generation.

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10.61.7

पि॒ता यत्स्वां दु॑हि॒तर॑मधि॒ष्कन्क्ष्म॒या रेत॑ संजग्मा॒नो नि षि॑ञ्चत्।
स्वा॒ध्यो॑ऽजनय॒न्ब्रह्म॑ दे॒वा वास्तो॒ष्पतिं॑ व्रत॒पां निर॑तक्षन् ॥

pitā yatsvāṃ duhitaramadhiṣkankṣmayā reta saṃjagmāno ni ṣiñcat।
svādhyo'janayanbrahma devā vāstoṣpatiṃ vratapāṃ niratakṣan ॥

As the father, the sun, covers the skies and the earth, his counterpart, and, shedding his living light and lustre, fills them with the vitality of life, then the devas, radiant divinities of nature, create and form Agni, keeper of the vows of the law and master of the earthly home.

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10.61.8

स ईं॒ वृषा॒ न फेन॑मस्यदा॒जौ स्मदा परै॒दप॑ द॒भ्रचे॑ताः।
सर॑त्प॒दा न दक्षि॑णा परा॒वृङ्न ता नु मे॑ पृश॒न्यो॑ जगृभ्रे ॥

sa īṃ vṛṣā na phenamasyadājau smadā paraidapa dabhracetāḥ।
saratpadā na dakṣiṇā parāvṛṅna tā nu me pṛśanyo jagṛbhre ॥

That master of the home, Agni, like a mighty generous cloud, showers the vitality of life in the process of nature and sends our homage of oblations to far off distances from us except that if some small minded person of stingy character takes no step forward and neglects the ordinances of charity, then Agni, otherwise all embracing, does not accept our oblations.

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10.61.9

म॒क्षू न वह्नि॑ प्र॒जाया॑ उप॒ब्दिर॒ग्निं न न॒ग्न उप॑ सीद॒दूध॑।
सनि॑ते॒ध्मं सनि॑तो॒त वाजं॒ स ध॒र्ता ज॑ज्ञे॒ सह॑सा यवी॒युत् ॥

makṣū na vahni prajāyā upabdiragniṃ na nagna upa sīdadūdha।
sanitedhmaṃ sanitota vājaṃ sa dhartā jajñe sahasā yavīyut ॥

The master of the home is the leader, burden bearer and the voice of the people. He must never defile the common wealth of this earthly home like a stingy selfish man defiling the sacred fire. In fact he is arisen as the protector, sharer and trustee of the common assets, energy, honour and progress of the nation, who works for its unity and advancement with his power, patience and fortitude.

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10.61.10

म॒क्षू क॒नाया॑ स॒ख्यं नव॑ग्वा ऋ॒तं वद॑न्त ऋ॒तयु॑क्तिमग्मन्।
द्वि॒बर्ह॑सो॒ य उप॑ गो॒पमागु॑रदक्षि॒णासो॒ अच्यु॑ता दुदुक्षन् ॥

makṣū kanāyā sakhyaṃ navagvā ṛtaṃ vadanta ṛtayuktimagman।
dvibarhaso ya upa gopamāguradakṣiṇāso acyutā dudukṣan ॥

Just as fresh waves of solar radiations in the morning, manifesting the laws of nature and flow of living energy, meet with homogeneity of the beautiful earth and, in contact with both the sun and earth, join the all sustaining gravitational life force, and, without taking anything for themselves create and give universal showers of imperishable creative and motherly fertility to the earth. (So do new generations of youthful men from institutions of education, knowing, proclaiming and living the laws of nature and the land with loyalty to both find the love and friendship of their dear choice maidens in marriage and, dedicated to both the family and humanity, join the high priest of the land and create permanent gains for the nation without any selfish considerations.)

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10.61.11

म॒क्षू क॒नाया॑ स॒ख्यं नवी॑यो॒ राधो॒ न रेत॑ ऋ॒तमित्तु॑रण्यन्।
शुचि॒ यत्ते॒ रेक्ण॒ आय॑जन्त सब॒र्दुघा॑या॒ पय॑ उ॒स्रिया॑याः ॥

makṣū kanāyā sakhyaṃ navīyo rādho na reta ṛtamitturaṇyan।
śuci yatte rekṇa āyajanta sabardughāyā paya usriyāyāḥ ॥

Soon the solar radiations in unison with the homogeneity of fertile earth stimulate the vital process of nature’s creativity and produce the liquid living energy, pure life seed, latest prize like the legacy of divinity for you, O yajamana, the gift of generous earth and the mother’s milk. (Similarly the young men who win the love and friendship of the lovely maidens of their choice and earnestly observe the laws and discipline of nature and maintain the purity of their seed of life receive the generous mother’s gift of noble progeny.)

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10.61.12

प॒श्वा यत्प॒श्चा वियु॑ता बु॒धन्तेति॑ ब्रवीति व॒क्तरी॒ ररा॑णः।
वसो॑र्वसु॒त्वा का॒रवो॑ऽने॒हा विश्वं॑ विवेष्टि॒ द्रवि॑ण॒मुप॒ क्षु ॥

paśvā yatpaścā viyutā budhanteti bravīti vaktarī rarāṇaḥ।
vasorvasutvā kāravo'nehā viśvaṃ viveṣṭi draviṇamupa kṣu ॥

After the fulfilment of family obligations, the man having renounced the life of senses and materiality and exulting in the joy of divine revelation exclaims : O friends of knowledge and divine law, O celebrants of songs of divinity, the lord giver of the highest wealth and haven of peace, immaculate and free, brings us the ultimate food of divine joy and supreme wealth of existence.

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10.61.13

तदिन्न्व॑स्य परि॒षद्वा॑नो अग्मन्पु॒रू सद॑न्तो नार्ष॒दं बि॑भित्सन्।
वि शुष्ण॑स्य॒ संग्र॑थितमन॒र्वा वि॒दत्पु॑रुप्रजा॒तस्य॒ गुहा॒ यत् ॥

tadinnvasya pariṣadvāno agmanpurū sadanto nārṣadaṃ bibhitsan।
vi śuṣṇasya saṃgrathitamanarvā vidatpuruprajātasya guhā yat ॥

Then the mind, pranic energies and senses, present all round, vested variously in the body, come into divine animation, having dissolved all carnal desires, when the man fulfilled in the soul knows and realises the presence of the all-mighty, all-pervasive supreme spirit in the depth of the heart and soul, interwoven indeed in the web of life itself.

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10.61.14

भर्गो॑ ह॒ नामो॒त यस्य॑ दे॒वाः स्व१र्ण ये त्रि॑षध॒स्थे नि॑षे॒दुः।
अ॒ग्निर्ह॒ नामो॒त जा॒तवे॑दाः श्रु॒धी नो॑ होतरृ॒तस्य॒ होता॒ध्रुक् ॥

bhargo ha nāmota yasya devāḥ sva1rṇa ye triṣadhasthe niṣeduḥ।
agnirha nāmota jātavedāḥ śrudhī no hotarṛtasya hotādhruk ॥

Blazing brilliant and mighty sublime is that Spirit indeed whose refulgent and divine powers like paradisal bliss abide in the three regions of heaven, earth and the middle spaces. Agni, light and fire of the universe, is its name, animating all that is born in existence. O high priest of the yajnic dynamics of existence, clarion call of the universe, all love free from hate and animosity, pray listen to our call and prayer.

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10.61.15

उ॒त त्या मे॒ रौद्रा॑वर्चि॒मन्ता॒ नास॑त्याविन्द्र गू॒र्तये॒ यज॑ध्यै।
म॒नु॒ष्वद्वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषे॒ ररा॑णा म॒न्दू हि॒तप्र॑यसा वि॒क्षु यज्यू॑ ॥

uta tyā me raudrāvarcimantā nāsatyāvindra gūrtaye yajadhyai।
manuṣvadvṛktabarhiṣe rarāṇā mandū hitaprayasā vikṣu yajyū ॥

Indra, lord almighty, pray may those two offsprings of Rudra, lord of mercy, justice and dispensation, Ashvins, twin powers of natural complementarity, commanding the light of life, dedicated to infallible truth, both happy, givers of joy, adorable in yajna with homage, come to me, ready on the holy grass with my people, advance our yajna and acknowledge our homage and prayer among our community of celebrants.

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10.61.16

अ॒यं स्तु॒तो राजा॑ वन्दि वे॒धा अ॒पश्च॒ विप्र॑स्तरति॒ स्वसे॑तुः।
स क॒क्षीव॑न्तं रेजय॒त्सो अ॒ग्निं ने॒मिं न च॒क्रमर्व॑तो रघु॒द्रु ॥

ayaṃ stuto rājā vandi vedhā apaśca viprastarati svasetuḥ।
sa kakṣīvantaṃ rejayatso agniṃ nemiṃ na cakramarvato raghudru ॥

This adored and refulgent ruler is worshipped. All knowing, all doing, all vibrant pranic and soma force of divinity, all saviour bridge, by itself crosses all waters and spaces. It moves all spatial energies and all fiery elements just as horses move the centre and the circle of a fast whirling wheel.

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10.61.17

स द्वि॒बन्धु॑र्वैतर॒णो यष्टा॑ सब॒र्धुं धे॒नुम॒स्वं॑ दु॒हध्यै॑।
सं यन्मि॒त्रावरु॑णा वृ॒ञ्ज उ॒क्थैर्ज्येष्ठे॑भिरर्य॒मणं॒ वरू॑थैः ॥

sa dvibandhurvaitaraṇo yaṣṭā sabardhuṃ dhenumasvaṃ duhadhyai।
saṃ yanmitrāvaruṇā vṛñja ukthairjyeṣṭhebhiraryamaṇaṃ varūthaiḥ ॥

He that holds the two worlds of heaven and earth in bond, the high priest of cosmic yajna, all pervasive power that helps us to cross over the flood of existence, gives us the immortal gift of eternal Word and vision when a person, with the best of chant and meditative practice, realises together Mitra, centripetal, and Varuna, centrifugal, processes of cosmic dynamics, and also Aryaman, the all-controlling spirit that controls both the centre and the circle of the wheel of existence.

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10.61.18

तद्ब॑न्धुः सू॒रिर्दि॒वि ते॑ धियं॒धा नाभा॒नेदि॑ष्ठो रपति॒ प्र वेन॑न्।
सा नो॒ नाभि॑ पर॒मास्य वा॑ घा॒हं तत्प॒श्चा क॑ति॒थश्चि॑दास ॥

tadbandhuḥ sūrirdivi te dhiyaṃdhā nābhānediṣṭho rapati pra venan।
sā no nābhi paramāsya vā ghāhaṃ tatpaścā katithaścidāsa ॥

O soul, says the celebrant in love with divinity, that binding bond, the sun in heaven, is the giver of your will and intelligence and also its guardian, your closest link of nature to life eternal. That navel link is our highest centre of existence and of that, in consequence, I am the devoted celebrant among many.

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10.61.19

इ॒यं मे॒ नाभि॑रि॒ह मे॑ स॒धस्थ॑मि॒मे मे॑ दे॒वा अ॒यम॑स्मि॒ सर्व॑।
द्वि॒जा अह॑ प्रथम॒जा ऋ॒तस्ये॒दं धे॒नुर॑दुह॒ज्जाय॑माना ॥

iyaṃ me nābhiriha me sadhasthamime me devā ayamasmi sarva।
dvijā aha prathamajā ṛtasyedaṃ dhenuraduhajjāyamānā ॥

This is my navel link with life, here is my haven and ultimate home, all these divine brilliancies, winds and pranic energies are mine, here I am all, complete. Whether first bom of divinity or twice born of nature and education, all this universe is born of Prakrti in motion and action under the law of divinity. The divine cow, Vak, nature coming into existential manifestation gives birth to it and to all we need.

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10.61.20

अधा॑सु म॒न्द्रो अ॑र॒तिर्वि॒भावाव॑ स्यति द्विवर्त॒निर्व॑ने॒षाट्।
ऊ॒र्ध्वा यच्छ्रेणि॒र्न शिशु॒र्दन्म॒क्षू स्थि॒रं शे॑वृ॒धं सू॑त मा॒ता ॥

adhāsu mandro aratirvibhāvāva syati dvivartanirvaneṣāṭ।
ūrdhvā yacchreṇirna śiśurdanmakṣū sthiraṃ śevṛdhaṃ sūta mātā ॥

And in the directions of space pervades Agni, joyous, dynamic, bright, moving across heaven and earth, lord of woods, high power admirable, lovely, which, like an army array, destroys in no time. That stable power, giver of comfort and joy, too, Mother Nature generates.

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10.61.21

अधा॒ गाव॒ उप॑मातिं क॒नाया॒ अनु॑ श्वा॒न्तस्य॒ कस्य॑ चि॒त्परे॑युः।
श्रु॒धि त्वं सु॑द्रविणो न॒स्त्वं या॑ळाश्व॒घ्नस्य॑ वावृधे सू॒नृता॑भिः ॥

adhā gāva upamātiṃ kanāyā anu śvāntasya kasya citpareyuḥ।
śrudhi tvaṃ sudraviṇo nastvaṃ yāḷāśvaghnasya vāvṛdhe sūnṛtābhiḥ ॥

And as the prayers of some veteran saint reach you, lord of love and favour, O holy lord of wealth and glory, listen to our prayer: Give us the yajnic gifts of life, you who feel exalted by the joyous and truthful adorations of devotees who have risen above their senses and passions of the mind.

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10.61.22

अध॒ त्वमि॑न्द्र वि॒द्ध्य१स्मान्म॒हो रा॒ये नृ॑पते॒ वज्र॑बाहुः।
रक्षा॑ च नो म॒घोन॑ पा॒हि सू॒रीन॑ने॒हस॑स्ते हरिवो अ॒भिष्टौ॑ ॥

adha tvamindra viddhya1smānmaho rāye nṛpate vajrabāhuḥ।
rakṣā ca no maghona pāhi sūrīnanehasaste harivo abhiṣṭau ॥

And O lord of might and glory, Indra, magnanimous lord protector of humanity, wielder of thunder arms, pray know us and grant us our prayers for wealth, honour and excellence. O lord of nature’s forces and destroyer of suffering, protect us, promote us, all dedicated to the power and honour gifts of divine favour. We pray let us enjoy your love and good will that we may live in a state of freedom from sin and evil.

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10.61.23

अध॒ यद्रा॑जाना॒ गवि॑ष्टौ॒ सर॑त्सर॒ण्युः का॒रवे॑ जर॒ण्युः।
विप्र॒ प्रेष्ठ॒ स ह्ये॑षां ब॒भूव॒ परा॑ च॒ वक्ष॑दु॒त प॑र्षदेनान् ॥

adha yadrājānā gaviṣṭau saratsaraṇyuḥ kārave jaraṇyuḥ।
vipra preṣṭha sa hyeṣāṃ babhūva parā ca vakṣaduta parṣadenān ॥

And then, O men of light and wisdom, the person who is keen to rise and is rising in the search for the lord’s love and good will, who seeks to adore and serve the lord creator, such a vibrant devotee becomes the dearest of all these seekers for the lord, crosses the flood of existence and, speaking of the highest absolute and inspiring them, helps others too to seek divine fulfilment.

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10.61.24

अधा॒ न्व॑स्य॒ जेन्य॑स्य पु॒ष्टौ वृथा॒ रेभ॑न्त ईमहे॒ तदू॒ नु।
स॒र॒ण्युर॑स्य सू॒नुरश्वो॒ विप्र॑श्चासि॒ श्रव॑सश्च सा॒तौ ॥

adhā nvasya jenyasya puṣṭau vṛthā rebhanta īmahe tadū nu।
saraṇyurasya sūnuraśvo vipraścāsi śravasaśca sātau ॥

And so for the sake of our growth and progress under the protection of this lord absolute and all victorious master of the universe, we spontaneously sing and pray : you are the creator and sole mover of this universe, all pervasive and dominant, all providing giver of fulfilment and most renowned harbinger of success and victory.

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10.61.25

यु॒वोर्यदि॑ स॒ख्याया॒स्मे शर्धा॑य॒ स्तोमं॑ जुजु॒षे नम॑स्वान्।
वि॒श्वत्र॒ यस्मि॒न्ना गिर॑ समी॒चीः पू॒र्वीव॑ गा॒तुर्दाश॑त्सू॒नृता॑यै ॥

yuvoryadi sakhyāyāsme śardhāya stomaṃ jujuṣe namasvān।
viśvatra yasminnā gira samīcīḥ pūrvīva gāturdāśatsūnṛtāyai ॥

O enlightened men and women of the world, if for your love and friendship and the growth of our strength, the devotee were to offer a song of adoration with homage, humility and love to the lord to whom all earnest voices of prayer converge and reach for fulfilment all over the world, and the lord of all might were pleased to accept, he would bless us with a vision of the path of truth and progress.

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10.61.26

स गृ॑णा॒नो अ॒द्भिर्दे॒ववा॒निति॑ सु॒बन्धु॒र्नम॑सा सू॒क्तैः।
वर्ध॑दु॒क्थैर्वचो॑भि॒रा हि नू॒नं व्यध्वै॑ति॒ पय॑स उ॒स्रिया॑याः ॥

sa gṛṇāno adbhirdevavāniti subandhurnamasā sūktaiḥ।
vardhadukthairvacobhirā hi nūnaṃ vyadhvaiti payasa usriyāyāḥ ॥

Say the lord almighty adored by holies is a friend of the divines. Noble brother and all unifier, He is to be worshipped and exalted with homage of love, hymns of faith, rituals of service and words of praise. His grace rains in showers by paths of love in piety and meditation as the mother cow’s milk flows for the calf.

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10.61.27

त ऊ॒ षु णो॑ म॒हो य॑जत्रा भू॒त दे॑वास ऊ॒तये॑ स॒जोषा॑।
ये वाजाँ॒ अन॑यता वि॒यन्तो॒ ये स्था नि॑चे॒तारो॒ अमू॑राः ॥

ta ū ṣu ṇo maho yajatrā bhūta devāsa ūtaye sajoṣā।
ye vājām̐ anayatā viyanto ye sthā nicetāro amūrāḥ ॥

Great and glorious divinities, loving friends, adorable visionaries, decisive and discriminative in wisdom and judgement, pray ever abide by us for our protection and progress, you who are leading lights and harbingers of abundant food, energy, victory and ultimate fulfilment of life.

Ṛgveda 10.62 · 11 verses

10.62.1

ये य॒ज्ञेन॒ दक्षि॑णया॒ सम॑क्ता॒ इन्द्र॑स्य स॒ख्यम॑मृत॒त्वमा॑न॒श।
तेभ्यो॑ भ॒द्रम॑ङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु॒ प्रति॑ गृभ्णीत मान॒वं सु॑मेधसः ॥

ye yajñena dakṣiṇayā samaktā indrasya sakhyamamṛtatvamānaśa।
tebhyo bhadramaṅgiraso vo astu prati gṛbhṇīta mānavaṃ sumedhasaḥ ॥

Brilliant divinities of light and wisdom, Angirasas, self-realised souls dear as breath of life, who, distinguished and beautified by performance of yajna, self-sacrifice and liberal giving, have won the love and friendship of Indra, lord almighty, and attained the freedom of immortality, may there be all round auspicious good fortune for you in life. O sagely divines, pray take man under your kind care for spiritual refinement.

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10.62.2

य उ॒दाज॑न्पि॒तरो॑ गो॒मयं॒ वस्वृ॒तेनाभि॑न्दन्परिवत्स॒रे व॒लम्।
दी॒र्घा॒यु॒त्वम॑ङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु॒ प्रति॑ गृभ्णीत मान॒वं सु॑मेधसः ॥

ya udājanpitaro gomayaṃ vasvṛtenābhindanparivatsare valam।
dīrghāyutvamaṅgiraso vo astu prati gṛbhṇīta mānavaṃ sumedhasaḥ ॥

O parental sages and scholars, Angirasas, who research, recover and create the wealth of knowledge and the divine voice and thereby, through yajna and the study of nature’s law, break through and dispel the darkness of loss and ignorance all the year round in the seasonal cycle, may Indra bless you with a long happy life. Pray take the son of Manu under your kind care, sages of holy wisdom and knowledge.

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10.62.3

य ऋ॒तेन॒ सूर्य॒मारो॑हयन्दि॒व्यप्र॑थयन्पृथि॒वीं मा॒तरं॒ वि।
सु॒प्र॒जा॒स्त्वम॑ङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु॒ प्रति॑ गृभ्णीत मान॒वं सु॑मेधसः ॥

ya ṛtena sūryamārohayandivyaprathayanpṛthivīṃ mātaraṃ vi।
suprajāstvamaṅgiraso vo astu prati gṛbhṇīta mānavaṃ sumedhasaḥ ॥

Angirasas, nature’s powers of creation and evolution who, by the divine law and cosmic yajna of nature, raised the sun and set it there and formed and expanded mother earth, may you have the wealth of noble progeny. Enlightened sages of noble intellect and wisdom who study and research the laws of nature, pray take the children of humanity under your kind care.

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10.62.4

अ॒यं नाभा॑ वदति व॒ल्गु वो॑ गृ॒हे देव॑पुत्रा ऋषय॒स्तच्छृ॑णोतन।
सु॒ब्र॒ह्म॒ण्यम॑ङ्गिरसो वो अस्तु॒ प्रति॑ गृभ्णीत मान॒वं सु॑मेधसः ॥

ayaṃ nābhā vadati valgu vo gṛhe devaputrā ṛṣayastacchṛṇotana।
subrahmaṇyamaṅgiraso vo astu prati gṛbhṇīta mānavaṃ sumedhasaḥ ॥

O children of divinity, seers and visionaries, this central soul speaks the voice divine in your yajnic home, in the core of your heart. Listen to that. O Angirasas, may this divine voice be yours and your heritage to your posterity. O sages of holy mind and wisdom, pray take the children of humanity under your care.

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10.62.5

विरू॑पास॒ इदृष॑य॒स्त इद्ग॑म्भी॒रवे॑पसः।
ते अङ्गि॑रसः सू॒नव॒स्ते अ॒ग्नेः परि॑ जज्ञिरे ॥

virūpāsa idṛṣayasta idgambhīravepasaḥ।
te aṅgirasaḥ sūnavaste agneḥ pari jajñire ॥

Rshis are seers of various forms of existence including the structures and meanings of the voice divine. They are powers and performers of serious and mysterious actions. They are all Angirasas, children of the cosmic soul born as waves of cosmic energy. O cosmic soul, O cosmic energy, O Agni, they are your children, creators too in their own natural ways, born of you like sparks from the yajna fire.

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10.62.6

ये अ॒ग्नेः परि॑ जज्ञि॒रे विरू॑पासो दि॒वस्परि॑।
नव॑ग्वो॒ नु दश॑ग्वो॒ अङ्गि॑रस्तमो॒ सचा॑ दे॒वेषु॑ मंहते ॥

ye agneḥ pari jajñire virūpāso divaspari।
navagvo nu daśagvo aṅgirastamo sacā deveṣu maṃhate ॥

Of these various forms of existence bom of Agni in the regions of light, the waves called navagu and dashagu being most powerful excel among the divine forms of nature. Similarly among the living forms of existence born of the divine soul and divine energy, the human form of five elements and four powers of the self, i.e., mana, buddhi, chitta and ahankara, all together nine, and further, ten pranas and ten senses, excels as the highest and most powerful of the divine forms of life.

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10.62.7

इन्द्रे॑ण यु॒जा निः सृ॑जन्त वा॒घतो॑ व्र॒जं गोम॑न्तम॒श्विन॑म्।
स॒हस्रं॑ मे॒ दद॑तो अष्टक॒र्ण्य१ः श्रवो॑ दे॒वेष्व॑क्रत ॥

indreṇa yujā niḥ sṛjanta vāghato vrajaṃ gomantamaśvinam।
sahasraṃ me dadato aṣṭakarṇya1ḥ śravo deveṣvakrata ॥

The wise and visionary yajakas with the inspiration of Indra, lord ruler, create knowledge relating to senses, mind and will, and with their senses raised to eighfold power and sensitivity, giving me a thousand gifts, win praise among brilliant scholars.

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10.62.8

प्र नू॒नं जा॑यताम॒यं मनु॒स्तोक्मे॑व रोहतु।
यः स॒हस्रं॑ श॒ताश्वं॑ स॒द्यो दा॒नाय॒ मंह॑ते ॥

pra nūnaṃ jāyatāmayaṃ manustokmeva rohatu।
yaḥ sahasraṃ śatāśvaṃ sadyo dānāya maṃhate ॥

May this man, for sure, arise and grow like a germinating seed in fertile soil, who creates and gives a thousand gifts of hundred horse-power achievement straight to be dedicated to charitable good.

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10.62.9

न तम॑श्नोति॒ कश्च॒न दि॒व इ॑व॒ सान्वा॒रभ॑म्।
सा॒व॒र्ण्यस्य॒ दक्षि॑णा॒ वि सिन्धु॑रिव पप्रथे ॥

na tamaśnoti kaścana diva iva sānvārabham।
sāvarṇyasya dakṣiṇā vi sindhuriva paprathe ॥

No one can approach even the fringe of this wonder worker’s achievement as the sun’s on top of heaven. After all, the versatility and generosity of this man of universal competence flows ceaselessly like the flood of a river and expands as the sea.

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10.62.10

उ॒त दा॒सा प॑रि॒विषे॒ स्मद्दि॑ष्टी॒ गोप॑रीणसा।
यदु॑स्तु॒र्वश्च॑ मामहे ॥

uta dāsā pariviṣe smaddiṣṭī goparīṇasā।
yadusturvaśca māmahe ॥

And the giver, the visionary, the prosperous, the industrious and the victorious, all exalt him and feel honoured to serve and support him.

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10.62.11

स॒ह॒स्र॒दा ग्रा॑म॒णीर्मा रि॑ष॒न्मनु॒ सूर्ये॑णास्य॒ यत॑मानैतु॒ दक्षि॑णा।
साव॑र्णेर्दे॒वाः प्र ति॑र॒न्त्वायु॒र्यस्मि॒न्नश्रा॑न्ता॒ अस॑नाम॒ वाज॑म् ॥

sahasradā grāmaṇīrmā riṣanmanu sūryeṇāsya yatamānaitu dakṣiṇā।
sāvarṇerdevāḥ pra tirantvāyuryasminnaśrāntā asanāma vājam ॥

The giver of thousands, leader of the community, must not be hurt, nor would he hurt anyone. May this generosity, active and advancing, rise with the sun day by day. May the divinities prolong and elevate the health and age of the man of versatile generosity and competence, and may we, under his guidance and leadership, relentlessly advancing, win the goal and victory of our aspirations.

Ṛgveda 10.63 · 17 verses

10.63.1

प॒रा॒वतो॒ ये दिधि॑षन्त॒ आप्यं॒ मनु॑प्रीतासो॒ जनि॑मा वि॒वस्व॑तः।
य॒याते॒र्ये न॑हु॒ष्य॑स्य ब॒र्हिषि॑ दे॒वा आस॑ते॒ ते अधि॑ ब्रुवन्तु नः ॥

parāvato ye didhiṣanta āpyaṃ manuprītāso janimā vivasvataḥ।
yayāterye nahuṣyasya barhiṣi devā āsate te adhi bruvantu naḥ ॥

May those divinities of humanity and bounties of nature that love humanity and come from afar anxious to meet and talk to the children of light under the sun, those who join the yajna on the vedi of dynamic and aspiring humanity bound and dedicated to karma across time through birth and death, may they all speak to us of the light divine and eternal wisdom.

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10.63.2

विश्वा॒ हि वो॑ नम॒स्या॑नि॒ वन्द्या॒ नामा॑नि देवा उ॒त य॒ज्ञिया॑नि वः।
ये स्थ जा॒ता अदि॑तेर॒द्भ्यस्परि॒ ये पृ॑थि॒व्यास्ते म॑ इ॒ह श्रु॑ता॒ हव॑म् ॥

viśvā hi vo namasyāni vandyā nāmāni devā uta yajñiyāni vaḥ।
ye stha jātā aditeradbhyaspari ye pṛthivyāste ma iha śrutā havam ॥

O Devas, brilliancies of nature and humanity, all your names, nature and functions are venerable, adorable and worthy of yajnic communion. May all of you who are born of the earth, over the sky and space and mother Infinity may hear my call and invocation here on the vedi.

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10.63.3

येभ्यो॑ मा॒ता मधु॑म॒त्पिन्व॑ते॒ पय॑ पी॒यूषं॒ द्यौरदि॑ति॒रद्रि॑बर्हाः।
उ॒क्थशु॑ष्मान्वृषभ॒रान्स्वप्न॑स॒स्ताँ आ॑दि॒त्याँ अनु॑ मदा स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

yebhyo mātā madhumatpinvate paya pīyūṣaṃ dyauraditiradribarhāḥ।
ukthaśuṣmānvṛṣabharānsvapnasastām̐ ādityām̐ anu madā svastaye ॥

Serve, exhilarate and replenish those Adityas, children of light on earth and brilliancies of nature for whom mother earth yields and augments honey sweets of the milk of life, the sun, mother infinity and the cloud bearing sky shower nectar sweets of rain. Be grateful and rejoice with those, Adityas, who bring the resonance of mantric power to yajna, who move the mighty clouds of rain and who perform the noblest creative acts for the good, happiness and all round well being of life.

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10.63.4

नृ॒चक्ष॑सो॒ अनि॑मिषन्तो अ॒र्हणा॑ बृ॒हद्दे॒वासो॑ अमृत॒त्वमा॑नशुः।
ज्यो॒तीर॑था॒ अहि॑माया॒ अना॑गसो दि॒वो व॒र्ष्माणं॑ वसते स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

nṛcakṣaso animiṣanto arhaṇā bṛhaddevāso amṛtatvamānaśuḥ।
jyotīrathā ahimāyā anāgaso divo varṣmāṇaṃ vasate svastaye ॥

Ever watchful inspirers of humanity, active without a wink, adorable in their own right, mighty brilliant and generous, they attain to the freedom of immortality. They ride the chariot of light and, inviolable of might and free from sin and evil, they abide on top of heaven. May they come and bless our yajna for the good and all round well being of life. Serve them, exhilarate them, be grateful and rejoice.

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10.63.5

स॒म्राजो॒ ये सु॒वृधो॑ य॒ज्ञमा॑य॒युरप॑रिह्वृता दधि॒रे दि॒वि क्षय॑म्।
ताँ आ वि॑वास॒ नम॑सा सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑र्म॒हो आ॑दि॒त्याँ अदि॑तिं स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

samrājo ye suvṛdho yajñamāyayuraparihvṛtā dadhire divi kṣayam।
tām̐ ā vivāsa namasā suvṛktibhirmaho ādityām̐ aditiṃ svastaye ॥

Those illustrious children of light, self-refulgent and steadily rising in knowledge and wisdom, who come and grace the yajna and, straight and unassailable in action and character, abide in the sphere of the light of divinity, those great children of inviolable mother Infinity and Mother Nature, serve, exhilarate and replenish with homage and humility for the good and all round well being of life. Be grateful with holy words of praise and rejoice.

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10.63.6

को व॒ स्तोमं॑ राधति॒ यं जुजो॑षथ॒ विश्वे॑ देवासो मनुषो॒ यति॒ ष्ठन॑।
को वो॑ऽध्व॒रं तु॑विजाता॒ अरं॑ कर॒द्यो न॒ पर्ष॒दत्यंह॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

ko va stomaṃ rādhati yaṃ jujoṣatha viśve devāso manuṣo yati ṣṭhana।
ko vo'dhvaraṃ tuvijātā araṃ karadyo na parṣadatyaṃha svastaye ॥

O Vishvedevas, brilliancies of nature and humanity, O thoughtful people, all of you born on the earth that abide on the vedi, who leads your song of divinity to success? Whom do you love and serve with adoration? Who leads your yajna to auspicious completion? He that cleanses us of sin and evil. That same divinity whom you love and adore, that same lord of yajna, serve and exhilarate for the sake of the good and all round well being of life. Be grateful and rejoice.

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10.63.7

येभ्यो॒ होत्रां॑ प्रथ॒मामा॑ये॒जे मनु॒ समि॑द्धाग्नि॒र्मन॑सा स॒प्त होतृ॑भिः।
त आ॑दित्या॒ अभ॑यं॒ शर्म॑ यच्छत सु॒गा न॑ कर्त सु॒पथा॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

yebhyo hotrāṃ prathamāmāyeje manu samiddhāgnirmanasā sapta hotṛbhiḥ।
ta ādityā abhayaṃ śarma yacchata sugā na karta supathā svastaye ॥

Those Adityas, children of eternal light blest with knowledge and wisdom of divinity, for whom Manu, omniscient creator, lighted the first fire of creative yajna with thought and tapas and conducted the yajna with seven priests (five elements with mahat and Ahankara, seven pranas, sevenfold sense and mind complex, seven rays of the sun, seven sages and seven chhandas of the Veda) may, we pray, bring a peaceful life and home with freedom from fear and make our paths of life simple, straight and clear from darkness and evil for the good and all round well being of life.

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10.63.8

य ईशि॑रे॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ प्रचे॑तसो॒ विश्व॑स्य स्था॒तुर्जग॑तश्च॒ मन्त॑वः।
ते न॑ कृ॒तादकृ॑ता॒देन॑स॒स्पर्य॒द्या दे॑वासः पिपृता स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

ya īśire bhuvanasya pracetaso viśvasya sthāturjagataśca mantavaḥ।
te na kṛtādakṛtādenasasparyadyā devāsaḥ pipṛtā svastaye ॥

Those divine, brilliant and generous powers of nature and humanity with a noble heart and mind that know and rule the entire moving and unmoving world of existence may, we pray, save us today and protect us from sin and evil whether past or future for the good and all round well being of life.

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10.63.9

भरे॒ष्विन्द्रं॑ सु॒हवं॑ हवामहेंऽहो॒मुचं॑ सु॒कृतं॒ दैव्यं॒ जन॑म्।
अ॒ग्निं मि॒त्रं वरु॑णं सा॒तये॒ भगं॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी म॒रुत॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

bhareṣvindraṃ suhavaṃ havāmaheṃ'homucaṃ sukṛtaṃ daivyaṃ janam।
agniṃ mitraṃ varuṇaṃ sātaye bhagaṃ dyāvāpṛthivī maruta svastaye ॥

For success in our yajnic struggles of life and for victory against negativity and evils of the world, we call upon and pray to Indra, mighty ruler of the world, instant listener, noble doer and deliverer from sin and adversity. We call upon Agni, spirit of light and fire, Mitra, loving power of friendship, Varuna, power of judgement and discrimination, Bhaga, lord of power and prosperity, earth and heaven, Maruts, tempestuous forces, and the noble and brilliant people dedicated to positive good action so that we may enjoy the good life of all round well being.

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10.63.10

सु॒त्रामा॑णं पृथि॒वीं द्याम॑ने॒हसं॑ सु॒शर्मा॑ण॒मदि॑तिं सु॒प्रणी॑तिम्।
दैवीं॒ नावं॑ स्वरि॒त्रामना॑गस॒मस्र॑वन्ती॒मा रु॑हेमा स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

sutrāmāṇaṃ pṛthivīṃ dyāmanehasaṃ suśarmāṇamaditiṃ supraṇītim।
daivīṃ nāvaṃ svaritrāmanāgasamasravantīmā ruhemā svastaye ॥

In order to cross the oceanic flood of life and its challenges, let us board the boat of life equipped with sure safety measures, vast like earth, high and bright like the regions of light, free from sin and evil, comfortable and peaceful, unbreakable, well structured and well steered, divine and brilliant, fitted with fine oars, faultless and free from leakage, so that we may cross the flood with ease and enjoy the good life with all round well being.

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10.63.11

विश्वे॑ यजत्रा॒ अधि॑ वोचतो॒तये॒ त्राय॑ध्वं नो दु॒रेवा॑या अभि॒ह्रुत॑।
स॒त्यया॑ वो दे॒वहू॑त्या हुवेम शृण्व॒तो दे॑वा॒ अव॑से स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

viśve yajatrā adhi vocatotaye trāyadhvaṃ no durevāyā abhihruta।
satyayā vo devahūtyā huvema śṛṇvato devā avase svastaye ॥

O Devas, brilliant and venerable sagely scholars of the science and vision of yajna, pray enlighten us on our defence and protection. Protect us from chronic evils and strengthen us with safe-guards against sudden calamities. In earnest truth we call upon you with words of divinity, pray listen and come for our protection so that we may live the good life with all round well being and happiness.

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10.63.12

अपामी॑वा॒मप॒ विश्वा॒मना॑हुति॒मपारा॑तिं दुर्वि॒दत्रा॑मघाय॒तः।
आ॒रे दे॑वा॒ द्वेषो॑ अ॒स्मद्यु॑योतनो॒रु ण॒ शर्म॑ यच्छता स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

apāmīvāmapa viśvāmanāhutimapārātiṃ durvidatrāmaghāyataḥ।
āre devā dveṣo asmadyuyotanoru ṇa śarma yacchatā svastaye ॥

Brilliant divinities of nature and humanity, pray remove all sickness and disease of the world, eliminate indifference and opposition to divine service, remove selfishness and miserliness, remove the malignance of the sinner souls, throw off hate and jealousy far from us and give us a spacious peaceful happy home so that we may live the good life with happiness and all round well being.

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10.63.13

अरि॑ष्ट॒ स मर्तो॒ विश्व॑ एधते॒ प्र प्र॒जाभि॑र्जायते॒ धर्म॑ण॒स्परि॑।
यमा॑दित्यासो॒ नय॑था सुनी॒तिभि॒रति॒ विश्वा॑नि दुरि॒ता स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

ariṣṭa sa marto viśva edhate pra prajābhirjāyate dharmaṇaspari।
yamādityāso nayathā sunītibhirati viśvāni duritā svastaye ॥

Unhurt does the mortal advance in the world, rises in values and practice of Dharma and thrives with family and progeny whom you, O brilliant divines, lead by noble paths of rectitude. Indeed, he crosses over all evils of the world whom you enlighten and guide for the good life and well being all round.

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10.63.14

यं दे॑वा॒सोऽव॑थ॒ वाज॑सातौ॒ यं शूर॑साता मरुतो हि॒ते धने॑।
प्रा॒त॒र्यावा॑णं॒ रथ॑मिन्द्र सान॒सिमरि॑ष्यन्त॒मा रु॑हेमा स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

yaṃ devāso'vatha vājasātau yaṃ śūrasātā maruto hite dhane।
prātaryāvāṇaṃ rathamindra sānasimariṣyantamā ruhemā svastaye ॥

O Lord Almighty, Indra, O Maruts, vibrant and enlightened heroes of nature and humanity, let us ride that chariot of life, unhurt, inviolable and victorious, taking off early morning at dawn, which you protect in the battle of the brave when the action is on for the victory and attainment of food, energy, culture and advancement of all for the good life and well being all round. (The chariot here is the human body for the individual, and the social, economic and the organismic commonwealth of humanity on the political level.)

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10.63.15

स्व॒स्ति न॑ प॒थ्या॑सु॒ धन्व॑सु स्व॒स्त्य१प्सु वृ॒जने॒ स्व॑र्वति।
स्व॒स्ति न॑ पुत्रकृ॒थेषु॒ योनि॑षु स्व॒स्ति रा॒ये म॑रुतो दधातन ॥

svasti na pathyāsu dhanvasu svastya1psu vṛjane svarvati।
svasti na putrakṛtheṣu yoniṣu svasti rāye maruto dadhātana ॥

O winds, O vibrant scientists and engineers, let there be peace, security and well being on the highways and desert lands, all well over the waterways, rivers and seas, all good and well being in our programmes of enlightened advancement for general happiness. Let there be general good and universal well being among our women’s lives and in family development programmes. O Maruts, bring us auspiciousness in our programmes of economic development for the growth of national wealth.

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10.63.16

स्व॒स्तिरिद्धि प्रप॑थे॒ श्रेष्ठा॒ रेक्ण॑स्वत्य॒भि या वा॒ममेति॑।
सा नो॑ अ॒मा सो अर॑णे॒ नि पा॑तु स्वावे॒शा भ॑वतु दे॒वगो॑पा ॥

svastiriddhi prapathe śreṣṭhā rekṇasvatyabhi yā vāmameti।
sā no amā so araṇe ni pātu svāveśā bhavatu devagopā ॥

Let there be peace, goodness and all round well being of the highest order in our long term programmes of development, only that which brings abundant wealth, noble success and honour and splendour of grace. May that peace and splendour strengthen us at home and protect us abroad and may that peace, protected by noble and brilliant divine souls, have the rightful passion and pride of self-confidence.

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10.63.17

ए॒वा प्ल॒तेः सू॒नुर॑वीवृधद्वो॒ विश्व॑ आदित्या अदिते मनी॒षी।
ई॒शा॒नासो॒ नरो॒ अम॑र्त्ये॒नास्ता॑वि॒ जनो॑ दि॒व्यो गये॑न ॥

evā plateḥ sūnuravīvṛdhadvo viśva ādityā adite manīṣī।
īśānāso naro amartyenāstāvi jano divyo gayena ॥

O brilliant divine Adityas, children of light, O mother Aditi, thus does the intelligent and inspiring son of the fulfilled household and prosperous community

Ṛgveda 10.64 · 17 verses

10.64.1

क॒था दे॒वानां॑ कत॒मस्य॒ याम॑नि सु॒मन्तु॒ नाम॑ शृण्व॒तां म॑नामहे।
को मृ॑ळाति कत॒मो नो॒ मय॑स्करत्कत॒म ऊ॒ती अ॒भ्या व॑वर्तति ॥

kathā devānāṃ katamasya yāmani sumantu nāma śṛṇvatāṃ manāmahe।
ko mṛḷāti katamo no mayaskaratkatama ūtī abhyā vavartati ॥

In the course of our life, which gracious name of the divinities that hear our prayer shall we adore and how? Who is kind to us first and most? Who brings us peace and pleasure? Who cares for us and turns to us with protection constantly?

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10.64.2

क्र॒तू॒यन्ति॒ क्रत॑वो हृ॒त्सु धी॒तयो॒ वेन॑न्ति वे॒नाः प॒तय॒न्त्या दिश॑।
न म॑र्डि॒ता वि॑द्यते अ॒न्य ए॑भ्यो दे॒वेषु॑ मे॒ अधि॒ कामा॑ अयंसत ॥

kratūyanti kratavo hṛtsu dhītayo venanti venāḥ patayantyā diśa।
na marḍitā vidyate anya ebhyo deveṣu me adhi kāmā ayaṃsata ॥

Thoughts, desires and resolutions arise in the heart and mind anxious to do honour to divinity. Dedicated celebrants love the objects of their love and ambition and their desires and ambitions fly in various directions. For them, there is no other source of comfort and happiness than the object of these desires, be it divine, human or material. I pray may my desires, ambitions and prayers converge and concentrate on the divinities.

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10.64.3

नरा॑ वा॒ शंसं॑ पू॒षण॒मगो॑ह्यम॒ग्निं दे॒वेद्ध॑म॒भ्य॑र्चसे गि॒रा।
सूर्या॒मासा॑ च॒न्द्रम॑सा य॒मं दि॒वि त्रि॒तं वात॑मु॒षस॑म॒क्तुम॒श्विना॑ ॥

narā vā śaṃsaṃ pūṣaṇamagohyamagniṃ deveddhamabhyarcase girā।
sūryāmāsā candramasā yamaṃ divi tritaṃ vātamuṣasamaktumaśvinā ॥

O man, with holy words worship the divine spirit adored by humanity, study, honour and celebrate Pusha, divine unfathomable source of nourishment, Agni present in direct experience and lighted by noble and brilliant yajakas, sun and moon and their relative monthly movements, the heavenly energy operative in the three regions of the sun, sky and the earth, the dawn, the night and day and the Ashvins, complementary dynamics of natural energy in motion.

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10.64.4

क॒था क॒विस्तु॑वी॒रवा॒न्कया॑ गि॒रा बृह॒स्पति॑र्वावृधते सुवृ॒क्तिभि॑।
अ॒ज एक॑पात्सु॒हवे॑भि॒रृक्व॑भि॒रहि॑ शृणोतु बु॒ध्न्यो॒३ हवी॑मनि ॥

kathā kavistuvīravānkayā girā bṛhaspatirvāvṛdhate suvṛktibhi।
aja ekapātsuhavebhirṛkvabhirahi śṛṇotu budhnyo3 havīmani ॥

How, by what words, with which mantric voices and yajnic actions is the omniscient poet, master ruler and almighty commander of infinite forces studied, celebrated and known in his infinite nature and presence? In yajnic acts of search for knowledge, with holy words of celebrative language used with honest intention, unambiguous resolution and faithful purpose, is the one absolute power, unborn and undying, thunderous presence in space, celebrated and, if you use that language with that resolution in those actions, he would listen and respond.

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10.64.5

दक्ष॑स्य वादिते॒ जन्म॑नि व्र॒ते राजा॑ना मि॒त्रावरु॒णा वि॑वाससि।
अतू॑र्तपन्थाः पुरु॒रथो॑ अर्य॒मा स॒प्तहो॑ता॒ विषु॑रूपेषु॒ जन्म॑सु ॥

dakṣasya vādite janmani vrate rājānā mitrāvaruṇā vivāsasi।
atūrtapanthāḥ pururatho aryamā saptahotā viṣurūpeṣu janmasu ॥

And O mother Aditi, eternal nature, at the dawn of the day, you energise and illuminate both Mitra and Varuna, complementarities of unity and diversity of energy and light, both luminant and bound in law like day and night, and you bring into action the all ordaining cosmic law, Aryama, like the sun ordaining the day and night, which is unobstructed in its course, which commands the many chariots of the universe such as solar systems and galaxies, and which has seven high priests in the dynamic universal yajna, like the seven rays of the sun showing up the infinite forms of things as they come to light.

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10.64.6

ते नो॒ अर्व॑न्तो हवन॒श्रुतो॒ हवं॒ विश्वे॑ शृण्वन्तु वा॒जिनो॑ मि॒तद्र॑वः।
स॒ह॒स्र॒सा मे॒धसा॑ताविव॒ त्मना॑ म॒हो ये धनं॑ समि॒थेषु॑ जभ्रि॒रे ॥

te no arvanto havanaśruto havaṃ viśve śṛṇvantu vājino mitadravaḥ।
sahasrasā medhasātāviva tmanā maho ye dhanaṃ samitheṣu jabhrire ॥

May all those veteran scholars and scientists who listen to the call of the nation and, moving at measured speed, win victories in their fields, who in their pioneering adventures discover and produce great wealth in all sincerity by their own competence while they bring us a thousand gifts in our yajnic programmes, listen to our invocation and exhortation at this juncture too.

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10.64.7

प्र वो॑ वा॒युं र॑थ॒युजं॒ पुरं॑धिं॒ स्तोमै॑ कृणुध्वं स॒ख्याय॑ पू॒षण॑म्।
ते हि दे॒वस्य॑ सवि॒तुः सवी॑मनि॒ क्रतुं॒ सच॑न्ते स॒चित॒ सचे॑तसः ॥

pra vo vāyuṃ rathayujaṃ puraṃdhiṃ stomai kṛṇudhvaṃ sakhyāya pūṣaṇam।
te hi devasya savituḥ savīmani kratuṃ sacante sacita sacetasaḥ ॥

O yajakas, by your programmed yajnic sessions of scientific endeavour, study the munificent Vayu and Pusha, realise and harness the motive energy of wind usable in chariot and also the nourishing and invigorating power of nature as friends of life for the service of humanity. Both Vayu and Pusha in this cosmic yajna of Savita, lord creator and sustainer, are efficacious and together take life’s growth and evolution forwards.

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10.64.8

त्रिः स॒प्त स॒स्रा न॒द्यो॑ म॒हीर॒पो वन॒स्पती॒न्पर्व॑ताँ अ॒ग्निमू॒तये॑।
कृ॒शानु॒मस्तॄ॑न्ति॒ष्यं॑ स॒धस्थ॒ आ रु॒द्रं रु॒द्रेषु॑ रु॒द्रियं॑ हवामहे ॥

triḥ sapta sasrā nadyo mahīrapo vanaspatīnparvatām̐ agnimūtaye।
kṛśānumastṝntiṣyaṃ sadhastha ā rudraṃ rudreṣu rudriyaṃ havāmahe ॥

For our protection and advancement, in our yajnic sessions we invoke and exalt thrice seven rays of energy active in the three regions of heaven, earth and the sky, the flowing streams, floods of water and vapour great and greater, herbs and trees, clouds and mountains, various orders of fire energy, electric energy, catalytic currents of cloud breaking energy, solar energy and the yajnic fire which destroys the negativities of the environment.

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10.64.9

सर॑स्वती स॒रयु॒ सिन्धु॑रू॒र्मिभि॑र्म॒हो म॒हीरव॒सा य॑न्तु॒ वक्ष॑णीः।
दे॒वीरापो॑ मा॒तर॑ सूदयि॒त्न्वो॑ घृ॒तव॒त्पयो॒ मधु॑मन्नो अर्चत ॥

sarasvatī sarayu sindhurūrmibhirmaho mahīravasā yantu vakṣaṇīḥ।
devīrāpo mātara sūdayitnvo ghṛtavatpayo madhumanno arcata ॥

For our protection and progress may Sarasvati, cloud forming vapour streams, Sarayu, torrents of falling rain, rivers flowing on earth, and all mighty floods rushing and rolling at tempestuous speed flow for our benefit. O divine rivers, mother streams of nourishing waters full of living energy, ghrta, nectar and honey, pray flow shining and roaring and bring us honour and grandeur.

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10.64.10

उ॒त मा॒ता बृ॑हद्दि॒वा शृ॑णोतु न॒स्त्वष्टा॑ दे॒वेभि॒र्जनि॑भिः पि॒ता वच॑।
ऋ॒भु॒क्षा वाजो॒ रथ॒स्पति॒र्भगो॑ र॒ण्वः शंस॑ शशमा॒नस्य॑ पातु नः ॥

uta mātā bṛhaddivā śṛṇotu nastvaṣṭā devebhirjanibhiḥ pitā vaca।
ṛbhukṣā vājo rathaspatirbhago raṇvaḥ śaṃsa śaśamānasya pātu naḥ ॥

And may mother Infinity of boundless light and father Tvashta, maker of body forms, with all divine generative forces, listen to our words of prayer and celebration. May Rbhuksha, light and energy sustaining the intelligent and wise, Vaja, spirit of nourishment and energy, the master lord of the cosmic chariot, Bhaga, spirit of grandeur, honour and power, all happy givers of felicity worthy of adoration by the celebrants, sustain, protect and promote us on the way forward.

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10.64.11

र॒ण्वः संदृ॑ष्टौ पितु॒माँ इ॑व॒ क्षयो॑ भ॒द्रा रु॒द्राणां॑ म॒रुता॒मुप॑स्तुतिः।
गोभि॑ ष्याम य॒शसो॒ जने॒ष्वा सदा॑ देवास॒ इळ॑या सचेमहि ॥

raṇvaḥ saṃdṛṣṭau pitumām̐ iva kṣayo bhadrā rudrāṇāṃ marutāmupastutiḥ।
gobhi ṣyāma yaśaso janeṣvā sadā devāsa iḷayā sacemahi ॥

The celebration of Maruts and Rudras, scholars of the science of health and pranic energies, is full of blessings, joyous and beatific to the celebrant’s vision like a haven of peace and total fulfilment. O divinities, we pray, may we always adore you with holy songs of celebration, enjoy your love and friendship and, blest with honour and wealth, live happy among the people of the world.

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10.64.12

यां मे॒ धियं॒ मरु॑त॒ इन्द्र॒ देवा॒ अद॑दात वरुण मित्र यू॒यम्।
तां पी॑पयत॒ पय॑सेव धे॒नुं कु॒विद्गिरो॒ अधि॒ रथे॒ वहा॑थ ॥

yāṃ me dhiyaṃ maruta indra devā adadāta varuṇa mitra yūyam।
tāṃ pīpayata payaseva dhenuṃ kuvidgiro adhi rathe vahātha ॥

O Maruts, vibrancies of divinity, O Indra, lord of honour and power, O divinities of nature and humanity, O Varuna, spirit of judgement, Mitra, spirit of love and friendship, let my intelligence and imagination, which is your gift to me, grow and overflow with exuberance like the cow’s milk. You do always carry our prayers on the chariot and convey these to the Lord Supreme, don’t you?

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10.64.13

कु॒विद॒ङ्ग प्रति॒ यथा॑ चिद॒स्य न॑ सजा॒त्य॑स्य मरुतो॒ बुबो॑धथ।
नाभा॒ यत्र॑ प्रथ॒मं सं॒नसा॑महे॒ तत्र॑ जामि॒त्वमदि॑तिर्दधातु नः ॥

kuvidaṅga prati yathā cidasya na sajātyasya maruto bubodhatha।
nābhā yatra prathamaṃ saṃnasāmahe tatra jāmitvamaditirdadhātu naḥ ॥

Dear Maruts, wise sages, you know and we pray enlighten us of our divine affinity and essential relationship with this Lord Supreme whatever way it is possible. May Aditi, mother Infinity, lead us to find our essential nature and identity and guide us to reach there where we may regain our first and original centre of being.

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10.64.14

ते हि द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी मा॒तरा॑ म॒ही दे॒वी दे॒वाञ्जन्म॑ना य॒ज्ञिये॑ इ॒तः।
उ॒भे बि॑भृत उ॒भयं॒ भरी॑मभिः पु॒रू रेतां॑सि पि॒तृभि॑श्च सिञ्चतः ॥

te hi dyāvāpṛthivī mātarā mahī devī devāñjanmanā yajñiye itaḥ।
ubhe bibhṛta ubhayaṃ bharīmabhiḥ purū retāṃsi pitṛbhiśca siñcataḥ ॥

Heaven and earth, both of them great, divine, venerable mothers of life from their very birth in existence, are united with generative vitalities of nature here itself. Both sustain the moving and unmoving forms of life with their nourishing powers and both pour out abundant fertility and generative vitalities replete with the seeds of life essence in natural form.

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10.64.15

वि षा होत्रा॒ विश्व॑मश्नोति॒ वार्यं॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र॒रम॑ति॒ पनी॑यसी।
ग्रावा॒ यत्र॑ मधु॒षुदु॒च्यते॑ बृ॒हदवी॑वशन्त म॒तिभि॑र्मनी॒षिण॑ ॥

vi ṣā hotrā viśvamaśnoti vāryaṃ bṛhaspatiraramati panīyasī।
grāvā yatra madhuṣuducyate bṛhadavīvaśanta matibhirmanīṣiṇa ॥

That wonderful voice of divinity, the Vedic Word, which comprehends and corresponds to the entire world of cherished forms of existence is inviolable and sublime. Brhaspati, dedicated preserver and promoter of the divine Word adores it. Therein the master speaker and teacher of it is honoured as harbinger of honey sweets of joyous knowledge. Men of reason and faith with best of thought and action love and serve it beyond measure.

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10.64.16

ए॒वा क॒विस्तु॑वी॒रवाँ॑ ऋत॒ज्ञा द्र॑विण॒स्युर्द्रवि॑णसश्चका॒नः।
उ॒क्थेभि॒रत्र॑ म॒तिभि॑श्च॒ विप्रोऽपी॑पय॒द्गयो॑ दि॒व्यानि॒ जन्म॑ ॥

evā kavistuvīravām̐ ṛtajñā draviṇasyurdraviṇasaścakānaḥ।
ukthebhiratra matibhiśca vipro'pīpayadgayo divyāni janma ॥

Thus does the poetic visionary, celebrant of

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10.64.17

ए॒वा प्ल॒तेः सू॒नुर॑वीवृधद्वो॒ विश्व॑ आदित्या अदिते मनी॒षी।
ई॒शा॒नासो॒ नरो॒ अम॑र्त्ये॒नास्ता॑वि॒ जनो॑ दि॒व्यो गये॑न ॥

evā plateḥ sūnuravīvṛdhadvo viśva ādityā adite manīṣī।
īśānāso naro amartyenāstāvi jano divyo gayena ॥

Ṛgveda 10.65 · 15 verses

10.65.1

अ॒ग्निरिन्द्रो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा वा॒युः पू॒षा सर॑स्वती स॒जोष॑सः।
आ॒दि॒त्या विष्णु॑र्म॒रुत॒ स्व॑र्बृ॒हत्सोमो॑ रु॒द्रो अदि॑ति॒र्ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑ ॥

agnirindro varuṇo mitro aryamā vāyuḥ pūṣā sarasvatī sajoṣasaḥ।
ādityā viṣṇurmaruta svarbṛhatsomo rudro aditirbrahmaṇaspati ॥

May the cosmic spirit of divinity in its various and harmonious manifestations integrated in nature and humanity...: Agni, fire and magnetic energy of the earth, Indra, wind and electric energy of the skies, Varuna, beauty of the moon, peace of night and depth of oceans, Mitra, warmth of the sun and freshness of the day, Aryama, cosmic gravity that orders the stars and planets in the united orbit of existence, Vayu, cosmic energy, Pusha, life energy of nourishment and growth, Sarasvati, cosmic enlightenment and universal speech vibrant in universal mind, Adityas, inviolable light energy of the stars, Vishnu, centre-hold of existence and omnipresence of sustaining divinity, Maruts, various versions of wind energy in currents, Svah, cosmic light and universal bliss, Brhat, expansive space home of the universe, Soma, cosmic spirit of peace and divine ecstasy pervasive from the sun to earth, Rudra, thundering clouds and the voice of sublimity, Aditi, imperishable infinity of existence, and Brahmanaspati, the ultimate immanent and transcendent, evolution and involution of life, may all these together in love and unison bless the life of nature and humanity in spirit, awareness and expression in thought, word and deed.

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10.65.2

इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी वृ॑त्र॒हत्ये॑षु॒ सत्प॑ती मि॒थो हि॑न्वा॒ना त॒न्वा॒३ समो॑कसा।
अ॒न्तरि॑क्षं॒ मह्या प॑प्रु॒रोज॑सा॒ सोमो॑ घृत॒श्रीर्म॑हि॒मान॑मी॒रय॑न् ॥

indrāgnī vṛtrahatyeṣu satpatī mitho hinvānā tanvā3 samokasā।
antarikṣaṃ mahyā paprurojasā somo ghṛtaśrīrmahimānamīrayan ॥

In the dispelling of darkness and want and in the breaking of the clouds for rain, Indra and Agni, electric and fire energy, both protectors and promoters of the reality of substances, enhancing each other by their own essential power, work together in the same system, and these together and Soma, the great and soothing life-promoting spirit with its harmonious power and lustre, all fill, energise and vitalise the great middle spaces.

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10.65.3

तेषां॒ हि म॒ह्ना म॑ह॒ताम॑न॒र्वणां॒ स्तोमाँ॒ इय॑र्म्यृत॒ज्ञा ऋ॑ता॒वृधा॑म्।
ये अ॑प्स॒वम॑र्ण॒वं चि॒त्ररा॑धस॒स्ते नो॑ रासन्तां म॒हये॑ सुमि॒त्र्याः ॥

teṣāṃ hi mahnā mahatāmanarvaṇāṃ stomām̐ iyarmyṛtajñā ṛtāvṛdhām।
ye apsavamarṇavaṃ citrarādhasaste no rāsantāṃ mahaye sumitryāḥ ॥

By the grandeur of these mighty, irresistible, self-sufficient powers of nature which observe and advance life’s evolution by the laws of divinity, I, knowing the laws of nature and exigencies of the environment, structure, realise and accomplish my programmes of development and social advancement within the specifics of the Vishvedevas which, harbingers of wondrous possibilities, friendly and helpful, may, we pray, give us rain showers of liquid prosperity and progress for our honour and glory.

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10.65.4

स्व॑र्णरम॒न्तरि॑क्षाणि रोच॒ना द्यावा॒भूमी॑ पृथि॒वीं स्क॑म्भु॒रोज॑सा।
पृ॒क्षा इ॑व म॒हय॑न्तः सुरा॒तयो॑ दे॒वाः स्त॑वन्ते॒ मनु॑षाय सू॒रय॑ ॥

svarṇaramantarikṣāṇi rocanā dyāvābhūmī pṛthivīṃ skambhurojasā।
pṛkṣā iva mahayantaḥ surātayo devāḥ stavante manuṣāya sūraya ॥

These Vishvedevas, cosmic powers, by their glorious lustre and power, hold and sustain the bright sun, the shining stars, heaven and earth and the expansive universe. Brilliant celebrants adore and exalt them as divine powers, munificent givers and generous friends for humanity.

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10.65.5

मि॒त्राय॑ शिक्ष॒ वरु॑णाय दा॒शुषे॒ या स॒म्राजा॒ मन॑सा॒ न प्र॒युच्छ॑तः।
ययो॒र्धाम॒ धर्म॑णा॒ रोच॑ते बृ॒हद्ययो॑रु॒भे रोद॑सी॒ नाध॑सी॒ वृतौ॑ ॥

mitrāya śikṣa varuṇāya dāśuṣe yā samrājā manasā na prayucchataḥ।
yayordhāma dharmaṇā rocate bṛhadyayorubhe rodasī nādhasī vṛtau ॥

Offer homage to Mitra and Varuna, complementary centripetal and centrifugal currents of cosmic energy, both sovereign and self-lustrous which never fault on their observance of law and generosity by their very nature. Their abode and sphere of operation shines by their law of Dharma and the great heaven and the great earth both abide in their vast sphere of cosmic dynamics. Offer homage to these generous givers of the light of day and peace of the night.

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10.65.6

या गौर्व॑र्त॒निं प॒र्येति॑ निष्कृ॒तं पयो॒ दुहा॑ना व्रत॒नीर॑वा॒रत॑।
सा प्र॑ब्रुवा॒णा वरु॑णाय दा॒शुषे॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ दाशद्ध॒विषा॑ वि॒वस्व॑ते ॥

yā gaurvartaniṃ paryeti niṣkṛtaṃ payo duhānā vratanīravārata।
sā prabruvāṇā varuṇāya dāśuṣe devebhyo dāśaddhaviṣā vivasvate ॥

The earth which goes about in her well defined orbit, ceaselessly moving on over the orbital stages of the revolution and yielding milky nourishments for life on the way for living beings, expresses her thanks to generous Varuna and does homage to Vivasvan, the refulgent sun, Varuna dispelling it and the sun attracting it, both holding it in balance for the worshipful humanity.

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10.65.7

दि॒वक्ष॑सो अग्निजि॒ह्वा ऋ॑ता॒वृध॑ ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनिं॑ विमृ॒शन्त॑ आसते।
द्यां स्क॑भि॒त्व्य१प आ च॑क्रु॒रोज॑सा य॒ज्ञं ज॑नि॒त्वी त॒न्वी॒३ नि मा॑मृजुः ॥

divakṣaso agnijihvā ṛtāvṛdha ṛtasya yoniṃ vimṛśanta āsate।
dyāṃ skabhitvya1pa ā cakrurojasā yajñaṃ janitvī tanvī3 ni māmṛjuḥ ॥

Cosmic divinities clothed in light with tongues of fire observe and augment the law of cosmic yajna, and together, in a spirit of grateful union, sit at the centre with the central cause of all cosmic evolution. Holding the heavens high with their lustre, creating the waters of life, and lighting up and sustaining the yajna fire, they anoint themselves with divine grace.

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10.65.8

प॒रि॒क्षिता॑ पि॒तरा॑ पूर्व॒जाव॑री ऋ॒तस्य॒ योना॑ क्षयत॒ समो॑कसा।
द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी वरु॑णाय॒ सव्र॑ते घृ॒तव॒त्पयो॑ महि॒षाय॑ पिन्वतः ॥

parikṣitā pitarā pūrvajāvarī ṛtasya yonā kṣayata samokasā।
dyāvāpṛthivī varuṇāya savrate ghṛtavatpayo mahiṣāya pinvataḥ ॥

Extending and expanding, all embracing, each in its own sphere but both abiding together in the same one space, heaven and earth, earliest parents of life, rest in the original cause of cosmic evolution and both, dedicated to the law of divinity, replete with the waters of life, create and augment living energy for the great Varuna, pranic spirit of life.

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10.65.9

प॒र्जन्या॒वाता॑ वृष॒भा पु॑री॒षिणे॑न्द्रवा॒यू वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा।
दे॒वाँ आ॑दि॒त्याँ अदि॑तिं हवामहे॒ ये पार्थि॑वासो दि॒व्यासो॑ अ॒प्सु ये ॥

parjanyāvātā vṛṣabhā purīṣiṇendravāyū varuṇo mitro aryamā।
devām̐ ādityām̐ aditiṃ havāmahe ye pārthivāso divyāso apsu ye ॥

Clouds and winds, mighty water bearer vapours, Indra and Vayu, currents of electric energy and the winds, Varuna, Mitra and Aryama, centrifugal, centripetal and all controlling cosmic energy, the devas, Adityas, rays of solar emissions, Aditi, mother nature, all we invoke, adore and exalt, all that pervade and abide by earth, heaven and the middle regions of the sky, for knowledge and its application in practice.

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10.65.10

त्वष्टा॑रं वा॒युमृ॑भवो॒ य ओह॑ते॒ दैव्या॒ होता॑रा उ॒षसं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑।
बृह॒स्पतिं॑ वृत्रखा॒दं सु॑मे॒धस॑मिन्द्रि॒यं सोमं॑ धन॒सा उ॑ ईमहे ॥

tvaṣṭāraṃ vāyumṛbhavo ya ohate daivyā hotārā uṣasaṃ svastaye।
bṛhaspatiṃ vṛtrakhādaṃ sumedhasamindriyaṃ somaṃ dhanasā u īmahe ॥

O learned scholars of the science of yajna, for our achievement of wealth and all round well being, let us study and adore Tvashta, the specific natural energy that creates and shapes the forms of life, Vayu, wind and electric energy, the solar energy of the dawn, the vast space, the catalytic force that breaks the cloud and the soma energy which energises the heavenly yajakas, prana and apana, and enhances the efficacy of brain and the senses.

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10.65.11

ब्रह्म॒ गामश्वं॑ ज॒नय॑न्त॒ ओष॑धी॒र्वन॒स्पती॑न्पृथि॒वीं पर्व॑ताँ अ॒पः।
सूर्यं॑ दि॒वि रो॒हय॑न्तः सु॒दान॑व॒ आर्या॑ व्र॒ता वि॑सृ॒जन्तो॒ अधि॒ क्षमि॑ ॥

brahma gāmaśvaṃ janayanta oṣadhīrvanaspatīnpṛthivīṃ parvatām̐ apaḥ।
sūryaṃ divi rohayantaḥ sudānava āryā vratā visṛjanto adhi kṣami ॥

Let us invoke, study and adore for extension and improvement the natural processes producing and enhancing the quality of food, cows, horses, herbs and trees, earth, mountains, waters, and the facts of nature which shine and rise to the sun in heaven, all highly productive and generous givers, creating, causing and stimulating the best actions on earth.

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10.65.12

भु॒ज्युमंह॑सः पिपृथो॒ निर॑श्विना॒ श्यावं॑ पु॒त्रं व॑ध्रिम॒त्या अ॑जिन्वतम्।
क॒म॒द्युवं॑ विम॒दायो॑हथुर्यु॒वं वि॑ष्णा॒प्वं१ विश्व॑का॒याव॑ सृजथः ॥

bhujyumaṃhasaḥ pipṛtho niraśvinā śyāvaṃ putraṃ vadhrimatyā ajinvatam।
kamadyuvaṃ vimadāyohathuryuvaṃ viṣṇāpvaṃ1 viśvakāyāva sṛjathaḥ ॥

Ashvins, complementary powers of divine light and regeneration, you save the man of suffering and sufferance from sin and evil, refertilise the barren land and revitalise the seed to germinate, raise the genetic quality of seeds and plants for better taste and nourishment, and raise the general capacity of the seeker of knowledge to higher competence.

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10.65.13

पावी॑रवी तन्य॒तुरेक॑पाद॒जो दि॒वो ध॒र्ता सिन्धु॒राप॑ समु॒द्रिय॑।
विश्वे॑ दे॒वास॑ शृणव॒न्वचां॑सि मे॒ सर॑स्वती स॒ह धी॒भिः पुरं॑ध्या ॥

pāvīravī tanyaturekapādajo divo dhartā sindhurāpa samudriya।
viśve devāsa śṛṇavanvacāṃsi me sarasvatī saha dhībhiḥ puraṃdhyā ॥

Thunder and lightning, the one absolute unborn eternal sustainer of heaven, the sun, flowing rivers, oceanic waves and waters, rain bearing clouds, all the divinities of nature and the seasons, and the divine mother of knowledge and speech with the cosmic intelligence and will may hear my prayer and respond.

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10.65.14

विश्वे॑ दे॒वाः स॒ह धी॒भिः पुरं॑ध्या॒ मनो॒र्यज॑त्रा अ॒मृता॑ ऋत॒ज्ञाः।
रा॒ति॒षाचो॑ अभि॒षाच॑ स्व॒र्विद॒ स्व१र्गिरो॒ ब्रह्म॑ सू॒क्तं जु॑षेरत ॥

viśve devāḥ saha dhībhiḥ puraṃdhyā manoryajatrā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ।
rātiṣāco abhiṣāca svarvida sva1rgiro brahma sūktaṃ juṣerata ॥

May all divinities of nature and humanity, with their thoughts, intentions and will and actions, adorable at heart in yajna, immortal, self-established in divine truth and law, givers of intelligence and competence for accomplishment, loving and sociable, the very voice and vision of divinity, soul of bliss divine, listen and accept my song of divine adoration.

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10.65.15

दे॒वान्वसि॑ष्ठो अ॒मृता॑न्ववन्दे॒ ये विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि प्र॑त॒स्थुः।
ते नो॑ रासन्तामुरुगा॒यम॒द्य यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

devānvasiṣṭho amṛtānvavande ye viśvā bhuvanābhi pratasthuḥ।
te no rāsantāmurugāyamadya yūyaṃ pāta svastibhi sadā naḥ ॥

Ṛgveda 10.66 · 15 verses

10.66.1

दे॒वान्हु॑वे बृ॒हच्छ्र॑वसः स्व॒स्तये॑ ज्योति॒ष्कृतो॑ अध्व॒रस्य॒ प्रचे॑तसः।
ये वा॑वृ॒धुः प्र॑त॒रं वि॒श्ववे॑दस॒ इन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठासो अ॒मृता॑ ऋता॒वृध॑ ॥

devānhuve bṛhacchravasaḥ svastaye jyotiṣkṛto adhvarasya pracetasaḥ।
ye vāvṛdhuḥ prataraṃ viśvavedasa indrajyeṣṭhāso amṛtā ṛtāvṛdha ॥

For the good and well being of life all round, I invoke the Vishvedevas, all bounties and divinities of nature and humanity. Abundant and renowned are they, refulgent givers of light, enlightened promoters of the yajna of love and non-violence, who enhance the creative and productive processes of overcoming ignorance, injustice and poverty. Immortal observers and promoters of universal law with Indra, the omnipotent, as their supreme leader, they know, command and promote the entire wealth and well being of the world.

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10.66.2

इन्द्र॑प्रसूता॒ वरु॑णप्रशिष्टा॒ ये सूर्य॑स्य॒ ज्योति॑षो भा॒गमा॑न॒शुः।
म॒रुद्ग॑णे वृ॒जने॒ मन्म॑ धीमहि॒ माघो॑ने य॒ज्ञं ज॑नयन्त सू॒रय॑ ॥

indraprasūtā varuṇapraśiṣṭā ye sūryasya jyotiṣo bhāgamānaśuḥ।
marudgaṇe vṛjane manma dhīmahi māghone yajñaṃ janayanta sūraya ॥

Created, inspired, commanded and controlled by Indra, supreme ruler, instructed by Varuna, lord supreme of wisdom and judgement, the Maruts have attained to their share of the light of the sun. The wise and the brave institute yajna for the sake of divine bounties. May we too concentrate and dedicate our heart and soul to the strength and liberality of the Maruts.

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10.66.3

इन्द्रो॒ वसु॑भि॒ परि॑ पातु नो॒ गय॑मादि॒त्यैर्नो॒ अदि॑ति॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतु।
रु॒द्रो रु॒द्रेभि॑र्दे॒वो मृ॑ळयाति न॒स्त्वष्टा॑ नो॒ ग्नाभि॑ सुवि॒ताय॑ जिन्वतु ॥

indro vasubhi pari pātu no gayamādityairno aditi śarma yacchatu।
rudro rudrebhirdevo mṛḷayāti nastvaṣṭā no gnābhi suvitāya jinvatu ॥

May Indra protect and promote our home with the wealth of the eight Vasus. May Aditi, mother Infinity, give us peace by all the twelve Adityas. May Rudra, lord of justice and mercy, with the eleven Rudras be pleased with us. May Tvashta promote us with the power of all the divinities for happiness and peace.

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10.66.4

अदि॑ति॒र्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ऋ॒तं म॒हदिन्द्रा॒विष्णू॑ म॒रुत॒ स्व॑र्बृ॒हत्।
दे॒वाँ आ॑दि॒त्याँ अव॑से हवामहे॒ वसू॑न्रु॒द्रान्स॑वि॒तारं॑ सु॒दंस॑सम् ॥

aditirdyāvāpṛthivī ṛtaṃ mahadindrāviṣṇū maruta svarbṛhat।
devām̐ ādityām̐ avase havāmahe vasūnrudrānsavitāraṃ sudaṃsasam ॥

For our protection and promotion, we invoke Aditi, mother Nature, heaven and earth, the great cosmic law of Rtam, Indra, cosmic energy, Vishnu, omnipresent divinity that sustains the universe, Maruts, wind energies, cosmic joy, eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, Savita, lord of life and giver of light, lord supreme of cosmic action, and the twelve Adityas, all refulgent divinities of the universe.

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10.66.5

सर॑स्वान्धी॒भिर्वरु॑णो धृ॒तव्र॑तः पू॒षा विष्णु॑र्महि॒मा वा॒युर॒श्विना॑।
ब्र॒ह्म॒कृतो॑ अ॒मृता॑ वि॒श्ववे॑दस॒ शर्म॑ नो यंसन्त्रि॒वरू॑थ॒मंह॑सः ॥

sarasvāndhībhirvaruṇo dhṛtavrataḥ pūṣā viṣṇurmahimā vāyuraśvinā।
brahmakṛto amṛtā viśvavedasa śarma no yaṃsantrivarūthamaṃhasaḥ ॥

The rainy sky with its actions of showers, Vamna with its own laws of functioning, Pusha, nature’s energy of nourishment and growth, the mighty all pervasive Vishnu, the winds, and the Ashvins, all dedicated to the supreme spirit of the universe, immortal powers in direct contact with the Supreme Divine, may, we pray, give us peace and rest for body, mind and soul free from sin and evil.

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10.66.6

वृषा॑ य॒ज्ञो वृष॑णः सन्तु य॒ज्ञिया॒ वृष॑णो दे॒वा वृष॑णो हवि॒ष्कृत॑।
वृष॑णा॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ऋ॒ताव॑री॒ वृषा॑ प॒र्जन्यो॒ वृष॑णो वृष॒स्तुभ॑ ॥

vṛṣā yajño vṛṣaṇaḥ santu yajñiyā vṛṣaṇo devā vṛṣaṇo haviṣkṛta।
vṛṣaṇā dyāvāpṛthivī ṛtāvarī vṛṣā parjanyo vṛṣaṇo vṛṣastubha ॥

May yajna bring us showers of peace and prosperity, may the yajakas be generous and abundant, may the divinities be generous and abundant, may the bearers of havi be generous and abundant, may heaven and earth replete with waters be generous and abundant, may the clouds be generous and abundant, may the celebrants of the generous divinities too be generous and abundant and bring us showers of peace and prosperity.

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10.66.7

अ॒ग्नीषोमा॒ वृष॑णा॒ वाज॑सातये पुरुप्रश॒स्ता वृष॑णा॒ उप॑ ब्रुवे।
यावी॑जि॒रे वृष॑णो देवय॒ज्यया॒ ता न॒ शर्म॑ त्रि॒वरू॑थं॒ वि यं॑सतः ॥

agnīṣomā vṛṣaṇā vājasātaye purupraśastā vṛṣaṇā upa bruve।
yāvījire vṛṣaṇo devayajyayā tā na śarma trivarūthaṃ vi yaṃsataḥ ॥

Agni and Soma, heat and cold, two complementarities of nature, both generous and abundant for the achievement of food, energy and advancement in knowledge and culture, universally praised and adored as generous and abundant, both of which others too serve and adore as generous and abundant by yajna, I glorify, and pray they may give us threefold peace and protection for body, mind and soul.

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10.66.8

धृ॒तव्र॑ताः क्ष॒त्रिया॑ यज्ञनि॒ष्कृतो॑ बृहद्दि॒वा अ॑ध्व॒राणा॑मभि॒श्रिय॑।
अ॒ग्निहो॑तार ऋत॒सापो॑ अ॒द्रुहो॒ऽपो अ॑सृज॒न्ननु॑ वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥

dhṛtavratāḥ kṣatriyā yajñaniṣkṛto bṛhaddivā adhvarāṇāmabhiśriya।
agnihotāra ṛtasāpo adruho'po asṛjannanu vṛtratūrye ॥

Dedicated Kshatriyas consecrated in yajna, brilliant in the knowledge of divinity, meticulous performers of yajna with beauty and grace with Agni as their high priest of yajna in observation and exaltation of the laws of divinity, free from hate and enmity, move forward in their battle against darkness and evil and set the waters of life aflow like rain showers on the break of dark clouds.

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10.66.9

द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ज॑नयन्न॒भि व्र॒ताप॒ ओष॑धीर्व॒निना॑नि य॒ज्ञिया॑।
अ॒न्तरि॑क्षं॒ स्व१रा प॑प्रुरू॒तये॒ वशं॑ दे॒वास॑स्त॒न्वी॒३ नि मा॑मृजुः ॥

dyāvāpṛthivī janayannabhi vratāpa oṣadhīrvanināni yajñiyā।
antarikṣaṃ sva1rā paprurūtaye vaśaṃ devāsastanvī3 ni māmṛjuḥ ॥

Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and humanity, dedicated to their duties and discipline, creating and promoting herbs and trees and forests for nature’s sacred purpose of protection and promotion of life, fill the regions of earth, sky, the sun and the highest heaven with replenitude and add beauty to their own body and the environment to their heart’s desire.

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10.66.10

ध॒र्तारो॑ दि॒व ऋ॒भव॑ सु॒हस्ता॑ वातापर्ज॒न्या म॑हि॒षस्य॑ तन्य॒तोः।
आप॒ ओष॑धी॒ प्र ति॑रन्तु नो॒ गिरो॒ भगो॑ रा॒तिर्वा॒जिनो॑ यन्तु मे॒ हव॑म् ॥

dhartāro diva ṛbhava suhastā vātāparjanyā mahiṣasya tanyatoḥ।
āpa oṣadhī pra tirantu no giro bhago rātirvājino yantu me havam ॥

May the divine powers, sustainers of bright heaven, roaring winds and thundering clouds, faultless perfect waves of light and Rbhus, formative intelligence of nature and expert humanity, waters, herbs and trees listen, enjoy and augment our mantric voice, and may Bhaga, abundant spirit of highest grace, Rati, mother nature’s generosity, and the Vajins, fire, wind and sun, life energies of the three regions, listen to my invocation and join our yajna with abundance of gifts and teeming

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10.66.11

स॒मु॒द्रः सिन्धू॒ रजो॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षम॒ज एक॑पात्तनयि॒त्नुर॑र्ण॒वः।
अहि॑र्बु॒ध्न्य॑ शृणव॒द्वचां॑सि मे॒ विश्वे॑ दे॒वास॑ उ॒त सू॒रयो॒ मम॑ ॥

samudraḥ sindhū rajo antarikṣamaja ekapāttanayitnurarṇavaḥ।
ahirbudhnya śṛṇavadvacāṃsi me viśve devāsa uta sūrayo mama ॥

May the ocean, the sea and rivers, the middle regions of vapour and air, the one absolute eternal sustainer of the universe, the thunder, the spatial ocean, the region of dark clouds, and all divinities and eminent sages and scholars of the world, listen to my invocation and prayer and respond.

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10.66.12

स्याम॑ वो॒ मन॑वो दे॒ववी॑तये॒ प्राञ्चं॑ नो य॒ज्ञं प्र ण॑यत साधु॒या।
आदि॑त्या॒ रुद्रा॒ वस॑व॒ सुदा॑नव इ॒मा ब्रह्म॑ श॒स्यमा॑नानि जिन्वत ॥

syāma vo manavo devavītaye prāñcaṃ no yajñaṃ pra ṇayata sādhuyā।
ādityā rudrā vasava sudānava imā brahma śasyamānāni jinvata ॥

O men of thought and enlightenment, may we all be for your advancement and well being on the path of holiness and rectitude. Please take our yajnic endeavours forward in the right direction in a simple and straight manner. O Vasus, Rudras and Adityas, scholars of the first, higher and highest order, noble and generous, please refresh, promote and advance these hymns of adoration to higher achievement in the programmes.

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10.66.13

दैव्या॒ होता॑रा प्रथ॒मा पु॒रोहि॑त ऋ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॒मन्वे॑मि साधु॒या।
क्षेत्र॑स्य॒ पतिं॒ प्रति॑वेशमीमहे॒ विश्वा॑न्दे॒वाँ अ॒मृताँ॒ अप्र॑युच्छतः ॥

daivyā hotārā prathamā purohita ṛtasya panthāmanvemi sādhuyā।
kṣetrasya patiṃ prativeśamīmahe viśvāndevām̐ amṛtām̐ aprayucchataḥ ॥

O divine yajakas, O high priests of nature and humanity, I follow the straight path of rectitude and universal law of nature’s creativity. And we pray to the lord ruler and protector of the universe immanent in every form of existence, and, join all the divine powers, immortal and relentlessly active in the universal process, for study and advancement through yajna.

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10.66.14

वसि॑ष्ठासः पितृ॒वद्वाच॑मक्रत दे॒वाँ ईळा॑ना ऋषि॒वत्स्व॒स्तये॑।
प्री॒ता इ॑व ज्ञा॒तय॒ काम॒मेत्या॒स्मे दे॑वा॒सोऽव॑ धूनुता॒ वसु॑ ॥

vasiṣṭhāsaḥ pitṛvadvācamakrata devām̐ īḷānā ṛṣivatsvastaye।
prītā iva jñātaya kāmametyāsme devāso'va dhūnutā vasu ॥

Brilliant sages and scholars studying the divine powers and researching the divine resources of nature like the seers and, like parents and protectors, creating the knowledge and the language of knowledge for life’s well being, and, O noble benefactors, having known our cherished needs and desires like loving friends and relations, pray energise our economy and create wealth for the community.

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10.66.15

दे॒वान्वसि॑ष्ठो अ॒मृता॑न्ववन्दे॒ ये विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि प्र॑त॒स्थुः।
ते नो॑ रासन्तामुरुगा॒यम॒द्य यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभि॒ सदा॑ नः ॥

devānvasiṣṭho amṛtānvavande ye viśvā bhuvanābhi pratasthuḥ।
te no rāsantāmurugāyamadya yūyaṃ pāta svastibhi sadā naḥ ॥

The brilliant sage of the first and highest order adores and celebrates the immortal Vishvedevas who abide in all regions of the world. May they give us universal knowledge and vision of the highest adorable lord divine. O Vishvedevas, pray protect and promote us for all time with all that is good for the total well being of life.

Ṛgveda 10.67 · 12 verses

10.67.1

इ॒मां धियं॑ स॒प्तशी॑र्ष्णीं पि॒ता न॑ ऋ॒तप्र॑जातां बृह॒तीम॑विन्दत्।
तु॒रीयं॑ स्विज्जनयद्वि॒श्वज॑न्यो॒ऽयास्य॑ उ॒क्थमिन्द्रा॑य॒ शंस॑न् ॥

imāṃ dhiyaṃ saptaśīrṣṇīṃ pitā na ṛtaprajātāṃ bṛhatīmavindat।
turīyaṃ svijjanayadviśvajanyo'yāsya ukthamindrāya śaṃsan ॥

revealed for us this universal voice of knowledge spontaneously. Structured in seven metres, it is born of the lord’s awareness of Satyam and Rtam, i.e., the eternal and mutable truth of existence and its laws of evolution, sustenance and involution. He, the original source of the birth of the universe and its knowledge and language, also revealed the fourth and silent mode of existence in the transcendent state of Moksha beyond the earlier three of Dharma, Artha and Kama without effort and spoke it for Indra, the soul.

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10.67.2

ऋ॒तं शंस॑न्त ऋ॒जु दीध्या॑ना दि॒वस्पु॒त्रासो॒ असु॑रस्य वी॒राः।
विप्रं॑ प॒दमङ्गि॑रसो॒ दधा॑ना य॒ज्ञस्य॒ धाम॑ प्रथ॒मं म॑नन्त ॥

ṛtaṃ śaṃsanta ṛju dīdhyānā divasputrāso asurasya vīrāḥ।
vipraṃ padamaṅgiraso dadhānā yajñasya dhāma prathamaṃ mananta ॥

Speaking the Word of eternal knowledge, meditating on the natural, eternal spirit of omniscience, the Rshis, children of light, brave offsprings of divine virility, self-disciplined souls established in the position of vibrant sages among humanity, realise in direct experience the first and original presence of the adorable lord Supreme.

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10.67.3

हं॒सैरि॑व॒ सखि॑भि॒र्वाव॑दद्भिरश्म॒न्मया॑नि॒ नह॑ना॒ व्यस्य॑न्।
बृह॒स्पति॑रभि॒कनि॑क्रद॒द्गा उ॒त प्रास्तौ॒दुच्च॑ वि॒द्वाँ अ॑गायत् ॥

haṃsairiva sakhibhirvāvadadbhiraśmanmayāni nahanā vyasyan।
bṛhaspatirabhikanikradadgā uta prāstauducca vidvām̐ agāyat ॥

Chanting with friends as with hansa-like simple sinless souls of purity, breaking the adamantine chains of karmic bondage, loudly proclaiming the divine Word of omniscience, Brhaspati, master celebrant of the Infinite Spirit, blest with knowledge and vision divine, sings and adores the lord divine.

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10.67.4

अ॒वो द्वाभ्यां॑ प॒र एक॑या॒ गा गुहा॒ तिष्ठ॑न्ती॒रनृ॑तस्य॒ सेतौ॑।
बृह॒स्पति॒स्तम॑सि॒ ज्योति॑रि॒च्छन्नुदु॒स्रा आक॒र्वि हि ति॒स्र आव॑ ॥

avo dvābhyāṃ para ekayā gā guhā tiṣṭhantīranṛtasya setau।
bṛhaspatistamasi jyotiricchannudusrā ākarvi hi tisra āva ॥

Brhaspati, master of language, wishing for the light of knowledge and expression in the midst of the darkness of the web of the world of mutability, expresses the two upper levels of language, i.e., madhyama and vaikhari, which he expresses by two media of thought and word, and the one hidden below, i.e., Pashyanti, he apprehends through one, the deeper mind in meditation. Thus he reveals the three modes of language. (The fourth is Para, the silent mode of language in its originality beyond the world of mutability which can be realised in the highest state of Samadhi.)

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10.67.5

वि॒भिद्या॒ पुरं॑ श॒यथे॒मपा॑चीं॒ निस्त्रीणि॑ सा॒कमु॑द॒धेर॑कृन्तत्।
बृह॒स्पति॑रु॒षसं॒ सूर्यं॒ गाम॒र्कं वि॑वेद स्त॒नय॑न्निव॒ द्यौः ॥

vibhidyā puraṃ śayathemapācīṃ nistrīṇi sākamudadherakṛntat।
bṛhaspatiruṣasaṃ sūryaṃ gāmarkaṃ viveda stanayanniva dyauḥ ॥

Brhaspati, the seeker of light, in the state of turiya beyond deep sleep, breaks through the three bonds of the city of darkness of the mutable world like thunder and lightning breaking the dark cloud and directly realises the dawn, the sun rays, the sun and the light beyond the sun.

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10.67.6

इन्द्रो॑ व॒लं र॑क्षि॒तारं॒ दुघा॑नां क॒रेणे॑व॒ वि च॑कर्ता॒ रवे॑ण।
स्वेदा॑ञ्जिभिरा॒शिर॑मि॒च्छमा॒नोऽरो॑दयत्प॒णिमा गा अ॑मुष्णात् ॥

indro valaṃ rakṣitāraṃ dughānāṃ kareṇeva vi cakartā raveṇa।
svedāñjibhirāśiramicchamāno'rodayatpaṇimā gā amuṣṇāt ॥

Indra, mighty ruling soul, wishing to taste the sweetness of milk mixed with soma, i.e., divine ecstasy with vibrations of grace, removes the veil of darkness covering the light of knowledge and divine speech with an act of will as if with a stroke of thunder and lightning, throws the demon away lamenting, recovers and enjoys the light of knowledge with the voice of divinity and showers of bliss in a state of clairvoyance.

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10.67.7

स ईं॑ स॒त्येभि॒ सखि॑भिः शु॒चद्भि॒र्गोधा॑यसं॒ वि ध॑न॒सैर॑दर्दः।
ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॒र्वृष॑भिर्व॒राहै॑र्घ॒र्मस्वे॑देभि॒र्द्रवि॑णं॒ व्या॑नट् ॥

sa īṃ satyebhi sakhibhiḥ śucadbhirgodhāyasaṃ vi dhanasairadardaḥ।
brahmaṇaspatirvṛṣabhirvarāhairgharmasvedebhirdraviṇaṃ vyānaṭ ॥

Brahmanaspati, master, protector, promoter and ruler of the world of existence, blest with divine light, vision and speech breaks down the thief of cows, i.e., hoarders, exploiters and destroyers of the wealth of life. He breaks them down with the help and cooperation of friends and associates who are generous, self-fulfilled, fervently dedicated to truth, purity of conduct, laws of Dharma and rectitude, and blest with ample means and materials for the achievement of their goal. Thus does he recover and establish wealth and common wealth for the individual and the society.

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10.67.8

ते स॒त्येन॒ मन॑सा॒ गोप॑तिं॒ गा इ॑या॒नास॑ इषणयन्त धी॒भिः।
बृह॒स्पति॑र्मि॒थोअ॑वद्यपेभि॒रुदु॒स्रिया॑ असृजत स्व॒युग्भि॑ ॥

te satyena manasā gopatiṃ gā iyānāsa iṣaṇayanta dhībhiḥ।
bṛhaspatirmithoavadyapebhirudusriyā asṛjata svayugbhi ॥

They, friends and associates, with dedication to truth and with honest mind, intentions, thoughts and actions, wishing to promote the cows, i.e., the wealth and culture of the nation as a system, approach the ‘gopati’, i.e., the head of the commonwealth, and he, Brhaspati, master, protector and ruler of the expansive system, together with his associates at his full command, with safeguards against negativity, scandal and calamity, creates and organises a nation of freedom and progress ranging over the earth in peace and joy.

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10.67.9

तं व॒र्धय॑न्तो म॒तिभि॑ शि॒वाभि॑ सिं॒हमि॑व॒ नान॑दतं स॒धस्थे॑।
बृह॒स्पतिं॒ वृष॑णं॒ शूर॑सातौ॒ भरे॑भरे॒ अनु॑ मदेम जि॒ष्णुम् ॥

taṃ vardhayanto matibhi śivābhi siṃhamiva nānadataṃ sadhasthe।
bṛhaspatiṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ śūrasātau bharebhare anu madema jiṣṇum ॥

Exalting him with our thoughts and actions dedicated to peace, freedom and all round well being of life, supporting him waxing and roaring victorious as a lion in the world’s hall of yajnic freedom and progress, let us join Brhaspati, mighty and generous protector, for the sake of victory in every battle worthy of the brave, and win our goals and enjoy life with him.

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10.67.10

य॒दा वाज॒मस॑नद्वि॒श्वरू॑प॒मा द्यामरु॑क्ष॒दुत्त॑राणि॒ सद्म॑।
बृह॒स्पतिं॒ वृष॑णं व॒र्धय॑न्तो॒ नाना॒ सन्तो॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ ज्योति॑रा॒सा ॥

yadā vājamasanadviśvarūpamā dyāmarukṣaduttarāṇi sadma।
bṛhaspatiṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ vardhayanto nānā santo bibhrato jyotirāsā ॥

When Brhaspati achieves food, energy and victories and higher possibilities of universal order and, like the sun, reaches and illuminates the heavens with light, then those who receive and shine with light like the planets, being many and various, exalt the mighty generous master ruler with words of adoration.

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10.67.11

स॒त्यामा॒शिषं॑ कृणुता वयो॒धै की॒रिं चि॒द्ध्यव॑थ॒ स्वेभि॒रेवै॑।
प॒श्चा मृधो॒ अप॑ भवन्तु॒ विश्वा॒स्तद्रो॑दसी शृणुतं विश्वमि॒न्वे ॥

satyāmāśiṣaṃ kṛṇutā vayodhai kīriṃ ciddhyavatha svebhirevai।
paścā mṛdho apa bhavantu viśvāstadrodasī śṛṇutaṃ viśvaminve ॥

O Brhaspati, O leading lights of humanity, for food and energy, good health and age, fulfil the hopes and ambitions of the people and justify your words of purpose to the point of truth without compromise. Protect the cooperator and celebrant with your own power and security. Then let all violence, enmity and sabotage be overcome and cast off totally far away. And may the heaven and earth, givers of universal fulfilment listen to our prayer and adoration.

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10.67.12

इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना म॑ह॒तो अ॑र्ण॒वस्य॒ वि मू॒र्धान॑मभिनदर्बु॒दस्य॑।
अह॒न्नहि॒मरि॑णात्स॒प्त सिन्धू॑न्दे॒वैर्द्या॑वापृथिवी॒ प्राव॑तं नः ॥

indro mahnā mahato arṇavasya vi mūrdhānamabhinadarbudasya।
ahannahimariṇātsapta sindhūndevairdyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ ॥

Indra with his might breaks the top of the great ocean of waters in space and, breaking the dark cloud, releases the seven seas and sets the rivers aflow. May the heaven and earth protect us by the divinities. (The metaphor has been explained also as revelation of the Vedas in seven metres at the time of the creation of humanity. The revelation breaks through the darkness of ignorance and releases the light of knowledge to radiate in seven chhandas of the Vedas.)

Ṛgveda 10.68 · 12 verses

10.68.1

उ॒द॒प्रुतो॒ न वयो॒ रक्ष॑माणा॒ वाव॑दतो अ॒भ्रिय॑स्येव॒ घोषा॑।
गि॒रि॒भ्रजो॒ नोर्मयो॒ मद॑न्तो॒ बृह॒स्पति॑म॒भ्य१र्का अ॑नावन् ॥

udapruto na vayo rakṣamāṇā vāvadato abhriyasyeva ghoṣā।
giribhrajo normayo madanto bṛhaspatimabhya1rkā anāvan ॥

Like aquatic birds playing on water, like watchful guards raising their voice, like the rolling rumble of rain clouds, like rippling streams flowing down mountain slopes, the celebrants raise their hymns of adoration to Brhaspati.

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10.68.2

सं गोभि॑राङ्गिर॒सो नक्ष॑माणो॒ भग॑ इ॒वेद॑र्य॒मणं॑ निनाय।
जने॑ मि॒त्रो न दम्प॑ती अनक्ति॒ बृह॑स्पते वा॒जया॒शूँरि॑वा॒जौ ॥

saṃ gobhirāṅgiraso nakṣamāṇo bhaga ivedaryamaṇaṃ nināya।
jane mitro na dampatī anakti bṛhaspate vājayāśūm̐rivājau ॥

Just as Angirasa, enlightened disciple of the sage of living knowledge, like Bhaga, divine lord of light and grandeur, leads his friend to knowledge and prosperity, as a friend leads a couple in the community to come together in marriage, so O Brhaspati, inspire and energise the aspirants to go forward and win their goal by the light and words of divinity.

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10.68.3

सा॒ध्व॒र्या अ॑ति॒थिनी॑रिषि॒राः स्पा॒र्हाः सु॒वर्णा॑ अनव॒द्यरू॑पाः।
बृह॒स्पति॒ पर्व॑तेभ्यो वि॒तूर्या॒ निर्गा ऊ॑पे॒ यव॑मिव स्थि॒विभ्य॑ ॥

sādhvaryā atithinīriṣirāḥ spārhāḥ suvarṇā anavadyarūpāḥ।
bṛhaspati parvatebhyo vitūryā nirgā ūpe yavamiva sthivibhya ॥

Replete with pure, living energy, ever on the move, loved, coveted, brilliant golden, beautiful in form, such are the rays of light and vitality which Brhaspati, the sun, recovers from the deep caverns of darkness and sends them down to clouds and earth as a farmer sows the seeds of barley in the field.

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10.68.4

आ॒प्रु॒षा॒यन्मधु॑न ऋ॒तस्य॒ योनि॑मवक्षि॒पन्न॒र्क उ॒ल्कामि॑व॒ द्योः।
बृह॒स्पति॑रु॒द्धर॒न्नश्म॑नो॒ गा भूम्या॑ उ॒द्नेव॒ वि त्वचं॑ बिभेद ॥

āpruṣāyanmadhuna ṛtasya yonimavakṣipannarka ulkāmiva dyoḥ।
bṛhaspatiruddharannaśmano gā bhūmyā udneva vi tvacaṃ bibheda ॥

Sprinkling the womb of life with the honey sweets of vitality like the sun radiating the rays of light from the regions of heaven, Brhaspati recovers the showers of life from the clouds and, as showers of water seep into the crust of earth, so the seeds of life are vested and borne in the earth.

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10.68.5

अप॒ ज्योति॑षा॒ तमो॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षादु॒द्नः शीपा॑लमिव॒ वात॑ आजत्।
बृह॒स्पति॑रनु॒मृश्या॑ व॒लस्या॒भ्रमि॑व॒ वात॒ आ च॑क्र॒ आ गाः ॥

apa jyotiṣā tamo antarikṣādudnaḥ śīpālamiva vāta ājat।
bṛhaspatiranumṛśyā valasyābhramiva vāta ā cakra ā gāḥ ॥

As the sun removes darkness with light from the middle regions, as the wind removes the cover of moss and grass from the surface of water, so does Brhaspati, lord of the expansive universe, with deep thought, remove the cover of the darkness of nescience and sets in motion the dynamics of nature’s creativity in circuits of energy as the motions of the wind.

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10.68.6

य॒दा व॒लस्य॒ पीय॑तो॒ जसुं॒ भेद्बृह॒स्पति॑रग्नि॒तपो॑भिर॒र्कैः।
द॒द्भिर्न जि॒ह्वा परि॑विष्ट॒माद॑दा॒विर्नि॒धीँर॑कृणोदु॒स्रिया॑णाम् ॥

yadā valasya pīyato jasuṃ bhedbṛhaspatiragnitapobhirarkaiḥ।
dadbhirna jihvā pariviṣṭamādadāvirnidhīm̐rakṛṇodusriyāṇām ॥

When Brhaspati with the flames of fire and rays of the light of his creative will breaks through the darkness of nescience covering the primeval potential existence and takes it over as the tongue takes over the food crushed by teeth, then he opens up and reveals the vast reservoir of his energies of the dynamics of creative nature.

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10.68.7

बृह॒स्पति॒रम॑त॒ हि त्यदा॑सां॒ नाम॑ स्व॒रीणां॒ सद॑ने॒ गुहा॒ यत्।
आ॒ण्डेव॑ भि॒त्त्वा श॑कु॒नस्य॒ गर्भ॒मुदु॒स्रिया॒ पर्व॑तस्य॒ त्मना॑जत् ॥

bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat।
āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbhamudusriyā parvatasya tmanājat ॥

Brhaspati knows the name and identity of these voluble facts and processes of existence which are present but hidden in the deep womb of nature and which, radiating like rays of light and flowing like streams, grow and come into being as chicks on maturity break the bird’s egg and spring into full life.

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10.68.8

अश्नापि॑नद्धं॒ मधु॒ पर्य॑पश्य॒न्मत्स्यं॒ न दी॒न उ॒दनि॑ क्षि॒यन्त॑म्।
निष्टज्ज॑भार चम॒सं न वृ॒क्षाद्बृह॒स्पति॑र्विर॒वेणा॑ वि॒कृत्य॑ ॥

aśnāpinaddhaṃ madhu paryapaśyanmatsyaṃ na dīna udani kṣiyantam।
niṣṭajjabhāra camasaṃ na vṛkṣādbṛhaspatirviraveṇā vikṛtya ॥

Brhaspati sees the sweetness and beauty of human life caught up in the bonds of pleasure and sufferance in the body like a fish caught up in shallow waters, and he raises and refines it like a cup of soma for the divinities, crafted from rough wood, having refined and blest it by the resounding voice of revelation. Sosamavindat sa svah so agnim so arkena vi babddhe tamamsi. Brhaspatir-govapuso valasya nirmajjanam na parvano jabhdra. The blessed man realises the light of the dawn of knowledge, the light and bliss of heaven, the vision of refulgent divinity, and with that light wards off the darkness of evil and ignorance. Indeed, Brhaspati raises the man subject to body, senses and mind, now blest with divine vision like a real man, otherwise completely sinking in the depths of darkness and evil.

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10.68.9

सोषाम॑विन्द॒त्स स्व१ः सो अ॒ग्निं सो अ॒र्केण॒ वि ब॑बाधे॒ तमां॑सि।
बृह॒स्पति॒र्गोव॑पुषो व॒लस्य॒ निर्म॒ज्जानं॒ न पर्व॑णो जभार ॥

soṣāmavindatsa sva1ḥ so agniṃ so arkeṇa vi babādhe tamāṃsi।
bṛhaspatirgovapuṣo valasya nirmajjānaṃ na parvaṇo jabhāra ॥

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10.68.10

हि॒मेव॑ प॒र्णा मु॑षि॒ता वना॑नि॒ बृह॒स्पति॑नाकृपयद्व॒लो गाः।
अ॒ना॒नु॒कृ॒त्यम॑पु॒नश्च॑कार॒ यात्सूर्या॒मासा॑ मि॒थ उ॒च्चरा॑तः ॥

himeva parṇā muṣitā vanāni bṛhaspatinākṛpayadvalo gāḥ।
anānukṛtyamapunaścakāra yātsūryāmāsā mitha uccarātaḥ ॥

Just as the leaves of forest trees are made to fall by winter, so darkness is dispelled and light is created, so is ignorance dispelled and the light of Vedic revelation revealed by Brhaspati, and that is an act he does unparallelled and unrepeated as long as the sun and moon shine together and illuminate the days and nights.

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10.68.11

अ॒भि श्या॒वं न कृश॑नेभि॒रश्वं॒ नक्ष॑त्रेभिः पि॒तरो॒ द्याम॑पिंशन्।
रात्र्यां॒ तमो॒ अद॑धु॒र्ज्योति॒रह॒न्बृह॒स्पति॑र्भि॒नदद्रिं॑ वि॒दद्गाः ॥

abhi śyāvaṃ na kṛśanebhiraśvaṃ nakṣatrebhiḥ pitaro dyāmapiṃśan।
rātryāṃ tamo adadhurjyotirahanbṛhaspatirbhinadadriṃ vidadgāḥ ॥

Like a dark horse adorned with golden trappings, the rays of light adorn the heavens with stars.

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10.68.12

इ॒दम॑कर्म॒ नमो॑ अभ्रि॒याय॒ यः पू॒र्वीरन्वा॒नोन॑वीति।
बृह॒स्पति॒ स हि गोभि॒ सो अश्वै॒ स वी॒रेभि॒ स नृभि॑र्नो॒ वयो॑ धात् ॥

idamakarma namo abhriyāya yaḥ pūrvīranvānonavīti।
bṛhaspati sa hi gobhi so aśvai sa vīrebhi sa nṛbhirno vayo dhāt ॥

Ṛgveda 10.69 · 12 verses

10.69.1

भ॒द्रा अ॒ग्नेर्व॑ध्र्य॒श्वस्य॑ सं॒दृशो॑ वा॒मी प्रणी॑तिः सु॒रणा॒ उपे॑तयः।
यदीं॑ सुमि॒त्रा विशो॒ अग्र॑ इ॒न्धते॑ घृ॒तेनाहु॑तो जरते॒ दवि॑द्युतत् ॥

bhadrā agnervadhryaśvasya saṃdṛśo vāmī praṇītiḥ suraṇā upetayaḥ।
yadīṃ sumitrā viśo agra indhate ghṛtenāhuto jarate davidyutat ॥

May the controlled and directed radiations of light and yajna fire, Agni, be auspicious, may its inspiration and guidance be auspicious and rewarding, may its associations and functioning mutualities be auspicious. When noble and friendly people kindle and install it in the prime position in the vedi of yajna then, raised and fed on oblations of ghrta, it rises and shines, adored and exalted by the celebrants. (This metaphor of physical fire and light, of which the flames and radiations are controlled and directed, is extendable to the socio-political and educational life of the human community. In this context Agni is to be interpreted as the leader, ruler, commander and teacher, leading the people to auspicious attainments. And, as in the case of all words indicative of divinity, Agni is the supreme lord of light and life whose divine functions are all self-refulgent and self-controlled, leading us all to auspicious attainments.)

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10.69.2

घृ॒तम॒ग्नेर्व॑ध्र्य॒श्वस्य॒ वर्ध॑नं घृ॒तमन्नं॑ घृ॒तम्व॑स्य॒ मेद॑नम्।
घृ॒तेनाहु॑त उर्वि॒या वि प॑प्रथे॒ सूर्य॑ इव रोचते स॒र्पिरा॑सुतिः ॥

ghṛtamagnervadhryaśvasya vardhanaṃ ghṛtamannaṃ ghṛtamvasya medanam।
ghṛtenāhuta urviyā vi paprathe sūrya iva rocate sarpirāsutiḥ ॥

Ghrta means and is the rise and exaltation of self-controlled self-directed Agni, ghrta is the food, and ghrta is the growth and expansion with love and grace. Fed on ghrta it rises and expands unbounded and, kindled, energised and exalted with ghrta, it shines glorious and beatific like the sun.

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10.69.3

यत्ते॒ मनु॒र्यदनी॑कं सुमि॒त्रः स॑मी॒धे अ॑ग्ने॒ तदि॒दं नवी॑यः।
स रे॒वच्छो॑च॒ स गिरो॑ जुषस्व॒ स वाजं॑ दर्षि॒ स इ॒ह श्रवो॑ धाः ॥

yatte manuryadanīkaṃ sumitraḥ samīdhe agne tadidaṃ navīyaḥ।
sa revacchoca sa giro juṣasva sa vājaṃ darṣi sa iha śravo dhāḥ ॥

O prime and pioneering power, Agni, the bright and blazing light and flame of yours which Manu, thoughtful intellectual and noble friend, kindles with positive intention and purpose is new and it is adorable. Let it shine rich in wealth. Listen and respond to our words and voices of hope and prayer. Destroy negative forces. Create and bring us honour and prosperity here and now.

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10.69.4

यं त्वा॒ पूर्व॑मीळि॒तो व॑ध्र्य॒श्वः स॑मी॒धे अ॑ग्ने॒ स इ॒दं जु॑षस्व।
स न॑ स्ति॒पा उ॒त भ॑वा तनू॒पा दा॒त्रं र॑क्षस्व॒ यदि॒दं ते॑ अ॒स्मे ॥

yaṃ tvā pūrvamīḷito vadhryaśvaḥ samīdhe agne sa idaṃ juṣasva।
sa na stipā uta bhavā tanūpā dātraṃ rakṣasva yadidaṃ te asme ॥

Agni, you have been loved, studied and adored since the earliest times. The same you, I study and adore with controlled and concentrated mind, senses, intentions and motivations in my yajnic performance. Pray listen to my words and respond to this endeavour of mine. Be the protector of our homes and families and of our health of body and community, and protect this gift of yours which you have given to us.

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10.69.5

भवा॑ द्यु॒म्नी वा॑ध्र्यश्वो॒त गो॒पा मा त्वा॑ तारीद॒भिमा॑ति॒र्जना॑नाम्।
शूर॑ इव धृ॒ष्णुश्च्यव॑नः सुमि॒त्रः प्र नु वो॑चं॒ वाध्र्य॑श्वस्य॒ नाम॑ ॥

bhavā dyumnī vādhryaśvota gopā mā tvā tārīdabhimātirjanānām।
śūra iva dhṛṣṇuścyavanaḥ sumitraḥ pra nu vocaṃ vādhryaśvasya nāma ॥

Agni, power of controlled light and flames of fire, be our protector and harbinger of splendour, and let no enemy of humanity challenge and assail you. Like a mighty warrior, Agni is all surpassing, all inspirer, a noble friend, and this is how I celebrate the name of the blazing power of self-control and splendour.

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10.69.6

सम॒ज्र्या॑ पर्व॒त्या॒३ वसू॑नि॒ दासा॑ वृ॒त्राण्यार्या॑ जिगेथ।
शूर॑ इव धृ॒ष्णुश्च्यव॑नो॒ जना॑नां॒ त्वम॑ग्ने पृतना॒यूँर॒भि ष्या॑ ॥

samajryā parvatyā3 vasūni dāsā vṛtrāṇyāryā jigetha।
śūra iva dhṛṣṇuścyavano janānāṃ tvamagne pṛtanāyūm̐rabhi ṣyā ॥

Agni, you win the wealth of clouds and mountains, plains and seas, conquer destructive and darkening forces, and win over noble and dynamic powers. O mighty power of light and fire, like a mighty warrior all surpassing, inspirer of people, you challenge and defeat the adversaries.

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10.69.7

दी॒र्घत॑न्तुर्बृ॒हदु॑क्षा॒यम॒ग्निः स॒हस्र॑स्तरीः श॒तनी॑थ॒ ऋभ्वा॑।
द्यु॒मान्द्यु॒मत्सु॒ नृभि॑र्मृ॒ज्यमा॑नः सुमि॒त्रेषु॑ दीदयो देव॒यत्सु॑ ॥

dīrghatanturbṛhadukṣāyamagniḥ sahasrastarīḥ śatanītha ṛbhvā।
dyumāndyumatsu nṛbhirmṛjyamānaḥ sumitreṣu dīdayo devayatsu ॥

This Agni, of expansive unending life, vastly generous burden bearer, thousandfold protected, mysterious and revealing, a hundred ways dynamic leader, excellent expert wise, most radiant among brilliants, adored and exalted by leading lights among friends of noblest mind, shines among the lovers of divinity.

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10.69.8

त्वे धे॒नुः सु॒दुघा॑ जातवेदोऽस॒श्चते॑व सम॒ना स॑ब॒र्धुक्।
त्वं नृभि॒र्दक्षि॑णावद्भिरग्ने सुमि॒त्रेभि॑रिध्यसे देव॒यद्भि॑ ॥

tve dhenuḥ sudughā jātavedo'saścateva samanā sabardhuk।
tvaṃ nṛbhirdakṣiṇāvadbhiragne sumitrebhiridhyase devayadbhi ॥

O Jataveda, omniscient lord of all existence, in you abides the perennial, inexhaustible mother cow, nature, the divine Word, agreeable and spontaneous giver of ceaseless streams of life sustaining light and natural energy. You are enkindled and adored by all leading lights of humanity bearing homage in abundance, noble friends, devotees who love and worship divinity.

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10.69.9

दे॒वाश्चि॑त्ते अ॒मृता॑ जातवेदो महि॒मानं॑ वाध्र्यश्व॒ प्र वो॑चन्।
यत्स॒म्पृच्छं॒ मानु॑षी॒र्विश॒ आय॒न्त्वं नृभि॑रजय॒स्त्वावृ॑धेभिः ॥

devāścitte amṛtā jātavedo mahimānaṃ vādhryaśva pra vocan।
yatsampṛcchaṃ mānuṣīrviśa āyantvaṃ nṛbhirajayastvāvṛdhebhiḥ ॥

O Jataveda, lord of infinite power and motion, the immortal divines proclaim your greatness and glory, and when mortal humans come and ask who destroys the dark and the wicked, the answer is: You win over the dark and the wicked with those noble people who adore and exalt you as the master, leader and commander.

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10.69.10

पि॒तेव॑ पु॒त्रम॑बिभरु॒पस्थे॒ त्वाम॑ग्ने वध्र्य॒श्वः स॑प॒र्यन्।
जु॒षा॒णो अ॑स्य स॒मिधं॑ यविष्ठो॒त पूर्वाँ॑ अवनो॒र्व्राध॑तश्चित् ॥

piteva putramabibharupasthe tvāmagne vadhryaśvaḥ saparyan।
juṣāṇo asya samidhaṃ yaviṣṭhota pūrvām̐ avanorvrādhataścit ॥

As the father bears the child in his lap with love and supports it, so does the dedicated celebrant with controlled mind and sense place you in the vedi in the lap of mother earth, serving you with faith, reverence and awe. O power most youthful, loving and accepting his lighted faith, reverence and service, pray ward off all his enemies old as well as new.

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10.69.11

शश्व॑द॒ग्निर्व॑ध्र्य॒श्वस्य॒ शत्रू॒न्नृभि॑र्जिगाय सु॒तसो॑मवद्भिः।
सम॑नं चिददहश्चित्रभा॒नोऽव॒ व्राध॑न्तमभिनद्वृ॒धश्चि॑त् ॥

śaśvadagnirvadhryaśvasya śatrūnnṛbhirjigāya sutasomavadbhiḥ।
samanaṃ cidadahaścitrabhāno'va vrādhantamabhinadvṛdhaścit ॥

Agni, divine leader of light and life, always wins over the enemies of the self-controlled man of dynamic mind and senses by heroic men who distil the soma with faith and reverence and offer it to Agni in homage. O wondrous lord of light and fire, eliminate conflict wherever it be and, yourself rising in glory, break down violence and destruction when it is raising its head.

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10.69.12

अ॒यम॒ग्निर्व॑ध्र्य॒श्वस्य॑ वृत्र॒हा स॑न॒कात्प्रेद्धो॒ नम॑सोपवा॒क्य॑।
स नो॒ अजा॑मीँरु॒त वा॒ विजा॑मीन॒भि ति॑ष्ठ॒ शर्ध॑तो वाध्र्यश्व ॥

ayamagnirvadhryaśvasya vṛtrahā sanakātpreddho namasopavākya।
sa no ajāmīm̐ruta vā vijāmīnabhi tiṣṭha śardhato vādhryaśva ॥

Ṛgveda 10.70 · 11 verses

10.70.1

इ॒मां मे॑ अग्ने स॒मिधं॑ जुषस्वे॒ळस्प॒दे प्रति॑ हर्या घृ॒ताची॑म्।
वर्ष्म॑न्पृथि॒व्याः सु॑दिन॒त्वे अह्ना॑मू॒र्ध्वो भ॑व सुक्रतो देवय॒ज्या ॥

imāṃ me agne samidhaṃ juṣasveḷaspade prati haryā ghṛtācīm।
varṣmanpṛthivyāḥ sudinatve ahnāmūrdhvo bhava sukrato devayajyā ॥

O divine spirit of light and life, harbinger of knowledge and wisdom, on the sacred vedi of this holy earth, pray accept this homage of holy fuel and cherish this ladleful of ghrta and, O divine fire of noblest action, during this happy time of fine season rise on top of the world and shine by our faithful service to divinity by yajna.

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10.70.2

आ दे॒वाना॑मग्र॒यावे॒ह या॑तु॒ नरा॒शंसो॑ वि॒श्वरू॑पेभि॒रश्वै॑।
ऋ॒तस्य॑ प॒था नम॑सा मि॒येधो॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ दे॒वत॑मः सुषूदत् ॥

ā devānāmagrayāveha yātu narāśaṃso viśvarūpebhiraśvai।
ṛtasya pathā namasā miyedho devebhyo devatamaḥ suṣūdat ॥

May Agni, prime pioneer of divinities, universally valued, praised and adored, come here to yajna with all its universal powers of light and energy and, as highest of divine agents of yajna, catalyse, manage and carry our homage with holy offerings to nature’s bounties for their service and replenishment by the paths of natural laws and bring their blessings for us by the same paths of nature.

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10.70.3

श॒श्व॒त्त॒ममी॑ळते दू॒त्या॑य ह॒विष्म॑न्तो मनु॒ष्या॑सो अ॒ग्निम्।
वहि॑ष्ठै॒रश्वै॑ सु॒वृता॒ रथे॒ना दे॒वान्व॑क्षि॒ नि ष॑दे॒ह होता॑ ॥

śaśvattamamīḷate dūtyāya haviṣmanto manuṣyāso agnim।
vahiṣṭhairaśvai suvṛtā rathenā devānvakṣi ni ṣadeha hotā ॥

Men with homage of yajnic offerings always invoke, serve and pray to Agni to carry their offerings to the divinities and bring in their blessings. O high priest of yajna, pray come, bring in the divinities by the strongest fastest chariot drawn by most radiant carriers of natural dynamics, sit on the vedi and, by the same powers, transmit our fragrances to nature’s bounties.

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10.70.4

वि प्र॑थतां दे॒वजु॑ष्टं तिर॒श्चा दी॒र्घं द्रा॒घ्मा सु॑र॒भि भू॑त्व॒स्मे।
अहे॑ळता॒ मन॑सा देव बर्हि॒रिन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठाँ उश॒तो य॑क्षि दे॒वान् ॥

vi prathatāṃ devajuṣṭaṃ tiraścā dīrghaṃ drāghmā surabhi bhūtvasme।
aheḷatā manasā deva barhirindrajyeṣṭhām̐ uśato yakṣi devān ॥

May the yajnic light, fire and prosperity loved by the divinities, grow, expand and rise all round, long, wide and lofty in space and time so that there may be sweet fragrance for us all time. O divine light, fire and fragrance of yajna, O lord of space and divine bliss, help us with a gracious mind free from hate and anger to join the brilliant divinities with Indra, omnipotent Supreme, first and highest of them.

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10.70.5

दि॒वो वा॒ सानु॑ स्पृ॒शता॒ वरी॑यः पृथि॒व्या वा॒ मात्र॑या॒ वि श्र॑यध्वम्।
उ॒श॒तीर्द्वा॑रो महि॒ना म॒हद्भि॑र्दे॒वं रथं॑ रथ॒युर्धा॑रयध्वम् ॥

divo vā sānu spṛśatā varīyaḥ pṛthivyā vā mātrayā vi śrayadhvam।
uśatīrdvāro mahinā mahadbhirdevaṃ rathaṃ rathayurdhārayadhvam ॥

O divinities of yajnic energy of nature, treasure troves of prosperity, touch the highest top of heavenly light and open and expand the fertility of earth in ample measure. Loving, passionate and gracious, ride the cosmic chariot of Infinity with the great divinities by virtue of your own grandeur and open the doors of boundless prosperity and enlightenment for humanity.

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10.70.6

दे॒वी दि॒वो दु॑हि॒तरा॑ सुशि॒ल्पे उ॒षासा॒नक्ता॑ सदतां॒ नि योनौ॑।
आ वां॑ दे॒वास॑ उशती उ॒शन्त॑ उ॒रौ सी॑दन्तु सुभगे उ॒पस्थे॑ ॥

devī divo duhitarā suśilpe uṣāsānaktā sadatāṃ ni yonau।
ā vāṃ devāsa uśatī uśanta urau sīdantu subhage upasthe ॥

O divine daughters of heaven, dawn of the busy day and restful night, both dexterous accomplishers of yajna, abide in the midst of the creative endeavours of humanity. Loving as you are, generous and gracious, may the dedicated and enthusiastic celebrants of divine nature come and abide in the boundless bosom of your love and good fortune.

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10.70.7

ऊ॒र्ध्वो ग्रावा॑ बृ॒हद॒ग्निः समि॑द्धः प्रि॒या धामा॒न्यदि॑तेरु॒पस्थे॑।
पु॒रोहि॑तावृत्विजा य॒ज्ञे अ॒स्मिन्वि॒दुष्ट॑रा॒ द्रवि॑ण॒मा य॑जेथाम् ॥

ūrdhvo grāvā bṛhadagniḥ samiddhaḥ priyā dhāmānyaditerupasthe।
purohitāvṛtvijā yajñe asminviduṣṭarā draviṇamā yajethām ॥

When the sounding stone for soma goes up, the lighted fire rises in flames, and the havi vessels shine bright and lovely on the vedi in the lap of mother Infinity, then may the priest and the yajaka, Agni and Adityas, both brilliant and divine more and ever more create the wealth of life for humanity. (Yajna here is a metaphor of the creative endeavour of noble humanity in corporate action.)

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10.70.8

तिस्रो॑ देवीर्ब॒र्हिरि॒दं वरी॑य॒ आ सी॑दत चकृ॒मा व॑ स्यो॒नम्।
म॒नु॒ष्वद्य॒ज्ञं सुधि॑ता ह॒वींषीळा॑ दे॒वी घृ॒तप॑दी जुषन्त ॥

tisro devīrbarhiridaṃ varīya ā sīdata cakṛmā va syonam।
manuṣvadyajñaṃ sudhitā havīṃṣīḷā devī ghṛtapadī juṣanta ॥

O triple divinities, Ila, Sarasvati and Bharati, mother Infinity, vibrant spirit of knowledge, language and culture, and Bharati, all bearing nature and mother earth overflowing with ghrta, we pray, come and grace this lovely vedi which we have created for you with adoration, prayer and meditation. May divine Ila, transcendent Infinity, Sarasvati, inexhaustible spirit of light and stream of knowledge vested in awareness, well ordered, and Bharati, spirit of earthly prosperity, come, join the vedi as humans and partake of our homage with love and grace.

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10.70.9

देव॑ त्वष्ट॒र्यद्ध॑ चारु॒त्वमान॒ड्यदङ्गि॑रसा॒मभ॑वः सचा॒भूः।
स दे॒वानां॒ पाथ॒ उप॒ प्र वि॒द्वाँ उ॒शन्य॑क्षि द्रविणोदः सु॒रत्न॑ ॥

deva tvaṣṭaryaddha cārutvamānaḍyadaṅgirasāmabhavaḥ sacābhūḥ।
sa devānāṃ pātha upa pra vidvām̐ uśanyakṣi draviṇodaḥ suratna ॥

O divine Tvashta, creator and maker of the forms of existence, when you create the beauty and graces of life and become a friend and associate of the Angirasas, spirit and energy of the life of humanity, then O generous lord of the world’s wealth, loving and all knowing, pray give food and living sustenance for the holy creative people on their paths of life.

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10.70.10

वन॑स्पते रश॒नया॑ नि॒यूया॑ दे॒वानां॒ पाथ॒ उप॑ वक्षि वि॒द्वान्।
स्वदा॑ति दे॒वः कृ॒णव॑द्ध॒वींष्यव॑तां॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी हवं॑ मे ॥

vanaspate raśanayā niyūyā devānāṃ pātha upa vakṣi vidvān।
svadāti devaḥ kṛṇavaddhavīṃṣyavatāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī havaṃ me ॥

O lord of vanaspatis, life giving sun rays, and herbs, trees and forests which provide food for living beings, you are the light giver, all watching and energising, you create the food for divinities and give it the right form for their living systems. The generous lord of light makes the food palatable and thus forms the sacred materials as food for the living yajna of life’s evolution. May heaven and earth listen to my voice of prayer and exhortation and bless us with the right forms of food for us and for our yajna and protect us.

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10.70.11

आग्ने॑ वह॒ वरु॑णमि॒ष्टये॑ न॒ इन्द्रं॑ दि॒वो म॒रुतो॑ अ॒न्तरि॑क्षात्।
सीद॑न्तु ब॒र्हिर्विश्व॒ आ यज॑त्रा॒ स्वाहा॑ दे॒वा अ॒मृता॑ मादयन्ताम् ॥

āgne vaha varuṇamiṣṭaye na indraṃ divo maruto antarikṣāt।
sīdantu barhirviśva ā yajatrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām ॥

Hey Agni, lord of cosmic light and living energy, bring us Varuna, water from the ocean and the clouds for our cherished yajna of the good life, Indra, light and power from the heavens, and Maruts, winds from the middle regions. May all divine yajna powers and holy yajakas of the world come and join our vedi with the chant of svaha, in truth of thought, word and deed. May all the immortal divinities rejoice and may they give us

Ṛgveda 10.71 · 11 verses

10.71.1

बृह॑स्पते प्रथ॒मं वा॒चो अग्रं॒ यत्प्रैर॑त नाम॒धेयं॒ दधा॑नाः।
यदे॑षां॒ श्रेष्ठं॒ यद॑रि॒प्रमासी॑त्प्रे॒णा तदे॑षां॒ निहि॑तं॒ गुहा॒विः ॥

bṛhaspate prathamaṃ vāco agraṃ yatprairata nāmadheyaṃ dadhānāḥ।
yadeṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yadaripramāsītpreṇā tadeṣāṃ nihitaṃ guhāviḥ ॥

O lord of Infinite Speech, Brhaspati, the first and original form of eternal speech, which is the integration of name, word and factual reality, which the sages receive and bear in mind and articulate at the dawn of human creation, lies immanent in the universal mind. It is borne in the best and immaculate minds of the sages who make it manifest from there by divine inspiration in a state of grace.

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10.71.2

सक्तु॑मिव॒ तित॑‍उना पु॒नन्तो॒ यत्र॒ धीरा॒ मन॑सा॒ वाच॒मक्र॑त।
अत्रा॒ सखा॑यः स॒ख्यानि॑ जानते भ॒द्रैषां॑ ल॒क्ष्मीर्निहि॒ताधि॑ वा॒चि ॥

saktumiva titaunā punanto yatra dhīrā manasā vācamakrata।
atrā sakhāyaḥ sakhyāni jānate bhadraiṣāṃ lakṣmīrnihitādhi vāci ॥

When the sages of patient and transparent mind, with their thought and imagination, conceive, visualise and articulate the divine word, crystallising it to the state of purity as they sift the grain of truth from the chaff of local variety, then the friends and associates come to know of the idea and the word and the union of word and meaning in communication, and then noble and holy is their knowledge manifested and received from the depth of the sage’s language.

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10.71.3

य॒ज्ञेन॑ वा॒चः प॑द॒वीय॑माय॒न्तामन्व॑विन्द॒न्नृषि॑षु॒ प्रवि॑ष्टाम्।
तामा॒भृत्या॒ व्य॑दधुः पुरु॒त्रा तां स॒प्त रे॒भा अ॒भि सं न॑वन्ते ॥

yajñena vācaḥ padavīyamāyantāmanvavindannṛṣiṣu praviṣṭām।
tāmābhṛtyā vyadadhuḥ purutrā tāṃ sapta rebhā abhi saṃ navante ॥

By yajna and meeting of minds on the vedi, they get to the form and meaning of language, tracing it word by word in the structure, realising the reality of meaning hidden in the mind of the sages. And having reached, realised and received it, they bear it around and communicate it in many ways widely in many places at various times. Thus do seven eloquent sages honour, serve and worship it, structured and articulated in seven poetic forms.

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10.71.4

उ॒त त्व॒ पश्य॒न्न द॑दर्श॒ वाच॑मु॒त त्व॑ शृ॒ण्वन्न शृ॑णोत्येनाम्।
उ॒तो त्व॑स्मै त॒न्वं१ वि स॑स्रे जा॒येव॒ पत्य॑ उश॒ती सु॒वासा॑ ॥

uta tva paśyanna dadarśa vācamuta tva śṛṇvanna śṛṇotyenām।
uto tvasmai tanvaṃ1 vi sasre jāyeva patya uśatī suvāsā ॥

However, even in association, in spite of discussion, someone having seen the language, let us say, in print, or having seen the meaning in practical reality, may not acknowledge it, some one having heard the language by the ear may not hear it in the soul. But Speech to someone, some honest, conscientious dedicated soul, opens up and reveals its hidden meaning as a loving wife beautifully clad opens and reveals herself, her very soul to her loving and faithful husband.

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10.71.5

उ॒त त्वं॑ स॒ख्ये स्थि॒रपी॑तमाहु॒र्नैनं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यपि॒ वाजि॑नेषु।
अधे॑न्वा चरति मा॒ययै॒ष वाचं॑ शुश्रु॒वाँ अ॑फ॒लाम॑पु॒ष्पाम् ॥

uta tvaṃ sakhye sthirapītamāhurnainaṃ hinvantyapi vājineṣu।
adhenvā carati māyayaiṣa vācaṃ śuśruvām̐ aphalāmapuṣpām ॥

Such a realised soul, they say, is a sober scholar on solid foundations in matters of language, meaning and vision of reality. In scholarly meets they do not trifle with him, nor contradict him. But some may not even come to the fringe of his attainment. And another one moves around like a barren cow, struck by the magic of mere sound of words, hearing language without fruit or flower.

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10.71.6

यस्ति॒त्याज॑ सचि॒विदं॒ सखा॑यं॒ न तस्य॑ वा॒च्यपि॑ भा॒गो अ॑स्ति।
यदीं॑ शृ॒णोत्यल॑कं शृणोति न॒हि प्र॒वेद॑ सुकृ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॑म् ॥

yastityāja sacividaṃ sakhāyaṃ na tasya vācyapi bhāgo asti।
yadīṃ śṛṇotyalakaṃ śṛṇoti nahi praveda sukṛtasya panthām ॥

If someone forsakes the divine speech of the Veda, a real intimate friend for life and after, there remains no substance even in his speech of daily wear, and whoever listens to him listens in vain because he does not know the path of well being and of well doing.

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10.71.7

अ॒क्ष॒ण्वन्त॒ कर्ण॑वन्त॒ सखा॑यो मनोज॒वेष्वस॑मा बभूवुः।
आ॒द॒घ्नास॑ उपक॒क्षास॑ उ त्वे ह्र॒दा इ॑व॒ स्नात्वा॑ उ त्वे ददृश्रे ॥

akṣaṇvanta karṇavanta sakhāyo manojaveṣvasamā babhūvuḥ।
ādaghnāsa upakakṣāsa u tve hradā iva snātvā u tve dadṛśre ॥

Indeed friends and companions equal of eyes and ears are unequal in mind and intellectual efficiency. Some are like tanks just waist deep, others neck deep, and yet others are deep as lakes, rivers or even seas wherein you bathe and feel sanctified and absolved.

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10.71.8

हृ॒दा त॒ष्टेषु॒ मन॑सो ज॒वेषु॒ यद्ब्रा॑ह्म॒णाः सं॒यज॑न्ते॒ सखा॑यः।
अत्राह॑ त्वं॒ वि ज॑हुर्वे॒द्याभि॒रोह॑ब्रह्माणो॒ वि च॑रन्त्यु त्वे ॥

hṛdā taṣṭeṣu manaso javeṣu yadbrāhmaṇāḥ saṃyajante sakhāyaḥ।
atrāha tvaṃ vi jahurvedyābhirohabrahmāṇo vi carantyu tve ॥

When scholars in close friendly association join in intellectual meets organised with careful thought and heartfelt good intentions, even there, some they leave aside as ignorant while others, scholars of valuable subjects, actively move on with discussions of latest knowledge worth attaining.

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10.71.9

इ॒मे ये नार्वाङ्न प॒रश्चर॑न्ति॒ न ब्रा॑ह्म॒णासो॒ न सु॒तेक॑रासः।
त ए॒ते वाच॑मभि॒पद्य॑ पा॒पया॑ सि॒रीस्तन्त्रं॑ तन्वते॒ अप्र॑जज्ञयः ॥

ime ye nārvāṅna paraścaranti na brāhmaṇāso na sutekarāsaḥ।
ta ete vācamabhipadya pāpayā sirīstantraṃ tanvate aprajajñayaḥ ॥

Those there are who pursue neither the knowledge of this material world nor the knowledge of the spiritual world, nor are they Brahmanas interested in the holiness of the world of reality, nor even do they follow ritual and worldly life consciously with open mind. So being ignorant people they use only the non-holy language of impiety and merely extend the thread of physical existence at the human level in their life.

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10.71.10

सर्वे॑ नन्दन्ति य॒शसाग॑तेन सभासा॒हेन॒ सख्या॒ सखा॑यः।
कि॒ल्बि॒ष॒स्पृत्पि॑तु॒षणि॒र्ह्ये॑षा॒मरं॑ हि॒तो भव॑ति॒ वाजि॑नाय ॥

sarve nandanti yaśasāgatena sabhāsāhena sakhyā sakhāyaḥ।
kilbiṣaspṛtpituṣaṇirhyeṣāmaraṃ hito bhavati vājināya ॥

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10.71.11

ऋ॒चां त्व॒ पोष॑मास्ते पुपु॒ष्वान्गा॑य॒त्रं त्वो॑ गायति॒ शक्व॑रीषु।
ब्र॒ह्मा त्वो॒ वद॑ति जातवि॒द्यां य॒ज्ञस्य॒ मात्रां॒ वि मि॑मीत उ त्वः ॥

ṛcāṃ tva poṣamāste pupuṣvāngāyatraṃ tvo gāyati śakvarīṣu।
brahmā tvo vadati jātavidyāṃ yajñasya mātrāṃ vi mimīta u tvaḥ ॥