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Rig Veda 10.65

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

May Agni, Indra, Mitra, Varuna consent, Aryaman, Vayu, Pushan, and Sarasvati, Adityas, Maruts, Vishnu, Soma, lofty Sky, Rudra and Aditi, and Brahmanaspati.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Indra and Agni, Hero-lords when Vritra fell, dwelling together, speeding emulously on, And Soma blent with oil, putting his greatness forth, have with their power filled full the mighty firmament.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Skilled in the Law I lift the hymn of praise to these, Law-strengtheners, unassailed, and great in majesty. These in their wondrous bounty send the watery sea: may they as kindly Friends send gifts to make us great.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

They with their might have stayed Heaven, Earth, and Prithivi, the Lord of Light, the firmament, -the lustrous spheres. Even as fleet-foot steeds who make their masters glad, the princely Gods are praised, most bountiful to man.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Bring gifts to Mitra and to Varuna who, Lords of all, in spirit never fail the worshipper, Whose statute shines on high through everlasting Law, whose places of sure refuge are the heavens and earth.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The cow who yielding milk goes her appointed way hither to us as leader of holy rites, Speaking aloud to Varuna and the worshipper, shall with oblation serve Vivasvan and the Gods.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

The Gods whose tongue is Agni dwell in heaven, and sit, aiders of Law, reflecting, in the seat of Law. They propped up heaven and then brought waters with their might, got sacrifice and in a body made it fair.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Born in the oldest time, the Parents dwelling round are sharers of one mansion in the home of Law. Bound by their common vow Dyaus, Prithivi stream forth the moisture rich in oil to Varuna the Steer.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Parjanya, Vata, mighty, senders of the rain, Indra and Vayu, Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman: We call on Aditi, Adityas, and the Gods, those who are on the earth, in waters, and in heaven.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Tvashtar and Vayu, those who count as Ribhus, both celestial Hotar-priests, and Dawn for happiness, Winners of wealth, we call, and wise Brihaspati, destroyer of our foes, and Soma Indra's Friend.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

They generated prayer, the cow, the horse, the plants, the forest trees, the earth, the waters, and the hills. These very bounteous Gods made the Sun mount to heaven, and spread the righteous laws of Aryas o'er the land.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

O Asvins, ye delivered Bhujyu from distress, ye animated Syava, Vadhrimati's son. To Vimada ye brought his consort Kamadyu, and gave his lost Visnapu back to Visvaka.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Thunder, the lightning's daughter, Aja-Ekapad, heaven's bearer, Sindhu, and the waters of the sea: Hear all the Gods my words, Sarasvati give ear together with Purandhi and with Holy Thoughts.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

With Holy Thoughts and with Purandhi may all Gods, knowing the Law immortal, Manu's Holy Ones, Boon-givers, favourers, finders of light, and Heaven, with gracious love accept my songs, my prayer, my hymn.

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English · Ralph T. H. Griffith

Immortal Gods have I, Vasishtha, lauded, Gods set on high above all other beings. May they this day grant us wide space and freedom: ye Gods, preserve us evermore with blessings.

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Sanskrit text: Oliver Hellwig, The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS), 2010–2024. CC BY 4.0. · Source ↗

Sanskrit text from The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS) by Oliver Hellwig, 2010–2024, https://github.com/OliverHellwig/sanskrit, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: sentence parts joined per verse; only verses the DCS numbers are included (8483 of the Ṛgveda's 10,552).

Ralph T. H. Griffith's translation (1896–97). It is dated, and scholars now read many verses differently. A few verses Griffith left untranslated or moved to an appendix are not included.

Ralph T. H. Griffith, The Hymns of the Rigveda, 2nd edition (Benares: E. J. Lazarus, 1896–97). Public domain. Text from English Wikisource, checked against Internet Archive scans of the 1896–97 printing. · Source ↗

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