Rigved Sooktams - Mantras and English Meaning - Part 1- Sooktams 1 to 50

Rigved - English  Translation by Wilson - Vol 1

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Volume 1

Sooktams will be added one by one over time.

1

अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् । होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥

“I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation (to the gods), and is the possessor of great wealth.”

अ॒ग्निः पूर्वे॑भि॒ॠषि॑भि॒रीड्यो॒ नूत॑नैरु॒त । स दे॒वाँ एह व॑क्षति ॥

“May that Agni who is to be celebrated by both ancient and modern sages conduct the gods hither.”  

अ॒ग्निना॑ र॒यिम॑श्नव॒त्पोष॑मे॒व दि॒वेदि॑वे । य॒शसं॑ वी॒रव॑त्तमम् ॥

“Through Agni the worshipper obtains that affluence which increases day by day, which is the source of fame and multiplier of mankind.”

अग्ने॒ यं य॒ज्ञम॑ध्व॒रं वि॒श्वत॑: परि॒भूरसि॑ । स इद्दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति ॥

“Agni, the unobstructed sacrifice of which you are on every side the protector, assuredly reaches the gods.”

अ॒ग्निर्होता॑ क॒विक्र॑तुः स॒त्यश्चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमः । दे॒वो दे॒वेभि॒रा ग॑मत् ॥

“May Agni, the presenter of oblations, the attainer of knowledge, he who is true, renowned, and divine, come hither with the gods.”

यद॒ङ्ग दा॒शुषे॒ त्वमग्ने॑ भ॒द्रं क॑रि॒ष्यसि॑ । तवेत्तत्स॒त्यम॑ङ्गिरः ॥

“Whatever good you may, Agni, bestow upon the giver (of the oblation), that verily, Aṅgiras shall revert to you.”

उप॑ त्वाग्ने दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ दोषा॑वस्तर्धि॒या व॒यम् । नमो॒ भर॑न्त॒ एम॑सि ॥

“We approach you, Agni, with reverential homage in our thoughts, daily, both morning and evening.”

राज॑न्तमध्व॒राणां॑ गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ दीदि॑विम् । वर्ध॑मानं॒ स्वे दमे॑ ॥

“You, the radiant, the protector of sacrifice, the constant illuminator of truth, increasing in your own dwelling.”

स न॑: पि॒तेव॑ सू॒नवेऽग्ने॑ सूपाय॒नो भ॑व । सच॑स्वा नः स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

“Agni, be to us easy of access, as is a father to his son; be ever present with us for our good.”

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20

20

अ॒यं दे॒वाय॒ जन्म॑ने॒ स्तोमो॒ विप्रे॑भिरास॒या । अका॑रि रत्न॒धात॑मः ॥

“This hymn, the bestower of riches, has been addressed by the sages, with their own mouths, to the (class of) divinities having birth (lit. to the divine or brilliant birth; e.g. Ṛbhus--Ṛbhu, Vibhu and Vāja were pious men, who through penance became divinities).”

य इन्द्रा॑य वचो॒युजा॑ तत॒क्षुर्मन॑सा॒ हरी॑ । शमी॑भिर्य॒ज्ञमा॑शत ॥

“They who created mentally for Indra the horses that are harnessed (carved) at his words, have partaken of the sacrifice performed with holy acts. (śamībhiḥ = ceremonies; i.e. they have pervaded, appropriated or accepted the sacrifice peformed with tongs, ladles, and utensils; an intimation of the mechanical skills of Ṛbhu).”

तक्ष॒न्नास॑त्याभ्यां॒ परि॑ज्मानं सु॒खं रथ॑म् । तक्ष॑न्धे॒नुं स॑ब॒र्दुघा॑म् ॥

“They constructed for the Nāsatyās, a universally-moving and easy car, and a cow yielding milk. (takṣan = atakṣan, lit. they (Ṛbhus) chipped or fabricated, mechanically, the appendages of Indra and Aśvin).”

युवा॑ना पि॒तरा॒ पुन॑: स॒त्यम॑न्त्रा ऋजू॒यव॑: । ऋ॒भवो॑ वि॒ष्ट्य॑क्रत ॥

“The Ṛbhus, uttering unfailing prayers, endowed with rectitude, and succeeding (in all pious acts; viṣṭī = vyāptiyuktaḥ, i.e. encountering no opposition in all acts), made their (aged) parents young.”

सं वो॒ मदा॑सो अग्म॒तेन्द्रे॑ण च म॒रुत्व॑ता । आ॒दि॒त्येभि॑श्च॒ राज॑भिः ॥

“Ṛbhus, the exhilarating juices are offered to you, along with Indra, attended by the Maruts and along with the brilliang Ādityas.”

उ॒त त्यं च॑म॒सं नवं॒ त्वष्टु॑र्दे॒वस्य॒ निष्कृ॑तम् । अक॑र्त च॒तुर॒: पुन॑: ॥

“The Ṛbhus have divided unto four the new ladle, the work of the divine Tvaṣṭā (i.e. devasambandhiḥ takṣana.vyāpāraḥ = divinity whose duty in relations to gods is carpentry; cf. tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuḥ śiṣyāḥ Ṛbhavaḥ = Ṛbhus are the disciples of Tvaṣṭā; four ladles are an apparent reference to an innovation in the objects of libation for sharing).”

ते नो॒ रत्ना॑नि धत्तन॒ त्रिरा साप्ता॑नि सुन्व॒ते । एक॑मेकं सुश॒स्तिभि॑: ॥

“May they, moved by our praises, give to the offere of the libation many precious things, and perfect the thrice seven sacrifices”

अधा॑रयन्त॒ वह्न॒योऽभ॑जन्त सुकृ॒त्यया॑ । भा॒गं दे॒वेषु॑ य॒ज्ञिय॑म् ॥

“Offerers (of sacrifices), they held (a moral existence); by their pious acts they obtained a share of sacrifices with the gods.”

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Sooktams 20 to 

21

इ॒हेन्द्रा॒ग्नी उप॑ ह्वये॒ तयो॒रित्स्तोम॑मुश्मसि । ता सोमं॑ सोम॒पात॑मा ॥

“Invoke hither Indra and Agni, to whom we desire to present our praise; let them, who are both copious drinkers of the Soma juice, (accept the libation).”

ता य॒ज्ञेषु॒ प्र शं॑सतेन्द्रा॒ग्नी शु॑म्भता नरः । ता गा॑य॒त्रेषु॑ गायत ॥

“Praise, men, Indra and Agni, in sacrifices, decorate them (with ornaments) and hymn them with hymns.”

ता मि॒त्रस्य॒ प्रश॑स्तय इन्द्रा॒ग्नी ता ह॑वामहे । सो॒म॒पा सोम॑पीतये ॥

“We invoke Indra and Agni, for the benefit of our friend (the instrumental tutor of the rite), drinkers of the Soma juice, to drink the libation.”

उ॒ग्रा सन्ता॑ हवामह॒ उपे॒दं सव॑नं सु॒तम् । इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी एह ग॑च्छताम् ॥

“We invoke the two who are fierce (to their foes) to attend the rite, where the libation is prepared; Indra and Agni, come hither.”

ता म॒हान्ता॒ सद॒स्पती॒ इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ रक्ष॑ उब्जतम् । अप्र॑जाः सन्त्व॒त्रिण॑: ॥

“May those two, Indra and Agni who are mighty, and guardians of the assembly, render the Rākṣas innocuous, and may the devourers (of men) be destitute of progeny.”

तेन॑ स॒त्येन॑ जागृत॒मधि॑ प्रचे॒तुने॑ प॒दे । इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतम् ॥

“By this unfailing sacrifice, by you rendered vigilant, Indra and Agni, in the station which affords knowledge (of the consequence of acts), and bestow upon us happiness.”

41 

यं रक्ष॑न्ति॒ प्रचे॑तसो॒ वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा । नू चि॒त्स द॑भ्यते॒ जन॑: ॥

“The man whom the wise Varuṇa, Mitra and Aryaman protect quickly subdues (his foes).”

यं बा॒हुते॑व॒ पिप्र॑ति॒ पान्ति॒ मर्त्यं॑ रि॒षः । अरि॑ष्ट॒: सर्व॑ एधते ॥

“He whom they heap (with riches), as if (collected) by his own arms; the man whom they defend from the malignant; every such man, safe from injury, prospers.”

वि दु॒र्गा वि द्विष॑: पु॒रो घ्नन्ति॒ राजा॑न एषाम् । नय॑न्ति दुरि॒ता ति॒रः ॥

“The kings (Varuṇa etc.) first destroy their strongholds, and then the foes of those (who worship him), and put aside their evil deeds.”

सु॒गः पन्था॑ अनृक्ष॒र आदि॑त्यास ऋ॒तं य॒ते । नात्रा॑वखा॒दो अ॑स्ति वः ॥

“Ādityas, to you repairing to the sacrifice, the path is easy and free from thorns; no unworthy oblation is here prepared for you.”

यं य॒ज्ञं नय॑था नर॒ आदि॑त्या ऋ॒जुना॑ प॒था । प्र व॒: स धी॒तये॑ नशत् ॥

“Ādityas, guides, may the sacrifice which you come to by a straight path, be to you for your gratification.”

स रत्नं॒ मर्त्यो॒ वसु॒ विश्वं॑ तो॒कमु॒त त्मना॑ । अच्छा॑ गच्छ॒त्यस्तृ॑तः ॥

“That mortal (whom you favour), exempt from harm, obtains all valuable wealth, and offspring like himself.”

क॒था रा॑धाम सखाय॒: स्तोमं॑ मि॒त्रस्या॑र्य॒म्णः । महि॒ प्सरो॒ वरु॑णस्य ॥

“How, my friends, shall we recite praise (worthy) of the great glory of Mitra, Varuṇa and Aryaman?”

मा वो॒ घ्नन्तं॒ मा शप॑न्तं॒ प्रति॑ वोचे देव॒यन्त॑म् । सु॒म्नैरिद्व॒ आ वि॑वासे ॥

“I do not denounce to you him who assails or reviles the man devoted to the gods. I rather propitiate you with offered wealth.”

च॒तुर॑श्चि॒द्दद॑मानाद्बिभी॒यादा निधा॑तोः । न दु॑रु॒क्ताय॑ स्पृहयेत् ॥

“For he (the worshipper) loves not, but fears to speak evil (of any one), as a gamester fears (his adversary) holding the four (dice), until they are thrown.”

42

सं पू॑ष॒न्नध्व॑नस्तिर॒ व्यंहो॑ विमुचो नपात् । सक्ष्वा॑ देव॒ प्र ण॑स्पु॒रः ॥

“Pūṣan convey us over the road, remove the wicked (obsructer of the way). Son of the cloud, deity, go before us.”

यो न॑: पूषन्न॒घो वृको॑ दु॒:शेव॑ आ॒दिदे॑शति । अप॑ स्म॒ तं प॒थो ज॑हि ॥

“If a wicked (adversary), Pūṣan, a robber, or one who delights in evil, points out to us (the way we ought not to go), do you drive him from the road.”

अप॒ त्यं प॑रिप॒न्थिनं॑ मुषी॒वाणं॑ हुर॒श्चित॑म् । दू॒रमधि॑ स्रु॒तेर॑ज ॥

“Drive him far away, apart fom the road, the hinderer of our journey, a thief, a deceiver.”

त्वं तस्य॑ द्वया॒विनो॒ऽघशं॑सस्य॒ कस्य॑ चित् । प॒दाभि ति॑ष्ठ॒ तपु॑षिम् ॥

“Trample with your feet upon the mischievous (body) of that evil-minded pilferer of both (what is present and what is absent), whoever he be.”

आ तत्ते॑ दस्र मन्तुम॒: पूष॒न्नवो॑ वृणीमहे । येन॑ पि॒तॄनचो॑दयः ॥

“Sagacious and handsome Pūṣan, we solicit of you that protection wherewith you have encouraged the patriarchs.”

अधा॑ नो विश्वसौभग॒ हिर॑ण्यवाशीमत्तम । धना॑नि सु॒षणा॑ कृधि ॥

“Therefore do you, who are possessed of all prosperity and well-equipped with golden weapons, bestow upon us riches that may be liberally distributed.”

अति॑ नः स॒श्चतो॑ नय सु॒गा न॑: सु॒पथा॑ कृणु । पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ॥

“Lead us past our opponents; conduct us by an easy path; know, Pūṣan, how to protect us on this (journey).”

अ॒भि सू॒यव॑सं नय॒ न न॑वज्वा॒रो अध्व॑ने । पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ॥

“Lead us where there is abundant fodder; let there be no extreme heat by the way; Pūṣan, know to protect us on this (journey).”

श॒ग्धि पू॒र्धि प्र यं॑सि च शिशी॒हि प्रास्यु॒दर॑म् । पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ॥

“Be favourable to us, fill us (with abundance), give us (all goood things), sharpen us (with vigour), fill our bellies, Pūṣan, know how to protect us on this (journey).”

न पू॒षणं॑ मेथामसि सू॒क्तैर॒भि गृ॑णीमसि । वसू॑नि द॒स्ममी॑महे ॥

“We do not censure Pūṣan, but praise him with hymns; we solicit the good-looking (Pūṣan) for riches.”

43

Ṛṣi : kaṇvo ghauraḥ 

Devatā : rudraḥ ;

Chandas: gāyatrī;

कद्रु॒द्राय॒ प्रचे॑तसे मी॒ळ्हुष्ट॑माय॒ तव्य॑से । वो॒चेम॒ शंत॑मं हृ॒दे ॥

“When may we repeat a most grateful hymn to the wise, the most bountiful and mighty Rudra, who is (cherished) in our hearts?”

यथा॑ नो॒ अदि॑ति॒: कर॒त्पश्वे॒ नृभ्यो॒ यथा॒ गवे॑ । यथा॑ तो॒काय॑ रु॒द्रिय॑म् ॥

“By which earth may (be induced to) grant the gifts of Rudra to our cattle, our people, our cows, and our progeny.”

यथा॑ नो मि॒त्रो वरु॑णो॒ यथा॑ रु॒द्रश्चिके॑तति । यथा॒ विश्वे॑ स॒जोष॑सः ॥

“By which Mitra and Varuṇa, and Rudra and all the gods, being gratified, may show us (favour).”

गा॒थप॑तिं मे॒धप॑तिं रु॒द्रं जला॑षभेषजम् । तच्छं॒योः सु॒म्नमी॑महे ॥

“We ask the felicity of Śaṃyu, from Rudra, the encourager of hymns, the protector of sacrifices, possessed of medicaments that confer delight.”

यः शु॒क्र इ॑व॒ सूर्यो॒ हिर॑ण्यमिव॒ रोच॑ते । श्रेष्ठो॑ दे॒वानां॒ वसु॑: ॥

“Who is so brilliant as Śaṃyu, who gratifies like gold, the best of the gods, the provider of habitations?”

शं न॑: कर॒त्यर्व॑ते सु॒गं मे॒षाय॑ मे॒ष्ये॑ । नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ गवे॑ ॥

“Who bestows easily-obtained happiness on our steeds, our rams, our ewes, our men, our women, and our cows?”

अ॒स्मे सो॑म॒ श्रिय॒मधि॒ नि धे॑हि श॒तस्य॑ नृ॒णाम् । महि॒ श्रव॑स्तुविनृ॒म्णम् ॥

“Soma, grant us prosperity more than (sufficient for) a hundred men, and much strength-engendering food.”

मा न॑: सोमपरि॒बाधो॒ मारा॑तयो जुहुरन्त । आ न॑ इन्दो॒ वाजे॑ भज ॥

“Let not the adversaries of Soma, let not our enemies, harm us; cherish us, Indra, with (abundant) food.”

यास्ते॑ प्र॒जा अ॒मृत॑स्य॒ पर॑स्मि॒न्धाम॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ । मू॒र्धा नाभा॑ सोम वेन आ॒भूष॑न्तीः सोम वेदः ॥

“Soma, who are immortal, and abide in an excellent dwelling, have regard for your subjects, when at their head in the hall of sacrifice you observe them (engaed in) decorating you.”

44

Ṛṣi praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ 

Devatā  agniḥ ;

Chandas: upariṣṭādvirāḍ bṛhatī ;

अग्ने॒ विव॑स्वदु॒षस॑श्चि॒त्रं राधो॑ अमर्त्य । आ दा॒शुषे॑ जातवेदो वहा॒ त्वम॒द्या दे॒वाँ उ॑ष॒र्बुध॑: ॥

“Agni, who are immortal, and cognisant of all begotten things, bring from the dawn to the donor (of the oblation) wealth of many sorts, with an excellent habitation; bring hither today the gods awaking with the morning.”

जुष्टो॒ हि दू॒तो असि॑ हव्य॒वाह॒नोऽग्ने॑ र॒थीर॑ध्व॒राणा॑म् । स॒जूर॒श्विभ्या॑मु॒षसा॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म॒स्मे धे॑हि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत् ॥

“For you, Agni, are the accepted messenger of the gods, the bearer of oblations, the vehicle of sacrifices; associated with Uṣas and the Aśvins, bestow upon us abundant and invigorating food.”

अ॒द्या दू॒तं वृ॑णीमहे॒ वसु॑म॒ग्निं पु॑रुप्रि॒यम् । धू॒मके॑तुं॒ भाऋ॑जीकं॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु य॒ज्ञाना॑मध्वर॒श्रिय॑म् ॥

“We select today Agni, the messenger, the giver of dwellings, the beloved of many, the smoke-bannered, the light-shedding, the protector of the worship of the worshipper at the break of day.”

श्रेष्ठं॒ यवि॑ष्ठ॒मति॑थिं॒ स्वा॑हुतं॒ जुष्टं॒ जना॑य दा॒शुषे॑ । दे॒वाँ अच्छा॒ यात॑वे जा॒तवे॑दसम॒ग्निमी॑ळे॒ व्यु॑ष्टिषु ॥

“I praise Agni at the break of day, the best and youngest (of the gods), the guest (of man), the universally-invoked, who is friendly to the man that offers (oblations), who knows all that are born, that he may go (to bring) the other divinities.”

स्त॒वि॒ष्यामि॒ त्वाम॒हं विश्व॑स्यामृत भोजन । अग्ने॑ त्रा॒तार॑म॒मृतं॑ मियेध्य॒ यजि॑ष्ठं हव्यवाहन ॥

“Agni, immortal sustainer of the universe, bearer of oblations, deserving of adoration, I will praise you, who are exempt from death, the preserver of the sacrificer.”

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