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Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 162, Verse 19
एकस्त्वष्टुरश्वस्या विशस्ता द्वा यन्तारा भवतस्तथ ऋतुः । या ते गात्राणामृतुथा कृणोमि ताता पिण्डानां प्र जुहोम्यग्नौ ॥
ekastvaṣṭuraśvasyā viśastā dvā yantārā bhavatastatha ṛtuḥ | yā te gātrāṇāmṛtuthā kṛṇomi tātā piṇḍānāṃ pra juhomyagnau ||
Translation: There is one immolator of the radiant horse, which is Time; there are two that hold him fast; such of your limbs as I cut up in due season, I offer them, made into balls (of meat) upon the fire.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 162, Verse 20
मा त्वा तपत्प्रिय आत्मापियन्तं मा स्वधितिस्तन्व आ तिष्ठिपत्ते । मा ते गृध्नुरविशस्तातिहाय छिद्रा गात्राण्यसिना मिथू कः ॥
mā tvā tapatpriya ātmāpiyantaṃ mā svadhitistanva ā tiṣṭhipatte | mā te gṛdhnuraviśastātihāya chidrā gātrāṇyasinā mithū kaḥ ||
Translation: Let not your precious body grieve you, who are going verily (to the gods); let not the axe linger in your body; let not the greedy and unskilful (immolator) missing the members, mangle your limbs needlessly with his knife.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 162, Verse 21
न वा उ एतन्म्रियसे न रिष्यसि देवाँ इदेषि पथिभिः सुगेभिः । हरी ते युञ्जा पृषती अभूतामुपास्थाद्वाजी धुरि रासभस्य ॥
na vā u etanmriyase na riṣyasi devā~ ideṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiḥ | harī te yuñjā pṛṣatī abhūtāmupāsthādvājī dhuri rāsabhasya ||
Translation: Verily at this moment you do not die; nor are you harmed; for you go by auspicious paths to the gods. The horses of Indra, the steeds of the Maruts shall be yoked (to their ears), and a courser shall be plural ced in the shaft of the ass of the Aśvins (to bear you to heaven).
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 162, Verse 22
सुगव्यं नो वाजी स्वश्व्यं पुंसः पुत्राँ उत विश्वापुषं रयिम् । अनागास्त्वं नो अदितिः कृणोतु क्षत्रं नो अश्वो वनतां हविष्मान् ॥
sugavyaṃ no vājī svaśvyaṃ puṃsaḥ putrā~ uta viśvāpuṣaṃ rayim | anāgāstvaṃ no aditiḥ kṛṇotu kṣatraṃ no aśvo vanatāṃ haviṣmān ||
Translation: May this horse bring to us all-sustaining wealth, with abundance of cows of excellent horses, and of male offspring; may the spirited steed bring us exemption from wickedness; may this horse, offered in oblation, procure for us bodily vigour.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 1
यदक्रन्दः प्रथमं जायमान उद्यन्त्समुद्रादुत वा पुरीषात् । श्येनस्य पक्षा हरिणस्य बाहू उपस्तुत्यं महि जातं ते अर्वन् ॥
yadakrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna udyantsamudrāduta vā purīṣāt | śyenasya pakṣā hariṇasya bāhū upastutyaṃ mahi jātaṃ te arvan ||
Translation: Your great birth, O Horse, is to be glorified; whether first springing from the firmament or from the water inasmuchas you have neighed (auspiciously), for you have the wings of the falcon and the limbs of the deer.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 2
यमेन दत्तं त्रित एनमायुनगिन्द्र एणं प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत् । गन्धर्वो अस्य रशनामगृभ्णात्सूरादश्वं वसवो निरतष्ट ॥
yamena dattaṃ trita enamāyunagindra eṇaṃ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat | gandharvo asya raśanāmagṛbhṇātsūrādaśvaṃ vasavo nirataṣṭa ||
Translation: Trita harnessed the horse which was given by yama; Indra first mounted him, and gandharva seized his reins. Vasus, you fabricated the horse from the sun.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 3
असि यमो अस्यादित्यो अर्वन्नसि त्रितो गुह्येन व्रतेन । असि सोमेन समया विपृक्त आहुस्ते त्रीणि दिवि बन्धनानि ॥
asi yamo asyādityo arvannasi trito guhyena vratena | asi somena samayā vipṛkta āhuste trīṇi divi bandhanāni ||
Translation: Your horse is Yama and you are Āditya; you are Trita by a mysterious act; you are associated with Soma. The sages have said there are three bindings of you in heaven.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 4
त्रीणि त आहुर्दिवि बन्धनानि त्रीण्यप्सु त्रीण्यन्तः समुद्रे । उतेव मे वरुणश्छन्त्स्यर्वन्यत्रा त आहुः परमं जनित्रम् ॥
trīṇi ta āhurdivi bandhanāni trīṇyapsu trīṇyantaḥ samudre | uteva me varuṇaśchantsyarvanyatrā ta āhuḥ paramaṃ janitram ||
Translation: They have said that there are your bindings in heaven three upon earth; and three in the firmament. You declare to me, Horse, who are (one with) Varuṇa, that which they have called your most excellent birth.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 5
इमा ते वाजिन्नवमार्जनानीमा शफानां सनितुर्निधाना । अत्रा ते भद्रा रशना अपश्यमृतस्य या अभिरक्षन्ति गोपाः ॥
imā te vājinnavamārjanānīmā śaphānāṃ saniturnidhānā | atrā te bhadrā raśanā apaśyamṛtasya yā abhirakṣanti gopāḥ ||
Translation: I have beheld, Horse, these your purifying (regions) these impressions of the feet of you who share in the sacrifice; and here your auspicious reins, which are the protectors of the rite that preserve it.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 6
आत्मानं ते मनसारादजानामवो दिवा पतयन्तं पतंगम् । शिरो अपश्यं पथिभिः सुगेभिररेणुभिर्जेहमानं पतत्रि ॥
ātmānaṃ te manasārādajānāmavo divā patayantaṃ pataṃgam | śiro apaśyaṃ pathibhiḥ sugebhirareṇubhirjehamānaṃ patatri ||
Translation: I recognize in my mind your form afar off, going from (the earth) below, by way of heaven, to the sun. I behold your head soaring aloft, and mountain quickly by unobstructed paths, unsullied by dust.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 7
अत्रा ते रूपमुत्तममपश्यं जिगीषमाणमिष आ पदे गोः । यदा ते मर्तो अनु भोगमानऴादिद्ग्रसिष्ठ ओषधीरजीगः ॥
atrā te rūpamuttamamapaśyaṃ jigīṣamāṇamiṣa ā pade goḥ | yadā te marto anu bhogamānaḻādidgrasiṣṭha oṣadhīrajīgaḥ ||
Translation: I behold your most excellent form coming eagerly to (receive) your food in your (holy) plural ce of earth; when your attendant brings you nigh to the enjoyment (of the provender), therefore gredy, you devour the fodder.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 8
अनु त्वा रथो अनु मर्यो अर्वन्ननु गावोऽनु भगः कनीनाम् । अनु व्रातासस्तव सख्यमीयुरनु देवा ममिरे वीर्यं ते ॥
anu tvā ratho anu maryo arvannanu gāvo'nu bhagaḥ kanīnām | anu vrātāsastava sakhyamīyuranu devā mamire vīryaṃ te ||
Translation: The car follows you, O Horse; men attend you; cattle follow you; the loveliness of maidens (waits) upon you; troops of demi-gods following you have sought your friendship; the gods themselves have been admirers of your vigour
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 9
हिरण्यशृङ्गोऽयो अस्य पादा मनोजवा अवर इन्द्र आसीत् । देवा इदस्य हविरद्यमायन्यो अर्वन्तं प्रथमो अध्यतिष्ठत् ॥
hiraṇyaśṛṅgo'yo asya pādā manojavā avara indra āsīt | devā idasya haviradyamāyanyo arvantaṃ prathamo adhyatiṣṭhat ||
Translation: His mane is of gold; his feet are of bronze; and fleet as thought, Indra is his inferior (in speed). The gods have come to partake ofhis (being offered as) oblation; the first who mounted the horse was Indra.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 10
ईर्मान्तासः सिलिकमध्यमासः सं शूरणासो दिव्यासो अत्याः । हंसा इव श्रेणिशो यतन्ते यदाक्षिषुर्दिव्यमज्ममश्वाः ॥
īrmāntāsaḥ silikamadhyamāsaḥ saṃ śūraṇāso divyāso atyāḥ | haṃsā iva śreṇiśo yatante yadākṣiṣurdivyamajmamaśvāḥ ||
Translation: The full-haunched, slender-waistd, high-spirited, and celestial coursers (of the sun), gallop along like swans in rows, when the horses spread along the heavenly path.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 11
तव शरीरं पतयिष्ण्वर्वन्तव चित्तं वात इव ध्रजीमान् । तव शृङ्गाणि विष्ठिता पुरुत्रारण्येषु जर्भुराणा चरन्ति ॥
tava śarīraṃ patayiṣṇvarvantava cittaṃ vāta iva dhrajīmān | tava śṛṅgāṇi viṣṭhitā purutrāraṇyeṣu jarbhurāṇā caranti ||
Translation: Your body, horse, is made for motion; your mind is rapid (in intention) as the wind; the hairs  (of your mane) are tossed in manifold directions; and spread beautiful in the forests.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 12
उप प्रागाच्छसनं वाज्यर्वा देवद्रीचा मनसा दीध्यानः । अजः पुरो नीयते नाभिरस्यानु पश्चात्कवयो यन्ति रेभाः ॥
upa prāgācchasanaṃ vājyarvā devadrīcā manasā dīdhyānaḥ | ajaḥ puro nīyate nābhirasyānu paścātkavayo yanti rebhāḥ ||
Translation: The swift horse approaches the plural ce of immolation, meditating with mind intent upon the gods; the goat bound to him is led before him; after him follow the priests and the singers.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 163, Verse 13
उप प्रागात्परमं यत्सधस्थमर्वाँ अच्छा पितरं मातरं च । अद्या देवाञ्जुष्टतमो हि गम्या अथा शास्ते दाशुषे वार्याणि ॥
upa prāgātparamaṃ yatsadhasthamarvā~ acchā pitaraṃ mātaraṃ ca | adyā devāñjuṣṭatamo hi gamyā athā śāste dāśuṣe vāryāṇi ||
Translation: The horse proceeds to that assembly which is most excellent; to the presence of his father and his mother, (heaven and earth). Go, (Horse), today rejoicing to the gods, that (the sacrifice) may yield blessings to the donor.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 1
अस्य वामस्य पलितस्य होतुस्तस्य भ्राता मध्यमो अस्त्यश्नः । तृतीयो भ्राता घृतपृष्ठो अस्यात्रापश्यं विश्पतिं सप्तपुत्रम् ॥
asya vāmasya palitasya hotustasya bhrātā madhyamo astyaśnaḥ | tṛtīyo bhrātā ghṛtapṛṣṭho asyātrāpaśyaṃ viśpatiṃ saptaputram ||
Translation: I have beheld the Lord of men with seven sons; of which delightful and benevolent (deity), who is the object of our invocation, there is an all-pervading middle brother, and a third brother, well fed with (oblations of) ghee.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 2
सप्त युञ्जन्ति रथमेकचक्रमेको अश्वो वहति सप्तनामा । त्रिनाभि चक्रमजरमनर्वं यत्रेमा विश्वा भुवनाधि तस्थुः ॥
sapta yuñjanti rathamekacakrameko aśvo vahati saptanāmā | trinābhi cakramajaramanarvaṃ yatremā viśvā bhuvanādhi tasthuḥ ||
Translation: They yoke the seven (horses) to the one-wheeled car; one horse, named seven, bears it along; the three-axled wheel is undecaying, never loosened, and in it all these regions of the universe abide.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 3
इमं रथमधि ये सप्त तस्थुः सप्तचक्रं सप्त वहन्त्यश्वाः । सप्त स्वसारो अभि सं नवन्ते यत्र गवां निहिता सप्त नाम ॥
imaṃ rathamadhi ye sapta tasthuḥ saptacakraṃ sapta vahantyaśvāḥ | sapta svasāro abhi saṃ navante yatra gavāṃ nihitā sapta nāma ||
Translation: The seven who preside over this sevenpwheeled chariot (are) the seven horses who draw it; seven sisters ride in it together, and in are deposited the seven forms of utterance.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 4
को ददर्श प्रथमं जायमानमस्थन्वन्तं यदनस्था बिभर्ति । भूम्या असुरसृगात्मा क्व स्वित्को विद्वांसमुप गात्प्रष्टुमेतत् ॥
ko dadarśa prathamaṃ jāyamānamasthanvantaṃ yadanasthā bibharti | bhūmyā asurasṛgātmā kva svitko vidvāṃsamupa gātpraṣṭumetat ||
Translation: Who has seen the primeval (being) at the time of his being born; what is that endowed with substance which the unsubstantial sustains; from earth are the breath and blood; but where is the soul; who may repair to the sage to ask this?
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 5
पाकः पृच्छामि मनसाविजानन्देवानामेना निहिता पदानि । वत्से बष्कयेऽधि सप्त तन्तून्वि तत्निरे कवय ओतवा उ ॥
pākaḥ pṛcchāmi manasāvijānandevānāmenā nihitā padāni | vatse baṣkaye'dhi sapta tantūnvi tatnire kavaya otavā u ||
Translation: Immature (in understanding) undiscerning in mind, I inquire of those things which are hidden (even) from the gods; (what are) the seven threads which the sages have spread to envelop the sun, in whom all abide?
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 6
अचिकित्वाञ्चिकितुषश्चिदत्र कवीन्पृच्छामि विद्मने न विद्वान् । वि यस्तस्तम्भ षऴिमा रजांस्यजस्य रूपे किमपि स्विदेकम् ॥
acikitvāñcikituṣaścidatra kavīnpṛcchāmi vidmane na vidvān | vi yastastambha ṣaḻimā rajāṃsyajasya rūpe kimapi svidekam ||
Translation: Ignorant, I inquire of the sages who know (the truth); not as one knowing (do I inquire), for the sake of (gaining) knowledge; what is that one alone, who has upheld these six spheres in the form of the unborn?
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 7
इह ब्रवीतु य ईमङ्ग वेदास्य वामस्य निहितं पदं वेः । शीर्ष्णः क्षीरं दुह्रते गावो अस्य वव्रिं वसाना उदकं पदापुः ॥
iha bravītu ya īmaṅga vedāsya vāmasya nihitaṃ padaṃ veḥ | śīrṣṇaḥ kṣīraṃ duhrate gāvo asya vavriṃ vasānā udakaṃ padāpuḥ ||
Translation: Let him who knows this (truth) quickly declare it; the mysterious condition of the beautiful ever-moving (sun); the rays shed (their) milk from his (exalted) head investing his form with radiance; they have drunk up the water by the paths (by which they were poured forth).
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 8
माता पितरमृत आ बभाज धीत्यग्रे मनसा सं हि जग्मे । सा बीभत्सुर्गर्भरसा निविद्धा नमस्वन्त इदुपवाकमीयुः ॥
mātā pitaramṛta ā babhāja dhītyagre manasā saṃ hi jagme | sā bībhatsurgarbharasā nividdhā namasvanta idupavākamīyuḥ ||
Translation: The mother, (earth), worships the father, (sun), with holy rites, for the sake of water; but he has anticipated (her wants) in his mind; whereupon desirous of progeny, she is penetrated by the dews of impregnation, and, (all) expectant of abundance, exchange words (of congratulation).
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 9
युक्ता मातासीद्धुरि दक्षिणाया अतिष्ठद्गर्भो वृजनीष्वन्तः । अमीमेद्वत्सो अनु गामपश्यद्विश्वरूप्यं त्रिषु योजनेषु ॥
yuktā mātāsīddhuri dakṣiṇāyā atiṣṭhadgarbho vṛjanīṣvantaḥ | amīmedvatso anu gāmapaśyadviśvarūpyaṃ triṣu yojaneṣu ||
Translation: The mother, (sky), was associated in (sustaining) the burden of the fulfiller of desires, (the earth); the embryo (water) rested within the (womb of the) clouds; thereupon the calf bellowed, and beheld the omniform cow in the three combinations.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 10
तिस्रो मातॄस्त्रीन्पितॄन्बिभ्रदेक ऊर्ध्वस्तस्थौ नेमव ग्लापयन्ति । मन्त्रयन्ते दिवो अमुष्य पृष्ठे विश्वविदं वाचमविश्वमिन्वाम् ॥
tisro mātṝstrīnpitṝnbibhradeka ūrdhvastasthau nemava glāpayanti | mantrayante divo amuṣya pṛṣṭhe viśvavidaṃ vācamaviśvaminvām ||
Translation: The one sole (sun), having three mothers and three fathers, stood on high; none ever over-weary him; the (gods) on the summit of the sky take counsel respecting him in language all-comprehending (but) not extending to all.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 11
द्वादशारं नहि तज्जराय वर्वर्ति चक्रं परि द्यामृतस्य । आ पुत्रा अग्ने मिथुनासो अत्र सप्त शतानि विंशतिश्च तस्थुः ॥
dvādaśāraṃ nahi tajjarāya varvarti cakraṃ pari dyāmṛtasya | ā putrā agne mithunāso atra sapta śatāni viṃśatiśca tasthuḥ ||
Translation: The twelve-spoked wheel, of the true (sun) revolves round the heavens, and never (tends) to decay; seven hundred and twenty children in pais, Agni, abide in it.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 12
पञ्चपादं पितरं द्वादशाकृतिं दिव आहुः परे अर्धे पुरीषिणम् । अथेमे अन्य उपरे विचक्षणं सप्तचक्रे षऴर आहुरर्पितम् ॥
pañcapādaṃ pitaraṃ dvādaśākṛtiṃ diva āhuḥ pare ardhe purīṣiṇam | atheme anya upare vicakṣaṇaṃ saptacakre ṣaḻara āhurarpitam ||
Translation: They have termed the five-footed, twelve-formed parent, Puriṣin, when in the further hemisphere of the sky; and others have termed in Arpita, when in the hither (portion of the sky); shining in his seven-wheeled car), each (wheel) having six spokes.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 13
पञ्चारे चक्रे परिवर्तमाने तस्मिन्ना तस्थुर्भुवनानि विश्वा । तस्य नाक्षस्तप्यते भूरिभारः सनादेव न शीर्यते सनाभिः ॥
pañcāre cakre parivartamāne tasminnā tasthurbhuvanāni viśvā | tasya nākṣastapyate bhūribhāraḥ sanādeva na śīryate sanābhiḥ ||
Translation: All beings abide in this five-spoked revolving wheel; the heavily-loaded axle is never heated; its eternal compact nave is never worn away.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 14
सनेमि चक्रमजरं वि वावृत उत्तानायां दश युक्ता वहन्ति । सूर्यस्य चक्षू रजसैत्यावृतं तस्मिन्नार्पिता भुवनानि विश्वा ॥
sanemi cakramajaraṃ vi vāvṛta uttānāyāṃ daśa yuktā vahanti | sūryasya cakṣū rajasaityāvṛtaṃ tasminnārpitā bhuvanāni viśvā ||
Translation: The even-fellied, undecaying wheel, repeatedly revolves; ten, united on the upper surface, bear (the world); the orb of the sun proceeds, invested with water, and in it are all beings deposited.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 15
साकंजानां सप्तथमाहुरेकजं षऴिद्यमा ऋषयो देवजा इति । तेषामिष्टानि विहितानि धामशः स्थात्रे रेजन्ते विकृतानि रूपशः ॥
sākaṃjānāṃ saptathamāhurekajaṃ ṣaḻidyamā ṛṣayo devajā iti | teṣāmiṣṭāni vihitāni dhāmaśaḥ sthātre rejante vikṛtāni rūpaśaḥ ||
Translation: Of those that are born together, sages have called the seventh single-born; for six are twins, and are moveable, and born of the gods; their desirable (properties), plural ced severally in their proper abode, are various (also) in form, and revolve for (the benefit of) that which is stationary.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 16
स्त्रियः सतीस्ताँ उ मे पुंस आहुः पश्यदक्षण्वान्न वि चेतदन्धः । कविर्यः पुत्रः स ईमा चिकेत यस्ता विजानात्स पितुष्पितासत् ॥
striyaḥ satīstā~ u me puṃsa āhuḥ paśyadakṣaṇvānna vi cetadandhaḥ | kaviryaḥ putraḥ sa īmā ciketa yastā vijānātsa pituṣpitāsat ||
Translation: They have called thes, my virtuous feminine les, males; he who has eyes beholds; the blind man sees not; he whois a sage son understands this, and he who discriminates is the father of the father.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 17
अवः परेण पर एनावरेण पदा वत्सं बिभ्रती गौरुदस्थात् । सा कद्रीची कं स्विदर्धं परागात्क्व स्वित्सूते नहि यूथे अन्तः ॥
avaḥ pareṇa para enāvareṇa padā vatsaṃ bibhratī gaurudasthāt | sā kadrīcī kaṃ svidardhaṃ parāgātkva svitsūte nahi yūthe antaḥ ||
Translation: The cow, holding her calf underneath with her fore-feet, and then above with her hind-feet, has risen up; whither is she gone; to whom has she turned back when half-way; where does she bear young; it is not amidst the herd.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 18
अवः परेण पितरं यो अस्यानुवेद पर एनावरेण । कवीयमानः क इह प्र वोचद्देवं मनः कुतो अधि प्रजातम् ॥
avaḥ pareṇa pitaraṃ yo asyānuveda para enāvareṇa | kavīyamānaḥ ka iha pra vocaddevaṃ manaḥ kuto adhi prajātam ||
Translation: He who knows the protector of this (world) as the inferior associated with the superior, and the superior associated with the inferior, he is, as it were, a sage; but who in this world can expound (it); whence is the divine mind in its supremacy engendereḍ
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 19
ये अर्वाञ्चस्ताँ उ पराच आहुर्ये पराञ्चस्ताँ उ अर्वाच आहुः । इन्द्रश्च या चक्रथुः सोम तानि धुरा न युक्ता रजसो वहन्ति ॥
ye arvāñcastā~ u parāca āhurye parāñcastā~ u arvāca āhuḥ | indraśca yā cakrathuḥ soma tāni dhurā na yuktā rajaso vahanti ||
Translation: Those which (the sages) have termed descending, they have also termed ascending; and those they have termed ascending, they have also called descending; and those (orbits) which your, Soma and Indra, have made, bear along the worlds like (oxen) yoked to a twain.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 20
द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परि षस्वजाते । तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभि चाकशीति ॥
dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pari ṣasvajāte | tayoranyaḥ pippalaṃ svādvattyanaśnannanyo abhi cākaśīti ||
Translation: Two birds associated together, and mutual friends, take refuge in the same tree; one of them eats the sweet fig; the other abstaining from food, merely looks on.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 21
यत्रा सुपर्णा अमृतस्य भागमनिमेषं विदथाभिस्वरन्ति । इनो विश्वस्य भुवनस्य गोपाः स मा धीरः पाकमत्रा विवेश ॥
yatrā suparṇā amṛtasya bhāgamanimeṣaṃ vidathābhisvaranti | ino viśvasya bhuvanasya gopāḥ sa mā dhīraḥ pākamatrā viveśa ||
Translation: Where the smooth-gliding (rays), cognizant (of their duty), distil the perpetual portion of ambrosia (water); there has the lord and steadfast protector all beings consigned me, (though) immature (in wisdom).
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 22
यस्मिन्वृक्षे मध्वदः सुपर्णा निविशन्ते सुवते चाधि विश्वे । तस्येदाहुः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वग्रे तन्नोन्नशद्यः पितरं न वेद ॥
yasminvṛkṣe madhvadaḥ suparṇā niviśante suvate cādhi viśve | tasyedāhuḥ pippalaṃ svādvagre tannonnaśadyaḥ pitaraṃ na veda ||
Translation: In the tree into which the smooth-gliding (rays) feeders on the sweet (produce), enter, and again bring forth (light) over all, they have called the fruit sweet, but he partakes not of it who knows not the protector (of the universe).
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 23
यद्गायत्रे अधि गायत्रमाहितं त्रैष्टुभाद्वा त्रैष्टुभं निरतक्षत । यद्वा जगज्जगत्याहितं पदं य इत्तद्विदुस्ते अमृतत्वमानशुः ॥
yadgāyatre adhi gāyatramāhitaṃ traiṣṭubhādvā traiṣṭubhaṃ niratakṣata | yadvā jagajjagatyāhitaṃ padaṃ ya ittadviduste amṛtatvamānaśuḥ ||
Translation: They who know the station of Agni upon the earth; the station of Vāyu that was fabricated from the firmament; and that station of the Sun which is plural ced in heaven, obtain immortality.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 24
गायत्रेण प्रति मिमीते अर्कमर्केण साम त्रैष्टुभेन वाकम् । वाकेन वाकं द्विपदा चतुष्पदाक्षरेण मिमते सप्त वाणीः ॥
gāyatreṇa prati mimīte arkamarkeṇa sāma traiṣṭubhena vākam | vākena vākaṃ dvipadā catuṣpadākṣareṇa mimate sapta vāṇīḥ ||
Translation: He constructs the prayer with the gāyatrī metre; with the prayer (he constructs) the Soma, and with the triṣṭubh metre the couplet (or triplet); with the couplet (or triplet) he constructs the hymn with (verses of) two or four distichs; and with the syllable they construct the seven metres.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 25
जगता सिन्धुं दिव्यस्तभायद्रथंतरे सूर्यं पर्यपश्यत् । गायत्रस्य समिधस्तिस्र आहुस्ततो मह्ना प्र रिरिचे महित्वा ॥
jagatā sindhuṃ divyastabhāyadrathaṃtare sūryaṃ paryapaśyat | gāyatrasya samidhastisra āhustato mahnā pra ririce mahitvā ||
Translation: With the hymns in the jagatī metre he fixed the rain in heaven, and surveyed the Sun in the rathantara. They have declared three divisions of the gāyatrī metre, whence it surpasses (all the rest) in force and majesty.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 26
उप ह्वये सुदुघां धेनुमेतां सुहस्तो गोधुगुत दोहदेनाम् । श्रेष्ठं सवं सविता साविषन्नोऽभीद्धो घर्मस्तदु षु प्र वोचम् ॥
upa hvaye sudughāṃ dhenumetāṃ suhasto godhuguta dohadenām | śreṣṭhaṃ savaṃ savitā sāviṣanno'bhīddho gharmastadu ṣu pra vocam ||
Translation: I invoke the cow that is easily milked, that the handy milker may milk her; may Savitā accept this our excellent libation, that his heat may (thereby) increase; it is for this, verily, that I earnestly invoke him.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 27
हिङ्कृण्वती वसुपत्नी वसूनां वत्समिच्छन्ती मनसाभ्यागात् । दुहामश्विभ्यां पयो अघ्न्येयं सा वर्धतां महते सौभगाय ॥
hiṅkṛṇvatī vasupatnī vasūnāṃ vatsamicchantī manasābhyāgāt | duhāmaśvibhyāṃ payo aghnyeyaṃ sā vardhatāṃ mahate saubhagāya ||
Translation: She comes lowing, abounding in rich (products), desiring her calf in her mind;may this cow grant her milk to the Aśvins; may she thrive for our great advantage.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 28
गौरमीमेदनु वत्सं मिषन्तं मूर्धानं हिङ्ङकृणोन्मातवा उ । सृक्वाणं घर्ममभि वावशाना मिमाति मायुं पयते पयोभिः ॥
gauramīmedanu vatsaṃ miṣantaṃ mūrdhānaṃ hiṅṅakṛṇonmātavā u | sṛkvāṇaṃ gharmamabhi vāvaśānā mimāti māyuṃ payate payobhiḥ ||
Translation: The cow bellows for her calf, (who stands) with winking eyes, and lows as (she proceeds to lick his forehead; she utters a cry, as, anxious, she sees the moisture in the corners of his mouth, and nourishes him with her milk.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 29
अयं स शिङ्क्ते येन गौरभीवृता मिमाति मायुं ध्वसनावधि श्रिता । सा चित्तिभिर्नि हि चकार मर्त्यं विद्युद्भवन्ती प्रति वव्रिमौहत ॥
ayaṃ sa śiṅkte yena gaurabhīvṛtā mimāti māyuṃ dhvasanāvadhi śritā | sā cittibhirni hi cakāra martyaṃ vidyudbhavantī prati vavrimauhata ||
Translation: He, too, bellows, and the cow utters inarticulate sounds, as, encompassed by him, she repairs to her stall; (influenced) by her instrumental ncts, she acts like a human being, and, radiant, manifests her nature.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 30
अनच्छये तुरगातु जीवमेजद्ध्रुवं मध्य आ पस्त्यानाम् । जीवो मृतस्य चरति स्वधाभिरमर्त्यो मर्त्येना सयोनिः ॥
anacchaye turagātu jīvamejaddhruvaṃ madhya ā pastyānām | jīvo mṛtasya carati svadhābhiramartyo martyenā sayoniḥ ||
Translation: Life endowed with breath, eager (in discharge of its functions), reposes, steady, in the midst of its (proper) abodes; the life of the mortal body, cognate with the mortal frame, endures immortal (sustained) by (obsequial) offerings.
Rigveda, Mandala 1, Sukta 164, Verse 31
अपश्यं गोपामनिपद्यमानमा च परा च पथिभिश्चरन्तम् । स सध्रीचीः स विषूचीर्वसान आ वरीवर्ति भुवनेष्वन्तः ॥
apaśyaṃ gopāmanipadyamānamā ca parā ca pathibhiścarantam | sa sadhrīcīḥ sa viṣūcīrvasāna ā varīvarti bhuvaneṣvantaḥ ||
Translation: I have beheld the unwearied protector of the universe, the sun, travelling upwards, the downwards by various paths;invested with aggregative and diffusive radiance, he revolves in the midst of the regions.