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English translation of Rig Veda Suktas 33-121 (Riks only) - based on Siddhanjana. The renderings by M. P. Pandit are more free than literal.

Translations of Rig Veda Suktas 33-121 by M.P. Pandit

Vol. 10 - Collected Works of T. V. Kapali Sastry


RIGVEDA SAMHITA : Mandala I




HYMN 89

Rishi: GOTAMA Deity: VISHVEDEVAH

  1. May happy impulsions come to us from all sides, unafflicted, unimpeded, victorious, so that the Gods may always be for our increase, never moving away from us but protecting us day by day.

  2. May the happy thought of the Gods be ours, may their favours to the righteous be bestowed on us; may we attain to companionship of the Gods; may the Gods extend our span to live.

  3. We call them with the ancient speech - Bhaga, Mitra, Aditi, unerring Daksha, Aryaman, Varuna, Şoma, Ashvins; may felicitous Sarasvati grant us bliss.

  4. May Vayu waft to us the felicitous medicament, may Mother Earth, Father Heaven, bring it; may the felicitous Stones distilling Soma secure it. May ye Ashvins with understanding hearken (to our prayers).

  5. Him we invoke for protection, the Lord who enlightens thought, protector of all that stands or moves; as Pushan he has been the guardian and increaser of our knowledge48

  1. May Indra of wide fame promote our welfare; may Pushan, all-knower, prosper us; may Tarkshya with uninjured fellies prosper us; may Brihaspati prosper us.

Tarkshya: special Ray of the morning Sun winging the red hues.

  1. The Maruts, sons of Prishni, with spotted steeds, of happy gait, frequenters of sacrifices, the Gods whose tongue is Agni, knowers, radiant as the Sun - may all come hither for our protection.

  2. May we, O Gods, hear with the ears what is auspicious. O worshipful ones, may we behold with our eyes what is auspicious. With firm limbs and bodies, praising ye, may we enjoy the God-given span of life.

  3. A hundred years near ye, O Gods, (are ordained). Interrupt not, by causing decay of our bodies, in the midst our life term in which our sons become fathers.

  4. Aditi is Heaven, Aditi is Mid-region, Aditi is Mother (Earth), Father and Son. She is all the Gods; she is the Five peoples. Aditi is all that is born and what is to be.

Five Peoples: Beings of the five planes of anna, prana, manas, mahas and ananda.









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