Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 164
Rig Veda 10.164 — Dream-charm
Deity: Dream-charm. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 5 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 10.164.1
अपेहि मनसस पते.अप कराम परश्चर | परो निरतया आचक्ष्व बहुधा जीवतो मनः
apehi manasas pate.apa krāma paraścara | paro nirtyā ācakṣva bahudhā jīvato manaḥ
Rig Veda 10.164.2
भद्रं वै वरं वर्णते भद्रं युञ्जन्ति दक्षिणम | भद्रं वैवस्वते चक्षुर्बहुत्रा जीवतो मनः
bhadraṃ vai varaṃ vṛṇate bhadraṃ yuñjanti dakṣiṇam | bhadraṃ vaivasvate cakṣurbahutrā jīvato manaḥ
A happy boon do men elect, a mighty blessing they obtain. Bliss with Vaivasvata they see. The live man's mind seeks many a place.
Rig Veda 10.164.3
यदाशसा निःशसाभिशसोपारिम जाग्रतो यत सवपन्तः | अग्निर्विश्वान्यप दुष्क्र्तान्यजुष्टान्यारे अस्मद्दधातु
yadāśasā niḥśasābhiśasopārima jāghrato yat svapantaḥ | aghnirviśvānyapa duṣkṛtānyajuṣṭānyāre asmaddadhātu
If by address, by blame, by imprecation we have committed sin, awake or sleeping, All hateful acts of ours, all evil doings may Agni bear away to distant places.
Rig Veda 10.164.4
यदिन्द्र बरह्मणस पते.अभिद्रोहं चरामसि | परचेता नाङगिरसो दविषतां पात्यंहसः
yadindra brahmaṇas pate.abhidrohaṃ carāmasi | pracetā naāṅghiraso dviṣatāṃ pātyaṃhasaḥ
When, Indra, Brahmaṇaspati, our deeds are wrongful and unjust, May provident Aṅgirasa prevent our foes from troubling, us.
Rig Veda 10.164.5
अजैष्माद्यासनाम चाभूमानागसो वयम | जाग्रत्स्वप्नःसंकल्पः पापो यं दविष्मस्तं स रछतु यो नो दवेष्टितं रछतु
ajaiṣmādyāsanāma cābhūmānāghaso vayam | jāghratsvapnaḥsaṃkalpaḥ pāpo yaṃ dviṣmastaṃ sa ṛchatu yo no dveṣṭitaṃ ṛchatu
We have prevailed this day and won: we are made free from sin and guilt. Ill thoughts, that visit us awake or sleeping, seize the man we hate, yea, seize the man who hateth us.
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