Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 169
Rig Veda 10.169 — COWS
Deity: COWS. Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 4 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 10.169.1
मयोभूर्वातो अभि वातूस्रा ऊर्जस्वतीरोषधीरारिशन्ताम | पीवस्वतीर्जीवधन्याः पिबन्त्ववसाय पद्वतेरुद्र मर्ळ
mayobhūrvāto abhi vātūsrā ūrjasvatīroṣadhīrāriśantām | pīvasvatīrjīvadhanyāḥ pibantvavasāya padvaterudra mṛḷa
Rig Veda 10.169.2
याः सरूपा विरूपा एकरूपा यासामग्निरिष्ट्यानामानि वेद | या अङगिरसस्तपसेह चक्रुस्ताभ्यःपर्जन्य महि शर्म यछ
yāḥ sarūpā virūpā ekarūpā yāsāmaghniriṣṭyānāmāni veda | yā aṅghirasastapaseha cakrustābhyaḥparjanya mahi śarma yacha
Like-coloured, various-hued, or single-coloured, whose names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Aṅgirases produced by Fervour,—vouchsafe to these, Parjanya, great protection.
Rig Veda 10.169.3
या देवेषु तन्वमैरयन्त यासां सोमो विश्वा रूपाणिवेद | ता अस्मभ्यं पयसा पिन्वमानाः परजावतीरिन्द्रगोष्ठे रिरीहि
yā deveṣu tanvamairayanta yāsāṃ somo viśvā rūpāṇiveda | tā asmabhyaṃ payasā pinvamānāḥ prajāvatīrindraghoṣṭhe rirīhi
Those who have offered to the Gods their bodies, whose varied forms are all well known to Soma,— Those grant us in our cattle-pen, O Indra, with their full streams of milk and plenteous offspring.
Rig Veda 10.169.4
परजापतिर्मह्यमेता रराणो विश्वैर्देवैः पित्र्भिःसंविदानः | शिवाः सतीरुप नो गोष्ठमाकस्तासांवयं परजया सं सदेम
prajāpatirmahyametā rarāṇo viśvairdevaiḥ pitṛbhiḥsaṃvidānaḥ | śivāḥ satīrupa no ghoṣṭhamākastāsāṃvayaṃ prajayā saṃ sadema
Prajāpati, bestowing these upon me, one-minded with all Gods and with the Fathers, Hath to our cow-pen brought auspicious cattle: so may we own the offspring they will bear us.
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