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Rigveda 10.71

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.71

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10.71.1

bṛha̍spate pratha̱maṁ vā̱co agra̱ṁ yat praira̍ta nāma̱dheya̱ṁ dadhā̍nāḥ |
yad e̍ṣā̱ṁ śreṣṭha̱ṁ yad a̍ri̱pram āsī̍t pre̱ṇā tad e̍ṣā̱ṁ nihi̍ta̱ṁ guhā̱viḥ ||

WHEN-men, Bṛihaspati, giving names to objects, sent out Vâk's first and earliest utterances, All that was excellent and spotless, treasured within them, was disclosed through their affection.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.2

saktu̍m iva̱ tita̍ünā pu̱nanto̱ yatra̱ dhīrā̱ mana̍sā̱ vāca̱m akra̍ta |
atrā̱ sakhā̍yaḥ sa̱khyāni̍ jānate bha̱draiṣā̍ṁ la̱kṣmīr nihi̱tādhi̍ vā̱ci ||

Where, like men cleansing corn-flour in a cribble, the wise in spirit have created language, Friends see and recognize the marks of friendship: their speech retains the blessed sign imprinted.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.3

ya̱jñena̍ vā̱caḥ pa̍da̱vīya̍m āya̱n tām anv a̍vinda̱nn ṛṣi̍ṣu̱ pravi̍ṣṭām |
tām ā̱bhṛtyā̱ vy a̍dadhuḥ puru̱trā tāṁ sa̱pta re̱bhā a̱bhi saṁ na̍vante ||

With sacrifice the trace of Vâk they foIlowed, and found her harbouring within the Ṛishis. They brought her, dealt her forth in many places: seven singers make her tones resound in concert.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.4

u̱ta tva̱ḥ paśya̱n na da̍darśa̱ vāca̍m u̱ta tva̍ḥ śṛ̱ṇvan na śṛ̍ṇoty enām |
u̱to tva̍smai ta̱nva1̱̍ṁ vi sa̍sre jā̱yeva̱ patya̍ uśa̱tī su̱vāsā̍ḥ ||

One man hath ne'er seen Vâk, and yet he seeth: one man hath hearing but hath never heard her. But to another hath she shown her beauty as a fond well-dressed woman to her husband.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.5

u̱ta tva̍ṁ sa̱khye sthi̱rapī̍tam āhu̱r naina̍ṁ hinva̱nty api̱ vāji̍neṣu |
adhe̍nvā carati mā̱yayai̱ṣa vāca̍ṁ śuśru̱vām̐ a̍pha̱lām a̍pu̱ṣpām ||

One man they call a laggard, dull in friendship: they never urge him on to deeds of valour. He wanders on in profitless illusion: the Voice he heard yields neither fruit,nor blossom.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.6

yas ti̱tyāja̍ saci̱vida̱ṁ sakhā̍ya̱ṁ na tasya̍ vā̱cy api̍ bhā̱go a̍sti |
yad ī̍ṁ śṛ̱ṇoty ala̍kaṁ śṛṇoti na̱hi pra̱veda̍ sukṛ̱tasya̱ panthā̍m ||

No part in Vâk hath he who hath abandoned his own dear friend who knows the truth of friendship. Even if he hears her still in vain he listens: naught knows he of the path of righteous action.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.7

a̱kṣa̱ṇvanta̱ḥ karṇa̍vanta̱ḥ sakhā̍yo manoja̱veṣv asa̍mā babhūvuḥ |
ā̱da̱ghnāsa̍ upaka̱kṣāsa̍ u tve hra̱dā i̍va̱ snātvā̍ u tve dadṛśre ||

Unequal in the quickness of their spirit are friends endowed alike with eyes and hearing. Some look like tanks that reach the mouth or shoulder, others like pools of water fit to bathe in.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.8

hṛ̱dā ta̱ṣṭeṣu̱ mana̍so ja̱veṣu̱ yad brā̍hma̱ṇāḥ sa̱ṁyaja̍nte̱ sakhā̍yaḥ |
atrāha̍ tva̱ṁ vi ja̍hur ve̱dyābhi̱r oha̍brahmāṇo̱ vi ca̍ranty u tve ||

When friendly Brahmans sacrifice together with mental impulse which the heart hath fashioned, They leave one far behind through their attainments, and some who count as Brahmans wander elsewhere.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.9

i̱me ye nārvāṅ na pa̱raś cara̍nti̱ na brā̍hma̱ṇāso̱ na su̱teka̍rāsaḥ |
ta e̱te vāca̍m abhi̱padya̍ pā̱payā̍ si̱rīs tantra̍ṁ tanvate̱ apra̍jajñayaḥ ||

Those men who step not back and move not forward, nor Brahmans nor preparers of libations, Having attained to Vâk in sinful fashion spin out their thread in ignorance like spinsters.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.10

sarve̍ nandanti ya̱śasāga̍tena sabhāsā̱hena̱ sakhyā̱ sakhā̍yaḥ |
ki̱lbi̱ṣa̱spṛt pi̍tu̱ṣaṇi̱r hy e̍ṣā̱m ara̍ṁ hi̱to bhava̍ti̱ vāji̍nāya ||

All friends are joyful in the friend who cometh in triumph, having conquered in assembly. He is their blame-averter, food-provider prepared is he and fit for deed of vigour.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

10.71.11

ṛ̱cāṁ tva̱ḥ poṣa̍m āste pupu̱ṣvān gā̍ya̱traṁ tvo̍ gāyati̱ śakva̍rīṣu |
bra̱hmā tvo̱ vada̍ti jātavi̱dyāṁ ya̱jñasya̱ mātrā̱ṁ vi mi̍mīta u tvaḥ ||

One plies his constant task reciting verses. one sings the holy psalm in Ṣakvarî measures. One more, the Brahman, tells the lore of being, and one lays down the rules of sacrificing.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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