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Rigveda 7.103

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.103

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7.103.1

sa̱ṁva̱tsa̱raṁ śa̍śayā̱nā brā̍hma̱ṇā vra̍tacā̱riṇa̍ḥ |
vāca̍m pa̱rjanya̍jinvitā̱m pra ma̱ṇḍūkā̍ avādiṣuḥ ||

THEY who lay quiet for a year, the Brahmans who fulfil their vows, The Frogs have lifted up their voice, the voice Parjanya hath inspired.

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

7.103.2

di̱vyā āpo̍ a̱bhi yad e̍na̱m āya̱n dṛti̱ṁ na śuṣka̍ṁ sara̱sī śayā̍nam |
gavā̱m aha̱ na mā̱yur va̱tsinī̍nām ma̱ṇḍūkā̍nāṁ va̱gnur atrā̱ sam e̍ti ||

What time on these, as on a dry skin lying in the pool's bed, the floods of heaven descended, The music of the Frogs comes forth in concert like the cows lowing with their calves beside them.

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

7.103.3

yad ī̍m enām̐ uśa̱to a̱bhy ava̍rṣīt tṛ̱ṣyāva̍taḥ prā̱vṛṣy āga̍tāyām |
a̱khkha̱lī̱kṛtyā̍ pi̱tara̱ṁ na pu̱tro a̱nyo a̱nyam upa̱ vada̍ntam eti ||

When at the coming of the Rains the water has poured upon them as they yearned and thirsted, One seeks another as he talks and greets him with cries of pleasure as a son his father.

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

7.103.4

a̱nyo a̱nyam anu̍ gṛbhṇāty enor a̱pām pra̍sa̱rge yad ama̍ndiṣātām |
ma̱ṇḍūko̱ yad a̱bhivṛ̍ṣṭa̱ḥ kani̍ṣka̱n pṛśni̍ḥ sampṛ̱ṅkte hari̍tena̱ vāca̍m ||

Each of these twain receives the other kindly, while they are revelling in the flow of waters, When the Frog moistened by the rain springs forward, and Green and Spotty both combine their voices.

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

7.103.5

yad e̍ṣām a̱nyo a̱nyasya̱ vāca̍ṁ śā̱ktasye̍va̱ vada̍ti̱ śikṣa̍māṇaḥ |
sarva̱ṁ tad e̍ṣāṁ sa̱mṛdhe̍va̱ parva̱ yat su̱vāco̱ vada̍tha̱nādhy a̱psu ||

When one of these repeats the other's language, as he who learns the lesson of the teacher, Your every limb seems to be growing larger as ye converse with eloquence on the waters.

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

7.103.6

gomā̍yu̱r eko̍ a̱jamā̍yu̱r eka̱ḥ pṛśni̱r eko̱ hari̍ta̱ eka̍ eṣām |
sa̱mā̱naṁ nāma̱ bibhra̍to̱ virū̍pāḥ puru̱trā vāca̍m pipiśu̱r vada̍ntaḥ ||

Onc is Cow-bellow and Goat-bleat the other, one Frog is Green and one of them is Spotty. They bear one common name, and yet they vary, and, talking, modulate the voice diversely.

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

7.103.7

brā̱hma̱ṇāso̍ atirā̱tre na some̱ saro̱ na pū̱rṇam a̱bhito̱ vada̍ntaḥ |
sa̱ṁva̱tsa̱rasya̱ tad aha̱ḥ pari̍ ṣṭha̱ yan ma̍ṇḍūkāḥ prāvṛ̱ṣīṇa̍m ba̱bhūva̍ ||

As Brahmans, sitting round the brimful vessel, talk at the Soma-rite of Atirâtra, So, Frogs, ye gather round the pool to honour this day of all the year, the first of Rain-time.

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

7.103.8

brā̱hma̱ṇāsa̍ḥ so̱mino̱ vāca̍m akrata̱ brahma̍ kṛ̱ṇvanta̍ḥ parivatsa̱rīṇa̍m |
a̱dhva̱ryavo̍ gha̱rmiṇa̍ḥ siṣvidā̱nā ā̱vir bha̍vanti̱ guhyā̱ na ke ci̍t ||

These Brahmans with the Soma juice, performing their year-long rite, have lifted up their voices; And these Adhvaryus, sweating with their kettles, come forth and show themselves, and none are hidden.

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

7.103.9

de̱vahi̍tiṁ jugupur dvāda̱śasya̍ ṛ̱tuṁ naro̱ na pra mi̍nanty e̱te |
sa̱ṁva̱tsa̱re prā̱vṛṣy āga̍tāyāṁ ta̱ptā gha̱rmā a̍śnuvate visa̱rgam ||

They keep the twelve month's God-appointed order, and never do the men neglect the season. Soon as the Rain-time in the year returneth, these who were heated kettles gain their freedom.

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

7.103.10

gomā̍yur adād a̱jamā̍yur adā̱t pṛśni̍r adā̱d dhari̍to no̱ vasū̍ni |
gavā̍m ma̱ṇḍūkā̱ dada̍taḥ śa̱tāni̍ sahasrasā̱ve pra ti̍ranta̱ āyu̍ḥ ||

Cow-bellow and Goat-bleat have granted riches, and Green and Spotty have vouchsafed us treasure. The Frogs who give us cows in hundreds lengthen our lives in this most fertilizing season.

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

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