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Rigveda 7.96

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 7.96

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Sanskrit

7.96.1

bṛ̱had u̍ gāyiṣe̱ vaco̍ 'su̱ryā̍ na̱dīnā̍m |
sara̍svatī̱m in ma̍hayā suvṛ̱ktibhi̱ḥ stomai̍r vasiṣṭha̱ roda̍sī ||

I SING a lofty song, for she is mightiest, most divine of Streams. Sarasvatî will I exalt with hymns and lauds, and, O Vasishṭha, Heaven and Earth.

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

7.96.2

u̱bhe yat te̍ mahi̱nā śu̍bhre̱ andha̍sī adhikṣi̱yanti̍ pū̱rava̍ḥ |
sā no̍ bodhy avi̱trī ma̱rutsa̍khā̱ coda̱ rādho̍ ma̱ghonā̍m ||

When in the fulness of their strength the Pûrus dwell, Beauteous One, on thy two grassy banks, Favour us thou who hast the Maruts for thy friends: stir up the bounty of our chiefs.

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

7.96.3

bha̱dram id bha̱drā kṛ̍ṇava̱t sara̍sva̱ty aka̍vārī cetati vā̱jinī̍vatī |
gṛ̱ṇā̱nā ja̍madagni̱vat stu̍vā̱nā ca̍ vasiṣṭha̱vat ||

So may Sarasvatî auspicious send good luck; she, rich in spoil, is never niggardly in thought, When praised in jamadagni's way and lauded as Vasishṭha lauds.

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

7.96.4

ja̱nī̱yanto̱ nv agra̍vaḥ putrī̱yanta̍ḥ su̱dāna̍vaḥ |
sara̍svantaṁ havāmahe ||

We call upon Sarasvan, as unmarried men who long for wives, As liberal men who yearn for sons.

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

7.96.5

ye te̍ sarasva ū̱rmayo̱ madhu̍manto ghṛta̱ścuta̍ḥ |
tebhi̍r no 'vi̱tā bha̍va ||

Be thou our kind protector, O Sarasvan, with those waves of thine Laden with sweets and dropping oil.

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

7.96.6

pī̱pi̱vāṁsa̱ṁ sara̍svata̱ḥ stana̱ṁ yo vi̱śvada̍rśataḥ |
bha̱kṣī̱mahi̍ pra̱jām iṣa̍m ||

May we enjoy Sarasvan's breast, all-beautiful, that swells with streams, May we gain food and progeny.

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

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