Rigveda 10.19

HYMN XIX. WATERS OR COWS. · ८ मथितो यामायनः भृगुर्वारुणिर्वा, भार्गवश्च्यवनो वा। आपः गावो वा, १ उत्तरार्धर्चस्य अग्नीषोमौ। अनुष्टुप्, ६ गायत्री ।

10.19.1

नि व॑र्तध्वं॒ मानु॑ गाता॒ऽस्मान्त्सि॑षक्त रेवतीः | अग्नी॑षोमा पुनर्वसू अ॒स्मे धा॑रयतं र॒यिम् ||

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10.19.1

नि व॑र्तध्वं॒ मानु॑ गाता॒ऽस्मान्त्सि॑षक्त रेवतीः | अग्नी॑षोमा पुनर्वसू अ॒स्मे धा॑रयतं र॒यिम् ||

TURN, go not farther on your way: visit us, O ye Wealthy Ones. Agni and Soma, ye who bring riches again, secure us wealth.

10.19.2

पुन॑रेना॒ नि व॑र्तय॒ पुन॑रेना॒ न्या कु॑रु | इन्द्र॑ एणा॒ नि य॑च्छत्व॒ग्निरे॑ना उ॒पाज॑तु ||

Make these return to us again, bring them beside us once again. May. Indra give them back to us, and Agni drive them hither-ward.

10.19.3

पुन॑रे॒ता नि व॑र्तन्ताम॒स्मिन्पु॑ष्यन्तु॒ गोप॑तौ | इ॒हैवाग्ने॒ नि धा॑रये॒ह ति॑ष्ठतु॒ या र॒यिः ||

Let them return to us again: under this herdsman let them feed. Do thou, O Agni, keep them here, and let the wealth we have remain.

10.19.4

यन्नि॒यानं॒ न्यय॑नं सं॒ज्ञानं॒ यत्प॒राय॑णम् | आ॒वर्त॑नं नि॒वर्त॑नं॒ यो गो॒पा अपि॒ तं हु॑वे ||

1 call upon their herdsman, him who knoweth well their coming nigh, Their parting and their home-return, and watcheth their approach and rest.

10.19.5

य उ॒दान॒ड्व्यय॑नं॒ य उ॒दान॑ट् प॒राय॑णम् | आ॒वर्त॑नं नि॒वर्त॑न॒मपि॑ गो॒पा नि व॑र्तताम् ||

Yea, let the herdsman, too, return, who marketh well their driving-forth; Marketh their wandering away, their turning back and coming home.

10.19.6

आ नि॑वर्त॒ नि व॑र्तय॒ पुन॑र्न इन्द्र॒ गा दे॑हि | जी॒वाभि॑र्भुनजामहै ||

Home-leader, lead them home to us; Indra, restore to us our kine: We will rejoice in them alive.

10.19.7

परि॑ वो वि॒श्वतो॑ दध ऊ॒र्जा घृ॒तेन॒ पय॑सा | ये दे॒वाः के च॑ य॒ज्ञिया॒स्ते र॒य्या सं सृ॑जन्तु नः ||

1 offer you on every side butter and milk and strengthening food. May all the Holy Deities pour down on us a flood of wealth.

10.19.8

आ नि॑वर्तन वर्तय॒ नि नि॑वर्तन वर्तय | भूम्या॒श्चत॑स्रः प्र॒दिश॒स्ताभ्य॑ एना॒ नि व॑र्तय ||

O thou Home-leader, lead them home, restore them thou who bringest home. Four are the quarters of the earth; from these bring back to us our kine,