Rigveda 10.9

HYMN IX. WATERS. · ९ त्रिशिरास्त्वाष्ट्रः,सिन्धुद्वीप आम्बरीषो वा। आपः। गायत्री,५ वर्धमाना गायत्री, ७ प्रतिष्ठा गायत्री, ८ -९ अनुष्टुप्।

10.9.1

आपो॒ हि ष्ठा म॑यो॒भुव॒स्ता न॑ ऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन | म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से ||

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10.9.1

आपो॒ हि ष्ठा म॑यो॒भुव॒स्ता न॑ ऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन | म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से ||

YE, Waters, are beneficent: so help ye us to energy That we may look on great delight.

10.9.2

यो व॑: शि॒वत॑मो॒ रस॒स्तस्य॑ भाजयते॒ह न॑: | उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तर॑: ||

Give us a portion of the sap, the most auspicious that ye have, Like mothers in their longing love.

10.9.3

तस्मा॒ अरं॑ गमाम वो॒ यस्य॒ क्षया॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ | आपो॑ ज॒नय॑था च नः ||

To you we gladly come for him to whose abode ye send us on; And, Waters, give us procreant strength.

10.9.4

शं नो॑ दे॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य॒ आपो॑ भवन्तु पी॒तये॑ | शं योर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः ||

The Waters. be to us for drink, Goddesses for our aid and bliss: Let them stream to us health and strength.

10.9.5

ईशा॑ना॒ वार्या॑णां॒ क्षय॑न्तीश्चर्षणी॒नाम् | अ॒पो या॑चामि भेष॒जम् ||

1 beg the Floods to give us balm, these Queens who rule o’er precious things, And have supreme control of men.

10.9.6

अ॒प्सु मे॒ सोमो॑ अब्रवीद॒न्तर्विश्वा॑नि भेष॒जा | अ॒ग्निं च॑ वि॒श्वश॑म्भुवम् ||

Within the Waters-Soma thus hath told me-dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all.

10.9.7

आप॑: पृणी॒त भे॑ष॒जं वरू॑थं त॒न्वे॒३ मम॑ | ज्योक्च॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे ||

O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun.

10.9.8

इ॒दमा॑प॒: प्र व॑हत॒ यत्किं च॑ दुरि॒तं मयि॑ | यद्वा॒हम॑भिदु॒द्रोह॒ यद्वा॑ शे॒प उ॒तानृ॑तम् ||

Whatever sin is found in me, whatever evil I have wrought, If I have lied or falsely sworn, Waters, remove it far from me.

10.9.9

आपो॑ अ॒द्यान्व॑चारिषं॒ रसे॑न॒ सम॑गस्महि | पय॑स्वानग्न॒ आ ग॑हि॒ तं मा॒ सं सृ॑ज॒ वर्च॑सा ||

The Waters I this day have sought, and to their moisture have we come: O Agni, rich in milk, come thou, and with thy splendour cover me.