Rigveda II, 42 and X, 58

Karen Thomson and Jonathan Slocum

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Rigveda II, 42 and X, 58

[II, 42] - kánikradaj janúṣam prabruvāṇá
íyarti vā^́cam aritéva nā^́vam
sumaṅgálaś ca śakune bhávāsi
mā^́ tvā kā^́ cid abhibhā^́ víśvyā vidat

mā^́ tvā śyená úd vadhīn mā^́ suparṇó
mā^́ tvā vidad íṣumān vīró ástā
pítryām ánu pradíśaṃ kánikradat
sumaṅgálo bhadravādī^́ vadehá

áva kranda dakṣiṇató gr̥hā^́ṇāṃ
sumaṅgálo bhadravādī^́ śakunte
mā^́ na stená īśata mā^́gháśaṃso
br̥hád vadema vidáthe suvī^́rāḥ



[X, 58] - yát te yamáṃ vaivasvatám
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te dívaṃ yát pr̥thivī^́ṃ
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te bhū^́miṃ cáturbhr̥ṣṭim
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te cátasraḥ pradíśo
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te samudrám arṇavám
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te márīcīḥ praváto
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te apó yád óṣadhīr
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te sū^́ryaṃ yád uṣásam
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te párvatān br̥ható
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te víśvam idáṃ jágan
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te párāḥ parāváto
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

yát te bhūtáṃ ca bhávyaṃ ca
máno jagā^́ma dūrakám
tát ta ā^́ vartayāmasi
ihá kṣáyāya jīváse

Translation

[II, 42]

Calling out repeatedly, proclaiming his kind,
He urges his voice like an oarsman a boat.
O shakuni-bird, if you will bring us luck
Let not any prying light anywhere find you.

Let the eagle not slay you, not the fine-feathered one,
Nor the man bearing arrows, the hunter, find you.
Calling out repeatedly in the direction of the fathers
Bringing luck, speaking good fortune, speak down to us.

Call down from the right side of the houses
Bringing luck, speaking good fortune, dear shakuni-bird;
Let the thief not triumph over us, nor the impious man,
May we, good men, in wisdom speak out loud.

[X, 58]

When your spirit goes
Far away, to Yama son of Vivasvant;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far way, to the sky, to the earth;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to the four-cornered land;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, in the four directions;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to the foaming sea;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to the gleaming lights of the distant slope;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to the waters, the plants;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to the sun, to the dawn;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to the lofty mountains;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to all this world;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to still farther distances;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.

When your spirit goes
Far away, to what has been and what is to be;
Then we turn it back to you,
Here to dwell, to live.