Hymn to the Viśvedevas (All-Gods)
Rigveda I.107 is a sūkta (hymn of praise) addressed to the Viśvedevas, the "All-Gods" — a class of hymns invoking the divine assembly collectively rather than a single deity, naming Indra, Agni, the Ādityas, the Maruts, and other gods together. It is one of the 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda organized within Maṇḍala 1, the first of ten books. The ṛṣi (seer) to whom this hymn is attributed and its precise liturgical context are recorded in the traditional Śākalya Anukramaṇī.
The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas and one of the oldest surviving religious texts in the world, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE in the Vedic Sanskrit of the Indus-Sarasvatī region. Its hymns were preserved through oral transmission across millennia before being committed to writing. This is a Good Works Translation produced for the Good Works Library from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
1. The sacrifice goes out to meet the favor of the gods. O Ādityas, be gracious to us. May your good will turn hither, toward us — the good will that finds open room and freedom even out of distress.
2. May the gods come to us with their help, praised with the chants of the Aṅgirases. May Indra come with his powers, the Maruts with theirs; may Aditi, together with the Ādityas, grant us shelter.
3. May Indra grant us that, may Varuṇa grant that, Agni that, Aryaman that, Savitṛ grant us that favor. May Mitra and Varuṇa bestow it on us generously — Aditi, the River, the Earth, and Heaven.
Translator's note: "varivovittarā" (1) is rendered "finds open room and freedom" — the root sense is of finding wide space or relief from constriction; some render it "most freedom-finding." "Sindhu" (3) is kept as "the River" rather than the proper name Indus, since here it stands with Earth and Heaven as a cosmic power invoked for favor.
Colophon
Rigveda I.107 is drawn from the Śākala recension of the Rigveda, composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE. This is a Good Works Translation rendered verse by verse from the Sanskrit text printed below. Prepared for the Good Work Library by the Tianmu Anglican Church with AI-assisted translation.
🌲
Source Text: ṛgveda I.107
yajño devānām praty eti sumnam ādityāso bhavatā mṛḻayantaḥ |
ā vo 'rvācī sumatir vavṛtyād aṁhoś cid yā varivovittarāsat || 1 ||
upa no devā avasā gamantv aṅgirasāṁ sāmabhiḥ stūyamānāḥ |
indra indriyair maruto marudbhir ādityair no aditiḥ śarma yaṁsat || 2 ||
tan na indras tad varuṇas tad agnis tad aryamā tat savitā cano dhāt |
tan no mitro varuṇo māmahantām aditiḥ sindhuḥ pṛthivī uta dyauḥ || 3 ||
Source Colophon
Sanskrit text of the Rigveda, Śākala recension. The standard scholarly edition is the Bombay Oriental (Vishva Bandhu, 5 vols., 1963–66). IAST transliteration available from GRETIL (Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages) and Vedaweb (University of Cologne). Both sources are open access. IAST transliteration from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).