Hymn to the All-Gods
Rigveda X.93 is a sūkta (hymn of praise) from Maṇḍala 10 of the Rigveda, one of the 1,028 hymns organized within the ten books of the oldest Veda. The Rigveda was composed approximately 1700–1100 BCE in Vedic Sanskrit and preserved through oral transmission across millennia.
This is a Good Works Translation produced for the Good Works Library from the Sanskrit of the Śākala recension.
1. Heaven and Earth, be vast and wide for us, always — like two youthful women, the two world-halves. With these gods protect us through strength; with these protect us for vigor.
2. At every sacrifice that mortal honors the gods who, most far-renowned, wins them over with kindly favor.
3. O rulers of all — yours is the great bounty of the gods; for all of them are mighty over all, all worthy of worship at every sacrifice.
4. They are the joyous, undying kings: Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna the all-encompassing; and Rudra, praised by men; the Maruts, Pūṣan, Bhaga.
5. And for us by night, the two showerers of water's wealth, Sun and Moon, joined together for our dwelling — when, along with them, Ahi Budhnya, the Serpent of the Deep, sits in the depths.
6. And may the two gods, the Aśvins, lords of beauty, together with their powers, and Mitra and Varuna, keep us safe on every side. He presses on toward great wealth, past dangers, as over open ground.
7. And may the Rudras be gracious to us, and the Aśvins, and all the gods — the lord of the chariot, Bhaga; Ṛbhu, Vāja, the Ṛbhukṣans, the all-encompassing, the all-possessing ones.
8. Ṛbhu is the Ṛbhukṣan, Ṛbhu is the delight of the one who honors him — let your two bay steeds, swift and strong, race hither. His chant is hard to surpass, set apart, like the rite of Manu of old.
9. Make us free of shame, god Savitar; and I sing his praise among the bounteous patrons. Let Indra give us strength together with those who carry the offering; he has reined in the wheel of these peoples like a driver holding the rein.
10. O Heaven and Earth, place in these men of ours, our heroes, fame that all peoples know — nourishment for winning strength, nourishment for wealth, and for overcoming every foe.
11. O Indra, this praise is offered for us, wherever you are — mighty one, come for our aid. Always protect us for our aid; let our gain grow rich; know this, O bounteous one.
12. This song of mine, stretched out like a thread toward the sun, shining on its course — they have strengthened it for the sake of the men; it wins favor as a well-run race, joined firm by a craftsman, unshaken.
13. Their chariot has turned with wealth, its golden [team] yoked together — like manly deeds reaching, freely, to their goal.
14. I proclaim this before Duḥśīma, Pṛthavāna, Vena; I proclaim it before Rāma, among the lordly and bounteous patrons — who, having yoked five hundred [gifts] favorable to us, sent them forth on the way; and so their fame has now been made known far and wide.
15. And here, at this very time, seventy-seven at once [were given] — Tānva at once bestowed them, Pārthya at once bestowed them, Māyava at once bestowed them.
Translator's note: Verse 13 (vāvarta yeṣāṁ rāyā ...) is grammatically compressed and its referents are not fully recoverable from the verse alone; the rendering above is conservative. In verses 3 and 9 a few terms (vār mahaḥ; vahnibhir) admit more than one plausible sense and are likewise rendered conservatively.
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Rigveda X.93 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.
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Source Text: ṛgveda X.93
Sanskrit source text from the Aufrecht edition (1877) via GRETIL (Van Nooten & Holland input). Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English translation above.
mahi dyāvāpṛthivī bhūtam urvī nārī yahvī na rodasī sadaṁ naḥ |
tebhir naḥ pātaṁ sahyasa ebhir naḥ pātaṁ śūṣaṇi || 1 ||
yajñe-yajñe sa martyo devān saparyati |
yaḥ sumnair dīrghaśruttama āvivāsaty enān || 2 ||
viśveṣām irajyavo devānāṁ vār mahaḥ |
viśve hi viśvamahaso viśve yajñeṣu yajñiyāḥ || 3 ||
te ghā rājāno amṛtasya mandrā aryamā mitro varuṇaḥ parijmā |
kad rudro nṛṇāṁ stuto marutaḥ pūṣaṇo bhagaḥ || 4 ||
uta no naktam apāṁ vṛṣaṇvasū sūryāmāsā sadanāya sadhanyā |
sacā yat sādy eṣām ahir budhneṣu budhnyaḥ || 5 ||
uta no devāv aśvinā śubhas patī dhāmabhir mitrāvaruṇā uruṣyatām |
mahaḥ sa rāya eṣate 'ti dhanveva duritā || 6 ||
uta no rudrā cin mṛḻatām aśvinā viśve devāso rathaspatir bhagaḥ |
ṛbhur vāja ṛbhukṣaṇaḥ parijmā viśvavedasaḥ || 7 ||
ṛbhur ṛbhukṣā ṛbhur vidhato mada ā te harī jūjuvānasya vājinā |
duṣṭaraṁ yasya sāma cid ṛdhag yajño na mānuṣaḥ || 8 ||
kṛdhī no ahrayo deva savitaḥ sa ca stuṣe maghonām |
saho na indro vahnibhir ny eṣāṁ carṣaṇīnāṁ cakraṁ raśmiṁ na yoyuve || 9 ||
aiṣu dyāvāpṛthivī dhātam mahad asme vīreṣu viśvacarṣaṇi śravaḥ |
pṛkṣaṁ vājasya sātaye pṛkṣaṁ rāyota turvaṇe || 10 ||
etaṁ śaṁsam indrāsmayuṣ ṭvaṁ kūcit santaṁ sahasāvann abhiṣṭaye |
sadā pāhy abhiṣṭaye medatāṁ vedatā vaso || 11 ||
etam me stomaṁ tanā na sūrye dyutadyāmānaṁ vāvṛdhanta nṛṇām |
saṁvananaṁ nāśvyaṁ taṣṭevānapacyutam || 12 ||
vāvarta yeṣāṁ rāyā yuktaiṣāṁ hiraṇyayī |
nemadhitā na pauṁsyā vṛtheva viṣṭāntā || 13 ||
pra tad duḥśīme pṛthavāne vene pra rāme vocam asure maghavatsu |
ye yuktvāya pañca śatāsmayu pathā viśrāvy eṣām || 14 ||
adhīn nv atra saptatiṁ ca sapta ca |
sadyo didiṣṭa tānvaḥ sadyo didiṣṭa pārthyaḥ sadyo didiṣṭa māyavaḥ || 15 ||
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).