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RIG VEDA - MANDALA 1 - HYMN XLIII

RUDRA (LORD SHIVA)

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ववोचवेम शन्तममं हदर्दे ||१||
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गताथपदतमं मवेधपदतमं रुदमं जलताषभवेषजम |
तच्छमंयवोद्रः ससुम्नममीमहवे ||४||
यद्रः शसुक्र इव ससूयर्भ्यो दहरण्यदमव रवोचतवे |
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1. KAD RUDRAYA PRACETASE MILHUSTAMAYA

TAVYASE VOCEMA SHANTAMAM HRDE

2. YATHA NO ADITIHKARAT PASHVE NRBHYO

YATHA GHAVE YATHA TOKAYA RUDRIYAM

3. YATHA NO MITRO VARUNO YATHA

RUDRASHCIKETATI YATHA VISHVE SAJOSASAH

4. GHATHAPATIM MEDHAPATIM RUDRAM

JALASABHESAJAM TACCHAMYOHSUMNAMIMAHE

5. YAHSHUKRA IVA SURYO HIRANYAMIVA

ROCATE SHRESTHO DEVANAM VASUH

6. SHAM NAHKARATYARIGVEDAATE SUGHAM

MESAYA MESYE NRBHYO NARIBHYO GHAVE

7. ASME SOMA SHRIYAMADHI NI DHEHI

SHATASYA NRNAM MAHI SHRAVASTUVINRMNAM

8. MA NAHSOMAPARIBADHO MARATAYO
JUHURANTA A NA INDO VAJE BHAJA

9. YASTE PRAJA AMRTASYA PARASMIN

DHAMANNRTASYA MURDHA NABHA SOMA
VENA ABHUSANTIHSOMA VEDAH

RIG VEDA - MANDALA 1 - HYMN XLIII

RUDRA (LORD SHIVA)

1. WHAT SHALL WE SING TO RUDRA, STRONG,

MOST BOUNTEOUS, EXCELLENTLY WISE,
THAT SHALL BE DEAREST TO HIS HEART?

2. THAT ADITI MAY GRANT THE GRACE OF

RUDRA
TO OUR FOLK, OUR KINE, OUR CATTLE AND
OUR
PROGENY;

3. THAT MITRA AND THAT VARUNA, THAT

RUDRA
MAY REMEMBER US, YEA, ALL THE GODS WITH
ONE ACCORD.

4. TO RUDRA LORD OF SACRIFICE, OF HYMNS

AND BALMY MEDICINES, WE PRAY FOR JOY
AND HEALTH AND STRENGTH.

5. HE SHINES IN SPLENDOUR LIKE THE SUN,

REFULGENT AS BRIGHT GOLD IS HE,
THE GOOD, THE BEST AMONG THE GODS.

6. MAY HE GRANT HEALTH INTO OUR STEEDS,

WELLBEING TO OUR RAMS AND EWES, TO
MEN,
TO WOMEN, AND TO KINE.

7. O SOMA, SET THOU UPON US THE GLORY

OF
A HUNDRED MEN, THE GREAT RENOWN OF
MIGHTY CHIEFS.

8. LET NOT MALIGNITIES, NOR THOSE WHO

TROUBLE
SOMA, HINDER US. INDU, GIVE US A SHARE
OF
STRENGTH.

9. SOMA! HEAD, CENTRAL POINT, LOVE

THESE;
SOMA! KNOW THESE AS SERVING THEE,
CHILDREN OF THEE IMMORTAL, AT THE
HIGHEST
PLACE OF HOLY LAW.