Ṛgveda · Sūkta 10.71
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10.71.1
बृह॑स्पते प्रथ॒मं वा॒चो अग्रं॒ यत्प्रैर॑त नाम॒धेयं॒ दधा॑नाः ।
यदे॑षां॒ श्रेष्ठं॒ यद॑रि॒प्रमासी॑त्प्रे॒णा तदे॑षां॒ निहि॑तं॒ गुहा॒विः ॥
O Bṛhaspati, the first beginning of speech, when it came forth bearing names, that which was best and pure among them was placed in them in secret through affection, and then revealed.
10.71.2
सक्तु॑मिव॒ तित॑:उना पु॒नन्तो॒ यत्र॒ धीरा॒ मन॑सा॒ वाच॒मक्र॑त ।
अत्रा॒ सखा॑यः स॒ख्यानि॑ जानते भ॒द्रैषां॑ ल॒क्ष्मीर्निहि॒ताधि॑ वा॒चि ॥
As one purifies barley-meal with a sieve, where the wise, purifying speech with mind, shaped it, there companions know friendship, and their auspicious splendour is set in speech.
10.71.3
य॒ज्ञेन॑ वा॒चः प॑द॒वीय॑माय॒न्तामन्व॑विन्द॒न्नृषि॑षु॒ प्रवि॑ष्टाम् ।
तामा॒भृत्या॒ व्य॑दधुः पुरु॒त्रा तां स॒प्त रे॒भा अ॒भि सं न॑वन्ते ॥
Through sacrifice they reached the path of speech; her who had entered the seers they afterward found. In many ways they brought her forth and placed her in many places, and seven singers together praise her.
10.71.4
उ॒त त्वः॒ पश्य॒न्न द॑दर्श॒ वाच॑मु॒त त्वः॑ शृ॒ण्वन्न शृ॑णोत्येनाम् ।
उ॒तो त्व॑स्मै त॒न्वं॑ वि स॑स्रे जा॒येव॒ पत्य॑ उश॒ती सु॒वासाः॑ ॥
One seeing does not see her, and another hearing does not hear her; yet, as a wife well-dressed and eager opens her body to her husband, so she displays herself to one alone.
10.71.5
उ॒त त्वं॑ स॒ख्ये स्थि॒रपी॑तमाहु॒र्नैनं॑ हिन्व॒न्त्यपि॒ वाजि॑नेषु ।
अधे॑न्वा चरति मा॒ययै॒ष वाचं॑ शुश्रु॒वाँ अ॑फ॒लाम॑पु॒ष्पाम् ॥
People call you steadfast and faithful in friendship, yet among the strong they do not stir him up. Lacking cows, he wanders by illusion; hearing speech, she yet remains fruitless and flowerless.
10.71.6
यस्ति॒त्याज॑ सचि॒विदं॒ सखा॑यं॒ न तस्य॑ वा॒च्यपि॑ भा॒गो अ॑स्ति ।
यदी॑ं शृ॒णोत्यल॑कं शृणोति न॒हि प्र॒वेद॑ सुकृ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॑म् ॥
Whoever abandons a companion who knows him, a friend, has no share in speech; when such a one hears, he hears scarcely at all, and he does not know the path of good deeds.
10.71.7
अ॒क्ष॒ण्वन्तः॒ कर्ण॑वन्तः॒ सखा॑यो मनोज॒वेष्वस॑मा बभूवुः ।
आ॒द॒घ्नास॑ उपक॒क्षास॑ उ त्वे ह्र॒दा इ॑व॒ स्नात्वा॑ उ त्वे ददृश्रे ॥
Eyeless and earless, yet friends become unequal in swift-minded impulses; they are unhurt and shielded, like bathed pools; they have been seen for you.
10.71.8
हृ॒दा त॒ष्टेषु॒ मन॑सो ज॒वेषु॒ यद्ब्रा॑ह्म॒णाः सं॒यज॑न्ते॒ सखा॑यः ।
अत्राह॑ त्वं॒ वि ज॑हुर्वे॒द्याभि॒रोह॑ब्रह्माणो॒ वि च॑रन्त्यु त्वे ॥
With the heart, in the thoughts shaped by mind and in the swift impulses, when the priest-friends join together in sacrifice, here indeed they abandon you; with knowing rites the holy-word priests wander apart; they move about for you.
10.71.9
इ॒मे ये नार्वाङ्न प॒रश्चर॑न्ति॒ न ब्रा॑ह्म॒णासो॒ न सु॒तेक॑रासः ।
त ए॒ते वाच॑मभि॒पद्य॑ पा॒पया॑ सि॒रीस्तन्त्रं॑ तन्वते॒ अप्र॑जज्ञयः ॥
These who walk neither near nor far, who are not brahmins nor soma-pressers, they having approached speech, with evil ways the skilled women stretch the thread, unborn as they are.
10.71.10
सर्वे॑ नन्दन्ति य॒शसाग॑तेन सभासा॒हेन॒ सख्या॒ सखा॑यः ।
कि॒ल्बि॒ष॒स्पृत्पि॑तु॒षणि॒र्ह्ये॑षा॒मरं॑ हि॒तो भव॑ति॒ वाजि॑नाय ॥
All rejoice in the friend who came with glory, victorious in assembly, in friendship with friends; the sin-remover, the nourisher, indeed becomes most beneficial to these, for the strong one.
10.71.11
ऋ॒चां त्वः॒ पोष॑मास्ते पुपु॒ष्वान्गा॑य॒त्रं त्वो॑ गायति॒ शक्व॑रीषु ।
ब्र॒ह्मा त्वो॒ वद॑ति जातवि॒द्यां य॒ज्ञस्य॒ मात्रां॒ वि मि॑मीत उ त्वः ॥
One sits possessing the nourishment of verses; another sings the Gayatri in the Śakvarī meters; the brahman-priest, one, speaks the knowledge born with the sacrifice; and another indeed measures out the measure of the sacrifice.