ऋग्वेद 10.165 (श्लोक 1) - Project अर्थ (Artha)

देवाः कपोत इषितो यदिच्छन्दूतो निॠत्या इदमाजगाम । तस्मा अर्चाम कृणवाम निष्कृतिं शं नो अस्तु द्विपदे शं चतुष्पदे ॥

devāḥ kapota iṣito yadicchandūto niṝtyā idamājagāma | tasmā arcāma kṛṇavāma niṣkṛtiṃ śaṃ no astu dvipade śaṃ catuṣpade ||

O gods, let us worship for that, desiring which the pigeon sent as Nirṛti's messenger, has come to this(ceremony); let us make atonement, may prosperity be given to our bipeds and quadrupeds.

शिवः कपोत इषितो नो अस्त्वनागा देवाः शकुनो गृहेषु । अग्निर्हि विप्रो जुषतां हविर्नः परि हेतिः पक्षिणी नो वृणक्तु ॥

śivaḥ kapota iṣito no astvanāgā devāḥ śakuno gṛheṣu | agnirhi vipro juṣatāṃ havirnaḥ pari hetiḥ pakṣiṇī no vṛṇaktu ||

May the bird sent to our dwellings, the pigeon, be auspicious, O gods, and void of offence, so that thewise Agni may approve of our oblation, and the winged weapon (of mischief) depart from us.

हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्यस्मानाष्ट्र्यां पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने । शं नो गोभ्यश्च पुरुषेभ्यश्चास्तु मा नो हिंसीदिह देवाः कपोतः ॥

hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhātyasmānāṣṭryāṃ padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne | śaṃ no gobhyaśca puruṣebhyaścāstu mā no hiṃsīdiha devāḥ kapotaḥ ||

May the winged weapon (of mischief) do us no harm; he takes his plural ce upon the touchwood, the seatof Agni; may prosperity attend our cattle and our people, let not the pigeon, gods, do us harm in this (dwelling).

यदुलूको वदति मोघमेतद्यत्कपोतः पदमग्नौ कृणोति । यस्य दूतः प्रहित एष एतत्तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे ॥

yadulūko vadati moghametadyatkapotaḥ padamagnau kṛṇoti | yasya dūtaḥ prahita eṣa etattasmai yamāya namo astu mṛtyave ||

May that which the owl shrieks be in vain, (and may it be in vain) that the pigeon takes his plural ce uponthe fire; may this reverence be paid to Yama, (the god of) Death, as whose messenger he is sent.

ऋचा कपोतं नुदत प्रणोदमिषं मदन्तः परि गां नयध्वम् । संयोपयन्तो दुरितानि विश्वा हित्वा न ऊर्जं प्र पतात्पतिष्ठः ॥

ṛcā kapotaṃ nudata praṇodamiṣaṃ madantaḥ pari gāṃ nayadhvam | saṃyopayanto duritāni viśvā hitvā na ūrjaṃ pra patātpatiṣṭhaḥ ||

(Praised) by our hymn, O gods, drive out the pigeon, who deserves to be driven out, exhilarated (byour oblation), bring us food and cattle, dissipating all our misfortunes; abandoning our food, may the swift(pigeon) fly away.