HYMN LVIII. Mānas or Spirit. – Rig Veda – Book 10

यत ते यमं वैवस्वतं मनो जगाम दूरकम |
तत त आवर्तयामसीह कषयाय जीवसे ||

यत ते दिवं यत पर्थिवीं मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते भूमिं चतुर्भ्र्ष्टिं मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते चतस्रः परदिशो मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते समुद्रमर्णवं मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते मरीचीः परवतो मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते अपो यदोषधीर्मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते सूर्यं यदुषसं मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते पर्वतान बर्हतो मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते विश्वमिदं जगन मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते पराः परावतो मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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यत ते भूतं च भव्यं च मनो जगाम दूरकम |
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yat te yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta āvartayāmasīha kṣayāya jīvase ||

yat te divaṃ yat pṛthivīṃ mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te bhūmiṃ caturbhṛṣṭiṃ mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta… ||

yat te catasraḥ pradiśo mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te samudramarṇavaṃ mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te marīcīḥ pravato mano jaghāma dūrakam |
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yat te apo yadoṣadhīrmano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te sūryaṃ yaduṣasaṃ mano jaghāma dūrakam |
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yat te parvatān bṛhato mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te viśvamidaṃ jaghan mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te parāḥ parāvato mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta … ||

yat te bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca mano jaghāma dūrakam |
tat ta… ||

English Translation

Translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith

1. THY spirit, that went far away to Yama to Vivasvān’s Son,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

2 Thy spirit, that went far away, that passed away to earth and heaven,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

3 Thy spirit, that went far away, away to the four-cornered earth,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

4 Thy spirit, that went far away to the four quarters of the world,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

5 Thy spirit, that went far away, away unto the billowy sea,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

6 Thy spirit, that went far away to beams of light that flash and flow,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

7 Thy spirit, that went far away, went to the waters and the plants,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

8 Thy spirit, that went far away, that visited the Sun and Dawn.
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

9 Thy spirit, that went far away, away to lofty mountain heights,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

10 Thy spirit, that went far away into this All, that lives and moves,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

11 Thy spirit, that went far away to distant realms beyond our ken,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn here.

12 Thy spirit, that went far away to all that is and is to be,
We cause to come to thee again that thou mayst live and sojourn heie.