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Introduction
This hymn belongs to the 7th mandala of the Rig Veda, which recounts the great battle of the ten kings. This war opposed a coalition of ten tribes – five Aryas (Vedic) and five non-Aryas – against King Sudāsa, ruler of the Bharatas. Sudāsa’s victory led to the unification of the Arya clans into one Vedic people, while the non-Aryas remained apart.
The hymn was composed by a descendant of one of the rishis involved in these events. Within the same mandala, we also find hymns written by the opposing clan.
Hymn 7.35 – To all the gods
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi
Metres: triṣṭup ; nicṛttriṣṭup ; virāṭtrisṭup ; bhurikpaṅkti
1
May Happiness be with us, Indra and Agni, with your help. May Happiness be with us, Indra and Varuna, to whom we bring our offerings. May Happiness be with us, Indra and Soma, you who help us to cross. May Happiness come from Union. May Happiness be with us, Indra and Pūshan, you who have obtained strength.
Interpretation: Invocation to divine pairs. The union of gods’ powers protects man and brings happiness.
2
May Bhaga grant us Happiness. May invocations grant us Happiness. May abundance grant us Happiness. May Riches grant us Happiness. May the well-mastered recitations of truth grant us Happiness. May Happiness be with us, Aryaman, you who manifest in many ways.
Interpretation: Bhaga, Aryaman, abundance and truth: happiness comes from divine gifts and right invocations.
3
May Happiness be placed within us. May Happiness be what has supported us. May the Earth be our Happiness, with her inherent powers. May the vast Heaven and Earth grant us Happiness. May the stone grant us Happiness. May the good offerings to the gods grant us Happiness.
Interpretation: Earth, Heaven, and even the sacrificial stone: every element of ritual and nature becomes a source of happiness.
4
May Agni, with shining appearance, grant us Happiness. May Mitra and Varuna grant us Happiness. May the Ashvins grant us Happiness. May those who do good, make our Happiness. May the refreshing wind blow Happiness towards us.
Interpretation: Agni’s light, Mitra and Varuna’s order, the Ashvins’ care, the wind’s breath: vitality itself nourishes happiness.
5
May Heaven and Earth grant us Happiness at the morning invocation. May Happiness let us see the middle world. May plants and trees grant us Happiness. May the Lord of Heaven grant us triumphant Happiness.
Interpretation: The morning invocation connects man to the middle world and to nature. Happiness is victory and elevation.
6
May the god Indra grant us Happiness, with Riches. May Varuna, with the Ādityas, and the good recitations, grant us Happiness. May Rudra, with the Rudras who master the waters, grant us Happiness. May Tvashtri, with the goddesses, grant us Happiness, and listen to us here.
Interpretation: Each god contributes: Indra wealth, Varuna order, Rudra the waters’ power, Tvashtri creation. Together, they ensure happiness.
7
May Soma grant us Happiness. May the mantra grant us Happiness. May the pressing stones grant us Happiness. May the sacrifice grant us Happiness. May the erection of posts toward Heaven grant us Happiness. May the altar grant us Happiness.
Interpretation: Soma, mantras, altar and sacrifice: happiness is tied to ritual, where every gesture and object has sacred value.
8
May the Sun, seen from afar, rise and grant us Happiness. May the four directions grant us Happiness. May the firmly fixed mountains grant us Happiness. May the rivers grant us Happiness. May the waters grant us Happiness.
Interpretation: Happiness radiates from all of nature: sun, directions, mountains, rivers and waters. The universe itself is blessing.
9
May Aditi grant us Happiness, with her laws. May the Maruts, singing beautifully, grant us Happiness. May Vishnu grant us Happiness. May Pūshan grant us Happiness. May Earth and Vāyu grant us Happiness.
Interpretation: Aditi and Vishnu embody cosmic order, the Maruts and Vāyu the force of breath, Pūshan prosperity. Happiness is balance.
10
May the god Savitri, the protector, grant us Happiness. May the shining Dawns grant us Happiness. May the rain grant us Happiness, for our descendants. May the lord of sovereignty grant us Happiness, he who is Happiness.
Interpretation: Light, rain and sovereignty: happiness is protection, fertility and continuity of generations.
11
May the gods, all the gods, grant us Happiness. May Sarasvatī, united with our thoughts, grant us Happiness. May what favors us grant us Happiness. May what gives us gifts grant us Happiness. May the earthly and the heavenly grant us Happiness. May the waters grant us Happiness.
Interpretation: All gods, Sarasvatī, earthly and heavenly gifts: happiness is universal, binding thought, word and nature.
12
May the masters of truth grant us Happiness. May those who are efficient grant us Happiness. May the Cows grant us Happiness. May the Ribhus, with good deeds and good hands, grant us Happiness. May the fathers grant us Happiness in the offerings.
Interpretation: Happiness comes from the just, the divine artisans (Ribhus), the cows, and the ancestors honored in sacrifice.
13
May the god Aja Ekapad grant us Happiness. May the serpent of the depths grant us Happiness. May the ocean grant us Happiness. May the son of the Waters, who makes them flow, grant us Happiness. May the god who protects the spotted Cows grant us Happiness.
Interpretation: Even mysterious deities and the dark forces of waters bring happiness. Nothing is excluded from blessing.
14
Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus, enjoy this newly created mantra. May they hear us, the heavenly, the earthly, those born of Light and those worthy of sacrifice.
Interpretation: The poet calls the great divine families. Happiness is confirmed by their listening.
15
Those who are sacrificers are those worthy of sacrifice. Of all those worthy of the sacrifice of Manu, it is the immortals who know the truth. May they give us a vast space for you, today, for you all. Always protect us with your help.
Interpretation: Sacrifice connects men and immortals. Those who know the truth ensure protection and happiness.
Conclusion (EN)
This hymn is a vast prayer for happiness, repeated like a sacred refrain. It joins gods, nature, ancestors and even dark forces. Everything becomes a source of blessing. The message is clear: happiness does not belong to a single god or a single domain, but to the harmony of the entire cosmos.
Le Rig Veda 
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