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https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/rig-veda-english-translation/d/doc831430.html

Rig Veda 2.33.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒वा ब॑भ्रो वृषभ चेकितान॒ यथा॑ देव॒ न हृ॑णी॒षे न हंसि॑ ।
ह॒व॒न॒श्रुन्नो॑ रुद्रे॒ह बो॑धि बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीरा॑: ॥

evā babhro vṛṣabha cekitāna yathā deva na hṛṇīṣe na haṃsi |
havanaśrun no rudreha bodhi bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||

English translation:
“Cherisher of the world, showerer (of benefits), omniscient and divine (Rudra), hearer of our invocation, so consider us on this occasion, that you may not be irate, nor slay us; but that, blessed with excellent descendants, we may worthily glorify you at this sacrifice.”

A warrior called Chekitana fights on the Pandava side in the Mahabharata. Is his name related to the sense in which it is used here?

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No, it's not the Cekitana from the Mahabharata: it's simply a Sanskrit word that means 'intelligent.' (See this dictionary, or this word-by-word translation of the hymn)

The translation from WisdomLib uses the word 'omniscient' instead- probably because it's a 'stronger' adjective, more fitting of describing Rudra. But the idea is the same.

(As a side note, the character in the Mahabharata named Cekitana was so named for his intelligence according to the Bhagavad Gita)

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