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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 125

RV 1 125.1

प्राता रत्नम् प्रातरित्वा दधाति तꣳ चिकित्वान् प्रतिगृह्या नि धत्ते । तेन प्रजाꣳ वर्धयमान आयू रायस् पोषेण सचते सुवीरः

prātā ratnam prātaritvā dadhāti taṁ cikitvān pratigṛhyā ni dhatte | tena prajāṁ vardhayamāna āyū rāyas poṣeṇa sacate suvīraḥ

In the morning the early-comer sets down a treasure; the discerning man receives it and lays it away. Through it, making his offspring and his lifetime grow, he, rich in heroes, is attended by thriving wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

COMING at early morn he gives his treasure; the prudent one receives and entertains him. Thereby increasing still his life and offspring, he comes with brave sons to abundant riches.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 125.2

सुगुर् असत् सुहिरण्यः स्वश्वो बृहद् अस्मै वय इन्द्रो दधाति । यस् त्वायन्तꣳ वसुना प्रातरित्वो मुक्षीजयेव पदिम् उत्सिनाति

sugur asat suhiraṇyaḥ svaśvo bṛhad asmai vaya indro dadhāti | yas tvāyantaṁ vasunā prātaritvo mukṣījayeva padim utsināti

He shall be rich in cattle, rich in gold, rich in horses; Indra grants him lofty vigour — he who, when you come, O early-comer, ties you up with goods as a snare (ties) a bird's foot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Rich shall he be in gold and kine and horses. Indra bestows on him great vital power, Who stays thee, as thou comest, with his treasure, like game caught in the net, O early comer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 125.3

आयम् अद्य सुकृतम् प्रातर् इच्छन्न् इष्टेः पुत्रꣳ वसुमता रथेन । अꣳशोः सुतम् पायय मत्सरस्य क्षयद्वीरꣳ वर्धय सूनृताभिः

āyam adya sukṛtam prātar icchann iṣṭeḥ putraṁ vasumatā rathena | aṁśoḥ sutam pāyaya matsarasya kṣayadvīraṁ vardhaya sūnṛtābhiḥ

I have come today at dawn, seeking the doer of good deeds, the son of (successful) offering, with a chariot laden with goods. Give (him) to drink of the pressed, intoxicating stalk; make the ruler of heroes grow with gifts of bounty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Longing, I came this morning to the pious, the son of sacrifice, with car wealth. laden. Give him to drink juice of the stalk that gladdens; prosper with pleasant hymns the Lord of Heroes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 125.4

उप क्षरन्ति सिन्धवो मयोभुव ईजानꣳ च यक्ष्यमाणꣳ च धेनवः । पृणन्तꣳ च पपुरिꣳ च श्रवस्यवो घृतस्य धारा उप यन्ति विश्वतः

upa kṣaranti sindhavo mayobhuva ījānaṁ ca yakṣyamāṇaṁ ca dhenavaḥ | pṛṇantaṁ ca papuriṁ ca śravasyavo ghṛtasya dhārā upa yanti viśvataḥ

The rivers, bringing comfort, flow near, and the milch-cows, to him who has sacrificed and to him who will sacrifice; and seeking fame the streams of ghee come from all sides to him who gives fully and to him who has given.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Health-bringing streams, as milch-cows, flow to profit him who hath worshipped, him who now will worship. To him who freely gives and fills on all sides full streams of fatness flow and make him famous.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 125.5

नाकस्य पृष्ठे अधि तिष्ठति श्रितो यः पृणाति स ह देवेषु गच्छति । तस्मा आपो घृतम् अर्षन्ति सिन्धवस् तस्मा इयꣳ दक्षिणा पिन्वते सदा

nākasya pṛṣṭhe adhi tiṣṭhati śrito yaḥ pṛṇāti sa ha deveṣu gacchati | tasmā āpo ghṛtam arṣanti sindhavas tasmā iyaṁ dakṣiṇā pinvate sadā

He stands established upon the back of heaven; whoever gives fully, he indeed goes among the gods. For him the waters, the rivers, stream ghee; for him this priestly gift swells always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

On the high ridge of heaven he stands exalted, yea, to the Gods he goes, the liberal giver. The streams, the waters flow for him with fatness: to him this guerdon ever yields abundance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 125.6

दक्षिणावताम् इद् इमानि चित्रा दक्षिणावताꣳ दिवि सूर्यासः । दक्षिणावन्तो अमृतम् भजन्ते दक्षिणावन्तः प्र तिरन्त आयुः

dakṣiṇāvatām id imāni citrā dakṣiṇāvatāṁ divi sūryāsaḥ | dakṣiṇāvanto amṛtam bhajante dakṣiṇāvantaḥ pra tiranta āyuḥ

To those who give the dakṣiṇā belong these bright things; of those who give the dakṣiṇā are the suns in heaven. Those who give the dakṣiṇā partake of immortality; those who give the dakṣiṇā prolong their life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

For those who give rich meeds are all these splendours, for those who give rich meeds suns shine in heaven. The givers of rich meeds are made immortal; the givers of rich fees prolong their lifetime.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 125.7

मा पृणन्तो दुरितम् एन आरन् मा जारिषुः सूरयः सुव्रतासः । अन्यस् तेषाम् परिधिर् अस्तु कश् चिद् अपृणन्तम् अभि सꣳ यन्तु शोकाः

mā pṛṇanto duritam ena āran mā jāriṣuḥ sūrayaḥ suvratāsaḥ | anyas teṣām paridhir astu kaś cid apṛṇantam abhi saṁ yantu śokāḥ

May no hard passage, no sin, reach those who give fully; may the patrons of good observance not grow old. Let some other be their encircling barrier; let the burning pains close in upon the one who does not give.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let not the liberal sink to sin and sorrow, never decay the pious -chiefs who worship! Let every man besides be their protection, and let affliction fall upon the niggard.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)