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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 148

RV 1 148.1

मथीद् यद् ईꣳ विष्टो मातरिश्वा होतारꣳ विश्वाप्सुꣳ विश्वदेव्यम् । नि यꣳ दधुर् मनुष्यासु विक्षु स्व१र् ण चित्रꣳ वपुषे विभावम्

mathīd yad īṁ viṣṭo mātariśvā hotāraṁ viśvāpsuṁ viśvadevyam | ni yaṁ dadhur manuṣyāsu vikṣu sva1r ṇa citraṁ vapuṣe vibhāvam

When Mātariśvan, at his work, churned him forth — the hotṛ of all forms, belonging to all the gods — whom they set down among the human clans, bright as the sun, shining out for beauty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

WHAT Mâtariṣvan, piercing, formed by friction, Herald of all the Gods. in varied figure, Is he whom they have set mid human houses, gay-hued as light and shining forth for beauty.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 148.2

ददानम् इन् न ददभन्त मन्माग्निर् वरूथम् मम तस्य चाकन् । जुषन्त विश्वान्य् अस्य कर्मोपस्तुतिम् भरमाणस्य कारोः

dadānam in na dadabhanta manmāgnir varūtham mama tasya cākan | juṣanta viśvāny asya karmopastutim bharamāṇasya kāroḥ

They have not harmed the thought (of him) who gives; Agni is my shelter — in that (thought) of mine he has taken pleasure. They have welcomed all his works, the accompanying praise of the poet who brings (it).

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They shall not harm the man who brings thee praises: such as I am, Agni my help approves me. All acts of mine shall they accept with pleasure, laudation from the singer who presents it.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 148.3

नित्ये चिन् नु यꣳ सदने जगृभ्रे प्रशस्तिभिर् दधिरे यज्ञियासः । प्र सू नयन्त गृभयन्त इष्टाव् अश्वासो न रथ्यो रारहाणाः

nitye cin nu yaṁ sadane jagṛbhre praśastibhir dadhire yajñiyāsaḥ | pra sū nayanta gṛbhayanta iṣṭāv aśvāso na rathyo rārahāṇāḥ

Whom, even in his own seat, they have grasped, whom the worshipful ones have installed with laudations — let them lead (him) forth well, taking hold at the sacrifice, hastening like chariot-horses.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Him in his constant seat men skilled in worship have taken and with praises have established. As, harnessed to a chariot fleet-foot horses, at his command let bearers lead him forward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 148.4

पुरूणि दस्मो नि रिणाति जम्भैर् आद् रोचते वन आ विभावा । आद् अस्य वातो अनु वाति शोचिर् अस्तुर् न शर्याम् असनाम् अनु द्यून्

purūṇi dasmo ni riṇāti jambhair ād rocate vana ā vibhāvā | ād asya vāto anu vāti śocir astur na śaryām asanām anu dyūn

Many things the wondrous one grinds away with his teeth; then he shines out in the wood, radiant. Then the wind blows along after his flame, like an arrow shot by an archer, day after day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Wondrous, full many a thing he chews and crunches: he shines amid the wood with spreading brightness. Upon his glowing flames the wind blows daily, driving them like the keen shaft of an archer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 148.5

न यꣳ रिपवो न रिषण्यवो गर्भे सन्तꣳ रेषणा रेषयन्ति । अन्धा अपश्या न दभन्न् अभिख्या नित्यास ईम् प्रेतारो अरक्षन्

na yaṁ ripavo na riṣaṇyavo garbhe santaṁ reṣaṇā reṣayanti | andhā apaśyā na dabhann abhikhyā nityāsa īm pretāro arakṣan

Whom no deceivers, nor those bent on injury, no injuries injure while he is in the womb; the blind, the sightless, did not harm (him) by their gaze; his own people, going before him, guarded him.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Him, whom while yet in embryo the hostile, both skilled and fain to harm, may never injure, Men blind and sightless through his splendour hurt not: his never-failing lovers have preserved him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)