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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 149

RV 1 149.1

महः स राय एषते पतिर् दन्न् इन इनस्य वसुनः पद आ । उप ध्रजन्तम् अद्रयो विधन्न् इत्

mahaḥ sa rāya eṣate patir dann ina inasya vasunaḥ pada ā | upa dhrajantam adrayo vidhann it

He speeds after great wealth, lord in the house, mighty, to the place of mighty goods; the pressing-stones have indeed served him as he darts forward.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

HITHER he hastens to give, Lord of great riches, King of the mighty, to the place of treasure. lie pressing-stones shall serve him speeding near us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 149.2

स यो वृषा नराꣳ न रोदस्योः श्रवोभिर् अस्ति जीवपीतसर्गः । प्र यः सस्राणः शिश्रीत योनौ

sa yo vṛṣā narāṁ na rodasyoḥ śravobhir asti jīvapītasargaḥ | pra yaḥ sasrāṇaḥ śiśrīta yonau

He who is the bull of the two worlds, as of men, by his fames, whose outpouring is drunk by the living — who, having streamed forth, settles in his womb (birthplace).

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

As Steer of men so Steer of earth and heaven by glory, he whose streams all life hath drunken, Who hasting forward rests upon the altar.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 149.3

आ यः पुरꣳ नार्मिणीम् अदीदेद् अत्यः कविर् नभन्यो३ नार्वा । सूरो न रुरुक्वाञ् छतात्मा

ā yaḥ puraṁ nārmiṇīm adīded atyaḥ kavir nabhanyo3 nārvā | sūro na rurukvāñ chatātmā

He who has shone upon the sure-walled stronghold, a steed, a sage, like a swift horse of the waters, gleaming like the sun, of a hundred lives.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He who hath lighted up the joyous castle, wise Courser like the Steed of cloudy heaven, Bright like the Sun, with hundredfold existence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 149.4

अभि द्विजन्मा त्री रोचनानि विश्वा रजाꣳसि शुशुचानो अस्थात् । होता यजिष्ठो अपाꣳ सधस्थे

abhi dvijanmā trī rocanāni viśvā rajāṁsi śuśucāno asthāt | hotā yajiṣṭho apāṁ sadhasthe

The twice-born one, blazing, has mounted over the three shining realms, over all the spaces — the hotṛ, best of sacrificers, in the meeting-place of the waters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He, doubly born, hath spread in his effulgence through the three luminous realms, through all the regions, Best sacrificing Priest where waters gather.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 149.5

अयꣳ स होता यो द्विजन्मा विश्वा दधे वार्याणि श्रवस्या । मर्तो यो अस्मै सुतुको ददाश

ayaṁ sa hotā yo dvijanmā viśvā dadhe vāryāṇi śravasyā | marto yo asmai sutuko dadāśa

This is that hotṛ who, twice-born, has taken to himself all desirable things by his glorious deeds — the mortal who, with good offspring, has made offering to him.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Priest doubly born, he through his love of glory hath in his keeping all things worth the choosing, The man who brings him gifts hath noble offspring.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)