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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 153

RV 1 153.1

यजामहे वाम् महः सजोषा हव्येभिर् मित्रावरुणा नमोभिः । घृतैर् घृतस्नू अध यद् वाम् अस्मे अध्वर्यवो न धीतिभिर् भरन्ति

yajāmahe vām mahaḥ sajoṣā havyebhir mitrāvaruṇā namobhiḥ | ghṛtair ghṛtasnū adha yad vām asme adhvaryavo na dhītibhir bharanti

We sacrifice to you two, the great ones, in concord, Mitra-Varuṇa, with oblations and with acts of homage, with ghee, O you who drip ghee — then when the adhvaryus bear (the offering) to you among us as with their thoughts.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

WE worship with our reverence and oblations you, Mitra Varuṇa, accordant, mighty, So that with us, ye Twain whose backs are sprinkled with oil, the priests with oil and hymns support you.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 153.2

प्रस्तुतिर् वाꣳ धाम न प्रयुक्तिर् अयामि मित्रावरुणा सुवृक्तिः । अनक्ति यद् वाꣳ विदथेषु होता सुम्नꣳ वाꣳ सूरिर् वृषणाव् इयक्षन्

prastutir vāṁ dhāma na prayuktir ayāmi mitrāvaruṇā suvṛktiḥ | anakti yad vāṁ vidatheṣu hotā sumnaṁ vāṁ sūrir vṛṣaṇāv iyakṣan

The song of praise (goes forth) to you as (your) dhāman, as an impulsion; the well-turned hymn has been offered, Mitra-Varuṇa, when the hotṛ anoints you at the ritual assemblies, when the patron seeks your favour, O bulls.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Your praise is like a mighty power, an impulse: to you, Twain Gods, a well-formed hymn is offered, As the priest decks yon, Strong Ones, in assemblies, and the prince fain to worship you for blessings.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 153.3

पीपाय धेनुर् अदितिर् ऋताय जनाय मित्रावरुणा हविर्दे । हिनोति यद् वाꣳ विदथे सपर्यन् स रातहव्यो मानुषो न होता

pīpāya dhenur aditir ṛtāya janāya mitrāvaruṇā havirde | hinoti yad vāṁ vidathe saparyan sa rātahavyo mānuṣo na hotā

The milch-cow Aditi has swelled (with milk) for the man devoted to ṛta who gives the oblation, Mitra-Varuṇa, when, honouring (you), he sets (the offering) in motion at the ritual assembly — he whose oblation is given, like a human hotṛ.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Mitra-Varuṇa, Aditi the Milch-cow streams for the rite, for folk who bring oblation, When in the assembly he who worships moves you, like to a human priest, with gifts presented.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 153.4

उत वाꣳ विक्षु मद्यास्व् अन्धो गाव आपश् च पीपयन्त देवीः । उतो नो अस्य पूर्व्यः पतिर् दन् वीतम् पातम् पयस उस्रियायाः

uta vāṁ vikṣu madyāsv andho gāva āpaś ca pīpayanta devīḥ | uto no asya pūrvyaḥ patir dan vītam pātam payasa usriyāyāḥ

And among the intoxicating clans let the soma-juice, the cows and the divine waters make (things) swell for you; and moreover the ancient lord of this (house) is here at home for us — take pleasure, drink of the milk of the ruddy cow.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

So may the kine and heavenly Waters pour you sweet drink in families that make you joyful. Of this may he, the ancient House-Lord, give us. Enjoy, drink of the milk the cow provideth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)