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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 170

RV 1 170.1

न नूनम् अस्ति नो श्वः कस् तद् वेद यद् अद्भुतम् । अन्यस्य चित्तम् अभि सꣳचरेण्यम् उताधीतꣳ वि नश्यति

na nūnam asti no śvaḥ kas tad veda yad adbhutam | anyasya cittam abhi saṁcareṇyam utādhītaṁ vi naśyati

Now there is nothing (for us), nor tomorrow for us: who knows that which is a wonder? One must go along with another's thought, and even what has been thought out vanishes away.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

NAUGHT is to-day, to-morrow naught. Who comprehends the mystery? We must address ourselves unto another's thought, and lost is then the hope we formed.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 170.2

किꣳ न इन्द्र जिघाꣳससि भ्रातरो मरुतस् तव । तेभिः कल्पस्व साधुया मा नः समरणे वधीः

kiṁ na indra jighāṁsasi bhrātaro marutas tava | tebhiḥ kalpasva sādhuyā mā naḥ samaraṇe vadhīḥ

Why, Indra, do you wish to smite us? The Maruts are your brothers. With them arrange things properly; do not slay us in the encounter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Maruts are thy brothers. Why, O Indra, wouldst thou take our lives? Agree with them in friendly wise, and do not slay us in the fight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 170.3

किꣳ नो भ्रातर् अगस्त्य सखा सन्न् अति मन्यसे । विद्मा हि ते यथा मनो ऽस्मभ्यम् इन् न दित्ससि

kiṁ no bhrātar agastya sakhā sann ati manyase | vidmā hi te yathā mano 'smabhyam in na ditsasi

Why, brother Agastya, being (our) friend, do you slight us? For we know how your mind is: to us indeed you do not wish to give.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Agastya, brother, why dost thou neglect us, thou who art our friend? We know the nature of thy mind. Verity thou wilt give us naught.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 170.4

अरꣳ कृण्वन्तु वेदिꣳ सम् अग्निम् इन्धताम् पुरः । तत्रामृतस्य चेतनꣳ यज्ञꣳ ते तनवावहै

araṁ kṛṇvantu vediṁ sam agnim indhatām puraḥ | tatrāmṛtasya cetanaṁ yajñaṁ te tanavāvahai

Let them make the altar ready, let them kindle Agni in front; there (is) the awakening of the immortal — let the two of us extend the sacrifice for thee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let them prepare the altar, let them kindle fire in front: we two Here will spread sacrifice for thee, that the Immortal may observe.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 170.5

त्वम् ईशिषे वसुपते वसूनाꣳ त्वम् मित्राणाम् मित्रपते धेष्ठः । इन्द्र त्वम् मरुद्भिः सꣳ वदस्वाध प्राशान ऋतुथा हवीꣳषि

tvam īśiṣe vasupate vasūnāṁ tvam mitrāṇām mitrapate dheṣṭhaḥ | indra tvam marudbhiḥ saṁ vadasvādha prāśāna ṛtuthā havīṁṣi

Thou rulest, lord of goods, over the goods; thou, lord of allies, art the chief bestower of allies. Indra, speak together with the Maruts, and then eat the oblations in due season.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou, Lord of Wealth, art Master of all treasures, thou, Lord of friends, art thy friends' best supporter. O Indra, speak thou kindly with the Maruts, and taste oblations in their proper season.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)