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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 175

RV 1 175.1

मत्स्य् अपायि ते महः पात्रस्येव हरिवो मत्सरो मदः । वृषा ते वृष्ण इन्दुर् वाजी सहस्रसातमः

matsy apāyi te mahaḥ pātrasyeva harivo matsaro madaḥ | vṛṣā te vṛṣṇa indur vājī sahasrasātamaḥ

Be exhilarated! Of thy great (drink) there has been drunk, as from a bowl, O lord of the bays, the intoxicating exhilaration. For thee, the bull, the bullish drop, prize-bringing, best winner of thousands.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

GLAD thee: thy glory hath been quaffed, Lord of Bay Steeds, as 'twere the bowl's enlivening mead. For thee the Strong there is strong drink, mighty, omnipotent to win.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 175.2

आ नस् ते गन्तु मत्सरो वृषा मदो वरेण्यः । सहावाꣳ इन्द्र सानसिः पृतनाषाऴ् अमर्त्यः

ā nas te gantu matsaro vṛṣā mado vareṇyaḥ | sahāvām̐ indra sānasiḥ pṛtanāṣāḻ amartyaḥ

Let thy intoxication come to us, the bullish, choice exhilaration — Indra, victorious, winning, conqueror of armies, immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let our strong drink, most excellent, exhilarating, come to thee, Victorious, Indra! bringing gain, immortal conquering in fight,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 175.3

त्वꣳ हि शूरः सनिता चोदयो मनुषो रथम् । सहावान् दस्युम् अव्रतम् ओषः पात्रꣳ न शोचिषा

tvaṁ hi śūraḥ sanitā codayo manuṣo ratham | sahāvān dasyum avratam oṣaḥ pātraṁ na śociṣā

For thou art a hero, a winner; thou wouldst urge on the chariot of man. Overpowering, thou hast burnt the vowless Dasyu as (fire burns) a vessel with its flame.

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

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Thou, Hero, winner of the spoil, urgest to speed the car of man. Burn, like a vessel with the flame, the lawless Dasyu, Conqueror!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 175.4

मुषाय सूर्यꣳ कवे चक्रम् ईशान ओजसा । वह शुष्णाय वधꣳ कुत्सꣳ वातस्याश्वैः

muṣāya sūryaṁ kave cakram īśāna ojasā | vaha śuṣṇāya vadhaṁ kutsaṁ vātasyāśvaiḥ

Steal the wheel of the sun, O sage, ruling with might; bring the deadly weapon against Śuṣṇa, and Kutsa, with the horses of Vāta.

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

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Empowered by thine own might, O Sage, thou stolest Sarya's chariot wheel. Thou barest Kutsa with the steeds of Wind to Ṣushṇa as his death.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 175.5

शुष्मिन्तमो हि ते मदो द्युम्निन्तम उत क्रतुः । वृत्रघ्ना वरिवोविदा मꣳसीष्ठा अश्वसातमः

śuṣmintamo hi te mado dyumnintama uta kratuḥ | vṛtraghnā varivovidā maṁsīṣṭhā aśvasātamaḥ

For most impetuous is thy intoxication, and most brilliant thy resolve; with the Vṛtra-slaying, space-finding (drink) mayst thou be esteemed, best winner of horses.

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

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Most mighty is thy rapturous joy, most splendid is thine active power, Wherewith, foe-slaying, sending bliss, thou art supreme in gaining steeds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 175.6

यथा पूर्वेभ्यो जरितृभ्य इन्द्र मय इवापो न तृष्यते बभूथ । ताम् अनु त्वा निविदꣳ जोहवीमि विद्यामेषꣳ वृजनꣳ जीरदानुम्

yathā pūrvebhyo jaritṛbhya indra maya ivāpo na tṛṣyate babhūtha | tām anu tvā nividaṁ johavīmi vidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum

As thou hast been, Indra, to the former singers — like refreshment, like water to one who thirsts — following that invocation-formula I call thee again and again. May we find refreshment, a strong community, quick to give.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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As thou, O Indra, to the ancient singers wast ever joy, as water to the thirsty, So unto thee I sing this invocation. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)