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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 183

RV 1 183.1

तꣳ युञ्जाथाम् मनसो यो जवीयान् त्रिवन्धुरो वृषणा यस् त्रिचक्रः । येनोपयाथः सुकृतो दुरोणꣳ त्रिधातुना पतथो विर् न पर्णैः

taṁ yuñjāthām manaso yo javīyān trivandhuro vṛṣaṇā yas tricakraḥ | yenopayāthaḥ sukṛto duroṇaṁ tridhātunā patatho vir na parṇaiḥ

Yoke that (chariot) which is swifter than thought, which has three seats, O bulls, and three wheels, by which you come to the house of the doer of good (work): with its three parts you fly like a bird with its wings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

MAKE ready that which passes thought in swiftness, that hath three wheels and triple seat, ye Mighty, Whereon ye seek the dwelling of the pious, whereon, threefold, ye fly like birds with pinions.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 183.2

सुवृद् रथो वर्तते यन्न् अभि क्षाꣳ यत् तिष्ठथः क्रतुमन्तानु पृक्षे । वपुर् वपुष्या सचताम् इयꣳ गीर् दिवो दुहित्रोषसा सचेथे

suvṛd ratho vartate yann abhi kṣāṁ yat tiṣṭhathaḥ kratumantānu pṛkṣe | vapur vapuṣyā sacatām iyaṁ gīr divo duhitroṣasā sacethe

Lightly rolling, the chariot turns as it goes toward the earth, when you two, possessed of resolve, mount it in pursuit of good cheer. Let this song of mine, a marvel, attend on the marvel: you keep company with Uṣas, the daughter of Heaven.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Light rolls your easy chariot faring earthward, what time, for food, ye, full of wisdom, mount it. May this song, wondrous fair, attend your glory: ye, as ye travel, wait on Dawn Heaven's Daughter.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 183.3

आ तिष्ठतꣳ सुवृतꣳ यो रथो वाम् अनु व्रतानि वर्तते हविष्मान् । येन नरा नासत्येषयध्यै वर्तिर् याथस् तनयाय त्मने च

ā tiṣṭhataṁ suvṛtaṁ yo ratho vām anu vratāni vartate haviṣmān | yena narā nāsatyeṣayadhyai vartir yāthas tanayāya tmane ca

Mount the well-rolling chariot of yours which, with the offering aboard, rolls on in accordance with (your) observances, by which, O men, Nāsatyas, you drive your circuit to bring vigour, for our offspring and for ourselves.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ascend your lightly rolling car, approaching the worshipper who turns him to his duties,– Whereon ye come unto the house to quicken man and his offspring, O Nâsatyas, Heroes.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 183.4

मा वाꣳ वृको मा वृकीर् आ दधर्षीन् मा परि वर्क्तम् उत माति धक्तम् । अयꣳ वाम् भागो निहित इयꣳ गीर् दस्राव् इमे वाꣳ निधयो मधूनाम्

mā vāṁ vṛko mā vṛkīr ā dadharṣīn mā pari varktam uta māti dhaktam | ayaṁ vām bhāgo nihita iyaṁ gīr dasrāv ime vāṁ nidhayo madhūnām

Let no wolf, no she-wolf lay hold of you two; do not turn aside, and do not pass us by. This portion of yours is set down, this song is yours — wondrous ones, these are your stores of honey.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let not the wolf, let not the she-wolf harm you. Forsake me not, nor pass me by or others. Here stands your share, here is your hymn, ye Mighty: yours are these vessels, full of pleasant juices.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 183.5

युवाꣳ गोतमः पुरुमीऴ्हो अत्रिर् दस्रा हवते ऽवसे हविष्मान् । दिशꣳ न दिष्टाम् ऋजूयेव यन्ता मे हवꣳ नासत्योप यातम्

yuvāṁ gotamaḥ purumīḻho atrir dasrā havate 'vase haviṣmān | diśaṁ na diṣṭām ṛjūyeva yantā me havaṁ nāsatyopa yātam

Gotama, Purumīḍha, Atri — the offering-bringer calls you, wondrous ones, for help. Like men going straight along a pointed-out direction, come, Nāsatyas, to my call.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Gotama, Purumîḷha, Atri bringing oblations all invoke you for protection. Like one who goes strai ht to the point directed, ye Nâsatyas, to mine invocation.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 183.6

अतारिष्म तमसस् पारम् अस्य प्रति वाꣳ स्तोमो अश्विनाव् अधायि । एह यातम् पथिभिर् देवयानैर् विद्यामेषꣳ वृजनꣳ जीरदानुम्

atāriṣma tamasas pāram asya prati vāṁ stomo aśvināv adhāyi | eha yātam pathibhir devayānair vidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum

We have crossed to the far shore of this darkness; the hymn of praise has been laid before you, Aśvins. Come here by the paths the gods travel — may we find refreshment and a stronghold with quick-flowing (waters).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We have passed o'er the limit of this darkness: our praise hath been bestowed on you, O Aṣvins. Come hitherward by paths which Gods have travelled. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)