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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 187

RV 1 187.1

पितुꣳ नु स्तोषम् महो धर्माणꣳ तविषीम् । यस्य त्रितो व्य् ओजसा वृत्रꣳ विपर्वम् अर्दयत्

pituṁ nu stoṣam maho dharmāṇaṁ taviṣīm | yasya trito vy ojasā vṛtraṁ viparvam ardayat

Now I will praise food, the great upholder, the might, by whose force Trita crushed Vṛtra apart, limb from limb.

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

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Now will I glorify Food that upholds great strength, By whose invigorating power Trita rent Vr̥itra limb frorn limb.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.2

स्वादो पितो मधो पितो वयꣳ त्वा ववृमहे । अस्माकम् अविता भव

svādo pito madho pito vayaṁ tvā vavṛmahe | asmākam avitā bhava

O sweet food, O honeyed food, we have chosen you: be our helper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O pleasant Food, O Food of meath, thee have we chosen for our own, So be our kind protector thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.3

उप नः पितव् आ चर शिवः शिवाभिर् ऊतिभिः । मयोभुर् अद्विषेण्यः सखा सुशेवो अद्वयाः

upa naḥ pitav ā cara śivaḥ śivābhir ūtibhiḥ | mayobhur adviṣeṇyaḥ sakhā suśevo advayāḥ

Come to us, O food, kindly, with kindly helps — refreshing, not to be hated, a comrade, very gracious, without duplicity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Come hitherward to us, O Food, auspicious with auspicious help, Health-bringing, not unkind, a dear and guileless friend.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.4

तव त्ये पितो रसा रजाꣳस्य् अनु विष्ठिताः । दिवि वाता इव श्रिताः

tava tye pito rasā rajāṁsy anu viṣṭhitāḥ | divi vātā iva śritāḥ

Those saps of yours, O food, are spread out through the regions, fixed like the winds in heaven.

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These juices which, O Food, are thine throughout the regions are diffused. like winds they have their place in heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.5

तव त्ये पितो ददतस् तव स्वादिष्ठ ते पितो । प्र स्वाद्मानो रसानाꣳ तुविग्रीवा इवेरते

tava tye pito dadatas tava svādiṣṭha te pito | pra svādmāno rasānāṁ tuvigrīvā iverate

Those, O food, who give of you, O sweetest one, those of you, O food — the tasters of your saps press forward like strong-necked (bulls).

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

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These gifts of thine, O Food, O Food most sweet to taste, These savours of thy juices work like creatures that have mighty necks.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.6

त्वे पितो महानाꣳ देवानाम् मनो हितम् । अकारि चारु केतुना तवाहिम् अवसावधीत्

tve pito mahānāṁ devānām mano hitam | akāri cāru ketunā tavāhim avasāvadhīt

In you, O food, the mind of the great gods is set. What is dear was done by your sign: with your help he slew the serpent.

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In thee, O Food, is set the spirit of great Gods. Under thy flag brave deeds were done he slew the Dragon with thy help.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.7

यद् अदो पितो अजगन् विवस्व पर्वतानाम् । अत्रा चिन् नो मधो पितो ऽरम् भक्षाय गम्याः

yad ado pito ajagan vivasva parvatānām | atrā cin no madho pito 'ram bhakṣāya gamyāḥ

When you went yonder, O food, O shining one of the mountains, even there, O honeyed food, may you come fittingly for our eating.

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

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If thou be gone unto the splendour of the clouds, Even from thence, O Food of meath, prepared for our enjoyment, come.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.8

यद् अपाम् ओषधीनाम् परिꣳशम् आरिशामहे । वातापे पीव इद् भव

yad apām oṣadhīnām pariṁśam āriśāmahe | vātāpe pīva id bhava

When we bite at the portion of the waters and of the plants, O Vātāpi, do grow fat.

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

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Whatever morsel we consume from waters or from plants of earth, O Soma, wax thou fat thereby.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.9

यत् ते सोम गवाशिरो यवाशिरो भजामहे । वातापे पीव इद् भव

yat te soma gavāśiro yavāśiro bhajāmahe | vātāpe pīva id bhava

When we partake of you, Soma, mixed with milk, mixed with barley, O Vātāpi, do grow fat.

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What Soma, we enjoy from thee in milky food or barley-brew, Vâtâpi, grow thou fat thereby.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.10

करम्भ ओषधे भव पीवो वृक्क उदारथिः । वातापे पीव इद् भव

karambha oṣadhe bhava pīvo vṛkka udārathiḥ | vātāpe pīva id bhava

Become gruel, O plant, fat, kidney(-fat), a carrying-up; O Vātāpi, do grow fat.

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

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O Vegetable, Cake of meal, he wholesome, firm, and strengthening: Vâtâpi, grow thou fat thereby.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 187.11

तꣳ त्वा वयम् पितो वचोभिर् गावो न हव्या सुषूदिम । देवेभ्यस् त्वा सधमादम् अस्मभ्यꣳ त्वा सधमादम्

taṁ tvā vayam pito vacobhir gāvo na havyā suṣūdima | devebhyas tvā sadhamādam asmabhyaṁ tvā sadhamādam

You, such as you are, O food, we have made savoury with our words, as cows (make) the offerings — you as a fellow-reveller for the gods, you as a fellow-reveller for us.

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

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O Food, from thee as such have we drawn forth with lauds, like cows, our sacrificial gifts, From thee who banquetest with Gods, from thee who banquetest with us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)