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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 29

RV 1 29.1

यच् चिद् धि सत्य सोमपा अनाशस्ता इव स्मसि । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

yac cid dhi satya somapā anāśastā iva smasi | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Since indeed, O true one, soma-drinker, we are as if unrenowned — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O SOMA DRINKER, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be, Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 29.2

शिप्रिन् वाजानाम् पते शचीवस् तव दꣳसना । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

śiprin vājānām pate śacīvas tava daṁsanā | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

O you with the (broad) jaws, lord of prizes, O able one, by your wondrous power — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Lord of Strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine, the powerful: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 29.3

नि ष्वापया मिथूदृशा सस्ताम् अबुध्यमाने । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

ni ṣvāpayā mithūdṛśā sastām abudhyamāne | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Put to sleep the two of paired appearance; let them lie asleep, not waking — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other look Do thou, O Indra, give us, help of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 29.4

ससन्तु त्या अरातयो बोधन्तु शूर रातयः । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

sasantu tyā arātayo bodhantu śūra rātayaḥ | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Let those grudging ones sleep; let the giving ones wake, O hero — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler genius wake: Do thou, O Indra,. give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 29.5

सम् इन्द्र गर्दभम् मृण नुवन्तम् पापयामुया । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

sam indra gardabham mṛṇa nuvantam pāpayāmuyā | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Crush the braying donkey, Indra, in that wretched manner — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to thee: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 29.6

पताति कुण्डृणाच्या दूरꣳ वातो वनाद् अधि । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

patāti kuṇḍṛṇācyā dūraṁ vāto vanād adhi | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Let the wind fly far off from the woods with the twisting (thing) — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course! Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine, In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 29.7

सर्वम् परिक्रोशꣳ जहि जम्भया कृकदाश्वम् । आ तू न इन्द्र शꣳसय गोष्व् अश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ

sarvam parikrośaṁ jahi jambhayā kṛkadāśvam | ā tū na indra śaṁsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha

Strike down all the howling round about; crush the kṛkadāśu — do make us renowned, O Indra, in cattle, in gleaming horses, in thousands, O you of mighty bounty.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Slay each reviler, and destroy him who in secret injures us: Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine In thousands, O most wealthy One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)