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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 4

RV 1 4.1

सुरूपकृत्नुम् ऊतये सुदुघाम् इव गोदुहे । जुहूमसि द्यवि-द्यवि

surūpakṛtnum ūtaye sudughām iva goduhe | juhūmasi dyavi-dyavi

Him who makes fair forms, for help — as (one milks) a good milch-cow for the cow-milker — we call day after day.

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

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As a good cow to him who milks, we call the doer of fair deeds, To our assistance day by day.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.2

उप नः सवना गहि सोमस्य सोमपाः पिब । गोदा इद् रेवतो मदः

upa naḥ savanā gahi somasya somapāḥ piba | godā id revato madaḥ

Come to our pressings; drink of the soma, soma-drinker: the rapture of the rich one is indeed a giver of cows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Come thou to our libations, drink of Soma; Soma-drinker thou! The rich One's rapture giveth kine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.3

अथा ते अन्तमानाꣳ विद्याम सुमतीनाम् । मा नो अति ख्य आ गहि

athā te antamānāṁ vidyāma sumatīnām | mā no ati khya ā gahi

Then may we come to know of your nearest good thoughts. Do not pass us by — come here!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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So may we be acquainted with thine innermost benevolence: Neglect us not, come hitherward.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.4

परेहि विग्रम् अस्तृतम् इन्द्रम् पृच्छा विपश्चितम् । यस् ते सखिभ्य आ वरम्

parehi vigram astṛtam indram pṛcchā vipaścitam | yas te sakhibhya ā varam

Go to the alert, unoverthrown one, ask Indra, knower of inspired speech, who (gives) the best to your comrades.

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

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Go to the wise unconquered One, ask thou of Indra, skilled in song, Him who is better than thy friends.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.5

उत ब्रुवन्तु नो निदो निर् अन्यतश् चिद् आरत । दधाना इन्द्र इद् दुवः

uta bruvantu no nido nir anyataś cid ārata | dadhānā indra id duvaḥ

And let our revilers speak (as they will): "Even from elsewhere you have been driven out" — (we,) offering honour to Indra alone.

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

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Whether the men who mock us say, Depart unto another place, Ye who serve Indra and none else;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.6

उत नः सुभगाꣳ अरिर् वोचेयुर् दस्म कृष्टयः । स्यामेद् इन्द्रस्य शर्मणि

uta naḥ subhagām̐ arir voceyur dasma kṛṣṭayaḥ | syāmed indrasya śarmaṇi

And let the stranger call us fortunate, O wondrous one, (and) the settled peoples: may we be in Indra's shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Or whether, God of wondrous deeds, all our true people call us blest, Still may we dwell in Indra's care.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.7

एम् आशुम् आशवे भर यज्ञश्रियꣳ नृमादनम् । पतयन् मन्दयत्सखम्

em āśum āśave bhara yajñaśriyaṁ nṛmādanam | patayan mandayatsakham

Bring here the swift (soma) for the swift one, the ornament of the sacrifice, the exhilarator of men, flying, whose friend it gladdens.

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

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Unto the swift One bring the swift, man-cheering, grace of sacrifice, That to the Friend gives wings and joy.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.8

अस्य पीत्वा शतक्रतो घनो वृत्राणाम् अभवः । प्रावो वाजेषु वाजिनम्

asya pītvā śatakrato ghano vṛtrāṇām abhavaḥ | prāvo vājeṣu vājinam

Having drunk of this, O you of a hundred resolves, you became the smasher of the obstructors; you aided the prize-winner in the contests.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou, Ṣatakratu, drankest this and wast the Vr̥itras' slayer; thou Helpest the warrior in the fray.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.9

तꣳ त्वा वाजेषु वाजिनꣳ वाजयामः शतक्रतो । धनानाम् इन्द्र सातये

taṁ tvā vājeṣu vājinaṁ vājayāmaḥ śatakrato | dhanānām indra sātaye

You, that prize-winner in the contests, we urge on to the prize, O you of a hundred resolves, for the winning of riches, Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We strengthen, Ṣatakratu, thee, yea, thee the powerful in fight, That, Indra, we may win us wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 4.10

यो रायो३ ऽवनिर् महान् सुपारः सुन्वतः सखा । तस्मा इन्द्राय गायत

yo rāyo3 'vanir mahān supāraḥ sunvataḥ sakhā | tasmā indrāya gāyata

He who is the great riverbed of wealth, the good ferryman, the comrade of the one who presses — to that Indra sing!

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

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To him the mighty stream of wealth, prompt friend ot'him who pours the juice, yea, to this Indra sing your song.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)