Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 56
RV 1 56.1
एष प्र पूर्वीर् अव तस्य चम्रिषो ऽत्यो न योषाम् उद् अयꣳस्त भुर्वणिः । दक्षम् महे पाययते हिरण्ययꣳ रथम् आवृत्या हरियोगम् ऋभ्वसम्
eṣa pra pūrvīr ava tasya camriṣo 'tyo na yoṣām ud ayaṁsta bhurvaṇiḥ | dakṣam mahe pāyayate hiraṇyayaṁ ratham āvṛtyā hariyogam ṛbhvasam
He, surging, has lifted up many (draughts) from that bowl, as a stallion (lifts up) a maiden. For the great (deed) he has the golden skill drunk, having turned hither the deft chariot yoked with bays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
FOR this man's full libations held in ladles, he hath roused him, eager, as a horse to meet the mare. He stays his golden car, yoked with Bay Horses, swift, and drinks the Soma juice which strengthens for great deeds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 56.2
तꣳ गूर्तयो नेमन्निषः परीणसः समुद्रꣳ न सꣳचरणे सनिष्यवः । पतिꣳ दक्षस्य विदथस्य नू सहो गिरिꣳ न वेना अधि रोह तेजसा
taṁ gūrtayo nemanniṣaḥ parīṇasaḥ samudraṁ na saṁcaraṇe saniṣyavaḥ | patiṁ dakṣasya vidathasya nū saho giriṁ na venā adhi roha tejasā
Him the songs of praise, the bounties that come from every side, seeking gain, (approach) as (traders) the sea in their journeying. Mount now with your splendour, as lovers a mountain, (him who is) lord of skill and of the assembly, (mount his) might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
To him the guidance-following songs of praise flow full, as those who seek gain go in company to the flood. To him the Lord of power, the holy synod's might, as to a hill, with speed, ascend the loving ones.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 56.3
स तुर्वणिर् महाꣳ अरेणु पौꣳस्ये गिरेर् भृष्टिर् न भ्राजते तुजा शवः । येन शुष्णम् मायिनम् आयसो मदे दुध्र आभूषु रामयन् नि दामनि
sa turvaṇir mahām̐ areṇu pauṁsye girer bhṛṣṭir na bhrājate tujā śavaḥ | yena śuṣṇam māyinam āyaso made dudhra ābhūṣu rāmayan ni dāmani
He, the overcomer, great, dustless in his manliness — his power shines with its thrust like the crag of a mountain, wherewith the iron-hard, unyielding one in rapture brought the wily Śuṣṇa to rest, down in the fetter, among his attendants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Victorious, great is he; in manly battle shines, unstained with dust, his might, as shines a mountain peak; Wherewith the iron one, fierce e'en against the strong, in rapture, fettered wily Sushna fast in bonds.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 56.4
देवी यदि तविषी त्वावृधोतय इन्द्रꣳ सिषक्त्य् उषसꣳ न सूर्यः । यो धृष्णुना शवसा बाधते तम इयर्ति रेणुम् बृहद् अर्हरिष्वणिः
devī yadi taviṣī tvāvṛdhotaya indraṁ siṣakty uṣasaṁ na sūryaḥ | yo dhṛṣṇunā śavasā bādhate tama iyarti reṇum bṛhad arhariṣvaṇiḥ
When the divine strength, grown great to help you, attends Indra as the sun attends the dawn — he who with bold power thrusts away the darkness and raises the dust high, roaring loudly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
When Strength the Goddess, made more strong for help by thee, waits upon Indra as the Sun attends the Dawn, Then. he who with his might unflinching kills the gloom stirs up the dust aloft, with joy and triumphing.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 56.5
वि यत् तिरो धरुणम् अच्युतꣳ रजो ऽतिष्ठिपो दिव आतासु बर्हणा । स्वर्मीऴ्हे यन् मद इन्द्र हर्ष्याहन् वृत्रꣳ निर् अपाम् औब्जो अर्णवम्
vi yat tiro dharuṇam acyutaṁ rajo 'tiṣṭhipo diva ātāsu barhaṇā | svarmīḻhe yan mada indra harṣyāhan vṛtraṁ nir apām aubjo arṇavam
When you spread out across the unshaken foundation, the dark realm, you propped it up with force in the frames of heaven. When in the contest for the sun, in rapture, Indra, in your joy you slew Vṛtra, you let loose the flood of the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
When thou with might, upon the framework of the heaven, didst fix, across, air's region firmly, unremoved, In the light-winning war, Indra, in rapturous joy, thou smotest Vr̥itra dead and broughtest floods of rain.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 1 56.6
त्वꣳ दिवो धरुणꣳ धिष ओजसा पृथिव्या इन्द्र सदनेषु माहिनः । त्वꣳ सुतस्य मदे अरिणा अपो वि वृत्रस्य समया पाष्यारुजः
tvaṁ divo dharuṇaṁ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ | tvaṁ sutasya made ariṇā apo vi vṛtrasya samayā pāṣyārujaḥ
You with your strength have set the support of heaven, mighty one, Indra, in the seats of the earth. In the rapture of the pressed (soma) you made the waters run; you broke open Vṛtra's jaw right through the middle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Thou with thy might didst grasp,the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of earth. Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vr̥itra's stony fences through and through.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)