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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 6

RV 1 6.1

युञ्जन्ति ब्रध्नम् अरुषꣳ चरन्तम् परि तस्थुषः । रोचन्ते रोचना दिवि

yuñjanti bradhnam aruṣaṁ carantam pari tasthuṣaḥ | rocante rocanā divi

They yoke the ruddy tawny one who moves around those that stand still; the lights shine in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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They who stand round him as he moves harness the bright, the ruddy Steed The lights are shining in the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.2

युञ्जन्त्य् अस्य काम्या हरी विपक्षसा रथे । शोणा धृष्णू नृवाहसा

yuñjanty asya kāmyā harī vipakṣasā rathe | śoṇā dhṛṣṇū nṛvāhasā

They yoke his two dear bay horses at the chariot, the two with flanks on either side (of the pole), red, bold, carrying the man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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On both sides to the car they yoke the two bay coursers dear to him, Bold, tawny, bearers of the Chief.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.3

केतुꣳ कृण्वन्न् अकेतवे पेशो मर्या अपेशसे । सम् उषद्भिर् अजायथाः

ketuṁ kṛṇvann aketave peśo maryā apeśase | sam uṣadbhir ajāyathāḥ

Making a marker for what has no marker, a form, O young men, for what has no form, you were born together with the dawns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou, making light where no light was, and form, O men: where form was not, Wast born together with the Dawns.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.4

आद् अह स्वधाम् अनु पुनर् गर्भत्वम् एरिरे । दधाना नाम यज्ञियम्

ād aha svadhām anu punar garbhatvam erire | dadhānā nāma yajñiyam

Then indeed, following their own nature, they brought themselves again into the state of the embryo, taking on a name fit for sacrifice.

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

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Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of' babes unborn, Assuming sacrificial names.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.5

वीऴु चिद् आरुजत्नुभिर् गुहा चिद् इन्द्र वह्निभिः । अविन्द उस्रिया अनु

vīḻu cid ārujatnubhir guhā cid indra vahnibhiḥ | avinda usriyā anu

Even what was firm, with the breakers-open, even what was in hiding, O Indra, with the drawers (of the car) — you found the cows one after another.

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

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Thou, Indra, with the Tempest-Gods, the breakers down of what is firm ' Foundest the kine even in the cave.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.6

देवयन्तो यथा मतिम् अच्छा विदद्वसुꣳ गिरः । महाम् अनूषत श्रुतम्

devayanto yathā matim acchā vidadvasuṁ giraḥ | mahām anūṣata śrutam

Serving the gods, as their thought (directed), the songs have sung toward the great, famed finder of goods.

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

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Worshipping even as they list, singers laud him who findeth wealth, The far-renowned, the mighty One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.7

इन्द्रेण सꣳ हि दृक्षसे सꣳजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा । मन्दू समानवर्चसा

indreṇa saṁ hi dṛkṣase saṁjagmāno abibhyuṣā | mandū samānavarcasā

For you are seen together with Indra, having come together with the fearless one — you two exhilarated, of equal radiance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side: Both joyous, equal in your sheen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.8

अनवद्यैर् अभिद्युभिर् मखः सहस्वद् अर्चति । गणैर् इन्द्रस्य काम्यैः

anavadyair abhidyubhir makhaḥ sahasvad arcati | gaṇair indrasya kāmyaiḥ

With the blameless, heaven-going troops of Indra, the dear ones, the lively one sings with might.

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

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With Indra's well beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven, The sacrificer cries aloud.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.9

अतः परिज्मन्न् आ गहि दिवो वा रोचनाद् अधि । सम् अस्मिन्न् ऋञ्जते गिरः

ataḥ parijmann ā gahi divo vā rocanād adhi | sam asminn ṛñjate giraḥ

From there come here, O you who circle about, or from above, from the light of heaven; the songs stretch out together toward him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Come from this place, O Wanderer, or downward from the light of heaven: Our songs of praise all yearn for this.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 6.10

इतो वा सातिम् ईमहे दिवो वा पार्थिवाद् अधि । इन्द्रम् महो वा रजसः

ito vā sātim īmahe divo vā pārthivād adhi | indram maho vā rajasaḥ

From here we beg for the winning, or from heaven, or from above the earthly (realm), or from the great middle space — (we beg) Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra we seek to give us help, from here, from heaven above the earth, Or from the spacious firmament.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)