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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 67

RV 1 67.1

वनेषु जायुर् मर्तेषु मित्रो वृणीते श्रुष्टिꣳ राजेवाजुर्यम्

vaneṣu jāyur marteṣu mitro vṛṇīte śruṣṭiṁ rājevājuryam

Victorious among the woods, a friend (Mitra) among mortals, he chooses obedience, like a king, unaging.

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

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VICTORIOUS in the wood, Friend among men, ever he claims obedience as a King.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.2

क्षेमो न साधुः क्रतुर् न भद्रो भुवत् स्वाधीर् होता हव्यवाट्

kṣemo na sādhuḥ kratur na bhadro bhuvat svādhīr hotā havyavāṭ

Good like secure abiding, auspicious like resolve, let him be the well‑minded hotṛ who carries the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Gracious like peace, blessing like mental power, Priest was he, offering-bearer, full of thought.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.3

हस्ते दधानो नृम्णा विश्वान्य् अमे देवान् धाद् गुहा निषीदन्

haste dadhāno nṛmṇā viśvāny ame devān dhād guhā niṣīdan

Holding in his hand all manly powers, seated in hiding he set the gods in awe.

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

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He, bearing in his hand all manly might, crouched in the cavern, struck the Gods with fear.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.4

विदन्तीम् अत्र नरो धियꣳधा हृदा यत् तष्टान् मन्त्राꣳ अशꣳसन्

vidantīm atra naro dhiyaṁdhā hṛdā yat taṣṭān mantrām̐ aśaṁsan

The men who hold thought found him here, when they recited the mantras fashioned with the heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Men filled with understanding find him there, when they have sting prayers formed within their heart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.5

अजो न क्षाꣳ दाधार पृथिवीꣳ तस्तम्भ द्याम् मन्त्रेभिः सत्यैः

ajo na kṣāṁ dādhāra pṛthivīṁ tastambha dyām mantrebhiḥ satyaiḥ

Like the Unborn he held fast the ground, the earth; he propped up heaven with true mantras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He, like the Unborn, holds the broad earth up; and with effective utterance fixed the sky.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.6

प्रिया पदानि पश्वो नि पाहि विश्वायुर् अग्ने गुहा गुहꣳ गाः

priyā padāni paśvo ni pāhi viśvāyur agne guhā guhaṁ gāḥ

Guard the dear tracks of the cattle; possessing all life-time, O Agni, you went into hiding-place after hiding-place.

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

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O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.7

य ईꣳ चिकेत गुहा भवन्तम् आ यः ससाद धाराम् ऋतस्य

ya īṁ ciketa guhā bhavantam ā yaḥ sasāda dhārām ṛtasya

Whoso hath known him dwelling in his lair, and hath approached the stream of holy Law,–

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)

RV 1 67.8

वि ये चृतन्त्य् ऋता सपन्त आद् इद् वसूनि प्र ववाचास्मै

vi ye cṛtanty ṛtā sapanta ād id vasūni pra vavācāsmai

Those who loosen (the bonds) while tending the truths — then indeed he proclaimed the goods to such a one.

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

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They who release him, paying sacred rites, -truly to such doth he announce great wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.9

वि यो वीरुत्सु रोधन् महित्वोत प्रजा उत प्रसूष्व् अन्तः

vi yo vīrutsu rodhan mahitvota prajā uta prasūṣv antaḥ

(He) who grows forth among the plants in greatness, and (as) offspring, and within the bearing ones (the pregnant females).

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

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He who grows mightily in herbs, within each fruitful mother and each babe she bears,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 67.10

चित्तिर् अपाꣳ दमे विश्वायुः सद्मेव धीराः सम्माय चक्रुः

cittir apāṁ dame viśvāyuḥ sadmeva dhīrāḥ sammāya cakruḥ

Wise, life of all men, in the waters' home,– for him have sages built as 'twere a seat.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896) (public domain)