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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 1 — Chapter 68

RV 1 68.1

श्रीणन्न् उप स्थाद् दिवम् भुरण्युः स्थातुश् चरथम् अक्तून् व्य् ऊर्णोत्

śrīṇann upa sthād divam bhuraṇyuḥ sthātuś caratham aktūn vy ūrṇot

Blazing (as he ripens them), the swift one has risen up to heaven; he has unveiled what stands and what moves, (and) the nights.

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

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COMMINGLING, restless, he ascends the sky, unveiling nights and all that stands or moves,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.2

परि यद् एषाम् एको विश्वेषाम् भुवद् देवो देवानाम् महित्वा

pari yad eṣām eko viśveṣām bhuvad devo devānām mahitvā

When he alone, a god, came to surround all these by his greatness — (greatness) of the gods,

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

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As he the sole God is preeminent in greatness among all these other Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.3

आद् इत् ते विश्वे क्रतुꣳ जुषन्त शुष्काद् यद् देव जीवो जनिष्ठाः

ād it te viśve kratuṁ juṣanta śuṣkād yad deva jīvo janiṣṭhāḥ

Then indeed all delighted in your resolve, when, O god, you were born alive out of the dry (wood).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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All men are joyful in thy power, O God, that living from the dry wood thou art born.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.4

भजन्त विश्वे देवत्वꣳ नाम ऋतꣳ सपन्तो अमृतम् एवैः

bhajanta viśve devatvaṁ nāma ṛtaṁ sapanto amṛtam evaiḥ

All shared in (his) godhood, in (his) name; attending upon ṛta, (they attained) the immortal by their courses.

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

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All truly share thy Godhead while they keep, in their accustomed ways, eternal Law.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.5

ऋतस्य प्रेषा ऋतस्य धीतिर् विश्वायुर् विश्वे अपाꣳसि चक्रुः

ṛtasya preṣā ṛtasya dhītir viśvāyur viśve apāṁsi cakruḥ

(His are) the impulsions of ṛta, the insight of ṛta; life-giving for all — all (the gods) have done the works.

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

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Strong is the thought of Law, the Law's behest; all works have they performed; he quickens all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.6

यस् तुभ्यꣳ दाशाद् यो वा ते शिक्षात् तस्मै चिकित्वान् रयिꣳ दयस्व

yas tubhyaṁ dāśād yo vā te śikṣāt tasmai cikitvān rayiṁ dayasva

Whoever will offer to you, or whoever will render you service, to him, discerning (one), deal out wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whoso will bring oblation, gifts to thee, to him, bethinking thee, vouchsafe thou wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.7

होता निषत्तो मनोर् अपत्ये स चिन् न्व् आसाम् पती रयीणाम्

hotā niṣatto manor apatye sa cin nv āsām patī rayīṇām

Installed as hotṛ among the offspring of Manu, he indeed is the lord of these riches.

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Seated as Priest with Manu's progeny, of all these treasures he alone is Lord.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.8

इच्छन्त रेतो मिथस् तनूषु सꣳ जानत स्वैर् दक्षैर् अमूराः

icchanta reto mithas tanūṣu saṁ jānata svair dakṣair amūrāḥ

Seeking seed mutually in (their) bodies, the undeluded ones came to agreement by their own skills.

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

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Men yearn for children to prolong their line, and are not disappointed in their hope.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.9

पितुर् न पुत्राः क्रतुꣳ जुषन्त श्रोषन् ये अस्य शासꣳ तुरासः

pitur na putrāḥ kratuṁ juṣanta śroṣan ye asya śāsaṁ turāsaḥ

Like sons (the will) of a father, they take pleasure in his resolve — those swift ones who hearken to his command.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Eagerly they who hear his word fulfil his wish as sons obey their sire's behest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 1 68.10

वि राय और्णोद् दुरः पुरुक्षुः पिपेश नाकꣳ स्तृभिर् दमूनाः

vi rāya aurṇod duraḥ purukṣuḥ pipeśa nākaṁ stṛbhir damūnāḥ

He, rich in nourishment, has thrown open the doors of wealth; he, the lord of the house, has adorned the vault (of heaven) with stars.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He, rich in food, unbars his wealth like doors: he, the House-Friend, bath decked heaven's vault with stars.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)