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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 13

RV 10 13.1

युजे वाम् ब्रह्म पूर्व्यꣳ नमोभिर् वि श्लोक एतु पथ्येव सूरेः । शृण्वन्तु विश्वे अमृतस्य पुत्रा आ ये धामानि दिव्यानि तस्थुः

yuje vām brahma pūrvyaṁ namobhir vi śloka etu pathyeva sūreḥ | śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtasya putrā ā ye dhāmāni divyāni tasthuḥ

I yoke for you two the ancient brahman with acts of homage; let the call go forth like the path of the patron. Let all the sons of the immortal hear, who have taken their stand upon the heavenly abodes.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I YOKE with prayer your ancient inspiration: may the laud rise as on the prince's pathway. All Sons of Immortality shall hear it, all the possessors of celestial natures.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 13.2

यमे इव यतमाने यद् ऐतम् प्र वाम् भरन् मानुषा देवयन्तः । आ सीदतꣳ स्वम् उ लोकꣳ विदाने स्वासस्थे भवतम् इन्दवे नः

yame iva yatamāne yad aitam pra vām bharan mānuṣā devayantaḥ | ā sīdataṁ svam u lokaṁ vidāne svāsasthe bhavatam indave naḥ

When you two went, like twins striving side by side, then the men seeking the gods brought (offerings) before you. Sit down, you two who know your own place; be of good seat for our soma-drop.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

When speeding ye came nigh us like twin sisters, religious-hearted votaries brought you forward. Take your place, ye who know your proper station: be near, be very near unto our Soma.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 13.3

पञ्च पदानि रुपो अन्व् अरोहꣳ चतुष्पदीम् अन्व् एमि व्रतेन । अक्षरेण प्रति मिम एताम् ऋतस्य नाभाव् अधि सम् पुनामि

pañca padāni rupo anv arohaṁ catuṣpadīm anv emi vratena | akṣareṇa prati mima etām ṛtasya nābhāv adhi sam punāmi

I climbed up after the five steps of the (metrical) form; by ordinance I follow after the four-footed one. With the syllable I measure this one out in answer; at the navel of ṛta I purify (it).

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Five paces have I risen from Earth. I follow her who hath four feet with devout observance. This by the Sacred Syllable have I measured: I purify in the central place of Order,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 13.4

देवेभ्यः कम् अवृणीत मृत्युम् प्रजायै कम् अमृतꣳ नावृणीत । बृहस्पतिꣳ यज्ञम् अकृण्वत ऋषिम् प्रियाꣳ यमस् तन्व१म् प्रारिरेचीत्

devebhyaḥ kam avṛṇīta mṛtyum prajāyai kam amṛtaṁ nāvṛṇīta | bṛhaspatiṁ yajñam akṛṇvata ṛṣim priyāṁ yamas tanva1m prārirecīt

For the gods he chose death; he did not choose immortality for his offspring. They made Bṛhaspati, the ṛṣi, the sacrifice; Yama gave over his own dear body.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He, for God's sake, chose death to be his portion. He chose not, for men's good, a life eternal They sacrificed Br̥ihaspati the R̥ishi. Yama delivered up his own dear body.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 13.5

सप्त क्षरन्ति शिशवे मरुत्वते पित्रे पुत्रासो अप्य् अवीवतन्न् ऋतम् । उभे इद् अस्योभयस्य राजत उभे यतेते उभयस्य पुष्यतः

sapta kṣaranti śiśave marutvate pitre putrāso apy avīvatann ṛtam | ubhe id asyobhayasya rājata ubhe yatete ubhayasya puṣyataḥ

Seven (streams) flow for the child, for the father accompanied by the Maruts; the sons have made the ṛta reach (him). Both (worlds) of his rule over both; both range themselves, both prosper for both.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Seven flow to the Youth on whom the Maruts wait: the Sons unto the Father brought the sacrifice. Both these are his, as his they are the Lords of both: both toil; belonging unto both they prosper well.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)