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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 154

RV 10 154.1

सोम एकेभ्यः पवते घृतम् एक उपासते । येभ्यो मधु प्रधावति ताꣳश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात्

soma ekebhyaḥ pavate ghṛtam eka upāsate | yebhyo madhu pradhāvati tām̐ś cid evāpi gacchatāt

For some the soma is pressed; some wait upon the ghee; to those to whom the honey runs forth — to just them go on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

FOR some is Soma purified, some sit by sacrificial oil: To those for whom the meath flows forth, even to those let him depart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 154.2

तपसा ये अनाधृष्यास् तपसा ये स्वर् ययुः । तपो ये चक्रिरे महस् ताꣳश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात्

tapasā ye anādhṛṣyās tapasā ye svar yayuḥ | tapo ye cakrire mahas tām̐ś cid evāpi gacchatāt

Those who by fervour are unassailable, those who by fervour went to the light of heaven, those who made fervour their greatness — to just them go on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Invincible through Fervour, those whom Fervour hath advanced to heaven, Who showed great Fervour in their lives, -even to those let him depart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 154.3

ये युध्यन्ते प्रधनेषु शूरासो ये तनूत्यजः । ये वा सहस्रदक्षिणास् ताꣳश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात्

ye yudhyante pradhaneṣu śūrāso ye tanūtyajaḥ | ye vā sahasradakṣiṇās tām̐ś cid evāpi gacchatāt

Those heroes who fight in the contests for spoil, those who give up their bodies, or those whose gifts are a thousand — to just them go on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The heroes who contend in war and boldly cast their lives away, Or who give guerdon thousandfold, -even to those let him depart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 154.4

ये चित् पूर्व ऋतसाप ऋतावान ऋतावृधः । पितॄन् तपस्वतो यम ताꣳश् चिद् एवापि गच्छतात्

ye cit pūrva ṛtasāpa ṛtāvāna ṛtāvṛdhaḥ | pitṝn tapasvato yama tām̐ś cid evāpi gacchatāt

Those ancient ones too who served the ṛta, the ṛta-possessing, the strengtheners of ṛta — to the fathers who practised fervour, O Yama, to just them go on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yea, the first followers of Law, Law's pure and holy strengtheners, The Fathers, Yama! Fervour-moved,even to those let him depart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 154.5

सहस्रणीथाः कवयो ये गोपायन्ति सूर्यम् । ऋषीन् तपस्वतो यम तपोजाꣳ अपि गच्छतात्

sahasraṇīthāḥ kavayo ye gopāyanti sūryam | ṛṣīn tapasvato yama tapojām̐ api gacchatāt

The seers of a thousand songs who guard the sun — to the ṛṣis who practise fervour, O Yama, to those born of fervour, go on.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Skilled in a thousand ways and means, the sages who protect the Sun, The R̥ishis, Yama! Fervour-moved,– even to those let him depart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)