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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 155

RV 10 155.1

अरायि काणे विकटे गिरिꣳ गच्छ सदान्वे । शिरिम्बिठस्य सत्वभिस् तेभिष् ट्वा चातयामसि

arāyi kāṇe vikaṭe giriṁ gaccha sadānve | śirimbiṭhasya satvabhis tebhiṣ ṭvā cātayāmasi

O niggard-demoness, one-eyed, misshapen, go to the mountain, O Sadānvā; with the warriors of Śirimbiṭha, with those we drive you off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

ARAYI, one-eyed limping hag, fly, ever-screeching, to the hill. We frighten thee away with these, the heroes of Ṣirimbiṭha.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 155.2

चत्तो इतश् चत्तामुतः सर्वा भ्रूणान्य् आरुषी । अराय्यम् ब्रह्मणस् पते तीक्ष्णशृण्गोदृषन्न् इहि

catto itaś cattāmutaḥ sarvā bhrūṇāny āruṣī | arāyyam brahmaṇas pate tīkṣṇaśṛṇgodṛṣann ihi

Driven off from here, driven off from there, she who wounds all embryos, the ruddy one — O Brahmaṇaspati, sharp-horned, come here crushing the niggard-demoness.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Scared from this place and that is she, destroyer of each germ unborn. Go, sharp-horned Brahmanaspti and drive Arayi far away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 155.3

अदो यद् दारु प्लवते सिन्धोः पारे अपूरुषम् । तद् आ रभस्व दुर्हणो तेन गच्छ परस्तरम्

ado yad dāru plavate sindhoḥ pāre apūruṣam | tad ā rabhasva durhaṇo tena gaccha parastaram

That log yonder which floats, manless, on the far shore of the river — take hold of that, O ill-jawed one, and with it go farther away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Yon log that floats without a man to guide it on the river's edge,– Seize it, thou thing with hideous jaws, and go thou far away thereon.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 155.4

यद् ध प्राचीर् अजगन्तोरो मण्डूरधाणिकीः । हता इन्द्रस्य शत्रवः सर्वे बुद्बुदयाशवः

yad dha prācīr ajagantoro maṇḍūradhāṇikīḥ | hatā indrasya śatravaḥ sarve budbudayāśavaḥ

When, foul with secret stain and spot, ye hastened onward to the breast, All Indra's enemies were slain and passed away like froth and foam.

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

RV 10 155.5

परीमे गाम् अनेषत पर्य् अग्निम् अहृषत । देवेष्व् अक्रत श्रवः क इमाꣳ आ दधर्षति

parīme gām aneṣata pary agnim ahṛṣata | deveṣv akrata śravaḥ ka imām̐ ā dadharṣati

These (men) have led the cow around, they have carried Agni around; they have made for themselves glory among the gods. Who will assail them?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

These men have led about the cow, have duly carried Agni round, And raised their glory tg the Gods. Who will attack them with success?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)