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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 176

RV 10 176.1

प्र सूनव ऋभूणाम् बृहन् नवन्त वृजना । क्षामा ये विश्वधायसो ऽश्नन् धेनुꣳ न मातरम्

pra sūnava ṛbhūṇām bṛhan navanta vṛjanā | kṣāmā ye viśvadhāyaso 'śnan dhenuṁ na mātaram

Loudly have the sons of the Ṛbhus roared, (they) the mighty communities, who, all-nourishing, have consumed the earth as (a calf) its mother the milch-cow.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

WITH hymns of praise their sons have told aloud the R̥ibhus' mighty deeds. Who, all-supporting, have enjoyed the earth as, twere a mother cow.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 176.2

प्र देवꣳ देव्या धिया भरता जातवेदसम् । हव्या नो वक्षद् आनुषक्

pra devaṁ devyā dhiyā bharatā jātavedasam | havyā no vakṣad ānuṣak

Bring forward, with divine insight, the god who knows all that is born; may he convey our oblations in due succession.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Bring forth the God with song divine, being Jâtavedas hitherward, To bear our gifts at once to heaven.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 176.3

अयम् उ ष्य प्र देवयुर् होता यज्ञाय नीयते । रथो न योर् अभीवृतो घृणीवाञ् चेतति त्मना

ayam u ṣya pra devayur hotā yajñāya nīyate | ratho na yor abhīvṛto ghṛṇīvāñ cetati tmanā

This one here, seeking the gods, is led forth as hotṛ for the sacrifice; like a chariot wrapped about on every side, he, glowing, shows himself by his own power.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He here, a God-devoted Priest, led forward comes to sacrifice. Like a car covered for the road, he, glowing, knows, himself, the way.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 176.4

अयम् अग्निर् उरुष्यत्य् अमृताद् इव जन्मनः । सहसश् चित् सहीयान् देवो जीवातवे कृतः

ayam agnir uruṣyaty amṛtād iva janmanaḥ | sahasaś cit sahīyān devo jīvātave kṛtaḥ

This Agni gives (us) wide room, as if from an immortal birth; mightier even than might, the god has been made for living.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

This Agni rescues from distress, as 'twere from the Immortal Race, A God yet mightier than strength, a God who hath been made for life.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)