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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 186

RV 10 186.1

वात आ वातु भेषजꣳ शम्भु मयोभु नो हृदे । प्र ण आयूꣳषि तारिषत्

vāta ā vātu bheṣajaṁ śambhu mayobhu no hṛde | pra ṇa āyūṁṣi tāriṣat

Let the Wind blow hither the remedy, bringing comfort and joy to our heart; may he prolong our lifetimes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

FILLING our hearts with health and joy, may Vâta breathe his balm on us May he prolong our days of life.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 186.2

उत वात पितासि न उत भ्रातोत नः सखा । स नो जीवातवे कृधि

uta vāta pitāsi na uta bhrātota naḥ sakhā | sa no jīvātave kṛdhi

And you, Wind, are our father, and our brother, and our comrade; make (it) so that we may live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art our Father, Vâta, yea, thou art a Brother and a friend, So give us strength that we may live.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 186.3

यद् अदो वात ते गृहे३ ऽमृतस्य निधिर् हितः । ततो नो देहि जीवसे

yad ado vāta te gṛhe3 'mṛtasya nidhir hitaḥ | tato no dehi jīvase

That store of the immortal which is deposited yonder in your house, Wind — give us of it, that we may live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The store of Amrit laid away yonder, O Vâta, in thine home,– Give us thereof that we may live.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)