Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 44
RV 10 44.1
आ यात्व् इन्द्रः स्वपतिर् मदाय यो धर्मणा तूतुजानस् तुविष्मान् । प्रत्वक्षाणो अति विश्वा सहाꣳस्य् अपारेण महता वृष्ण्येन
ā yātv indraḥ svapatir madāya yo dharmaṇā tūtujānas tuviṣmān | pratvakṣāṇo ati viśvā sahāṁsy apāreṇa mahatā vṛṣṇyena
Let Indra come, the good lord (of his own), to the exhilaration — he who, impelled by (his) ordinance, is full of power, showing forth his force beyond all mights, with his boundless great bullishness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
MAY Sovran Indra come to the carousal, he who by Holy Law is strong and active, The overcomer of all conquering forces with his great steer-like power that hath no limit.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.2
सुष्ठामा रथः सुयमा हरी ते मिम्यक्ष वज्रो नृपते गभस्तौ । शीभꣳ राजन् सुपथा याह्य् अर्वाङ् वर्धाम ते पपुषो वृष्ण्यानि
suṣṭhāmā rathaḥ suyamā harī te mimyakṣa vajro nṛpate gabhastau | śībhaṁ rājan supathā yāhy arvāṅ vardhāma te papuṣo vṛṣṇyāni
Well-standing is your chariot, easy to guide your two bay horses; the mace has been fitted, O lord of men, in your hand. Swiftly, O king, come hither by a good path; we will strengthen your bullish powers when you have drunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Firm-seated is thy car, thy Steeds are docile; thy hand, O King, holds, firmly grasped, the thunder. On thy fair path, O Lord of men, come quickly: we will increase thy powers when thou hast drunken.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.3
एन्द्रवाहो नृपतिꣳ वज्रबाहुम् उग्रम् उग्रासस् तविषास एनम् । प्रत्वक्षसꣳ वृषभꣳ सत्यशुष्मम् एम् अस्मत्रा सधमादो वहन्तु
endravāho nṛpatiṁ vajrabāhum ugram ugrāsas taviṣāsa enam | pratvakṣasaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ satyaśuṣmam em asmatrā sadhamādo vahantu
Let the Indra-bearers bring him here to us — the lord of men, the mace-armed, the formidable one — formidable, mighty, companions of his revel: the one of surpassing force, the bull whose fury is true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let strong and mighty Steeds who bear this Mighty Indra, the Lord of men, whose arm wields thunder, Bring unto us, as sharers of our banquet, the Steer of conquering might, of real vigour.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.4
एवा पतिꣳ द्रोणसाचꣳ सचेतसम् ऊर्जः स्कम्भꣳ धरुण आ वृषायसे । ओजः कृष्व सꣳ गृभाय त्वे अप्य् असो यथा केनिपानाम् इनो वृधे
evā patiṁ droṇasācaṁ sacetasam ūrjaḥ skambhaṁ dharuṇa ā vṛṣāyase | ojaḥ kṛṣva saṁ gṛbhāya tve apy aso yathā kenipānām ino vṛdhe
Thus you act the bull toward the lord who keeps to the wooden vessel, the like-minded, the pillar of vigour, in the support. Make strength, gather it, let it be within you, so that you may be the master for the increase of the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
So like a Bull thou rushest to the Lord who loves the trough, the Sage, the prop of vigour, in the vat, Prepare thine energies, collect them in thyself: be for our profit as the Master of the wise.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.5
गमन्न् अस्मे वसून्य् आ हि शꣳसिषꣳ स्वाशिषम् भरम् आ याहि सोमिनः । त्वम् ईशिषे सास्मिन्न् आ सत्सि बर्हिष्य् अनाधृष्या तव पात्राणि धर्मणा
gamann asme vasūny ā hi śaṁsiṣaṁ svāśiṣam bharam ā yāhi sominaḥ | tvam īśiṣe sāsminn ā satsi barhiṣy anādhṛṣyā tava pātrāṇi dharmaṇā
May goods come to us — for I have indeed recited (the praise) — bring the well-cooked offering; come to the soma-presser. You have the power: sit down here on the ritual grass; your vessels are not to be assailed, by ordinance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
May precious treasures come to us-so will I pray. Come to the votary's gift offered with beauteous laud. Thou art the Lord, as such sit on this holy grass: thy vessels are inviolate as Law commands.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.6
पृथक् प्रायन् प्रथमा देवहूतयो ऽकृण्वत श्रवस्यानि दुष्टरा । न ये शेकुर् यज्ञियाꣳ नावम् आरुहम् ईर्मैव ते न्य् अविशन्त केपयः
pṛthak prāyan prathamā devahūtayo 'kṛṇvata śravasyāni duṣṭarā | na ye śekur yajñiyāṁ nāvam āruham īrmaiva te ny aviśanta kepayaḥ
Separately the first invocations of the gods went forth; they made deeds of glory hard to surpass. Those who could not climb aboard the ship of sacrifice — just there the shrinkers sank down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Far went our earlist invocation of the Gods, and won us glories that can never be surpassed. They who could not ascend the ship of sacrifice, sink down in desolation, trembling with alarm.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.7
एवैवापाग् अपरे सन्तु दूढ्यो ऽश्वा येषाꣳ दुर्युज आयुयुज्रे । इत्था ये प्राग् उपरे सन्ति दावने पुरूणि यत्र वयुनानि भोजना
evaivāpāg apare santu dūḍhyo 'śvā yeṣāṁ duryuja āyuyujre | itthā ye prāg upare santi dāvane purūṇi yatra vayunāni bhojanā
Just so let the others, the ill-intentioned, be (driven) westward — those whose horses have been yoked badly-yoked. And so those who are nearby eastward, ready to give, where there are many measures (and) enjoyments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
So be the others, evil-hearted, far away, whose horses, difficult to harness, have been yoked. Here in advance men stand anear to offer gifts, by whom full many a work that brings reward is done.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.8
गिरीꣳर् अज्रान् रेजमानाꣳ अधारयद् द्यौः क्रन्दद् अन्तरिक्षाणि कोपयत् । समीचीने धिषणे वि ष्कभायति वृष्णः पीत्वा मद उक्थानि शꣳसति
girīm̐r ajrān rejamānām̐ adhārayad dyauḥ krandad antarikṣāṇi kopayat | samīcīne dhiṣaṇe vi ṣkabhāyati vṛṣṇaḥ pītvā mada ukthāni śaṁsati
He held fast the mountains and the plains as they trembled; the sky roared, he made the mid-spaces shake. He props apart the two joined bowls (of heaven and earth); having drunk of the bull (soma), in his exhilaration he recites the hymns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
He firmly fixed the plains and mountains as they shook. Dyaus thundered forth and made the air's mid-region quake. He stays apart the two confronting bowls; he sings lauds in the potent Soma's joy when he hath drunk.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.9
इमम् बिभर्मि सुकृतꣳ ते अङ्कुशꣳ येनारुजासि मघवञ् छफारुजः । अस्मिन् सु ते सवने अस्त्व् ओक्यꣳ सुत इष्टौ मघवन् बोध्य् आभगः
imam bibharmi sukṛtaṁ te aṅkuśaṁ yenārujāsi maghavañ chaphārujaḥ | asmin su te savane astv okyaṁ suta iṣṭau maghavan bodhy ābhagaḥ
I hold up this well-made hook of yours, with which you break open, O bounteous one, the breakers with the hoof. In this pressing of yours let there be a home; at the pressed (soma), in the offering, O bounteous one, take notice, be a partaker.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I bear this deftly-fashioned goad of thine, wherewith thou, Maghavan, shalt break the strikers with the hoof. At this libation mayst thou be well satisfied. Partake the juice, partake the worship, Maghavan.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.10
गोभिष् टरेमामतिꣳ दुरेवाꣳ यवेन क्षुधम् पुरुहूत विश्वाम् । वयꣳ राजभिः प्रथमा धनान्य् अस्माकेन वृजनेना जयेम
gobhiṣ ṭaremāmatiṁ durevāṁ yavena kṣudham puruhūta viśvām | vayaṁ rājabhiḥ prathamā dhanāny asmākena vṛjanenā jayema
With cattle may we cross over ill-disposed destitution, with barley all hunger, O much-invoked one. May we, first, with the kings, win prizes by our own fighting band.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
O Much-invoked, may we subdue all famine and evil want with store of grain and cattle. May we allied, as first in rank, with princes obtain possessions by our own exertion.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)
RV 10 44.11
बृहस्पतिर् नः परि पातु पश्चाद् उतोत्तरस्माद् अधराद् अघायोः । इन्द्रः पुरस्ताद् उत मध्यतो नः सखा सखिभ्यो वरिवः कृणोतु
bṛhaspatir naḥ pari pātu paścād utottarasmād adharād aghāyoḥ | indraḥ purastād uta madhyato naḥ sakhā sakhibhyo varivaḥ kṛṇotu
May Bṛhaspati guard us round about from behind, and from above, from below, from the malicious one; may Indra (guard us) from in front and from the middle: as a friend to friends may he make broad space.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Br̥ihaspati protect us from the rearward, and from above, and from below, from sinners. May Indra from the front and from the centre, as Friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)