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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 57

RV 10 57.1

मा प्र गाम पथो वयम् मा यज्ञाद् इन्द्र सोमिनः । मान्तः स्थुर् नो अरातयः

mā pra gāma patho vayam mā yajñād indra sominaḥ | māntaḥ sthur no arātayaḥ

May we not stray from the path, nor from the sacrifice, O Indra, we soma-pressers; let no grudging foes stand between us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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LET us not, Indra, leave the path, the Soma-presser's sacrifice: Let no malignity dwell with us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 57.2

यो यज्ञस्य प्रसाधनस् तन्तुर् देवेष्व् आततः । तम् आहुतꣳ नशीमहि

yo yajñasya prasādhanas tantur deveṣv ātataḥ | tam āhutaṁ naśīmahi

The thread that is the accomplisher of the sacrifice, stretched out among the gods — may we reach it when it has been offered with the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May we obtain, completely wrought, the thread spun out to reach the Gods, That perfecteth the sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 57.3

मनो न्व् आ हुवामहे नाराशꣳसेन सोमेन । पितॄणाꣳ च मन्मभिः

mano nv ā huvāmahe nārāśaṁsena somena | pitṝṇāṁ ca manmabhiḥ

Now we call the mind (back) with Nārāśaṁsa soma and with the thoughts of the Fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We call the spirit hither with the Soma of our parted sires, Yea, with the Fathers' holy hymns.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 57.4

आ त एतु मनः पुनः क्रत्वे दक्षाय जीवसे । ज्योक् च सूर्यꣳ दृशे

ā ta etu manaḥ punaḥ kratve dakṣāya jīvase | jyok ca sūryaṁ dṛśe

Let your mind come back again, for resolve, for skill, for living, and for long seeing the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thy spirit come to thee again for wisdom, energy, and lire, That thou mayst long behold the sun!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 57.5

पुनर् नः पितरो मनो ददातु दैव्यो जनः । जीवꣳ व्रातꣳ सचेमहि

punar naḥ pitaro mano dadātu daivyo janaḥ | jīvaṁ vrātaṁ sacemahi

May the Fathers, the divine folk, give us back the mind; may we attend upon the company of the living.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Fathers, may the Heavenly Folk give us our spirit once again, That we may be with those who live.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 57.6

वयꣳ सोम व्रते तव मनस् तनूषु बिभ्रतः । प्रजावन्तः सचेमहि

vayaṁ soma vrate tava manas tanūṣu bibhrataḥ | prajāvantaḥ sacemahi

We, O Soma, under your observance, bearing the mind in our bodies, rich in offspring — may we keep company.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

O Soma with the spirit still within us, blest with progeny, May we be busied in the law.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)