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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 9

RV 10 9.1

आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस् ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvas tā na ūrje dadhātana | mahe raṇāya cakṣase

Since you, waters, are bringers of comfort, so set us toward strength, toward great joy, toward (clear) sight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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YE, Waters, are beneficent: so help ye us to energy That we may look on great delight.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.2

यो वः शिवतमो रसस् तस्य भाजयतेह नः । उशतीर् इव मातरः

yo vaḥ śivatamo rasas tasya bhājayateha naḥ | uśatīr iva mātaraḥ

Whatever of your sap is most kindly, give us a share of it here, like mothers who are eager.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Give us a portion of the sap, the most auspicious that ye have, Like mothers in their longing love.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.3

तस्मा अरꣳ गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ । आपो जनयथा च नः

tasmā araṁ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha | āpo janayathā ca naḥ

To him we would readily go of yours, for whose dwelling you quicken (us); and, waters, beget us too.

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

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To you we gladly come for him to whose abode ye send us on; And, Waters, give us procreant strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.4

शꣳ नो देवीर् अभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शꣳ योर् अभि स्रवन्तु नः

śaṁ no devīr abhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye | śaṁ yor abhi sravantu naḥ

May the divine waters be a blessing to us for our aid, for drinking; may they flow toward us as weal and safety.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The Waters. be to us for drink, Goddesses for our aid and bliss: Let them stream to us health and strength.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.5

ईशाना वार्याणाꣳ क्षयन्तीश् चर्षणीनाम् । अपो याचामि भेषजम्

īśānā vāryāṇāṁ kṣayantīś carṣaṇīnām | apo yācāmi bheṣajam

Ruling over things desirable, holding sway over the peoples — of the waters I ask a remedy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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I beg the Floods to give us balm, these Queens who rule o'er precious things, And have supreme control of men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.6

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीद् अन्तर् विश्वानि भेषजा । अग्निꣳ च विश्वशम्भुवम्

apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā | agniṁ ca viśvaśambhuvam

In the waters, Soma told me, are all remedies, and Agni who is beneficial to all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Within the Waters-Soma thus hath told me-dwell all balms that heal, And Agni, he who blesseth all.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.7

आपः पृणीत भेषजꣳ वरूथꣳ तन्वे३ मम । ज्योक् च सूर्यꣳ दृशे

āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṁ varūthaṁ tanve3 mama | jyok ca sūryaṁ dṛśe

O Waters, bestow a remedy, a shelter for my body, and that I may long see the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Waters, teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm, So that I long may see the Sun.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.8

इदम् आपः प्र वहत यत् किꣳ च दुरितम् मयि । यद् वाहम् अभिदुद्रोह यद् वा शेप उतानृतम्

idam āpaḥ pra vahata yat kiṁ ca duritam mayi | yad vāham abhidudroha yad vā śepa utānṛtam

Carry this away, O Waters, whatever evil is in me—whether I have been treacherous, or have cursed, or (spoken) untruth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whatever sin is found in me, whatever evil I have wrought, If I have lied or falsely sworn, Waters, remove it far from me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 9.9

आपो अद्यान्व् अचारिषꣳ रसेन सम् अगस्महि । पयस्वान् अग्न आ गहि तम् मा सꣳ सृज वर्चसा

āpo adyānv acāriṣaṁ rasena sam agasmahi | payasvān agna ā gahi tam mā saṁ sṛja varcasā

O Waters, today I have gone in after (you); with (your) sap we have united. Come here, Agni, rich in milk; unite me with lustre.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The Waters I this day have sought, and to their moisture have we come: O Agni, rich in milk, come thou, and with thy splendour cover me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)