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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 2 — Chapter 13

RV 2 13.1

ऋतुर् जनित्री तस्या अपस् परि मक्षू जात आविशद् यासु वर्धते । तद् आहना अभवत् पिप्युषी पयो ऽꣳशोः पीयूषम् प्रथमꣳ तद् उक्थ्यम्

ṛtur janitrī tasyā apas pari makṣū jāta āviśad yāsu vardhate | tad āhanā abhavat pipyuṣī payo 'ṁśoḥ pīyūṣam prathamaṁ tad ukthyam

They come to one meeting-place, carrying the milk about; they bring forward nourishment for the all-shaped one. The course of those flowing downward is the same, for running along. You who did these things first, you are the one worthy of the recitation.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

THE Season was the parent, and when born therefrom it entered rapidly the floods wherein it grows. Thence was it full of sap, streaming with milky juice: the milk of the plant's stalk is chief and meet for lauds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.2

सध्रीम् आ यन्ति परि बिभ्रतीः पयो विश्वप्स्न्याय प्र भरन्त भोजनम् । समानो अध्वा प्रवताम् अनुष्यदे यस् ताकृणोः प्रथमꣳ सास्य् उक्थ्यः

sadhrīm ā yanti pari bibhratīḥ payo viśvapsnyāya pra bharanta bhojanam | samāno adhvā pravatām anuṣyade yas tākṛṇoḥ prathamaṁ sāsy ukthyaḥ

One follows along and speaks what he gives; one, altering the forms, goes about at that work. One endures all thrustings-away. You who did these things first, you are the one worthy of the recitation.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They come trooping together bearing milk to him, and bring him sustenance who gives support to all. The way is common for the downward streams to flow. Thou who didst these things first art worthy of our lauds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.3

अन्व् एको वदति यद् ददाति तद् रूपा मिनन् तदपा एक ईयते । विश्वा एकस्य विनुदस् तितिक्षते यस् ताकृणोः प्रथमꣳ सास्य् उक्थ्यः

anv eko vadati yad dadāti tad rūpā minan tadapā eka īyate | viśvā ekasya vinudas titikṣate yas tākṛṇoḥ prathamaṁ sāsy ukthyaḥ

They sit apportioning nourishment to the offspring, like wealth—a support growing abundant for the one who comes. Insatiable, with his teeth he eats the father's food. You who did these things first, you are the one worthy of the recitation.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

One priest announces what the institutor gives: one, altering the forms, zealously plies his task, The third corrects the imperfections left by each. Thou who didst these things first art worthy of our lauds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.4

प्रजाभ्यः पुष्टिꣳ विभजन्त आसते रयिम् इव पृष्ठम् प्रभवन्तम् आयते । असिन्वन् दꣳष्ट्रैः पितुर् अत्ति भोजनꣳ यस् ताकृणोः प्रथमꣳ सास्य् उक्थ्यः

prajābhyaḥ puṣṭiṁ vibhajanta āsate rayim iva pṛṣṭham prabhavantam āyate | asinvan daṁṣṭraiḥ pitur atti bhojanaṁ yas tākṛṇoḥ prathamaṁ sāsy ukthyaḥ

They sit apportioning thriving to the offspring, like wealth, a store growing abundant for the one who comes; insatiable with his fangs he eats the father's food — you who did that first, you are the one to be praised.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Dealing out food unto their people there they sit, like wealth to him who comes, more than the back can bear. Greedily with his teeth he eats the master's food. Thou who didst these things first art worthy of our lauds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.5

अधाकृणोः पृथिवीꣳ सꣳदृशे दिवे यो धौतीनाम् अहिहन्न् आरिणक् पथः । तꣳ त्वा स्तोमेभिर् उदभिर् न वाजिनꣳ देवꣳ देवा अजनन् सास्य् उक्थ्यः

adhākṛṇoḥ pṛthivīṁ saṁdṛśe dive yo dhautīnām ahihann āriṇak pathaḥ | taṁ tvā stomebhir udabhir na vājinaṁ devaṁ devā ajanan sāsy ukthyaḥ

Then you made the earth a thing for heaven to look upon; you, serpent-slayer, set loose the courses of the streams. The gods begot you, a god, with praises, as (they groom) a prize-steed with waters — you are the one worthy of the uktha.

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

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Thou hast created earth to look upon the sky: thou, slaying Ahi, settest free the river's paths. Thee, such, a God, the Gods have quickened with their lauds, even as a steed with waters: meet for praise art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.6

यो भोजनꣳ च दयसे च वर्धनम् आर्द्राद् आ शुष्कम् मधुमद् दुदोहिथ । स शेवधिꣳ नि दधिषे विवस्वति विश्वस्यैक ईशिषे सास्य् उक्थ्यः

yo bhojanaṁ ca dayase ca vardhanam ārdrād ā śuṣkam madhumad dudohitha | sa śevadhiṁ ni dadhiṣe vivasvati viśvasyaika īśiṣe sāsy ukthyaḥ

You who both apportion food and (apportion) increase — from the moist you have milked out the dry, the honey-rich. You have laid up the treasure-store with Vivasvat; alone you have power over all — you are the one worthy of the uktha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou givest increase, thou dealest to us our food: thou milkest from the moist the dry, the rich in sweets. Thou by the worshipper layest thy precious store: thou art sole Lord of all. Meet for our praise art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.7

यः पुष्पिणीश् च प्रस्वश् च धर्मणाधि दाने व्य् अ१वनीर् अधारयः । यश् चासमा अजनो दिद्युतो दिव उरुर् ऊर्वाꣳ अभितः सास्य् उक्थ्यः

yaḥ puṣpiṇīś ca prasvaś ca dharmaṇādhi dāne vy a1vanīr adhārayaḥ | yaś cāsamā ajano didyuto diva urur ūrvām̐ abhitaḥ sāsy ukthyaḥ

You who by (your) ordinance held apart the flowering and the fruiting (plants) and the river-courses at the giving; and who begot the matchless lightnings of heaven — broad, (you surround) the broad ones on every side — you are the one worthy of the uktha.

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

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Thou who hast spread abroad the streams by stablished law, and in the field the plants that blossom and bear seed; Thou who hast made the matchless lightnings of the sky,– vast, compassing vast realms, meet for our praise art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.8

यो नार्मरꣳ सहवसुꣳ निहन्तवे पृक्षाय च दासवेशाय चावहः । ऊर्जयन्त्या अपरिविष्टम् आस्यम् उतैवाद्य पुरुकृत् सास्य् उक्थ्यः

yo nārmaraṁ sahavasuṁ nihantave pṛkṣāya ca dāsaveśāya cāvahaḥ | ūrjayantyā apariviṣṭam āsyam utaivādya purukṛt sāsy ukthyaḥ

You who carried Nārmara together with his goods off to be struck down, and (carried them) for Pṛkṣa and for Dāsaveśa; the mouth of Ūrjayantī unsurrounded — and even today, doer of many deeds, you are the one worthy of the uktha.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Who broughtest Nârmara with all his wealth, for sake of food, to slay him that the fiends might be destroyed, Broughtest the face unclouded of the strengthening one, performing much even now, worthy art thou of praise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.9

शतꣳ वा यस्य दश साकम् आद्य एकस्य श्रुष्टौ यद् ध चोदम् आविथ । अरज्जौ दस्यून् सम् उनब् दभीतये सुप्राव्यो अभवः सास्य् उक्थ्यः

śataṁ vā yasya daśa sākam ādya ekasya śruṣṭau yad dha codam āvitha | arajjau dasyūn sam unab dabhītaye suprāvyo abhavaḥ sāsy ukthyaḥ

He of whom a hundred, or ten at once, are to be consumed — when at the summons of the one you helped Coda; without a rope you bound the Dasyus together for Dabhīti, you became a good helper — you are the one worthy of the uktha.

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

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Thou boundest up the Dâsa's hundred friends and ten, when, at one's hearing, thou belpest thy worshipper. Thou for Dabhîti boundest Dasyus not with cords; Thou wast a mighty help. Worthy of lauds art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.10

विश्वेद् अनु रोधना अस्य पौꣳस्यꣳ ददुर् अस्मै दधिरे कृत्नवे धनम् । षऴ् अस्तभ्ना विष्टिरः पञ्च सꣳदृशः परि परो अभवः सास्य् उक्थ्यः

viśved anu rodhanā asya pauṁsyaṁ dadur asmai dadhire kṛtnave dhanam | ṣaḻ astabhnā viṣṭiraḥ pañca saṁdṛśaḥ pari paro abhavaḥ sāsy ukthyaḥ

All the dammings-up (of the waters) yield to his manly power; they gave to him, they conferred wealth on the effective one. You propped up the six expanses, the five regions of sight; you came to be beyond the beyond — you are the one worthy of the uktha.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

All banks of rivers yielded to his manly might; to him they gave, to him, the Strong, gave up their wealth. The six directions hast thou fixed, a five-fold view: thy victories reached afar. Worthy of lauds art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.11

सुप्रवाचनꣳ तव वीर वीर्य१ꣳ यद् एकेन क्रतुना विन्दसे वसु । जातूष्ठिरस्य प्र वयः सहस्वतो या चकर्थ सेन्द्र विश्वास्य् उक्थ्यः

supravācanaṁ tava vīra vīrya1ṁ yad ekena kratunā vindase vasu | jātūṣṭhirasya pra vayaḥ sahasvato yā cakartha sendra viśvāsy ukthyaḥ

Well worth proclaiming is your heroic deed, O hero, that with a single resolve you find goods. The vigour of the naturally-firm, of the strong one, (goes) forth — the things you have done: for all of them, Indra, you are worthy of the uktha.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Meet for high praise, O Hero, is thy power, that with thy single wisdom thou obtainest wealth, The life-support of conquering Jatusthira. Indra, for all thy deeds, worthy of lauds art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.12

अरमयः सरपसस् तराय कꣳ तुर्वीतये च वय्याय च स्रुतिम् । नीचा सन्तम् उद् अनयः परावृजम् प्रान्धꣳ श्रोणꣳ श्रवयन् सास्य् उक्थ्यः

aramayaḥ sarapasas tarāya kaṁ turvītaye ca vayyāya ca srutim | nīcā santam ud anayaḥ parāvṛjam prāndhaṁ śroṇaṁ śravayan sāsy ukthyaḥ

You brought the flowing waters to rest for the crossing, and a path for Turvīti and for Vayya. You led up the outcast who was down below; making the blind and the lame to be heard of — you are the one worthy of the uktha.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou for Turvîti heldest still the flowing floods, the river-stream for Vayya easily to pass Didst raise the outcast from the depths, and gavest fame unto the halt and blind. Worthy of lauds art thou.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 2 13.13

अस्मभ्यꣳ तद् वसो दानाय राधः सम् अर्थयस्व बहु ते वसव्यम् । इन्द्र यच् चित्रꣳ श्रवस्या अनु द्यून् बृहद् वदेम विदथे सुवीराः

asmabhyaṁ tad vaso dānāya rādhaḥ sam arthayasva bahu te vasavyam | indra yac citraṁ śravasyā anu dyūn bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ

That bounty, O good one, make ready for giving to us; much is your wealth. Indra, whatever of yours is bright — out of desire for glory, day after day may we speak loftily in the assembly, possessed of good heroes.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Prepare thyself to grant us that great bounty, O Vasu, for abundant is thy treasure. Snatch up the wonderful, O Indra, daily. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)