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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 41

RV 3 41.1

आ तू न इन्द्र मद्र्यग् घुवानः सोमपीतये । हरिभ्याꣳ याह्य् अद्रिवः

ā tū na indra madryag ghuvānaḥ somapītaye | haribhyāṁ yāhy adrivaḥ

Come now to us, Indra, turned my way, being called to the soma-drinking; come with your two bay horses, O wielder of the stone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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INVOKED to drink the Soma juice, come with thy Bay Steeds, Thunder-armed Come, Indra, hitherward to me.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.2

सत्तो होता न ऋत्वियस् तिस्तिरे बर्हिर् आनुषक् । अयुज्रन् प्रातर् अद्रयः

satto hotā na ṛtviyas tistire barhir ānuṣak | ayujran prātar adrayaḥ

The hotṛ has taken his seat at the proper season; the barhis has been spread in order; the press-stones have been yoked at dawn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Our priest is seated, true to time; the grass is regularly strewn; The pressing-stones were set at morn.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.3

इमा ब्रह्म ब्रह्मवाहः क्रियन्त आ बर्हिः सीद । वीहि शूर पुरोऴाशम्

imā brahma brahmavāhaḥ kriyanta ā barhiḥ sīda | vīhi śūra puroḻāśam

These formulas are being made, O you who are conveyed by formulas: sit down on the barhis; enjoy the sacrificial cake, O hero.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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These prayers, O thou who hearest prayer are offered: seat thee on the grass. Hero, enjoy the offered cake.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.4

रारन्धि सवनेषु ण एषु स्तोमेषु वृत्रहन् । उक्थेष्व् इन्द्र गिर्वणः

rārandhi savaneṣu ṇa eṣu stomeṣu vṛtrahan | uktheṣv indra girvaṇaḥ

Take delight in our pressings, in these praise-songs, O slayer of Vṛtra, in the recitations, Indra, O lover of songs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Vr̥itra-slayer, be thou pleased with these libations, with these hymns, Song-loving Indra, with our lauds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.5

मतयः सोमपाम् उरुꣳ रिहन्ति शवसस् पतिम् । इन्द्रꣳ वत्सꣳ न मातरः

matayaḥ somapām uruṁ rihanti śavasas patim | indraṁ vatsaṁ na mātaraḥ

The thoughts lick the broad soma-drinker, the lord of power, Indra, as mothers (lick) a calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Our hymns caress the Lord of Strength, vast, drinker of the Soma's juice, Indra, as mother-cows their calf.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.6

स मन्दस्वा ह्य् अन्धसो राधसे तन्वा महे । न स्तोतारꣳ निदे करः

sa mandasvā hy andhaso rādhase tanvā mahe | na stotāraṁ nide karaḥ

So exhilarate yourself with the (soma-)juice for great bounty with your body; do not expose your praiser to scorn.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Delight thee with the juice we pour for thine own great munificence: Yield not thy singer to reproach.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.7

वयम् इन्द्र त्वायवो हविष्मन्तो जरामहे । उत त्वम् अस्मयुर् वसो

vayam indra tvāyavo haviṣmanto jarāmahe | uta tvam asmayur vaso

We, Indra, devoted to you, bearing oblations, sing (your) praise; and you too, O good one, are devoted to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We, Indra, dearly loving thee, bearing oblation, sing thee hymns Thou, Vasu, dearly lovest us.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.8

मारे अस्मद् वि मुमुचो हरिप्रियार्वाङ् याहि । इन्द्र स्वधावो मत्स्वेह

māre asmad vi mumuco haripriyārvāṅ yāhi | indra svadhāvo matsveha

Do not unharness away from us; come hither, O friend of the bay horses; Indra, self-powerful one, be exhilarated here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O thou to whom thy Bays are dear, loose not thy Horses far from us: Here glad thee, Indra, Lord divine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 41.9

अर्वाञ्चꣳ त्वा सुखे रथे वहताम् इन्द्र केशिना । घृतस्नू बर्हिर् आसदे

arvāñcaṁ tvā sukhe rathe vahatām indra keśinā | ghṛtasnū barhir āsade

Let the two maned, ghee-dripping (horses) carry you hither on the easy-running chariot, Indra, to sit on the barhis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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May long-maned Coursers, dropping oil, bring thee on swift car hitherward, Indra, to seat thee on the grass.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)