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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 42

RV 3 42.1

उप नः सुतम् आ गहि सोमम् इन्द्र गवाशिरम् । हरिभ्याꣳ यस् ते अस्मयुः

upa naḥ sutam ā gahi somam indra gavāśiram | haribhyāṁ yas te asmayuḥ

Come near to our pressed soma, Indra, mixed with milk, with the two bay horses of yours that are devoted to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

COME to the juice that we have pressed, to Sorna, Indra, bleat with milk: Come, favouring us, thy Bay-drawn car!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.2

तम् इन्द्र मदम् आ गहि बर्हिःष्ठाꣳ ग्रावभिः सुतम् । कुविन् न्व् अस्य तृप्णवः

tam indra madam ā gahi barhiḥṣṭhāṁ grāvabhiḥ sutam | kuvin nv asya tṛpṇavaḥ

Come, Indra, to that intoxicating drink, standing on the barhis, pressed with the stones; will you not indeed be satisfied with it?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Come, Indra, to this gladdening drink, placed on the grass, pressed out with stones: Wilt thou not drink thy fill thereof?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.3

इन्द्रम् इत्था गिरो ममाच्छागुर् इषिता इतः । आवृते सोमपीतये

indram itthā giro mamācchāgur iṣitā itaḥ | āvṛte somapītaye

Thus my songs have gone toward Indra, sent forth from here, so that he may turn hither for the soma-drinking.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To Indra have my songs of praise gone forth, thus rapidly sent hence, To turn him to the Soma-draught.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.4

इन्द्रꣳ सोमस्य पीतये स्तोमैर् इह हवामहे । उक्थेभिः कुविद् आगमत्

indraṁ somasya pītaye stomair iha havāmahe | ukthebhiḥ kuvid āgamat

We call Indra here with praise-songs to drink the soma; surely with the recitations he will come.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Hither with songs of praise we call Indra to drink the Soma juice: Will he not come to us by lauds?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.5

इन्द्र सोमाः सुता इमे तान् दधिष्व शतक्रतो । जठरे वाजिनीवसो

indra somāḥ sutā ime tān dadhiṣva śatakrato | jaṭhare vājinīvaso

Indra, these somas are pressed; put them in your belly, O you of a hundred powers, O possessor of the prize-mares.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra, these Somas are expressed. Take them within thy belly, Lord Of Hundred Powers, thou Prince of Wealth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.6

विद्मा हि त्वा धनꣳजयꣳ वाजेषु दधृषꣳ कवे । अधा ते सुम्नम् ईमहे

vidmā hi tvā dhanaṁjayaṁ vājeṣu dadhṛṣaṁ kave | adhā te sumnam īmahe

For we know you as a winner of wealth, bold in the contests, O poet; therefore we beg your favour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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We know thee winner of the spoil, and resolute in battles, Sage! Therefore thy blessing we implore.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.7

इमम् इन्द्र गवाशिरꣳ यवाशिरꣳ च नः पिब । आगत्या वृषभिः सुतम्

imam indra gavāśiraṁ yavāśiraṁ ca naḥ piba | āgatyā vṛṣabhiḥ sutam

Drink, Indra, this our (soma) mixed with milk and mixed with barley, having come (to it), pressed by strong (stones/men).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Borne hither by thy Stallions, drink, Indra, this juice which we have pressed, Mingled with barley and with milk.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.8

तुभ्येद् इन्द्र स्व ओक्ये३ सोमꣳ चोदामि पीतये । एष रारन्तु ते हृदि

tubhyed indra sva okye3 somaṁ codāmi pītaye | eṣa rārantu te hṛdi

For you alone, Indra, in your own dwelling, I urge the soma forward to be drunk; let this take delight in your heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Indra, for thee, in thine own place, I urge the Soma for thy draught: Deep in thy heart let it remain,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 42.9

त्वाꣳ सुतस्य पीतये प्रत्नम् इन्द्र हवामहे । कुशिकासो अवस्यवः

tvāṁ sutasya pītaye pratnam indra havāmahe | kuśikāso avasyavaḥ

You, the ancient one, Indra, we call to the drinking of the pressed (soma) — we Kuśikas, seeking help.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We call on thee, the Ancient One, Indra, to drink the Soma juice, We Kuṣikas who seek thine aid.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)