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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 44

RV 3 44.1

अयꣳ ते अस्तु हर्यतः सोम आ हरिभिः सुतः । जुषाण इन्द्र हरिभिर् न आ गह्य् आ तिष्ठ हरितꣳ रथम्

ayaṁ te astu haryataḥ soma ā haribhiḥ sutaḥ | juṣāṇa indra haribhir na ā gahy ā tiṣṭha haritaṁ ratham

Let this soma be delightful for you, pressed by the tawny (fingers/stones). Taking pleasure in it, Indra, come to us with your bays; mount the golden chariot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

May this delightsome Soma be expressed for thee by tawny stones. Joying thereat, O Indra, with thy Bay Steeds come:. ascend thy golden-coloured car.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 44.2

हर्यन्न् उषसम् अर्चयः सूर्यꣳ हर्यन्न् अरोचयः । विद्वाꣳश् चिकित्वान् हर्यश्व वर्धस इन्द्र विश्वा अभि श्रियः

haryann uṣasam arcayaḥ sūryaṁ haryann arocayaḥ | vidvām̐ś cikitvān haryaśva vardhasa indra viśvā abhi śriyaḥ

Delighting in her, you made the dawn shine; delighting, you made the sun shine. Knowing, discerning, O bay-horsed one, you grow, Indra, beyond all splendours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

In love thou madest Ushas glow, in love thou madest Sûrya shine. Thou, Indra, knowing, thinking, Lord of Tawny Steeds, above all glories waxest great.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 44.3

द्याम् इन्द्रो हरिधायसम् पृथिवीꣳ हरिवर्पसम् । अधारयद् धरितोर् भूरि भोजनꣳ ययोर् अन्तर् हरिश् चरत्

dyām indro haridhāyasam pṛthivīṁ harivarpasam | adhārayad dharitor bhūri bhojanaṁ yayor antar hariś carat

Indra upheld the heaven that nourishes the bay, and the earth of tawny form — the abundant nourishment of the two tawny ones, between whom the bay (sun) moves.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The heaven with streams of golden hue, earth with her tints of green and gold- The golden Pair yield Indra plenteous nourishment: between them moves the golden One.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 44.4

जज्ञानो हरितो वृषा विश्वम् आ भाति रोचनम् । हर्यश्वो हरितꣳ धत्त आयुधम् आ वज्रम् बाह्वोर् हरिम्

jajñāno harito vṛṣā viśvam ā bhāti rocanam | haryaśvo haritaṁ dhatta āyudham ā vajram bāhvor harim

Born, the tawny bull shines out over the whole bright realm; the bay-horsed one takes up the tawny weapon, the tawny mace in his two arms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

When born to life the golden Bull illumines all the realm of light. He takes his golden weapon, Lord of Tawny Steeds, the golden thunder in his arms.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 44.5

इन्द्रो हर्यन्तम् अर्जुनꣳ वज्रꣳ शुक्रैर् अभीवृतम् । अपावृणोद् धरिभिर् अद्रिभिः सुतम् उद् गा हरिभिर् आजत

indro haryantam arjunaṁ vajraṁ śukrair abhīvṛtam | apāvṛṇod dharibhir adribhiḥ sutam ud gā haribhir ājata

Indra uncovered the tawny, gleaming mace, encompassed with bright (rays), and, with the stones, the pressed (soma) by means of the bays; with the bays he drove up the cows.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The bright, the well-loved thunderbolt, girt with the bright, Indra disclosed, Disclosed the Soma juice pressed out by tawny stones, with tawny steeds drave forth the kine.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)