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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 46

RV 3 46.1

युध्मस्य ते वृषभस्य स्वराज उग्रस्य यूनः स्थविरस्य घृष्वेः । अजूर्यतो वज्रिणो वीर्या३णीन्द्र श्रुतस्य महतो महानि

yudhmasya te vṛṣabhasya svarāja ugrasya yūnaḥ sthavirasya ghṛṣveḥ | ajūryato vajriṇo vīryā3ṇīndra śrutasya mahato mahāni

Of you, the fighter, the bull, the self-ruling, the fierce, the young one, the firm, the eager, of the unaging wielder of the vajra — great are the heroic deeds, O Indra, of you the renowned and great one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

OF thee, the Bull, the Warrior, Sovran Ruler, joyous and fierce, ancient and ever youthful, The undecaying One who wields the thunder, renowned and great, great are the exploits, Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 46.2

महाꣳ असि महिष वृष्ण्येभिर् धनस्पृद् उग्र सहमानो अन्यान् । एको विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजा स योधया च क्षयया च जनान्

mahām̐ asi mahiṣa vṛṣṇyebhir dhanaspṛd ugra sahamāno anyān | eko viśvasya bhuvanasya rājā sa yodhayā ca kṣayayā ca janān

Great you are, O buffalo, by your bull-like powers, a winner of wealth, O fierce one, overpowering others. Alone king of the whole world, so make the peoples fight and make them dwell in peace.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Great art thou, Mighty Lord, through manly vigour, O fierce One, gathering spoil, subduing others, Thyself alone the universe's Sovran: so send forth men to combat and to rest them.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 46.3

प्र मात्राभी रिरिचे रोचमानः प्र देवेभिर् विश्वतो अप्रतीतः । प्र मज्मना दिव इन्द्रः पृथिव्याः प्रोरोर् महो अन्तरिक्षाद् ऋजीषी

pra mātrābhī ririce rocamānaḥ pra devebhir viśvato apratītaḥ | pra majmanā diva indraḥ pṛthivyāḥ proror maho antarikṣād ṛjīṣī

Shining, he has surpassed the measures; unopposed on all sides, he surpasses the gods; by his magnitude Indra surpasses heaven and earth, surpasses the wide great mid-air — he, the drinker of the residue.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

He hath surpassed all measure in his brightness, yea, and the Gods, for none may be his equal. Impetuous Indra in his might cxccedcth wide vast mid-air and heaven and earth together.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 46.4

उरुꣳ गभीरꣳ जनुषाभ्य् उ१ग्रꣳ विश्वव्यचसम् अवतम् मतीनाम् । इन्द्रꣳ सोमासः प्रदिवि सुतासः समुद्रꣳ न स्रवत आ विशन्ति

uruṁ gabhīraṁ januṣābhy u1graṁ viśvavyacasam avatam matīnām | indraṁ somāsaḥ pradivi sutāsaḥ samudraṁ na sravata ā viśanti

Him wide, deep, fierce by birth, all-encompassing, the well of poetic thoughts — into Indra the soma juices pressed from of old enter, as streams flow into the sea.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To Indra, even as rivers to the ocean, flow forth from days of old the Soma juices; To him wide deep and mighty from his birth-time, the well of holy thoughts, aIl-comprehending.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 46.5

यꣳ सोमम् इन्द्र पृथिवीद्यावा गर्भꣳ न माता बिभृतस् त्वाया । तꣳ ते हिन्वन्ति तम् उ ते मृजन्त्य् अध्वर्यवो वृषभ पातवा उ

yaṁ somam indra pṛthivīdyāvā garbhaṁ na mātā bibhṛtas tvāyā | taṁ te hinvanti tam u te mṛjanty adhvaryavo vṛṣabha pātavā u

The soma which, O Indra, earth and heaven carry for you out of love, as a mother carries the embryo — that they speed to you, and that the adhvaryus refine for you, O bull, for you to drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Soma, Indra, which the earth and heaven bear for thee as a mother bears her infant, This they send forth to thee, this, vigorous Hero! Adhvaryus purify for thee to drink of.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)