← Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3

Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 50

RV 3 50.1

इन्द्रः स्वाहा पिबतु यस्य सोम आगत्या तुम्रो वृषभो मरुत्वान् । ओरुव्यचाः पृणताम् एभिर् अन्नैर् आस्य हविस् तन्व१ः कामम् ऋध्याः

indraḥ svāhā pibatu yasya soma āgatyā tumro vṛṣabho marutvān | oruvyacāḥ pṛṇatām ebhir annair āsya havis tanva1ḥ kāmam ṛdhyāḥ

Let Indra drink with svāhā, whose the soma is — having come, the sturdy bull attended by the Maruts. Of wide extent, let him fill himself with these foods; may (you) fulfil the desire of his body for the oblation.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

LET Indra drink, All-hail! for his is Soma,– the mighty Bull come, girt by Maruts, hither. Far-reaching, let him fill him with these viands, and let our offering sate his body's longing.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 50.2

आ ते सपर्यू जवसे युनज्मि ययोर् अनु प्रदिवः श्रुष्टिम् आवः । इह त्वा धेयुर् हरयः सुशिप्र पिबा त्व् अ१स्य सुषुतस्य चारोः

ā te saparyū javase yunajmi yayor anu pradivaḥ śruṣṭim āvaḥ | iha tvā dheyur harayaḥ suśipra pibā tv a1sya suṣutasya cāroḥ

I yoke your two attentive (horses) for speed, whose ready obedience you have favoured from of old. Here let the bay horses set you down, O fair-lipped one; drink then of this well-pressed, lovely (soma).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

I yoke thy pair of trusty Steeds for swiftness, whose faithful service from of old thou lovest. Here, fair of cheek! let thy Bay Coursers place thee: drink of this lovely welleffused libation.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 50.3

गोभिर् मिमिक्षुꣳ दधिरे सुपारम् इन्द्रꣳ ज्यैष्ठ्याय धायसे गृणानाः । मन्दानः सोमम् पपिवाꣳ ऋजीषिन् सम् अस्मभ्यम् पुरुधा गा इषण्य

gobhir mimikṣuṁ dadhire supāram indraṁ jyaiṣṭhyāya dhāyase gṛṇānāḥ | mandānaḥ somam papivām̐ ṛjīṣin sam asmabhyam purudhā gā iṣaṇya

Praising him, they have made Indra, mixed with milk, the good deliverer, for supremacy, for sustenance. Exhilarated, having drunk the soma, O you of the ṛjīṣa, send cows together to us in abundance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With milk they made Indra their good Preserver, lauding for help and rule the bounteous rainer. Impetuous God, when thou hast drunk the Soma, enraptured send us cattle in abundance.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 50.4

इमꣳ कामम् मन्दया गोभिर् अश्वैश् चन्द्रवता राधसा पप्रथश् च । स्वर्यवो मतिभिस् तुभ्यꣳ विप्रा इन्द्राय वाहः कुशिकासो अक्रन्

imaṁ kāmam mandayā gobhir aśvaiś candravatā rādhasā paprathaś ca | svaryavo matibhis tubhyaṁ viprā indrāya vāhaḥ kuśikāso akran

Gladden this desire with cows, with horses, with glittering bounty, and extend (it) wide. Seeking the sun, the inspired Kuśikas have made with their thoughts a (song-)conveyance for you, for Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

With kine and horses satisfy this longing with very splendid bounty still extend it. Seeking the light, with hymns to thee, O Indra, the Kuṣikas have brought their gift, the singers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 50.5

शुनꣳ हुवेम मघवानम् इन्द्रम् अस्मिन् भरे नृतमꣳ वाजसातौ । शृण्वन्तम् उग्रम् ऊतये समत्सु घ्नन्तꣳ वृत्राणि सꣳजितꣳ धनानाम्

śunaṁ huvema maghavānam indram asmin bhare nṛtamaṁ vājasātau | śṛṇvantam ugram ūtaye samatsu ghnantaṁ vṛtrāṇi saṁjitaṁ dhanānām

For good fortune let us call upon bounteous Indra in this contest, the most manly, in the winning of the prize — the one who hears, the fierce one, for (our) aid in battles, smashing obstacles, winning prizes of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Call we on Maghavan, auspicious Indra, best Hero in the fight where spoil is gathered; The Strong, who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays the Vr̥itras, wins and gathers riches.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)