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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 3 — Chapter 60

RV 3 60.1

इहेह वो मनसा बन्धुता नर उशिजो जग्मुर् अभि तानि वेदसा । याभिर् मायाभिः प्रतिजूतिवर्पसः सौधन्वना यज्ञियम् भागम् आनश

iheha vo manasā bandhutā nara uśijo jagmur abhi tāni vedasā | yābhir māyābhiḥ pratijūtivarpasaḥ saudhanvanā yajñiyam bhāgam ānaśa

Here and here, O men, with mind, through kinship, the Uśijs went after those things with their knowledge — the magic arts by which you, whose forms answer at once to the impulse, O sons of Sudhanvan, attained your share in the sacrifice.

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

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HERE is your ghostly kinship, here, O Men: they came desirous to these holy rites with store of wealth, With wondrous arts, whereby, with schemes to meet each need, Ye gained, Sudhanvan's Sons! your share in sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 60.2

याभिः शचीभिश् चमसाꣳ अपिꣳशत यया धिया गाम् अरिणीत चर्मणः । येन हरी मनसा निरतक्षत तेन देवत्वम् ऋभवः सम् आनश

yābhiḥ śacībhiś camasām̐ apiṁśata yayā dhiyā gām ariṇīta carmaṇaḥ | yena harī manasā niratakṣata tena devatvam ṛbhavaḥ sam ānaśa

By which skills you carved out the cups, by which insight you made the cow flow from the hide, by which mind you fashioned the two bay horses — by that, O Ṛbhus, you wholly attained godhood.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The mighty powers wherewith. ye formed the chalices, the thought by which ye drew the cow from out the hide, The intellect wherewith ye wrought the two Bay Steeds,– through these, O R̥ibhus, ye attained divinity.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 60.3

इन्द्रस्य सख्यम् ऋभवः सम् आनशुर् मनोर् नपातो अपसो दधन्विरे । सौधन्वनासो अमृतत्वम् एरिरे विष्ट्वी शमीभिः सुकृतः सुकृत्यया

indrasya sakhyam ṛbhavaḥ sam ānaśur manor napāto apaso dadhanvire | saudhanvanāso amṛtatvam erire viṣṭvī śamībhiḥ sukṛtaḥ sukṛtyayā

The Ṛbhus attained the friendship of Indra; the grandsons of Manu, the artisans, sped onward. The sons of Sudhanvan raised themselves to immortality, having toiled with labours, doers of good by their good work.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Friendship with Indra have the R̥ibhus, fully gained: grandsons of Manu, they skilfully urged the work. Sudhanvan's Children won them everlasting life, serving with holy rites, pious with noble acts.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 60.4

इन्द्रेण याथ सरथꣳ सुते सचाꣳ अथो वशानाम् भवथा सह श्रिया । न वः प्रतिमै सुकृतानि वाघतः सौधन्वना ऋभवो वीर्याणि च

indreṇa yātha sarathaṁ sute sacām̐ atho vaśānām bhavathā saha śriyā | na vaḥ pratimai sukṛtāni vāghataḥ saudhanvanā ṛbhavo vīryāṇi ca

You ride on the same chariot with Indra when (soma) is pressed, and you come to share the splendour of the desirable (things). Your good works and heroic deeds are not to be matched, O singers, O Saudhanvana Ṛbhus.

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

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:In company with Indra come ye to the juice, then gloriously shall your wishes be fulfilled. Not to be paragoned, ye Priests, are your good deeds, nor your heroic acts, R̥ibhus, Sudhanvan's Sons.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 60.5

इन्द्र ऋभुभिर् वाजवद्भिः समुक्षितꣳ सुतꣳ सोमम् आ वृषस्वा गभस्त्योः । धियेषितो मघवन् दाशुषो गृहे सौधन्वनेभिः सह मत्स्वा नृभिः

indra ṛbhubhir vājavadbhiḥ samukṣitaṁ sutaṁ somam ā vṛṣasvā gabhastyoḥ | dhiyeṣito maghavan dāśuṣo gṛhe saudhanvanebhiḥ saha matsvā nṛbhiḥ

O Indra, with the prize-bringing Ṛbhus, pour into your two hands the pressed, well-sprinkled soma; urged by the insight, O Maghavan, in the house of the worshipper, be exhilarated together with the Saudhanvana men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Indra, with the R̥ibhus, Mighty Ones, pour down the Soma juice effused, well-blent, from both thy hands. Maghalan, urged by song, in the drink-offerer's house rejoice thee with the Heroes, with Sudhanvan's Sons.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 60.6

इन्द्र ऋभुमान् वाजवान् मत्स्वेह नो ऽस्मिन् सवने शच्या पुरुष्टुत । इमानि तुभ्यꣳ स्वसराणि येमिरे व्रता देवानाम् मनुषश् च धर्मभिः

indra ṛbhumān vājavān matsveha no 'smin savane śacyā puruṣṭuta | imāni tubhyaṁ svasarāṇi yemire vratā devānām manuṣaś ca dharmabhiḥ

O Indra, accompanied by Ṛbhu, accompanied by Vāja, be exhilarated here for us at this pressing with your power, O much-praised one. These morning pastures have been directed to you, (and) the observances of the gods and of man by their ordinances.

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

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With R̥ibhu near, and Vâja, Indra, here exult, with Saci, praised of many, in the juice we pour. These homes wherein we dwell have turned themselves to thee, -devotions to the Gods, as laws of men ordain.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 3 60.7

इन्द्र ऋभुभिर् वाजिभिर् वाजयन्न् इह स्तोमꣳ जरितुर् उप याहि यज्ञियम् । शतꣳ केतेभिर् इषिरेभिर् आयवे सहस्रणीथो अध्वरस्य होमनि

indra ṛbhubhir vājibhir vājayann iha stomaṁ jaritur upa yāhi yajñiyam | śataṁ ketebhir iṣirebhir āyave sahasraṇītho adhvarasya homani

O Indra, with the prize-winning Ṛbhus winning prizes, come here to the sacrificial praise of the singer, with a hundred quick intentions for Āyu, you who bring a thousand ways of guidance at the pouring of the rite.

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

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Come with the mighty R̥ibhus, Indra, come to us, strengthening with thy help the singer's holy praise; At hundred eager calls come to the living man, with thousand arts attend the act of sacrifice.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)